Premier League 20 Seasons Awards

[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.

Fans could vote for Best Goal, Best Match, Best Save, Best Celebration and Fantasy XI of the 20 Seasons on the Premier League website.

[5] In addition, four fact-based awards were also given for Most Appearances, Top Goalscorer, Most Clean Sheets and Premier League 500 Club players.

Barclays, the Premier League title sponsor also gave awards, for Best Photographer and Best Shot.

Giggs had played and scored in every Premier League season since its inception and won thirteen championship medals, the most by a player.

Sergio Agüero exchanged passes with Mario Balotelli, continuing his run into the QPR penalty area, then slid the ball past a diving QPR defender and fired a shot which flew past goalkeeper Paddy Kenny to win the title on goal difference for City.

Six other campaigns were short-listed for the panel of judges vote for Best Season:[18] The quote of "I would love it if we beat them.

", declared live on television by Newcastle United manager Kevin Keegan on 29 April 1996, was chosen as Most Memorable Quote by a panel of judges.

[19][20] Keegan was speaking about Newcastle's Premier League title rivals Manchester United, in the closing stages of the 1995–96 season.

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 noted rivalry) compared to when they played other teams.

[20] 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.

[21] After the game however, live on Sky Sports an 'emotional' Keegan made his speech, pointing his finger to the camera:[21] When you do that with footballers like he said about Leeds, and when you do things like that about a man like Stuart Pearce.

Manchester United went on to win the title by four points after Keegan's Newcastle drew their last two games 1-1.

You look at that line up Manchester United had today and Aston Villa at quarter past two when they get the team sheet, it’s just going to give them a lift and it will happen every time he plays the kids.

After the goal from Danny Welbeck on 32 minutes, Gordon's save was made in first-half stoppage time with a corner flung in from the Bolton right and headed into the six-yard box by Gary Cahill, with Zat Knight touching the ball goalwards from close-range.

[28] Rooney's made a spectacular overhead volley kick to beat City goalkeeper Joe Hart.

[27] Commenting on the goal at the time, Manchester United's manager Sir Alex Ferguson stated,[30] "I've never seen anything like it, that's for sure.

[31][32] Nine other matches were short-listed for the public vote for the Best Match:[33] United's 4–3 win against City won with 18% of the public vote, beating Liverpool's 4–3 win against Newcastle into second place with 15%, and Liverpool's 4–4 draw against Arsenal into third place with 14%.