20:30 Hello and welcome to the season awards. Its been another great season with plenty of drama, we will take a look back and see how each trophy was won.
20:35 First the league title. Birmingham City won it in the end but thats not to say it wasn't close all the way. Man City, Chelsea, Birmingham City and Arsenal all started off brightly, pushing each other all the way to acheive win after win, that was until a disspointing run of results left Arsenal well adrift and left it to the other three. It was close all the way, Man City dropped unexpected points to Hull, Birmingham were pegged back by Portsmouth and it looked as if Chelsea were in the driving seat. JET left and Luka took over and they were back to full winning ways again despite some tricky ties. Chelsea were held by former manager LSTD's Liverpool and City fell away leaving it a two horse race. It went down to the game at Stamford Bride between the two, Terry put his club ahead before Birmingham found an equalizer. In the final moments Chelsea had a penalty that could have put them clear, but Cech pulled off the save and in the final game Mario Gomez sealed the title with two goals, giving Luka a successful return to management.
20:40 In the Champions League, Real Barcelona had dominated but it wasnt to be this year. After an impressive showing in the groups, Arsenal got what looked like the impossible draw, but they held Barca at home and then in a dramatic game at the Camp Nou they got a late equalizer, putting them through on away goals. Man City would be the team that could take the trophy away from their grasp, but it was not to be as Arsenal got a late winner in the final. Rooney becomes the first manager to win league, Champions League and FA Cup, all with Arsenal.
20:45 The second of the European Competitions saw Birmingham City go to retain the title. They looked well on course, cruising the groups and taking maximum points, before brushing aside a spirited Man Utd to reach the final. However it was last years runners up Liverpool who were able to take the final steps, winning their group before beating fellow english side Wolves in the Semi Finals. It was a tense final finishing 2-2 and going into extra time and then penalties. With the last spot kick Mauricio Isla gave Liverpool their first trophy in 4 seasons.
20:50 The coverted FA Cup saw another thrilling season of shocks. Norwich City and Tottenham Hotspur battling through to the quarter finals before they succombed to Liverpool and Birmingham. The final four saw three of the top 4 and it looked like another year of dominance for them, it was not to be. Liverpool pulled off another result against the top 4, knocking out Birmingham to reach the final, however despite their best efforts they dfound themselves 3-0 down at half time in the final and were powerless to prevent Arsenal completing their double.
20:55 The final trophy was perhaps less attractive than the rest but still silverwear nevertheless and Manchester City were proud to win it. The competition saw Hull City and Liverpool push to go all the way, Hull took on the might of Arsenal and came out on tops winning on penalties to set up a semi final with the eventual winners, whilst Liverpool kncoked Chelsea out at the secound round before beating Portsmouth to meet Birmingham City. It was however the two top 4 clubs who got into the final and in what proved to be a tight affair, Man City took the trophy after a brilliant penalty shoot out win.
21:00 And so we congratulate those 3 clubs on their titles and move ahead to find out the results of your votes for the season awards. We have three teams of the seasons, player of the season, young player and surprise player to announce as well as the most improved player, team and manager and it all concludes with the result of the Manager of the Year Award.
21:02 So here we go, we will start by looking back at those players who have surprised us all, there were plenty of contenders with youngsters such as Jovetic and Lamela taking their step up whilst the likes of Hennessey and Michael Carrick surprised everyone. We start with the Surprise Team of the Season, we will take you through each position.
21:05 We start with the Goalkeeper position, it was a tight fight between Wayne Hennessey and Igor Malafeev but in the end the man who made the Sunderland number 1 jersey his own was voted in, congratulations Igor Malafeev.
21:07 At right back we saw a tough battle between the likes of Abate and Fabio, but the man who surprised us all, starting week in week out for Newcastle United, was Pablo Zabaleta, well done to him.
21:09 At Centre back the decision seemed to be a little easier, Manchester United's Johnny Evans is joined by Benedikt Howedes of Portsmouth after both cemented starting roles in european chasers.
21:11 Completing our defence is Erik Peiters, the second Sunderland player in our line up, he was solid throughout the season and has now earned a big move to Hull City.
21:13 Into midfield, it was a very close competition for the defensive position, Witsel and Barry both going close but the winner was Lucas Leiva who formed a solid base to Uniteds team.
