The foot.ie awards presentation! [Archive]

Slash/ED

07/01/2005, 1:10 AM

So, all the votes were in on wednesday and the countings been done, it's time to present the winners with the first (hopefully of many) foot.ie yearly awards! The presentation itself has been done in powerpoint format (Thanks to A Face for that) which you can download from the link below, if anyone has any problems with getting the file working leave a reply here and hopefully either it can be fixed or I can send you an e-mail with the results. Anyway, without whaffling on too much, here's the link, with thanks to Adam for hosting it for me.

http://foot.ie/inc/ppt/foot.ie_awards_2004.ppt

Just download that, run it in powerpoint and view the slideshow. If anyone has any comments, complaints or suggests leave a reply here, since hopefully there will be another one of these for next year any ideas you might have would be very welcome too.

Enjoy!

fosterdollar

07/01/2005, 8:59 AM

Who were the awards voted for by? I'm assuming there was voting from a broad range of voter types, yeah?
Very surprised that LTFC got not a nomination, nevermind award. Apart from the end when they were used as one of the few clubs worthy of summing up the whole season. Strange...

patsh

07/01/2005, 9:18 AM

Must have got a lot of votes from $hels fans.......

Clones Road Cas

07/01/2005, 9:27 AM

Stunned Trevor Vaughan didnt get a look in. I know he left us but he deserved a nomination.

sullanefc

07/01/2005, 9:46 AM

I'll take those awards with a pinch of salt please. Shels' 'Indian War Cry' as best chant? You're having a laugh.

the 12 th man

07/01/2005, 9:54 AM

where was the voting thread on this ?

sullanefc

07/01/2005, 10:05 AM

where was the voting thread on this ?

"The Foot.ie voting thread" is about 15 threads down from this one on this page.

carrickharp

07/01/2005, 10:15 AM

Don't have Power Point :(

razor

07/01/2005, 10:21 AM

Must say I didn't see the thread.
How many votes were cast in total?
Couldn't really be a true representation of the broad range of fans we have on this board, surely

Xlex

07/01/2005, 10:36 AM

in respect, that is brutal... Maybe I'm being sore at the absolute disregard for the entire league, apart from Shels and Cork... But I see it for what it is, and all it is is a tribute from dillusional supporters. A waste of broadband, downloading that.

ollie

07/01/2005, 10:49 AM

Don't have Power Point :(

what sort of computer is that :confused:

carrickharp

07/01/2005, 11:13 AM

Windows XP we don't need Power Point in this line of work, haven't got Publisher either :mad:

patsh

07/01/2005, 11:28 AM

what sort of computer is that PowerPoint is an optional part of MS Office or a standalone program and it does not come cheap. It would never be part of the software bundled with a computer.
However, you can get a viewer which lets you see PP presentations but not make any.
Go to
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=428d5727-43ab-4f24-90b7-a94784af71a4&displaylang=en
to get it.

Buile Shuibhne

07/01/2005, 12:18 PM

Must have got a lot of votes from $hels fans.......

According to popular belief:

a) Shels have no fans

b) Nobody likes us

So, which is wrong?

And btw this particular Shels fan didn't partake in the survey.

Macy

07/01/2005, 12:33 PM

According to popular belief:

a) Shels have no fans

b) Nobody like us

So, which is wrong?

Niether, only Shels fans voted and everyone else hates youse. :)

carrickharp

07/01/2005, 12:41 PM

PowerPoint is an optional part of MS Office or a standalone program and it does not come cheap. It would never be part of the software bundled with a computer.
However, you can get a viewer which lets you see PP presentations but not make any.
Go to
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=428d5727-43ab-4f24-90b7-a94784af71a4&displaylang=en
to get it.

Thanks for that now I can view all them attachments I have been sent in the past :)

the 12 th man

07/01/2005, 12:44 PM

"The Foot.ie voting thread" is about 15 threads down from this one on this page.

d'ont know how i missed that.
results seem dodgy ...like no mention of sean dillon as young player of the year,not even nominated :(

noby

07/01/2005, 12:56 PM

Can someone just post up the results, for those of us not in the mood for a slideshow?

Slash/ED

07/01/2005, 1:20 PM

I'll post up the results here later today.

Lads, if I remember rightly no Longford fans actually voted which is probably why you got no nomination. I can only post up the results of those that voted, if you've a problem with the results and you didn't vote you haven't really got a right to complain. I was suprised by the lack of a nomination for Longford I have to admit but there you go. I'm pretty sure only one Shels fan voted for that matter, that being me, and my votes were worth one vote like everybody elses. The vote was open to any and everyone who uses the forum and that's simply how the votes went.

fosterdollar

07/01/2005, 1:36 PM

For the record I wasn't complaining - just simply asking some questions about the poll as i was surprised (like yourself) by the results.

the 12 th man

07/01/2005, 1:40 PM

For the record I wasn't complaining - just simply asking some questions about the poll as i was surprised (like yourself) by the results.

ditto for me,
i geniunely never noticed it or i would have voted in it :)

Slash/ED

07/01/2005, 1:43 PM

I think the problem was as everyone was voting by E-mail there was nothing to stop the thread from sinking which is why a few people missed it but I did post two threads up, one with the idea and one witht he voting details so I was hopeing it wouldn't be a big issue. Hopefully for next year none of you will miss it :)

Kingdom

07/01/2005, 3:01 PM

Well done Slash/ED I enjoyed it, regardless of who the winners were.

dahamsta

07/01/2005, 3:17 PM

fosterdollar

07/01/2005, 3:27 PM

Ah yeah, of course credit where it's due. Fair play Slash/ED. I am disappointed i missed the poll although that's my own problem. Will keep an eye out next year

Roo69

07/01/2005, 3:28 PM

I think some of you are being a bit harsh on Slash/ED, he did this completely off the bat in his own time, with limited resources. It's the first year, hopefully of many, so cut him some slack. Next year we'll try and set up a dedicated polling booth and we might even try to organise some kind of prize fund from donations, with Slash/ED's agreement of course.

adam

Well said boss man. Personally i missed the thread myself, it should have been made a sticky and that would have given it a bit more expousre and a chance for more people to vote. But with all things like this people nearly always vote for a player off there own team or a player they dislike the most etc....... Good job Slash/ed.

