By Chris Wright

Shamelessly pie-jacked: Paul and Nicky Campbell of Piebury Corner

You may be of the opinion that Arsenal failed to win anything during 2011/12, but we're here to tell you that you're so goddamn wrong that it's actually a little embarrassing just how wrong you are.

By Chris Wright

The half-time reenactment of the fireplace scene from 'Women In Love' went down a treat

Bathed in withering sun, Crewe beat Cheltenham in the League Two Play-Off Final at Wembley yesterday afternoon to snag themselves a berth in League One next season, with the latest wunderkind to roll off the Railwaymen's production line, 18-year old Nick Powell, opening proceedings with an absolute belter of a goal darting away from two defenders with his first touch and then lashing a shot across the Cheltenham goal.

Hello and welcome to the inaugural Arsenalinsider Awards. Well, that's probably how I would open proceedings if this were a glitzy bash packed with the good and the great from the world of the Arsenal and it was being screened live to an audience of millions.

Of course, in years to come this may well be the case but for now we will have to make do with the virtual platform provided here.

Not good news for Villa fans who'd be hoping their team are completely prepared for their important relegation battle at the weekend, with no distractions. This brawl with bouncers outside a nightclub took place after the clubs annual awards ceremony.
The 3 players involved were Delph, Collins and Herd, all 3 of which have made a full apology since the incident took place.

Aston Villa players James Collins, Chris Herd and Fabian Delph have all been fined by the club over an incident that happened in the early hours of Tuesday morning. The fine relates to a nightclub fracas that followed the club's annual awards ceremony on Tuesday evening (though the nomination lists must have been pretty short).

It is now emerging that Neymar will not be leaving Santos after all. Premier League club Chelsea have confirmed that they have ended their pursuit for the teen star after he committed his future to Santos until 2014.

Villas-Boas revealed that his side have failed in trying to sign Neymar and that he has already chosen his next destination which will most likely be Barcelona.

Edinson Cavani. Forcing us to rethink our oppression of t-shirt/suit jacket combos since 9.30am this morning. Image: Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images.

If someone else is going to go to the trouble of picking out and rewarding their favourite Serie A players, it would be remiss of us not to use the photo opportunity for a random post.

Homare Sawa and Lionel Messi won the Women's and Men's Player of the Year awards last night

FIFA's annual awards ceremony took place in Zurich last night and there weren't too many surprises as to who would come top of the main awards of the evening.

It was obvious to all of the world and his dog that Lionel Messi would come to win the Player of the Year award in 2011 following yet another truly successful twelve months with his club FC Barcelona.

::: FistedAway welcomes a guest post from Elliott,
editor of the rather lovely Futfanatico :::

As the year comes to an end, awards circulate. Everybody speculates as to who will win the Ballon d'Or. Some say Messi. Others say Xavi. A few say Ronaldo. However, the most shocking award involves none other than Ricardo Kaka.

Well, there was some good news (maybe) on the Fabricio Coloccini injury front as Alan Pardew struggles with Newcastle United's post Chelsea defensive crisis. Speaking at an awards ceremony in Gateshead, the permed paragon revealed that a start in Saturday's game against Norwich City at Carrow Road may indeed be a possibilty saying: 'It is [.

Newcastle's injured center-back Mike Williamson was the guest of honor at the Bravehearts of the North East awards ceremony yesterday at St. James' Park. Mike Williamson with one of the brave young souls More than 30 children attended St. James' Park yesterday to be presented with bravery awards by Mike Williamson and BBC Look North's [.

Nah, don't scratch your screens... it's only David Villa sin cera del pelo (without hair wax) at the Royal Order of Sporting Merit Awards in Madrid yesterday! The entire team received their gold medals last night- the highest recognised sporting distinction in the country following their World Cup triumph last year.

Manchester United were keen to bring Wesley Sneijder to the club this summer but a deal could not be agreed for the player.

Speaking to the Italian media at an awards ceremony at University of Rome Tor Vergata, Sir Alex Ferguson has today claimed that whilst Sneijder is a great player, he's still not on a level with Paul Scholes, who retired this summer.

On the eve of the Inaugural US PRO Championship game, USL officials named their first individule honors this afternoon at an awards ceremony in Orlando, Florida, site of tomorrow's USL PRO Championship Game featuring Orlando City and the Harrisburg City Islanders. (The Championship game between Harrisburg and Orlando will be televised live tomorrow, Saturday, Sept.

Attention Djibril Cisse! We regret to inform you that all of the credit points you earned by wearing a Jean Paul Gaultier skirt to a 'Men Of The Year' Awards ceremony earlier this year have now been revoked due to those appalling shoes. Unless you can confirm that you were indeed 'Dressed At Gunpoint' prior to arrival at Rome's Fiumicino Airport, in which case we may reconsider.

The U.S. Men's National team will come to Philadelphia to play a friendly against Mexico on August 10th.

Mexico came from two goals down to defeat the US in the Gold Cup final on June 25th.

There is no love lost between these rivals, and Tim Howard's complaint after the Gold Cup that the post-match awards ceremony was only in Spanish only adds fuel to the fire.

It's no secret. Tim Howard was not pleased with how the Gold Cup awards ceremony played out. For those of you who haven't seen, this is what he had to say:

CONCACAF should be ashamed of themselves. I think it was a [expletive] disgrace that the entire postmatch ceremony was in Spanish.

Friday, July 22, at Victory Links Golf Course, Blaine Minnesota
The Sanneh Foundation's inaugural Golf for Goals.
$100 (includes driving range, green fees, golf cart, box lunch, happy hour following golf and one ticket to Minnesota Stars game for each golfer)
We look forward to making this an annual event and continuing to raise money to help those in need in the Twin Cities areas and beyond.

Now entering its 19th exciting year, the Missouri State Soccer School is known as one of the finest quality teaching soccer camps in the nation. The Missouri State Soccer School offers players the opportunity to enhance their individual skills and further develop the concepts of team play.

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Super Mario strikes again Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli was excused from his side's FA Cup victory parade and end-of-season awards ceremony for "family reasons". And he took advantage of his return to Italian soil to indulge in one of his favourite hobbies: throwing things at people from height.

By Chris Wright

In so many words, last night Manchester United overlord Sir Alex Ferguson told MUTV that he wishes that he was the one responsible for draping the 'MUFC 19 Times' banner over the upper tier of the Anfield Road End on Sunday and, that if he'd have done it, he would of been all like.

After the match ended, I took a walk in the pouring rain for a good 20 minutes around Fells Point, Baltimore. I still haven't seen the awards ceremony.

Observations from last night's Italian advertising awards ceremony: way to work the grey, Mr. Eto'o! And isn't award winner Filippo looking a little rough around the facial fold edges these days? Image Credit: Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images Europe.

High Point University - HPU Athletics holds fifth annual Awards Ceremony