21:15 The second central position was to be contested by young Alan Dzagoev, Diego Ribas and Michael Carrick, again it was the Sunderland man who gets the nod after a fine season, congratulations Michael Carrick.
21:17 Onto the wingers and there was plenty of competition for these places, on the left young Erik Lamela is in the team after providing Sunderland with a creative spark and earning a place in Liverpool's squad next season. On the left another youngster, this time James Rodrigues, joining Man Utd part way through the season and making a brilliant impact, helping them to 6th place.
21:19 The strikers positions were all about two men. QPR's star of the season Jan Klass Huntelaar is joined by former team mate Papiss Demba Cisse the two proving plenty of goals throughout the season.
21:20 So that concludes our surprise team of the season: Malafeev; Zabaleta, Evans, Howedes, Peiters; Lamela, Lucas Leiva, Carrick, James; Huntelaar, Cisse.
21:25 So on to our next award and its the first big player award of the night, Surprise Player of the Season We have seen the team of the season and making the nominations for the player award were Fabio Coentrao, Yohan Cabaye, Johnny Evans, Alan Dzagoev, Robert Lewandowski, Erik Lamela and Moussa Dembele.
21:27 In third place we have.....Yohan Cabaye the Liverpool midfielder breaking into the side and proving critical in the europa league campaign.
21:29 Second place goes to....The impressive young winger Erik Lamela after a brilliant breakthrough season.
21:31 But the man who has beat them all to be named surprise player of the season is......Johnny Evans the Man Utd and Northern Ireland defender came from no where this season to take his place at the heart of a solid defence. Well done to him.
21:35 We now move on to the awards for the most improvements this season, starting with Most Improved team of the season, there were 7 contenders, Newcastle United, Sunderland, Liverpool, Aston Villa, Manchester United, Portsmouth and Wolves.
21:37 Third place goes to the Europa League champions Liverpool who have seen starts like Juan Mata and Michael Essien joining.
21:39 In second, losing out by the narrowest of margins...Aston Villa. After a turbulent start to the season Jet took over and moved them up the table attracting the likes of Drogba and Kagawa to the club.
21:41 But the deserved winner of the 2011/12 most improved team is....Newcastle United, Robins side managing to bring global superstars like Pepe and Kaka as well as young prospects like Eden Hazard to the club.
21:43 Next up we have Most Improved Player, an award contested by four players, Robert Lewandowski, Theo Walcott, Andy Carroll and Santos Ramires.
21:46 The winner is....Robert Lewandowski. The striker originally sold by Portsmouth was brought back and provided a brilliant impact as Portsmouth got into the final Europa League space.
21:48 Next up is Most Improved Manager again contested by four managers, Robin and Kanga returning to the award whilst new comers Wigan and LRF showed improvement throughout.
21:50 And the award goes to....QPR manager Wigan. A great season for him, taking over QPR after promotion and taking them to a comfortable finish, plenty more expected.
21:55 Onto the awards for young players and we start by naming the Young team of the Year, plenty of youngsters have made a great impact on the league this season, but who has been voted into the select 11.
21:57 And so the first position up for grabs is keeper, it was a close call but after establishing himself as Liverpools number 1 and winning the Europa League, saving two in the shootout, Thibaut Courtois makes the team.
21:59 Onto the defence and firstly right back, which proved to be another close call but its Gregory Van der Weil who makes the side, the Portsmouth right back making the position his own.
22:01 Now to the middle of the defence, and its no surprise that the man at the heart of Birmingham's title winning defence, Mats Hummels makes the side and is partnered by Benedikt Howedes who makes another team of the season after a brilliant season.
22:04 Completing the defence is the man who dislodged Ashley Cole for much of the season, Fabio Coentrao, Arsenals new flying left back.
22:06 Moving into midfield and at the heart of every team is a solid defensive midfielder, and the man who provided that to two of the title challengers makes our team, congratulations Javi Martinez.
22:08 And joining him, the man who made Manchester City tick, Mesut Ozil beating off strong competition from the likes of Kagawa.
22:10 The two wing positions were heavily contested, many more could have been nominated but in the end the final two are Mario Gotze and Neymar Da Silva who provided flair to their teams Birmingham and Hull, both of whom will be looking to continue their development next season.
22:12 And completing our team of the season in the striking positions...Sergio Aguero who got goals galore as Chelsea chased the title and Robert Lewandowski, having been named most improved player he now makes young team of the season.
