Premier League 10 Seasons Awards
The Premier League 10 Seasons Awards were a set of English
In the team categories, both a Domestic (British) and Overseas Team of the Decade was named, and from those two teams an Overall Team of the Decade was picked as:
The April 1996 4–3 victory for Liverpool over Newcastle United at Anfield was named as Match of the Decade, while the Newcastle manager Kevin Keegan's infamous 'I would love it' rant just over three weeks later was named Quote of the Decade. Lucas Radebe was recipient of the Contribution to the Community award for his charitable efforts, Martin Tyler was named as Commentator of the Decade, while a photograph of a Michael Owen miss against Manchester United in 1999 was named Photograph of the Decade. Les Ferdinand was recognised as scorer of the 10,000th Premier League goal, David Seaman was credited as the goalkeeper with most clean sheets in the league (130), and Gary Speed was credited with the most league appearances (352).
Background
Having been established on 20 February 1992, the new League began its inaugural season on 15 August 1992.[1][2] From that inaugural 1992–93 season, the end of the 2001–02 season marked the end of the first decade of the Premier League.[3]
After its creation, the Premier League carried on the traditional system of promotion and relegation, which sees the exchange of teams between the lower division at the end of each season, based on finishing positions. The league consisted of 22 teams for its first three seasons, and was thereafter reduced to twenty teams at the end of the 1994–95 season, by virtue of one extra team being relegated and one less team being promoted.
In all, 34 teams competed in the Premier League's first decade, with only nine teams managing to stay in the league for the full ten seasons –
According to the League's chief executive Richard Scudamore, this first decade was a period which saw 113 million fans go to Premier League football matches to watch teams field players from 82 different countries.[1] In this time over 1,000 Premier League goals were scored.[1][2] The Premier League 10 Seasons Awards were set up to celebrate these first ten years of the competition.[1][2][4][5][6]
Awards process
The Premier League 10 Seasons Awards were decided through a combination of selection by a panel of 10 football experts, and public voting.
For the Awards chosen by public vote, the 10 man panel first selected a short-list of options from which the public could choose the final winners.[4] The voting categories of British and Overseas Player of the Decade, British and Overseas Team of the Decade, as well as Goal, Match, Photograph, Save and Commentator of the Decade were posted on the Premier League website in December 2002.[3] The short-list for the Match, Goal, Save and Commentator of the Decade were published on the BBC Sport website on 26 December 2002.[2] Public votes were recorded by registration with and voting through the FA Premier League's official website, www.premierleague.com.[3][4]
Clips of the short-listed Goals, Saves and Matches of the Decade were broadcast on television from
In addition to the award categories chosen by public voting, other 10 Seasons Awards were chosen that had been selected directly by the panel, such as the Outstanding Contribution award, while other awards were selected by the panel from a given short-list, such as the Contribution to the Community award[11][12] As part of the final Awards announcements, a selection of statistical feats over the decade were also chosen for special recognition in the 10 Seasons Awards, such as Top Scorer.[12]
When voting was closed, almost 750,000 votes from fans from 184 countries were registered in the 10 Seasons Awards through the Premier League website.
In a preview to announcing most of the Awards, the results of the Domestic and Overseas Teams of the Decade were announced on 6 April 2003.[4] The bulk of the Awards were announced at a 10 Seasons Awards ceremony on Monday 14 April.[1][5][16] Both Alan Shearer and Eric Cantona were in attendance to accept their respective Domestic and Overseas Player of the Decade Awards, with Cantona making a rare return to England from his home in Marseille, France, having retired from football in 1997.[13][14][17] The announcement of the final Award, for Overall Player of the Decade, was deferred until Sunday 27 April, coinciding with the annual Professional Footballers' Association Awards dinner in London.[1][5][6] At the dinner, the Award was presented to Alan Shearer, as well as being named in the PFA Team of the Year for that year.[6][18]
Awards
Teams of the Decade
The winning team selections in the Domestic (British) and Overseas Team of the Decade categories were announced in advance of the main awards, and from these two teams a single winning Overall Team of the Decade was announced as part of the main awards. The Overall team contained five players from the Overseas team and six from the Domestic team.[1][3][4][13]
Of all 22 players chosen for the Domestic and Overseas categories, Steve Bruce was the only player not to have been capped for his national team during the decade. In the Domestic team, only one non-England player was represented – Ryan Giggs of Wales, with no players chosen from Scotland or Northern Ireland. All of the players selected in the Overseas team were from Europe (including the Republic of Ireland), with France being the most represented, with five players.
