Aluminium in Football

Aluminium has come to play an important role on the periphery of the beautiful game. First the goals: originally they were made of wood, the sections are now made of aluminium with a round cross-section. This means that the past and future disasters with broken wooden goal posts have been eliminated.
However, aluminium is not only found in the goals, but also under the soles of the players. The boots they wear have studs for a better grip on the playing surface, studs which are be made of aluminium.

The construction of the modern Stadium also incorporates many Aluminium extrusions, along with aluminium sheet for insulation, reflectors for lighting , signs , worksurfaces and appliances to serve half time food. in fact it would be fair to say that without Aluminium the beautiful game may be just a Game