22:14 That concludes the Young team of the Season: Courtois; Van der Weil, Hummels, Howedes, Coentrao; Gotze, Martinez, Ozil, Neymar; Aguero, Lewnadowski.
22:15 And that brings us nicely onto the Young Player of the Year. Nominated for this award were, Sergio Busquets, Shinji Kagawa, Mats Hummels, Javi Martinez, Neymar Da Silva, Mesut Ozil and Alan Dzagoev.
22:17 After a tight battle for third place we have.....Javi Martinez, the man who provided a solid anchor for both Chelsea and Birmingham throughout the season.
22:19 Second place goes to......Mesut Ozil, having provided the creativity to Man City, helping them to push for the title and win the league cup.
22:21 But the winner of the Young player of the Season Award is......Mats Hummels after a brilliant season and a half at Newcastle he mpved to Birmingham were he has gone from strength to strength, proving crucial in winning the league.
22:25 The next award is for the Signing of the Season, transfers are constant but there are 10 stand outs, they are Man Utd signings of Andrea Pirlo and Carlos Tevez, Chelsea signing Vincent Kompany, Birmingham City's Mats Hummels with Giorgio Chielini joining Wolves also amongst the centre backs. Wolves also have the signing of Hulk to their name, Joe Harts move to West Brom was considered great value while the return of Lewandowski is also there for Portsmouth. Liverpool signed Ivanovic and Huntelaars move to QPR is also nominated.
22:27 In third place....Veteran midfielder Andrea Pirlo's move to Man Utd. He came in and pushed them forward towards that 6th spot.
22:29 In second place, just falling short of his 4th award of the night, its Mats Hummels move to Champions Birmingham City a fantastic season for the young German.
22:31 But the best signing of the season is......Jan Klass Huntelaars move to QPR the big striker firing them to safety, attracting plenty of interest but he has reiterated his commitment to QPR.
22:33 And so we move towards the end of the night with the player of the year award and manager of the year award drawing near.
22:35 But first its the Team of the Season, 36 players in all were nominated, only 11 can get in, but who are they?
22:37 First up then, the keeper. Cassilas, Buffon and Neuer were all nominated, but the League Champions keeper was voted in, well done to Petr Cech.
22:39 And continuing the league champions theme is Philip Lahm who makes the team at right back, he will join rivals Chelsea next season.
22:41 There was no doubt who was going to be the main CB, its Mats Hummels, 3 in 3 players from the Champions. There was a tight battle to join him but it goes to Giorgio Chielini of Wolves.
22:43 Completing the defence, another player who ended up as league champion, Marcelo the flying left back having a great season.
22:45 Defensive midfield was a tight competition with Martinez, De Rossi and Inler contesting the award, but the winner, coming from Hull City...Arturo Vidal.
22:47 Joining him n central midfielder, Cesc Fabregas who was at the heart of every Chelsea attack.
22:49 On the right of midfield it seemed a very one sided battle, top scorer Cristiano Ronaldo breezing into the team. On the left it was a tighter competition with Di Maria and Bale both having great seasons, but in the end it was Juan Mata voted into the team.
22:51 And the two men who will complete our team, the man who fired the goals in for Birmingham City Robin Van Persie he will look to continue his success with Arsenal next year. Alongside him we have Sergio Aguero who provided Chelsea with plenty of fire power.
22:53 So the team in full: Cech(Birmingham City); Lahm(Birmingham City), Hummels(Birmingham City), Chielini(Wolves), Marcelo(Birmingham City); Ronaldo(Arsenal), Vidal(Hull), Fabregas(Chelsea), Juan Mata(Liverpool); Van Persie(Birmingham City), Aguero(Chelsea).
22:55 And so with the team announced we now move onto the Player of the Season. It was fiercely contested by Cristiano Ronaldo, Robin Van Persie, Sergio Aguero, Arturo Vidal, Santos Ramires, Karim Benzema and Giorgio Chielini, but who came out on top?
22:57 In third place, taking it right to the wire....Sergio Aguero, the prolific striker.
22:59 In second....The man who finished top scorer and fired Arsenal to a historic double, Cristiano Ronaldo.
23:01 Which means, the winner of the award, he was vital in guiding Birmingham to a first premier league title....Robin Van Persie, congratulations, he retains the Player of the year award.
