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20 Years of Laceless Football Boots: Better Tha...
2006 gave us the Lotto Zhero Gravity. 2016 gave us adidas ACE. In 2026, laceless football boots are having another moment.
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Best Football Shin Pads 2026: Which Shin Pads S...
Tiny slip-ins, flexible G-Form or carbon fibre? We pick the best football shin pads for 2026 and explain which type actually suits your game.
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Best Football Boots Under £100 in 2026: 10 We R...
£100 buys a lot of football boot in 2026. From F50 League and Phantom Academy to Premier 3 and Copa Gloro, these are ten we'd actually recommend.
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Best Speed Football Boots 2026
Seven speed boots, seven very different ideas of fast. We rank the best of 2026 and work out which ones actually make sense for your game.
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Nike Tiempo Maestro vs adidas Copa Pure IV
Nike Tiempo Maestro or adidas Copa Pure IV? We compare two of the best soft-touch football boots around, from leather and fit to lockdown and soleplate.
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Manchester and Liverpool Are Ready for the PD:F...
Manchester brought F50. Liverpool brought Predator. Across two five-a-side trials, both cities began building the teams that will settle the North West rivalry over 11-a-side.
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The Serene Spark Pack Is For the Ones Who Notice
The Serene Spark Pack brings Blue Finch, Cornflower Blue and Lava Orange to the Morelia Neo V Beta and Alpha III. Two different feels, shaped by the same Mizuno obsession.
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Kylian Mbappe Goes Gold in the New Mercurial Su...
Gold, but not polished. Mbappe's latest signature Mercurial puts a rough-cast finish over Nike's new low-cut Superfly 11.
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Long Sleeve Football Shirts Are Back, and Footb...
Long sleeve football shirts disappeared. Base layers took over. Now the proper cuff is back, and football looks better for it.
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Kylian Mbappe's Nike Boot History
Bondy, Rosa, flames, comics, Paris and Madrid. Before Mbappe's next gold Mercurial lands, revisit every signature colourway that built the story.
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The History of The Nike Hypervenom
Nike Hypervenom football boots did not last long, but they left a proper mark. From the NikeSkin Phantom I that replaced T90 to the Phantom III now back in the...
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The Best Football Boots of 2016, Ten Years On
Twenty boots. Ten years of progress. One broken pair of Magistas.
The Pro:Direct Soccer Blog is for anyone who notices the football boots before the whistle goes.
From the latest releases to the pairs already earning a place in the Bootroom, we get properly into fit, feel, touch, lockdown, soleplates and surface choice. Our football boot reviews cover Nike, adidas, PUMA, New Balance, Mizuno, Skechers, Reebok, Diadora and more, with clear judgement on who each boot suits and where the trade-offs are.
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Some stories are there to help you choose your next pair. Others are for the people who remember an old colourway from twenty years ago, know exactly which Predator generation they preferred and still look at a player's feet during the walkout.
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