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So here we are. On day one of a brand new decade, Footy Boots can present our favourite five football boots from the last 10 years.???

We limited ourselves to choosing only 4 boots from our top brand plus a maximum of 3 from any others. And, just to make things a little bit more difficult, we could only select one football boot from any single range.

It is, of course, a hugely subjective list so please feel free to comment below and lets us know which football boots you would have gone for. To help with your choices, here are our previous picks

Football Boots of the Decade 20-16

Football Boots of the Decade 15-11

Football Boots of the Decade 10-6

20 Reebok Sprintfit Lite Pro

19 PUMA v-Konstrukt II

18 A-Line Ultra World Cup

17 Lotto Cafu Vento 2

16 Adidas F50

15 Strike Zone Pro Rage

14 Mizuno Morelia

13 Mercurial Superfly

12 Nomis Glove

11 PUMA v1.06

10 Concave PT

9 Nike CTR360 Maestri

8 Diadora LX K Pro

7 Reebok Integrity

6 adidas adiPure

AZ Total 90 II

Whilst it didnt make too many radical changes over the original, it was more refined. Addition of a KNG-100 Upper on the top-end models was a big step towards embracing synthetic uppers for Nike. It will be remembered in the classic Blue, Black and White colourway that Luis Figo wore at WC2002.

Side offset lacing was, at the time, very unorthodox but look around you now and every major brand has at least one side-offset lacing boot in their silo.

Umbro Speciali

The new Speciali was exactly what Umbro had desperately craved for the best part of 5 years. Giving in to temptation, Umbro had allowed some of the scraps of technology from its slowly bloating X-Boot range to taint the Speciali making it something it should never have been, in an attempt to steal fans from the Predator Total 90 ranges.

After losing its retro appeal and classic styling, even looking at the Speciali left you with a certain uneasy feeling that only crops up from time to time, like when Gordon Brown proclaimed his love of the Arctic Monkeys, or just Rod Stewart in general. Clearly taking cues from Fabio Capellos design notions for the New England home shirt Umbro reset the Speciali back to the boot it was always meant to be and seeing the glorious White and Red version on the feet of John Terry left me feeling that some great injustice had been undone in the world.

Puma King XL

Most of the time a classic should just be left alone, like the late 90s remake of Hitchcocks Psycho or Britney Spears covering Satisfaction by the Rolling Stones. But every so often, someone comes along whos willing to put the same time and care into the new version as those who had gone before into the old.

Streamlining the King by removing some of the unnecessary panels, increasing its appeal with some of the softest leather ever to grace a boot and adding a robust (yet subtle) heel guard was exactly what the brand needed to continue its legacy and ensure another generation of legends could wear the King.

Mercurial Vapor I

Barely makes it onto the list as it was launched in the early noughties. For me, it was the first boot since the original Predator that had the talk of the schoolyard factor. Everyone wanted Ronaldos boots, with the R9 behind the tongue even though Brazil didnt feature in any major tournament to showcase them somehow they were the boots on everyones mind.

Also backed by Nikes best Viral Ad (in my opinion) The Cage! Adding to the collective tongue wagging of the public was the fact that you only caught the slightest glimpse of the boot at the end of the ad. Awesome.

Predator Precision

If that World Cup qualifier was David Beckhams launchpad to superstardom these boots were the rockets that propelled him. The Precisions were awesome looking boots, futuristic and fearsome the low-profile accentuated by a velcro down tongue (the first time the tongue could ever be held in place in the range outside of some creative lace-taping or your girlfriends hair bobble).

Whilst the X-Traxion studs a huge bonus to the boot and an innovation that has held true for a decade now arguably the best thing about the sole plate was that adidas had dropped the creepy-looking flesh-coloured sole plate from the Accelerators!

So thats it. Our top 5. Let the debate and the arguments begin! In the meantime, everyone at Footy Boots wishes you all a very happy and prosperous New Year.