23:03 So here we go, its time for the final award and we all know what that means....Manager of the Season.
23:05 The nominees are: JET, who built the Birmingham side that won the league and then saved Villa from relegation. Former manager of the year TJ returns, a great comeback season saving Sunderland from the job and pushing them up the table. LSTD, another former manager of the season, winning the europa league and getting to the FA Cup final. DC who pushed Man City even further towards the league title and won the league cup. Fan who took his young Hull side very close to europe this season, as well as a fine league cup run. Vincent who cleared out the egos of LSTD's Chelsea side and created a new younger team, pushing Birmingham to the very last and building foundations for a brilliant season next year. Wilshere who took over from Luka and rebuilt the squad, securing an important 5th place for Wolves. Lets find out the results...
23:07 In third place.........TJ who took Sunderland up the table after a poor start and developed a team capable of pushing the best of them, well done TJ.
23:09 It was a very very close battle for 1st, but just missing out in second place.....LSTD, pushing Liverpool as far as possible in the hunt for trophies, a great season.
23:11 But that means, that the 2012/13 Manager of the Year is....JET, having laid the foundations for Birminghams success he went on the begin a new adventure with Villa, making a great start, congratulations JET.
23:12 And a special award, Biggest Legend Award goes too.....Everyone but Wilshere.
23:13 And that concludes our awards, congratulations to the winners and thank you to all who has taken part and made it a great season, lets mae it even better next year
Season Placings:
Arsenal - 30m
Aston Villa - 14.5m
Birmingham City - 37.5m
Chelsea - 26.5m
Hull City - 12.5m
Liverpool - 29.5m
Manchester City - 24m
Manchester United - 21.5m
Newcastle United - 15.5m
Norwich City - 4m
Portsmouth - 16m
QPR - 13m
Sunderland - 16.5m
Tottenham Hotspur - 6m
West Brom Albion - 9m
Wigan Athletic - 8m
Wolves - 15m
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skrtel again not really close hummels komapny terry chielini and tiote struggled for you due to being loan cm a lot of times
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wigan for like the first half od the season you played tiote then 2 wingers and 3 srikers lol
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^ True Dat wasnt taking it very seriously tbf
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How much money from winninigs did Pompey get? Who won awards for Pompey?
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why dont you just read the live text itll be quicker
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20:30 Hello and welcome to the season awards. Its been another great season with plenty of drama, we will take a look back and see how each trophy was won.
20:35 First the league title. Birmingham City won it in the end but thats not to say it wasn't close all the way. Man City, Chelsea, Birmingham City and Arsenal all started off brightly, pushing each other all the way to acheive win after win, that was until a disspointing run of results left Arsenal well adrift and left it to the other three. It was close all the way, Man City dropped unexpected points to Hull, Birmingham were pegged back by Portsmouth and it looked as if Chelsea were in the driving seat. JET left and Luka took over and they were back to full winning ways again despite some tricky ties. Chelsea were held by former manager LSTD's Liverpool and City fell away leaving it a two horse race. It went down to the game at Stamford Bride between the two, Terry put his club ahead before Birmingham found an equalizer. In the final moments Chelsea had a penalty that could have put them clear, but Cech pulled off the save and in the final game Mario Gomez sealed the title with two goals, giving Luka a successful return to management.
20:40 In the Champions League, Real Barcelona had dominated but it wasnt to be this year. After an impressive showing in the groups, Arsenal got what looked like the impossible draw, but they held Barca at home and then in a dramatic game at the Camp Nou they got a late equalizer, putting them through on away goals. Man City would be the team that could take the trophy away from their grasp, but it was not to be as Arsenal got a late winner in the final. Rooney becomes the first manager to win league, Champions League and FA Cup, all with Arsenal.
20:45 The second of the European Competitions saw Birmingham City go to retain the title. They looked well on course, cruising the groups and taking maximum points, before brushing aside a spirited Man Utd to reach the final. However it was last years runners up Liverpool who were able to take the final steps, winning their group before beating fellow english side Wolves in the Semi Finals. It was a tense final finishing 2-2 and going into extra time and then penalties. With the last spot kick Mauricio Isla gave Liverpool their first trophy in 4 seasons.
