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Here's our latest edition of boot spotting, which unbelievably does not feature a Mercurial Vapor! We've assembled an eclectic mix of football boots from around the globe, featuring old and new footwear not necessarily to be categorised as mainstream (barring of course Fernando Torres in Predators!)...

It used to be that every football boot was fitted with a conical sole-plate, but time, design and engineering has changed this, most radically this can be seen in the Speed market. Whilst every brand strives for greater acceleration and traction, how their respective designers go about delivering this performance is quite remarkably different...

This year has been another run-away year for the Nike CTR360 – the current king of the control category. Rivals to the crown have emerged, with Umbro, Mizuno and Lotto offering their own interpretations. Have they done enough to earn your vote?

With the year heading to a close, we're giving you, the SoccerBible audience, the chance to vote for your football boots of the year. It has been a hard fought twelve months and this years shortlist of nominees are drawn up from the boots that the soccer-loving public (that's us and you!) have been able to buy throughout 2011.

There were plenty of top performances from a long weekend of football, and a few interesting boot choices! Check out some of the players and football boots our keen boot spotters have spied on pitches across the continent... JOHN TERRY Umbro SX Valor