Football: The Libero awards

Premiership team of season (3-4-2-1): Schmeichel (Man Utd); Perry (Wimbledon), Leboeuf (Chelsea), Adams (Arsenal); Petrescu (Chelsea), Beckham (Man Utd), Vieira (Arsenal), Bjornebye (Liverpool); Juninho (Middlesbrough), Zola (Chelsea); Shearer (Newcastle). Subs: Seaman (Arsenal), Elliott (Leicester), Keane (Man Utd), Solskjaer (Man Utd), Ravanelli (Middlesbrough).

Bettabuys: Solskjaer, Vieira, Elliott.

Supermarket sweeps: Karel Poborsky (Man Utd), Gianluca Vialli (Chelsea), Sasa Curcic (Aston Villa).

Class acts: Dennis Bergkamp (Arsenal), Slaven Bilic (West Ham), Roy Evans (Liverpool manager).

Bottom of the bill: David Platt (Arsenal), Lee Sharpe (Leeds), Nicky Barmby (Everton).

Warm-up men (unsung but effective): Robbie Mustoe (Boro), Mark Wright (Liverpool), Dean Sturridge (Derby).

Ahead of their time: Stuart Campbell (Leicester), Michael Owen (Liverpool), Niklas Anelka (Arsenal).

Past it (but thanks for the memories): Ian Rush (Liverpool), Neville Southall (Everton), Nigel Winterburn (Arsenal).

Luke Skywalkers: Steve Claridge (Leicester), Robbie Fowler (Liverpool), Joe Kinnear (Wimbledon manager).

Darth Vaders: Ian Wright (Arsenal), Emerson (Boro), Middlesbrough.

Eurostar Passengers: Jordi Cruyff (Man Utd), David Ginola (Newcastle), Tony Yeboah (Leeds).

Performance of season: Man Utd 4, Porto 0.

Match of season: Middlesbrough 3, Chesterfield 3.

Worst: Any one of nine involving Leeds.

Manager of year: Alex Ferguson will no doubt win the actual award, but Barnsley's Danny Wilson and Brighton's Steve Gritt should be given a share.