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Over the past few weeks, we have been putting boots up for vote in a head-to-head format in order to find what is the Best Boot on the market! Having worked our way through 28 games, we are now onto the final four, and again we need your votes to …

After a week of interesting match-ups, we have finally completed the first round of our Best Boot Bracket. The results have been completely mixed, with some absolute blow-outs and other clashes going down to the final few votes. There really wasn’t any surprise results throughout and for the most part …

What do you get when you cross a product reviewer with a soccer lifestyle enthusiast? A new show on YouTube called “The Gear Show”, that’s what! You might have spotted a few teasers I gave about this show over the past few weeks. I teamed up with Ben Hooper, from …

Nike released the new US 2012 Home jersey today, with a red/white striped design offering a new look for the national team. Nike actually dropped one off with us today to check out, and I personally like it a lot. The look is very different to recent US jerseys, including …

What is the best way to find out what the best boot on the market is? Run a knockout bracket of course and that is what we are going to do!! Over the next few weeks, we will be putting boots up against each other, head-to-head, and you will decide …

A few weeks back, I mentioned that there might be a pair of boots up for grabs once the SoccerCleats101 Facebook page hit 40k fans. That was when we were at 37k fans. Well, today we hit 38k fans and are rapidly moving toward that 40k mark. But I want …

We are all familiar with the big companies that own a majority stake in the soccer market. Nike, Adidas, Puma, Umbro and Diadora are just a few of the top names that you will see on show when you decide to pick-up a new pair. But there is also a …

Sensational news coming out of Italy today! Diadora has just announced this morning that they plan to submit an $500million dollar proposal to buy Nike on Monday!! This is sensational news and could change the dynamics of the market, with players now having the option to switch to boots like …

With so many different ranges and boots currently floating around on the market, we take a very serious look at which pairs are the most underrated compared to the rest. Finding the right boot can be a difficult task and sometimes there are boots that are simply overlooked. This is …

Over the past 2 years, we have seen a dramatic twist in the direction companies are taking with their soccer cleat releases, Adidas and Puma being 2 of the more prominent. It seems that lightweight is the way to go, and a lot money is being invested in designing new …

Every week I get dozens of emails from readers who spot great deals on top range boots, only to have to inform and disappoint them with the fact that the sites they are looking at offer fake/counterfeit boots. Unfortunately it is a growing trend, and Google are not helping things …

Something I have been looking to do over the past few months is pick-up a selection of old-school soccer cleats to spruce up the SC101 office. Last week, I spotted a pretty awesome deal on a pair of Gola Speedsters and couldn’t turn them down. These are similar to the ones …

Over the past few months, there has been a monkey on my shoulder pointing out some problems with how the Review Scores page was looking. There were several categories in the old system that were move arbitrary or based on personal opinion and as more reviews came in, the system became …

With companies seemingly turning their attention to lightweight releases in the past few years, I thought is would be pretty interesting to look at what the current average boot weight is, and how that compares with our expectations. Below you will find a compilation of the top 34 boots currently …