Manchester United were the most represented club in both teams and the Overall team, with six players in the Domestic team, five in the Overseas team and seven inclusions in the Overall team. Arsenal had the second-most representatives with two in the Domestic team, four in the Overseas team and two inclusions in the Overall team.
The teams were as follows:[19]
Domestic and Overall Player of the Decade, Outstanding Contribution to the League
English striker Alan Shearer was named Domestic Player of the Decade in the main 10 Seasons awards announcements, in addition to being given the Outstanding Contribution to the FA Premier League award.[5][16][19] Two weeks later he was also named as the Overall Player of the Decade.[6][16][18] In the first decade, Shearer played for Blackburn Rovers, and then Newcastle United. Shearer has been described as a classic English centre-forward with great shooting power, a single-minded striker who could intimidate the defenders whose role was to stop him.[20][21] In the words of the Premier League, he was "a striker without equal" in their first decade.[21]
Shearer started his career as a professional footballer four years before the creation of the Premier League, signing for the top-division club
After renewed interest from Manchester United, who initially tried to sign him before Blackburn, a 25-year-old Shearer invoked a release clause in his Blackburn contract and moved to Newcastle United in July 1996 for a
After the
On receipt of his Premier League Domestic Player of the Decade award, Shearer stated:[5]
I am genuinely humbled to be lifting the award when there are so many other players I have either played with or against that would have been extremely worthy recipients. To receive an award from a panel representing all the key football figures in the game, including the Professional Footballers' Association, the League Managers Association and the media is one of the highest accolades I have ever had.
Overseas Player of the Decade
Frenchman
Despite already being well known for a club career in France, and having made 25 appearances for the
In his time at Manchester United, Cantona scored 82 goals in 185 appearances, and won the Premier League title four times in five years from 1993 to 1997, with United being pipped to the title by one point on the last day of the 1994–95 season by Blackburn Rovers, with Cantona having begun his ban from football in the run-in of that season, in March 1995.[29][30]
In April 1994, Cantona was awarded the 1994
Cantona retired from football as the "undisputed King of Old Trafford" in May 1997, having captained United to the Premier League title.[27][30]
Just before the 10 Seasons Awards launched, on 30 November 2002 Cantona became one of the 23 inaugural player inductees to the English Football Hall of Fame.[34]
Goal of the Decade
The award for Goal of the Decade was given to
Nine other goals from seven players were short-listed for the public vote for Goal of the Decade:[2]
- Dalian Atkinson Wimbledon 2–3 Aston Villa, Saturday 3 October 1992
- Matthew Le TissierSouthampton 2–1 Newcastle United, Sunday 24 October 1993
- Matthew Le TissierBlackburn Rovers 3–2 Southampton, Saturday 10 December 1994
- Tony Yeboah Wimbledon 2–4 Leeds United, Saturday 23 September 1995
- Eric Cantona Manchester United 5–0 Sunderland, Saturday 21 December 1996
- Dennis Bergkamp Leicester City 3–3 Arsenal, Wednesday 27 August 1997
- Paolo Di Canio West Ham United 2–1 Wimbledon, Sunday 26 March 2000
- Thierry Henry Arsenal 1–0 Manchester United, Sunday 1 October 2000
- Dennis Bergkamp Newcastle United 0–2 Arsenal, Saturday 2 March 2002
Beckham's goal won with 22% of the public vote, beating Bergkamp's goal against Newcastle into second place with 17%, and Le Tissier's strike for Southampton against Blackburn into third place with 11%.[9]
Commenting on the goal at the time, Manchester United's manager Alex Ferguson stated, "I've never seen it done, Everyone is scratching their heads in the dressing room to try and remember something similar. Pelé in 1970 is the only one."[9] Coincidentally, the goal was also Manchester United's 300th Premier League goal.[9]
Save of the Decade
The save came on 24 minutes, when a
On receiving the Award, Schmeichel said:[36]
To be honest at the time I didn't think the save was that difficult. But when you look back at it, you can see I am off balance when he is heading the ball...I’ve seen the other nine saves that were short-listed for the award and I’m obviously extremely proud...To make such a save from John Barnes, who has always been one of my heroes, is fantastic for me.
