Planet Football 2000 Awards

TV pundit award

TV pundit award

Barry "the second goal came later" Venison. Highlight? "Wimbledon are on the crest of an absolutely massive slump." What else? Named Roy Keane in his `United Kingdom' team and attributed Juventus's Champions League disciplinary problems to their "Latin temperament", despite the fact that the four players they had sent off were French, Dutch (two) and a Serb.

Mary Hannigan

Mary Hannigan

Mary Hannigan is a sports writer with The Irish Times