KUMB Awards 2007/08

Next week voting for the 2007/08 KUMB Awards will begin.

Once again there will be ten categories in which to cast your votes; they are:

• Player of the Year


• Young Player of the Year


• Best Signing


• Most Improved Player


• Worst Player


• Worst Signing

Nominess for the remaining categories are as follows:

Goal of the Season

• Ashton v Everton (a): bullet header


• Sears v Blackburn (h): diving header on debut


• Upson v Man Utd (h): rose above crowd to head home


• Ashton v Fulham (h): glancing near-post header after great move


• Cole v Man City (a): close-range overhead kick


• Ashton v Middlesbrough (a): piledriver into bottom corner


• Solano v Derby (a): curling free kick into top corner


• McCartney v Bolton (h): fierce volley into top corner


• Bellamy v Reading (a): counter-attack, finishes across keeper


• Etherington v Reading (a): counter attack, finish into roof of net

Most Memorable Match

• Reading 3-0 (a): a counter-attacking masterclass


• Derby 5-0 (a): the biggest away win for 20 years


• Tottenham 1-1 (h): Green's penalty save secures a point


• Man Utd 2-1 (h): two late headers win the day


• Liverpool 1-0 (h): last gasp penalty secures all three points


• Blackburn 2-1 (h): Freddie Sears grabs the winner on his debut


• Derby 2-1 (h): the fans 'boo' a home win

Biggest Disappointment

• Atmosphere (or lack of) at the Boleyn Ground


• Booing of our own players


• Curbishley's negative tactics


• FA Cup exit to Man City


• Unprecedented injury situation


• Lack of goals scored


• Losing Carlos Tevez


• Mysterious departure of Eggert Magnusson


• No signings in January transfer window


• Post-Christmas slump in form


• Season being effectively over by March


• Three consecutive 4-0 defeats

Hackett of the Year

• Oliver Holt (purveyor of anti-WHU propaganda)


• Kia Joorabchian (claimed he is owed £7m+ by WHU)


• Frank Lampard (for being the wicked stepmother)


• Eggert Magnusson (former MD with big ideas)


• Kevin McCabe (Sheff Utd chairman)


• Miranda Nagalingum (WHU press officer responsible for banning KUMB)


• Neil Warnock (Crystal Palace manager)

Voting will remain open until the end of May with results published a week later. Should by some minor miracle a moment worthy of insertion in one of our polls occur between now and the end of the season we will update the affected categories accordingly.

You can see the results of the first ten annual KUMB polls here.