Nine other saves by eight other goalkeepers had been short-listed for the public vote for Save of the Decade:[2]
- Shay Given Sunderland 0–1 Newcastle United, Sunday 24 April 2002
- Kasey Keller Leicester City 2–0 Everton, Saturday 22 August 1998
- Luděk Mikloško West Ham United 1–1 Manchester United, Sunday 14 May 1995
- Thomas Myhre Everton 0–0 Liverpool, Saturday 17 October 1998
- Shaka Hislop Tottenham Hotspur 0–0 West Ham United, Monday 6 December 1999
- Jerzy Dudek Liverpool 2–0 Charlton Athletic, Saturday 30 March 2002
- Jussi Jääskeläinen Manchester United 1–2 Bolton Wanderers, Saturday 20 October 2001
- Peter Schmeichel Manchester United 2–2 Liverpool, Sunday 18 October 1992
- David Seaman Middlesbrough 1–6 Arsenal, Saturday 24 April 1999
Schmeichel's save won the award with 27% of the vote, beating another of his own saves into second with 20%, and placing Shay Given in third with 15%.[36]
Match of the Decade
The award for Match of the Decade went to the fixture between Liverpool and Newcastle United at Liverpool's home ground Anfield on Wednesday 3 April 1996, which ended 4–3 to Liverpool after a last minute winner from striker Stan Collymore.[15][16][19]
Liverpool | 4 – 3 | Newcastle United |
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Fowler 2', 55' Collymore 67', 90+2' |
report [39][40] |
Ferdinand 10' Ginola 14' Asprilla 57' |
In the final stages of the 1995–96 FA Premier League season, Kevin Keegan's Newcastle had seen a 12-point lead accumulated in the five months to January clawed back by April. By the time of this fixture, Newcastle stood in second place, three points behind Manchester United, with Roy Evans' Liverpool side also in contention for the League title. The game began with Liverpool gaining the lead on just 2 minutes, and in the following exchanges Newcastle went ahead twice and Liverpool drew back level twice, before Stan Collymore's last minute goal brought victory for Liverpool. A classic attacking encounter also characterised by some cavalier defending, the game was described as having been played at a breathtaking, breakneck pace for the entire 90 minutes.[15] Manchester United ultimately won the title four points ahead of Newcastle, with Liverpool in third, seven points behind Newcastle.
Four other matches were short-listed for the public vote for Match of the Decade:
Coincidentally, the next Premier League meeting of Liverpool at home to Newcastle, the following season on 10 March 1997, also finished 4–3.[15][41]
Photograph of the Decade
A picture of the immediate reaction to a late miss by
On the day of the photograph, Liverpool, at their
Liverpool supporter Noble took the photograph from the other end of the ground, capturing Owen and two teammates, and most of fans in the famous Liverpool
Noble said of the photograph:[42]
I saw Owen and the other two players put their head in their hands and fired thinking it would perhaps do as a dejection pic. To be honest, had it happened earlier in the game when I had more time and things were less frantic, I probably would have deleted it as you couldn't make out the faces on the crowd on the back of the camera, and it was only when I pulled it up on the laptop later that I realised what I had.
