Friday, 4 January 2008

Football 365 End of Year 2007 Awards

Admission Of The Year
Winner: Curtis Davies admitting he played like a "pub player" on his debut for Aston Villa.
Runner-Up: Alan Curbishley admitting he "didn't know exactly what they did there" when Spurs switched to a thoroughly baffling three-at-the-back formation.

Anti-Climax Of The Year
Winner: The FA Cup final. Did anyone not supporting either ManYoo or Chelski manage to stay awake?
Runner-Up: The end-of-season Premiership clash between Manchester United and Chelski...just a few days after United had secured the title. How Sky must have regretted holding that fixture back...

Advice Of The Year
Winner: As published on the morning of October's Merseyside derby in Graham Poll's column for The Daily Mail: 'WATCH OUT FOR Mark Clattenburg at this weekend's Merseyside derby. Clattenburg has already controlled the Manchester and north London derbies successfully and has been proclaimed as England's best referee in The Official Line all season.'

Brown-Nose Of The Year
Winner: Patrice Evra for announcing: "When it comes to Alex Ferguson I just want to thank the Lord. Whatever may happen in the future, I have been trained by Alex Ferguson."
Runner-Up: A joint award to the entire England football team for lining up in turn to hail Fabio Capello as the saviour of English football.

Busiest Man Of The Year
Winner: Sam Allardyce, who, despite responding to a Panorama investigation by announcing, "I'm denying all allegations that have been alleged against me...The matter's in the lawyers' hands and will be resolved by due process - I have instructed my lawyers to take the appropriate action", still hasn't found to deliver the promised writ a full 14 months later.

Comeback Of The Year
Winner: West Ham winning seven of their last nine matches to avoid......

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