Thursday, 10 December 2009

Football personality of the year awards

A great 8v8 tonight saw a splendid end to the year.

Over the course of the year we have had over 65 players. Some of them are in the list below (apologies to those who aren't - no offence intended - there are several of you):

note: sometimes surnames are used to avoid confusion

The Bobby Charlton award for having the shot from hell: winner) Ben Rosenbaum, joint runners-up John Jansen and Joel;

The Roy Keane award for having a quiet word with the ref: winner) David May, runner-up Dwayne

The Alan Shearer award for playing quality football and speaking with a Geordie accent: winner) Merrick runner up) Adam Rosenbaum

The Teddy Sheringham award for having the maximum effect with the minimum of effort: winner) John Ormrod, runner up) Graeme Arnold

The Billy Bremner award for fighting like a terrier: winner) Luke, runner up) Rob McCabe

The Theo Walcott award for the most improved player: winners) Yusuf and Paul O'Connor, joint runners-up Stu, Martin and Tom Holland

The Joe Jordan award for being as hard as nails up-front: winner) Jason Gibb, runner up) John Jansen

The Norman Hunter award for being as hard as nails at the back/midfield: winner) Rory, runner up) Matt

The Stevie G prize for most flair: joint winners) Pedro and Je, joint runners up) John Jansen, Yusuf and Andrew

The Trevor Brooking prize for movement off the ball: winner) Yusuf, runner-up) Andrew

The Peter Crouch prize for heading: joint winners) Matt and Jason, joint runners-up Ed and Tim

The Brian Clough prize for having footballing nouse: winner) Dwayne, joint runners-up Mickey and Walter

The Gary Lineker prize for goal poaching: winner) Tomas, runner-up) Francesco

The Paul Scholes prize for midfield marshalling: winner) Rory, runner-up) Stu

The Flamini prize for running all over the shop: winner) Rob McCabe, runners up) Benjamin Smith and Tom Holland

The Paolo di Canio award for fair play: joint winners) Martin and Yusuf, runner-up) Henry Stewart

The Rio Ferdinand award for composure at the back) winner: Robin Catto and Daniel Bocking, runners-up Nick and Dickon

The Bert Trautmann award for bravery: winner) John Jansen, runners-up Rory and Paul Cassidy

The Shay Given award for outstanding keeping: winner) Luke, runner-up Martin

The Gareth Barry prize for having an educated left foot: winner) Paul O'Connor, runner-up Tom Becker

The Jamie Carragher award for playing in any position: winner) Ben Rosenbaum, joint runners-up: Paul Cassidy and Ed

The David Beckham prize for set-pieces: winner) Andrew, joint runner-ups Dwayne and Jon Ormrod

The Ryan Giggs award for play down the wings: winner) Dwayne, runners-up Chris, Francesco and Roy Ackerman

The Carlos Tevez award for a striker prepared to chase back: winner) Ben, joint runners-up Pedro and Luke

Thanks to all the 65+ players and hopefully see most of you next year!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Fantastic Danny

Anonymous said...

And the winner of the Hunter Davies prize for top quality football writing goes to ... Danny