20:50 The coverted FA Cup saw another thrilling season of shocks. Norwich City and Tottenham Hotspur battling through to the quarter finals before they succombed to Liverpool and Birmingham. The final four saw three of the top 4 and it looked like another year of dominance for them, it was not to be. Liverpool pulled off another result against the top 4, knocking out Birmingham to reach the final, however despite their best efforts they dfound themselves 3-0 down at half time in the final and were powerless to prevent Arsenal completing their double.
20:55 The final trophy was perhaps less attractive than the rest but still silverwear nevertheless and Manchester City were proud to win it. The competition saw Hull City and Liverpool push to go all the way, Hull took on the might of Arsenal and came out on tops winning on penalties to set up a semi final with the eventual winners, whilst Liverpool kncoked Chelsea out at the secound round before beating Portsmouth to meet Birmingham City. It was however the two top 4 clubs who got into the final and in what proved to be a tight affair, Man City took the trophy after a brilliant penalty shoot out win.
21:00 And so we congratulate those 3 clubs on their titles and move ahead to find out the results of your votes for the season awards. We have three teams of the seasons, player of the season, young player and surprise player to announce as well as the most improved player, team and manager and it all concludes with the result of the Manager of the Year Award.
21:02 So here we go, we will start by looking back at those players who have surprised us all, there were plenty of contenders with youngsters such as Jovetic and Lamela taking their step up whilst the likes of Hennessey and Michael Carrick surprised everyone. We start with the Surprise Team of the Season, we will take you through each position.
21:05 We start with the Goalkeeper position, it was a tight fight between Wayne Hennessey and Igor Malafeev but in the end the man who made the Sunderland number 1 jersey his own was voted in, congratulations Igor Malafeev.
21:07 At right back we saw a tough battle between the likes of Abate and Fabio, but the man who surprised us all, starting week in week out for Newcastle United, was Pablo Zabaleta, well done to him.
21:09 At Centre back the decision seemed to be a little easier, Manchester United's Johnny Evans is joined by Benedikt Howedes of Portsmouth after both cemented starting roles in european chasers.
21:11 Completing our defence is Erik Peiters, the second Sunderland player in our line up, he was solid throughout the season and has now earned a big move to Hull City.
21:13 Into midfield, it was a very close competition for the defensive position, Witsel and Barry both going close but the winner was Lucas Leiva who formed a solid base to Uniteds team.
21:15 The second central position was to be contested by young Alan Dzagoev, Diego Ribas and Michael Carrick, again it was the Sunderland man who gets the nod after a fine season, congratulations Michael Carrick.
21:17 Onto the wingers and there was plenty of competition for these places, on the left young Erik Lamela is in the team after providing Sunderland with a creative spark and earning a place in Liverpool's squad next season. On the left another youngster, this time James Rodrigues, joining Man Utd part way through the season and making a brilliant impact, helping them to 6th place.
21:19 The strikers positions were all about two men. QPR's star of the season Jan Klass Huntelaar is joined by former team mate Papiss Demba Cisse the two proving plenty of goals throughout the season.
21:20 So that concludes our surprise team of the season: Malafeev; Zabaleta, Evans, Howedes, Peiters; Lamela, Lucas Leiva, Carrick, James; Huntelaar, Cisse.
21:25 So on to our next award and its the first big player award of the night, Surprise Player of the Season We have seen the team of the season and making the nominations for the player award were Fabio Coentrao, Yohan Cabaye, Johnny Evans, Alan Dzagoev, Robert Lewandowski, Erik Lamela and Moussa Dembele.
21:27 In third place we have.....Yohan Cabaye the Liverpool midfielder breaking into the side and proving critical in the europa league campaign.
21:29 Second place goes to....The impressive young winger Erik Lamela after a brilliant breakthrough season.
21:31 But the man who has beat them all to be named surprise player of the season is......Johnny Evans the Man Utd and Northern Ireland defender came from no where this season to take his place at the heart of a solid defence. Well done to him.
21:35 We now move on to the awards for the most improvements this season, starting with Most Improved team of the season, there were 7 contenders, Newcastle United, Sunderland, Liverpool, Aston Villa, Manchester United, Portsmouth and Wolves.
21:37 Third place goes to the Europa League champions Liverpool who have seen starts like Juan Mata and Michael Essien joining.
21:39 In second, losing out by the narrowest of margins...Aston Villa. After a turbulent start to the season Jet took over and moved them up the table attracting the likes of Drogba and Kagawa to the club.
