An alternative end of season awards
May 14th, 2025by Nathaniel Shaughnessy
With the contentious PFA team of the year, and player/young player of the year accolades decided, and the season all but at an end, now is the time to start looking back and considering some of the other high/low points of a fascinating there are many awards that the PFA do not give out, yet often are the subject of much debate from pundits and punters alike. So, here are my picks for; game of the season, goal of the season, breakthrough player of the season and manager of the season, as well as some alternative awards: flop of the season, best chant, best fans, best pundit and best moment of the season.
Here goes:
Game of the season
Despite being quite sick of this Liverpool love in from the media, and sickened by the sight of a seemingly lost generation of Liverpool fans suddenly and unexpectedly donning their red shirts from February onwards (where have they been hiding these past few years?) I cannot deny that Liverpool 3-2 Manchester City was a quite magnificent game of football and the atmosphere and significance of the game makes this the unescapable choice as game of the season. Whilst Liverpool did indeed fail to go on and win the league, I suspect this game will live long in the memory of those fans. Regardless of the outcome. The early Liverpool onslaught was almost too predictable to have worked – yet at half time Daniel Sturridge really should've put them three or four nil on front. Alas, he failed and City were able to expose Liverpool's defensive frailties and the often embarrassing actions of Simon Mignolet, who I believe has escaped a lot of criticism this season by virtue of Liverpool's ability to outscore the opposition. Step up Vincent Kompany to virtually hand Liverpool the title on a plate, cue the ensuing of calamity. Even if you're not one of Liverpool's greatest sympathisers – it is difficult to escape the pure magic of that moment.
Goal of the season
It shocks me that this hasn't been chosen more often for goal of the season by the pundits. I don't see how any true football fan can not put it down, given the pure beauty of it. Jack Wilshere vs Norwich is, for me, not only the goal of the season but probably one of the best goals of the Premier league era (I'm sorry if I appear Arsenal-biased). The thing is, goals of the nature of Rooney's, Shelvey's or Kasami's are undoubtedly moments of magic but you do tend to see them every season, in fact you'll find one at least once a fortnight somewhere in Europe. Yet that team goal with the one touch football and the