Commentator of the Decade
The Commentator of the Decade Award was presented to the sports commentator Martin Tyler of Sky Sports, the Premier League's domestic live match broadcast partner for its first decade.[16][19] Four other commentators had been short-listed for the public vote: Barry Davies and John Motson of BBC television, Alan Green and Mike Ingham of BBC Radio 5 Live.[2]
Tyler's first commentary was for
On receipt of his award, Tyler said[46]
I'd like to thank everybody who voted for me and express my gratitude to all my colleagues at Sky Sports. This award is as much for them as myself and reflects our approach to football. My job has also been made easier by the thousands of individuals within the game who've answered my daily requests for information with the attention and care that make this job so enjoyable.
In an interview given shortly after the awards, Tyler cited
Quote of the Decade
The quote of "I would love it if we beat them. Love it!", declared live on television by Newcastle United manager Kevin Keegan on 29 April 1996, was chosen as Quote of the Decade.[16][19][47] Keegan was speaking about Newcastle's Premier League title rivals Manchester United, in the closing stages of the 1995–96 season, a couple of weeks after the events of the Liverpool v Newcastle game of 3 April adjudged to be the Match of the Decade.
Going into the penultimate weekend of the season (27/28/29 April), the race for the title was now just between Manchester United and Newcastle, and both teams had won 1–0 at home in mid-week on Wednesday 17 April, Manchester United against Leeds, Newcastle against Southampton. Manchester United were now top with 76 points with two games to play, with Newcastle three points behind, but with a game in hand.
Following their win against Leeds on Wednesday, Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson had suggested after that match that the Leeds team were "cheating" their manager by trying harder against Manchester United (with whom they had a
In that penultimate weekend of the season, Manchester United demolished Nottingham Forest 5–0 at home on Sunday 28 April extending their lead to 6 points and putting the pressure on Newcastle for their game away to Leeds at their Elland Road ground.[50] In the game, Leeds did appear to up their game, but Newcastle still won 1–0.[48] After the game however, live on Sky Sports an emotional Keegan made his speech, pointing his finger to the camera:[48]
Some of the things that have been said in the last few days have been almost slanderous, I think you should send a tape of that [match] to Alex Ferguson. That's what he wanted, isn't it? You don't say what Alex said about Leeds, you don't say that in football. He's gone down in my estimation. Football in this country is honest."..."I would love it if we beat them [Manchester United], love it. The battle is still on, they have not won it yet.
Although Newcastle won the game and could still become League champions depending on the outcome of their next two games and Manchester United's last game, Keegan's rant was interpreted the day after as signalling that Keegan had already lost the
Keegan's quote narrowly beat Eric Cantona of Manchester United to the Quote of the Decade award after his famous 'sardines' quote.[14] Cantona had made this quote to a press conference following his conviction of assaulting a Crystal Palace fan during a match in 1995, where his only comment was simply to declare: "when the seagulls follow the trawler, it is because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea", much to the puzzlement of all assembled.[17][51]
The quote was also voted 17th in the
Manager of the Decade
The Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson was awarded the Manager of the Decade Award, having been in charge of all 392 of their games for the entire decade.[13][16][19]
After a playing career in
After winning some domestic English cup competitions with United from 1990, Ferguson guided United to their first League title in almost 30 years in 1993, becoming the inaugural Premier League Champions.[28][54] In the first decade of the Premier League, Ferguson presided over 244 Premiership victories from 392 games, with the team setting records for winning and unbeaten streaks, and winning a total of 7 Premier League titles.[28]
After guiding United to Premier League and
Contribution to the Community
South African defender
Radebe joined Premier League side
On receipt of his Contribution to the Community Award, Radebe said:[11]
I have been fortunate to be involved with our anti-racism, educational, social and charitable initiatives and this award not only reflects my efforts but those of the many people connected with Leeds United. For me football equals community. I have seen the way our sport has acted as a vehicle for change. Having achieved a level and status as a professional player in the Premier League and in South Africa, means I have been lucky enough to have been in a position to make a difference
Other statistical recognitions
The 10 Seasons Awards also recognised a number of statistical feats achieved during the decade, in the following categories:
- Most Appearances:
- Goalkeeper with most clean sheets: David Seaman was recognised in the awards for being the goalkeeper with the best record for keeping the most clean sheets, i.e. the number of games played without conceding a goal in his own net.[16] Seaman recorded 130 clean sheets during the decade, all while at Arsenal[19] At the time of the awards Peter Schmeichel, on picking up his Goalkeeper of the Decade at the Awards, praised Seaman as the current in-form goalkeeper of the Premier League.[14]
- Most Coaching Appearances: Alex Ferguson, the manager of Manchester United, was recognised for having made the most appearances as a coach (manager) in the League.[16][19] Ferguson took charge of 392 matches in all over the decade, all for United.[13]
- 10,000th Goal: The striker
- Top Goalscorer: Striker Alan Shearer was recognised for having scored the most goals in the Premier League's first decade.[16] While at Blackburn Rovers and then Newcastle United, Shearer scored a total 204 Premier League goals between 1992 and 2002.[12][14] Commenting at the time, Shearer stated that "It's helped having decent players around me. This has made my job easier."[14] On retiring in 2006, Shearer has scored a total of 260 Premier League goals (the League record), and 283 career League goals when including the old First Division.
