2008 was undoubtedly a great year for sport and football in particular with an exhilarating Champions League, phenomenally tight finishes in the leagues across Europe and arguably the best international tournament for years. Whilst we will publish more detailed reports on the events of 2008 soon, we thought we would kick off the New Year on thefirst90minutes.com with our columnists’ views on 2008 as well as gathering their predictions for 2009. See who you agree with and feel free to voice your own opinions below.
Questions | James Bailey | Joshua Oware | Louis Antonius |
2008 | |||
| Best Player in the World | Fernando Torres | Fernando Torres | Cristiano Ronaldo |
| Best Match | Tottenham 5 – Arsenal 1 (Carling Cup Semi Final 2nd Leg) | Liverpool 4 – Arsenal 2 (Champions League Quarter Final) | Liverpool 4 – Arsenal 2 (Champions League Quarter Final) |
| Best Club Side | Juventus | Hull City | Man United |
| Best International Team | Brazil Women’s National Team | Spain | Spain |
| Best Young Player | Sergio Aguero | Lionel Messi | Karim Benzema |
Best Goal - (Click to view goal) | Cristiano Ronaldo (Man United Vs Portsmouth) | Wesley Sneijder (Holland vs. Italy Euro 2008) | Wesley Sneijder (Holland Vs France Euro 2008) |
| Best Signing | Deco | Amir Zaki (Wigan - Loan) | Jose Bosingwa / Amir Zaki (Wigan –Loan) |
| Biggest Disappointment (Player) | Cristiano Ronaldo at Euro 2008 | Karim Benzema and Mario Gomez (both at Euro 2008) | Luka Modric |
| Biggest Disappointment (Team) | England (Not qualifying for Euro 08) | France | Arsenal |
| Best England Player | Gareth Barry | Wayne Rooney | Joe Cole |
2009 | |||
| Winners: | |||
| Premier League | Man United | Liverpool | Man United |
| Championship | Wolves | Reading | Reading |
| League 1 | MK Dons | Leicester | Leicester |
| League 2 | Wycombe | Wycombe | Wycombe |
| Champions League | Chelsea | Barcelona | Barcelona |
| UEFA Cup | AC Milan | Man City | Valencia |
| FA Cup | Liverpool | Chelsea | Chelsea |
| League Cup | Tottenham | Tottenham | Man United |
| Scottish Premier | Celtic | Celtic | Celtic |
| Serie A | Inter Milan | Inter Milan | Inter Milan |
| La Liga | Barcelona | Barcelona | Barcelona |
| Bundesliga | Bayern Munich | Bayern Munich | Bayern Munich |
| Ligue 1 | Lyon | Lyon | Lyon |
| Teams relegated from the Premiership | West Brom, Stoke, Portsmouth | West Brom, Stoke, Middlesbrough | West Brom, Stoke, Hull |
| Teams promoted to the Premiership | Wolves, Birmingham, Reading | Wolves, QPR, Reading | Reading, Wolves, Sheffield United |
| First Premiership Managerial Casualty | Tony Adams | Gareth Southgate | Mark Hughes |
| Premiership Player of the Year | Gabriel Agbonlahor | Steven Gerrard | Cristiano Ronaldo |
| European Top Goal Scorer | Marc Janko | Robinho | Cristiano Ronaldo |
| Best Player in the World | Lionel Messi | Lionel Messi | Cristiano Ronaldo |
| Hot Prospect | Bojan Krkic | A Pato + D Sturridge | Rafael |
| Biggest Disappointment (Player) | Dimitar Berbatov | Jo (Man City) | Andrei Arshavin |
| Biggest Disappointment (Team) | Arsenal | AC Milan | Real Madrid |
| Best England Player | Theo Walcott | Michael Owen | Frank Lampard |
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