[attach id=259847 size="medium"]Wigan Athletic beat Manchester City 1-0 in the FA Cup final at Wembley Stadium.[/attach]
The curtains came down on yet another Premier League season last month.
While there was no doubt about who will win the championship crown, the other domestic prizes were up for grabs.
After taking top spot in the Premier League standings in November, Manchester United maintained their stranglehold on the cham-pionship crown and assured themselves of a record 20th league title with four matches to spare.
Unfancied clubs Swansea and Wigan rewrote their history after achieving success in the other domestic knock-out competitions.
The Swans, under the leadership of Michael Laudrup, lifted the League Cup trophy after hammering Bradford City, the competition’s giant-killers, in the final.
Wigan created the biggest surprise of the season when they stunned Manchester City in the FA Cup final at Wembley Stadium. A few days after their FA Cup triumph, Wigan were relegated from the Premier League.
In UEFA club competitions, Chelsea restored some pride to English football after winning the Europa League.
For the Blues, this was their second successive title on the continent after lifting the Champions League the previous season.
Manchester United were joined by Manchester City and Chelsea in the group stages of the Champions League while Arsenal will play in the play-off round.
Wigan will enter the group stages of the Europa League while Tottenham start their campaign in the play-off round. Swansea, on their part, will feature in the third qualifying round.
Meanwhile, the Premier League has agreed new parachute payments for relegated teams.
The three clubs who lost their Premier League status, QPR, Reading and Wigan, will receive £48m over a four-year period.
The trophy winners
Premier League: Manchester United.
Europa League: Chelsea.
FA Cup: Wigan.
League Cup: Swansea.
Johnstone’s Paint Trophy: Crewe.
Football League title: Cardiff.
Premier Play Fair League: Arsenal.
Community Shield: Manchester City.
‘Conference’ championship: Barnet.
The awards
Manager of the Year: Alex Ferguson (Manchester United).
Football Writers’ Footballer of the Year: Gareth Bale (Tottenham).
PFA Player of the Year: Gareth Bale (Tottenham).
PFA Young Player of the Year: Gareth Bale (Tottenham).
Premier Golden Boot Award: Robin van Persie (Manchester United).
Premier Golden Glove Award: Joe Hart (Manchester City).
LMA Manager of the Year: Alex Ferguson (Manchester United).
PFA Select XI
David de Gea (Man. United), Pablo Zabaleta (Man. City), Jan Vertonghen (Tottenham), Rio Ferdinand (Man. United), Leighton Baines (Everton), Michael Carrick (Man. United), Juan Mata (Chelsea), Gareth Bale (Tottenham), Eden Hazard (Chelsea), Luis Suarez (Liverpool), Robin van Persie (Man. United).
Top scorers
26 − Van Persie (Man United).
23 − Suarez (Liverpool).
21 − Bale (Tottenham).
19 − Benteke (Aston Villa).
Player of the month
September − Steven Fletcher (Sunderland).
October − Juan Mata (Chelsea).
November − Marouane Fellaini (Everton).
December − Robin van Persie (Man. United).
January − Adam le Fondre (Reading).
February − Gareth Bale (Tottenham).
March − Jan Vertonghen (Tottenham).
April − Van Persie.
Manager of the month
September − David Moyes (Everton).
October − Alex Ferguson (Manchester United).
November − Steve Clarke (West Brom).
December − Andre Villas-Boas (Tottenham).
January − Brian McDermott (Reading).
February − Villas-Boas.
March − Moyes.
April − Rafael Benitez (Chelsea).
Clubs’ leading scorers
Arsenal − Theo Walcott - 14
Aston Villa − Christian Benteke - 19
Chelsea − Frank Lampard - 15
Everton − Marouane Fellaini - 11
Fulham − Dimitar Berbatov - 15
Liverpool − Luis Suarez - 23
Manchester City − Edin Dzeko - 14
Manchester United − Robin van Persie - 26
Newcastle − Papiss Cisse - 8
Norwich − Grant Holt - 8
QPR − Loic Remy - 6
Reading − Adam le Fondre - 12
Southampton − Ricky Lambert - 15
Stoke − Jon Walters - 8
Sunderland − Steven Fletcher - 11
Swansea − Michu - 18
Tottenham − Gareth Bale - 21
West Brom − Romelu Lukaku - 17
West Ham − Kevin Nolan - 10
Wigan − Arouna Kone - 11