We have been a running a poll on thefirst90minutes.com for our visitors to vote on who they thought was the greatest footballer on the planet during this calendar year.

We can now proudly announce the results and crown our first ever TF90M World Player of the Year. In reverse order...

A small triumph is being celebrated in Oslo. In a big indoor soccer stadium belonging to top Norwegian club side Lillestroem, a seven-a-side football team is exchanging slaps and jokes as they slot another goal. The referee whistles for the restart.

But the celebration here has little to do with goals, cups, or league tables: it is a victory over learning disabilities and mental problems. Because virtually all the players on both sides are in some way cerebrally challenged: the striker is autistic, the winger has attention deficit disorder, many are epileptic, dyslexic, and so forth.