And now the end is near.... yes, dear readers, this is the last blog I'll be writing for ´óÏó´«Ã½ Sport. Or as my colleague Honest Frank put it, the end of an error.
Regrets, I've had a few - namely not being able to sign off with my team safely ensconced in the Premier League. Although on the plus side, at least we didn't go down.
And now the tears subside.....actually I'm not continuing with this My Way nonsense a second longer. Let's get on with the business of reviewing the week, resurrecting a few gems from the ghosts of Reviews past and possibly slipping in the odd musical reference.
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"We've got Novak, we've got Novaa-ak.
"Our carpets are filthy, we've got Novak."
Huddersfield Town supporters show their love for Lee Novak.
"N'Diayeeeee will always love you!"
Palace fans serenade Alessandro N'Diaye.
"Jo, Jo, Jo, he's magic, you know."
Everton fans to the Brazilian forward, to the tune of Magic by Pilot.
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It was out with the old and in with the Blue, as Carlo and Cameron saw off the threat of the Red machine.
From Stamford Bridge to Downing Street, they kept the blue flag flying high, but while , there was no third-party alliance to save Sir Alex.
There was talk of Arsenal getting together with the yellow half of the anti-Glazer campaign, but as my five-year-old daughter would be only too happy to tell you, mix red with yellow and you get Phil Brown.
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"Easy questions please, because my level of wine is high! I don't know if I'll be able to go home."
Carlo Ancelotti - singing the Blues and downing the red after Chelsea's title triumph.
"The missus was going 'who are you voting for' and I said 'I'm not voting for anyone'. I'm just going to take my voting card and I'm going to put in massive letters 'Tevez is God' and throw it in the polling station. I'm voting Tevez."
Noel Gallagher blows a big X to his Manchester City idol.
At 68, when you go to sleep at night, all you want to do is wake up in the morning."
Sir Alex Ferguson is feeling his age.
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As the nation prepared to , Harry Redknapp was the man ticking all the right boxes.
saw them clinch the final Champions League spot, just 19 months after Redknapp arrived with the team bottom of the league, having taken just two points from eight games, although he never likes to talk about that.
In a game laden with potential riches, Peter Crouch was the $60m dollar man who sent his team-mates bionic, although he disappointingly failed to pull out the robot for his goal celebrations. Perhaps he's saving that for the World Cup final. Ahem.
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"They started in that tournament in July. July! Crikey. I was on the beach." Sir Alex Ferguson on why Roy Hodgson deserves the Manager of the Year award, after steering Fulham to the Europa League final.
"It was a great gift."
Sir Alex Ferguson on the calamitous back-pass from Steven Gerrard that virtually handed Chelsea the title.
"Muhammad Ali is one hell of a fighter, but Floyd Mayweather is the best. Sugar Ray Robinson is one hell of a fighter, but Floyd Mayweather is the best." Mayweather talks about one of his favourite subjects - himself - ahead of his fight with Shane Mosley.
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I am a journalist with ´óÏó´«Ã½ Sport, dealing with the more offbeat stories doing the rounds. I am a QPR fan - and also quite fond of football. If our new-found wealth brings success I'll be happy to tell anyone exactly where I was when we were sh... rubbish - row J seat 139. .