Reception
Dominic Raynor writing for
James Lawton writing for The Independent said that "there is surely a need for at least one cry of indignation over the [Premier League's] increasing habit of trying to make instant history." He described the 10 Season Awards artificial separation of the first decade of the Premier League from the rest of English football history as "nonsense", comparing Shearer's goalscoring record to that of Jimmy Greaves and Dixie Dean and the Team of the Decade to other potential teams from previous decades, concluding "In its relentless self-aggrandisement, the Premiership only invites harsh comparisons".[64]
The exclusion of Roy Keane from the Overall Team of the Decade (while being included in the Overseas team) was criticised by some media outlets, and was a "surprise" to his former teammate and Overseas Player of the Decade Eric Cantona.[13][17][64][65]
First decade finishing positions by season
Club | Premier League seasons | Highest Finishing Position | 92/3 | 93/4 | 94/5 | 95/6 | 96/7 | 97/8 | 98/9 | 99/0 | 00/1 | 01/2 |
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Arsenal | 10 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Aston Villa | 10 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 |
Barnsley | 1 | 19 | 19 | |||||||||
Blackburn Rovers | 8 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 10 | ||
Bolton Wanderers | 3 | 16 | 20 | 18 | 16 | |||||||
Bradford City | 2 | 17 | 17 | 20 | ||||||||
Charlton Athletic | 3 | 9 | 18 | 9 | 14 | |||||||
Chelsea | 10 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
Coventry City | 9 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 19 | |
Crystal Palace | 3 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 20 | |||||||
Derby County | 6 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 16 | 17 | 19 | ||||
Everton | 10 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 16 | 15 |
Fulham | 1 | 13 | 13 | |||||||||
Ipswich Town | 5 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 22 | 5 | 18 | |||||
Leeds United
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10 | 3 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
Leicester City | 7 | 8 | 21 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 20 | |||
Liverpool | 10 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
Manchester City | 5 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 18 | |||||
Manchester United | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Middlesbrough | 7 | 9 | 21 | 12 | 19 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 12 | |||
Newcastle United | 9 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 4 | |
Norwich City | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 20 | |||||||
Nottingham Forest | 5 | 3 | 22 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 20 | |||||
Oldham Athletic | 2 | 19 | 19 | 21 | ||||||||
Queens Park Rangers | 4 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 19 | ||||||
Sheffield United | 2 | 14 | 14 | 20 | ||||||||
Sheffield Wednesday | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 12 | 19 | ||
Southampton | 10 | 10 | 18 | 18 | 10 | 17 | 16 | 12 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 11 |
Sunderland | 4 | 7 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 17 | ||||||
Swindon Town | 1 | 22 | 22 | |||||||||
Tottenham Hotspur | 10 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 9 |
Watford | 1 | 20 | 20 | |||||||||
West Ham United | 9 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 7 | |
Wimbledon | 8 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 15 | 16 | 18 |
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