21:41 But the deserved winner of the 2011/12 most improved team is....Newcastle United, Robins side managing to bring global superstars like Pepe and Kaka as well as young prospects like Eden Hazard to the club.
21:43 Next up we have Most Improved Player, an award contested by four players, Robert Lewandowski, Theo Walcott, Andy Carroll and Santos Ramires.
21:46 The winner is....Robert Lewandowski. The striker originally sold by Portsmouth was brought back and provided a brilliant impact as Portsmouth got into the final Europa League space.
21:48 Next up is Most Improved Manager again contested by four managers, Robin and Kanga returning to the award whilst new comers Wigan and LRF showed improvement throughout.
21:50 And the award goes to....QPR manager Wigan. A great season for him, taking over QPR after promotion and taking them to a comfortable finish, plenty more expected.
21:55 Onto the awards for young players and we start by naming the Young team of the Year, plenty of youngsters have made a great impact on the league this season, but who has been voted into the select 11.
21:57 And so the first position up for grabs is keeper, it was a close call but after establishing himself as Liverpools number 1 and winning the Europa League, saving two in the shootout, Thibaut Courtois makes the team.
21:59 Onto the defence and firstly right back, which proved to be another close call but its Gregory Van der Weil who makes the side, the Portsmouth right back making the position his own.
22:01 Now to the middle of the defence, and its no surprise that the man at the heart of Birmingham's title winning defence, Mats Hummels makes the side and is partnered by Benedikt Howedes who makes another team of the season after a brilliant season.
22:04 Completing the defence is the man who dislodged Ashley Cole for much of the season, Fabio Coentrao, Arsenals new flying left back.
22:06 Moving into midfield and at the heart of every team is a solid defensive midfielder, and the man who provided that to two of the title challengers makes our team, congratulations Javi Martinez.
22:08 And joining him, the man who made Manchester City tick, Mesut Ozil beating off strong competition from the likes of Kagawa.
22:10 The two wing positions were heavily contested, many more could have been nominated but in the end the final two are Mario Gotze and Neymar Da Silva who provided flair to their teams Birmingham and Hull, both of whom will be looking to continue their development next season.
22:12 And completing our team of the season in the striking positions...Sergio Aguero who got goals galore as Chelsea chased the title and Robert Lewandowski, having been named most improved player he now makes young team of the season.
22:14 That concludes the Young team of the Season: Courtois; Van der Weil, Hummels, Howedes, Coentrao; Gotze, Martinez, Ozil, Neymar; Aguero, Lewnadowski.
22:15 And that brings us nicely onto the Young Player of the Year. Nominated for this award were, Sergio Busquets, Shinji Kagawa, Mats Hummels, Javi Martinez, Neymar Da Silva, Mesut Ozil and Alan Dzagoev.
22:17 After a tight battle for third place we have.....Javi Martinez, the man who provided a solid anchor for both Chelsea and Birmingham throughout the season.
22:19 Second place goes to......Mesut Ozil, having provided the creativity to Man City, helping them to push for the title and win the league cup.
22:21 But the winner of the Young player of the Season Award is......Mats Hummels after a brilliant season and a half at Newcastle he mpved to Birmingham were he has gone from strength to strength, proving crucial in winning the league.
22:25 The next award is for the Signing of the Season, transfers are constant but there are 10 stand outs, they are Man Utd signings of Andrea Pirlo and Carlos Tevez, Chelsea signing Vincent Kompany, Birmingham City's Mats Hummels with Giorgio Chielini joining Wolves also amongst the centre backs. Wolves also have the signing of Hulk to their name, Joe Harts move to West Brom was considered great value while the return of Lewandowski is also there for Portsmouth. Liverpool signed Ivanovic and Huntelaars move to QPR is also nominated.
22:27 In third place....Veteran midfielder Andrea Pirlo's move to Man Utd. He came in and pushed them forward towards that 6th spot.
22:29 In second place, just falling short of his 4th award of the night, its Mats Hummels move to Champions Birmingham City a fantastic season for the young German.
22:31 But the best signing of the season is......Jan Klass Huntelaars move to QPR the big striker firing them to safety, attracting plenty of interest but he has reiterated his commitment to QPR.
22:33 And so we move towards the end of the night with the player of the year award and manager of the year award drawing near.
