January
Sven-Goran Eriksson gives the nod to the FA that he will terminate his England job after the World Cup.

February
The new Wembley will not be ready for the FA Cup final.

March
Scottish football hit by a third sponsorship pull-out of the season.

April
A PFA research shows that the average Premier League player pockets around £0.67m a year, an increase of 65% since the start of the millennium.

May
Steve McClaren, Middlesbrough's coach, is named as the man to take over from Sven-Goran Eriksson as England manager.

June
Michael Owen cries out of the World Cup with ruptured ligaments in right knee.

July
England out on penalties in World Cup quarter-final against Portugal. Rooney is sent off.

August
More foreign players embark on the ship... named English Premier League.

September
The Premiership confirms its status as the richest league organisation in the world after clubs spend £260 million in the August transfer window.

October
Scotland topple World Cup beaten finalists France at Hampden Park 1-0 in a European Championship qualifier.

November
Alex Ferguson celebrates 20 years as boss of Manchester United.

December
All four England representatives in the Champions League qualify as group winners.

Remarkable feats

Gretna become the first team from the third tier to reach the Scottish Cup final.

John Terry, Petr Cech, Steven Gerrard and Luis Garcia are named in the UEFA Team of the Year. Jose Mourinho is selected coach for third year running.

Wigan ATHLETIC reach their first major cup final (League Cup) in their history. They got beaten by Man. United.

Arsenal become the first English side to win at Real Madrid.

Reading reach top flight for first time in history.

Arsenal produce a Champions League record of ten successive clean sheets and reach Champions League final for first time in their history.

Middlesbrough star in UEFA Cup final for the first time ever. They lose to Sevilla in the final.

Charlton win English Fair Play award.

Scotland U-19 reach European Championship final in Poland.

All-time hit tunes

All Good Things (come to an end) - Beckham's loss in England team.

I Just Want to See the Boy Happy - Mourinho on Gallas's move to Arsenal.

We Three Kings - Scholes, Terry, Gerrard.

The 12 Days of Christmas - Fixtures, more fixtures and long injury lists.

Put Your Head On My Shoulder - Eriksson to Rooney.

D.I.V.O.R.C.E. - Eriksson and England.

Sitting on the Dock of a Bay - Alan Pardew.

Another Brick in the Wall - England's exit to Portugal on penalties again.

In the Year 2525 - Brazilian Scolari to get England job.

Films, videos

Flushed Away - Sepp Blatter's call for 18-club leagues in Europe.

All the King's Men - Arsenal's lack of home grown players.

Sixty Six - That was the year that was for England.

Shall We Dance - Referees to players that dive.

Forever Young - Teddy Sheringham.

Tails You Live, Heads You're Dead - penalty shoot-out.

Precious Find - Theo Walcott.

Raging Bull - Zinedine Zidane's head-butt in World Cup final.

One, Two, Three - David Beckham scores in three successive World Cups.

Sole sensations

Phil Jagielka (Sheffield Utd), Championship Player of the Year.

Gordon Strachan (Celtic), Writers' Manager of the Year.

Craig Gordon (Hearts), Writers Footballer of the Year.

Steven Naismith (Kilmarnock), Writers Young Footballer of the Year.

Steven Gerrard (Liverpool) - PFA Player of the Year. Wayne Rooney (Man. United) - PFA Young Player of the Year.

Thierry Henry (Arsenal) - Writers' Footballer of the Year.

Shaun Maloney (Celtic) becomes the first to sweep both PFA awards of Player of the Year, and Young Player of the Year.

Thierry Henry lifts football writers award for a record third time in four seasons. He is also the Premiership Player of the Year.

Jose Mourinho (Chelsea), Manager of the Year.

Pepe Reina (Liverpool) - Golden Glove of the Year.

Thierry Henry, Premiership top marksman.

Arsenal's Jens Lehmann is named UEFA Club goalkeeper of the year.

David Beckham becomes first English player to score in three successive World Cup championships.

At 18, Man. City's Micah Richards becomes the youngest defender to represent England.

Gary Speed, of Bolton, becomes the first player to chalk up 500 Premiership appearances.

Ravish records

• Celtic's 8-1 hammering of Dunfermline away is the biggest since start of SPL.

• Chelsea splash a British transfer record of £30.8m to sign Andriy Shevchenko from Milan.

• Premier League announce a new three-year TV deal worth £1.7 billion.

• At 17 years, 75 days Theo Walcott, of Arsenal, becomes the youngest England international during a 3-1 win over Hungary at home.

• The second transfer window of January is a record for deals in Premiership.

• Reading win Championship title with a new points record - 106.

• For the first time in a decade, SPL teams register a collective operating profit of £2.8m.

Shining silverware

Chelsea - League champions.

Liverpool - FA Cup.

Man. United - League Cup.

Reading - Championship crown.

Swansea - LDV Vans Trophy.

Celtic - Scottish champions.

Hearts - Scottish Cup.

Celtic - Scottish League Cup.

Cup upsets

Dunfermline (out to Airdrie, Scottish Cup)

Motherwell (St Mirren, Scottish Cup)

Fulham (L. Orient, FA Cup)

Tottenham (Leicester, FA Cup)

Celtic (Clyde, Scottish Cup)

Livingston (Alloa, Scottish Cup)

West Brom (Reading, FA Cup)

Sunderland (Brentford, FA Cup)

Derby (Colchester, FA Cup)

Inverness (Partick, Scottish Cup)

Dundee (Gretna, Scottish L. Cup)

Barnsley (MK Dons, League Cup)

Wigan (Crewe, League Cup)

Derby (Doncaster, League Cup)

Manchester City (Chesterfield, League Cup)

Fulham (Wycombe, League Cup)

M'boro (N. County, League Cup)

Norwich (Port Vale, League Cup)

West Ham (Chesterfield, League Cup).

Sheffield United (Birmingham, League Cup).

Manchester United (Southend, League Cup).

Rangers (St Johnstone, League Cup).

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