22:35 But first its the Team of the Season, 36 players in all were nominated, only 11 can get in, but who are they?
22:37 First up then, the keeper. Cassilas, Buffon and Neuer were all nominated, but the League Champions keeper was voted in, well done to Petr Cech.
22:39 And continuing the league champions theme is Philip Lahm who makes the team at right back, he will join rivals Chelsea next season.
22:41 There was no doubt who was going to be the main CB, its Mats Hummels, 3 in 3 players from the Champions. There was a tight battle to join him but it goes to Giorgio Chielini of Wolves.
22:43 Completing the defence, another player who ended up as league champion, Marcelo the flying left back having a great season.
22:45 Defensive midfield was a tight competition with Martinez, De Rossi and Inler contesting the award, but the winner, coming from Hull City...Arturo Vidal.
22:47 Joining him n central midfielder, Cesc Fabregas who was at the heart of every Chelsea attack.
22:49 On the right of midfield it seemed a very one sided battle, top scorer Cristiano Ronaldo breezing into the team. On the left it was a tighter competition with Di Maria and Bale both having great seasons, but in the end it was Juan Mata voted into the team.
22:51 And the two men who will complete our team, the man who fired the goals in for Birmingham City Robin Van Persie he will look to continue his success with Arsenal next year. Alongside him we have Sergio Aguero who provided Chelsea with plenty of fire power.
22:53 So the team in full: Cech(Birmingham City); Lahm(Birmingham City), Hummels(Birmingham City), Chielini(Wolves), Marcelo(Birmingham City); Ronaldo(Arsenal), Vidal(Hull), Fabregas(Chelsea), Juan Mata(Liverpool); Van Persie(Birmingham City), Aguero(Chelsea).
22:55 And so with the team announced we now move onto the Player of the Season. It was fiercely contested by Cristiano Ronaldo, Robin Van Persie, Sergio Aguero, Arturo Vidal, Santos Ramires, Karim Benzema and Giorgio Chielini, but who came out on top?
22:57 In third place, taking it right to the wire....Sergio Aguero, the prolific striker.
22:59 In second....The man who finished top scorer and fired Arsenal to a historic double, Cristiano Ronaldo.
23:01 Which means, the winner of the award, he was vital in guiding Birmingham to a first premier league title....Robin Van Persie, congratulations, he retains the Player of the year award.
23:03 So here we go, its time for the final award and we all know what that means....Manager of the Season.
23:05 The nominees are: JET, who built the Birmingham side that won the league and then saved Villa from relegation. Former manager of the year TJ returns, a great comeback season saving Sunderland from the job and pushing them up the table. LSTD, another former manager of the season, winning the europa league and getting to the FA Cup final. DC who pushed Man City even further towards the league title and won the league cup. Fan who took his young Hull side very close to europe this season, as well as a fine league cup run. Vincent who cleared out the egos of LSTD's Chelsea side and created a new younger team, pushing Birmingham to the very last and building foundations for a brilliant season next year. Wilshere who took over from Luka and rebuilt the squad, securing an important 5th place for Wolves. Lets find out the results...
23:07 In third place.........TJ who took Sunderland up the table after a poor start and developed a team capable of pushing the best of them, well done TJ.
23:09 It was a very very close battle for 1st, but just missing out in second place.....LSTD, pushing Liverpool as far as possible in the hunt for trophies, a great season.
23:11 But that means, that the 2012/13 Manager of the Year is....JET, having laid the foundations for Birminghams success he went on the begin a new adventure with Villa, making a great start, congratulations JET.
23:12 And a special award, Biggest Legend Award goes too.....Everyone but Wilshere.
23:13 And that concludes our awards, congratulations to the winners and thank you to all who has taken part and made it a great season, lets mae it even better next year
Season Placings:
Arsenal - 30m
Aston Villa - 14.5m
Birmingham City - 37.5m
Chelsea - 26.5m
Hull City - 12.5m
Liverpool - 29.5m
Manchester City - 24m
Manchester United - 21.5m
Newcastle United - 15.5m
Norwich City - 4m
Portsmouth - 16m
QPR - 13m
Sunderland - 16.5m
Tottenham Hotspur - 6m
West Brom Albion - 9m
Wigan Athletic - 8m
Wolves - 15m
posted on 13/8/12
posted on 13/8/12
Congrats on all the awards guys, and to Jet, LSTD and TJ