Shelshomepage

07/01/2005, 5:17 PM

If you dont have powerpoing, go to http://www.openoffice.org and downloadit. Itll open PP and word and all that crap

KR's Post

07/01/2005, 5:24 PM

I think the problem was as everyone was voting by E-mail there was nothing to stop the thread from sinking which is why a few people missed it but I did post two threads up,
:)
I voted, but just curious.... How many people did vote in the end??? :confused:

Slash/ED

07/01/2005, 6:13 PM

I voted, but just curious.... How many people did vote in the end??? :confused:

Not many, somewhere in the region of 15-20. I'd hoped for more and it seems more people missed the thread than I thought, hopefully you'll all know for next year ;) .

Thanks for the good words dahamsta and everyone else and for the person looking for just the results I'll post them up now. I can't put the nominations in too as it would go beyond the posting limit.

EL Player of the year: Jason Byrne
Division one player of the year: Kevin McHugh
EL Young player of the year: Shared between four joint winners, Mark O'Brien (Maybe A Longford winner afterall ;) ), Wes Hoolahan, Kevin Doyle and Liam Kearney
Division one young player of the year: Eamon Zayed

Most improved team: Drogheda United
Best manager: Pat Fenlon
Irish international player of the year: Damien Duff (Pipped Kilbane by a single vote by the way, Kilbane was leading for a long time, some turn around for him since joining Everton)
Best new cap: Aiden McGeady
Best uncapped Irish player: Owen Heary

Irish youth teams player of the year: Stephen Elliot
Best Goal: Robbie Keane V Holland
Best Save: Shay Given V Switzerland

Hero of 2004: Two joint winners, Roy Keane and Dave Rogers
Villain of 2004: Roddy Collins
Most under rated: Lee Carsley
Most over rated: Alan Moore

Best chant: Shels indian war cry
Most amusing winner: Jointly held by 10 different moments, if you want I'll list them, basically everyone who voted in this category voted differently.

Moment of 2004: Another joint winner, Dave Rogers goal v Split and Ireland drawing in Paris.

dahamsta

07/01/2005, 6:24 PM

It was a very short run to be fair and I didn't think many people would notice, but I wanted Slash/ED to have his run so I kept my mouth shut.

I was thinking along the same lines earlier on in the year but I was really concentrating on one particular award: Best Supporters. Obviously there could have been other awards too, but I wanted to concentrate on Best Supporters because: a) that's a lot of what Foot.ie is about, fostering support for the eL; and b) I was thinking of asking for donations for a prize fund, which would be awarded to the club that won (for development obviously).

I wasn't actually going to implement this until next year anyway, because I thought it would be a good idea to give a full season's notice so people could keep an eye on things with the award in mind, so should we give it a go for next year? Again, it would have to be with Slash/ED's blessing of course, but I've mentioned it already and he seemed keen.

adam

Slash/ED

07/01/2005, 6:42 PM

It was a very short run to be fair and I didn't think many people would notice, but I wanted Slash/ED to have his run so I kept my mouth shut.

I was thinking of along the same lines earlier on in the year but I was really concentrating on one particular award: Best Supporters. Obviously there could have been other awards too, but I wanted to concentrate on Best Supporters because: a) that's a lot of what Foot.ie is about, fostering support for the eL; and b) I was thinking of asking for donations for a prize fund, which would be awarded to the club that won (for development obviously).

I wasn't actually going to implement this until next year anyway, because I thought it would be a good idea to give a full season's notice so people could keep an eye on things with the award in mind, so should we give it a go for next year? Again, it would have to be with Slash/ED's blessing of course, but I've mentioned it already and he seemed keen.

adam

Absolutley, that sounds like an excellent idea. We could add that category to whatever kind of awards will be run next year and we've plenty of time to get a fund going, since people know it will be going towards an EL club I think they'd be more than willing to get involved with helping the fund too. The whole thing this year was implemented with very short notice which is hopefully something that wont be an issue next year, I think with more planning and now that people will be looking out for it we can get far more votes in and it'll be far better next year overall. That's the plan anyway.

LFC in Exile

08/01/2005, 10:46 AM

I was thinking of asking for donations for a prize fund, which would be awarded to the club that won (for development obviously).

But of course if that is the case then it is likely that a lot of supporters clubs will have campaigns to get people regsitered here to vote for their club. Rewards the club with the most supporters which is not necessarily the Best Supporters. For example there is no way that Limerick FC supporters would beat Cork City supporters to this award yet the supporters of Limerick FC have shown true commitment to their club in very difficult times while it is very easy to be a Cork City supporter these days (just an example - not getting at City - see my location).

If money is available (e.g. for flags) then smaller clubs without a lot of supporters but with very commited supporters may need that more.

So, my suggestion is that members of the board are not allowed vote for their own club. Any comments? :ball:

dahamsta

08/01/2005, 11:55 AM

It's far too early to get into logistics.

the 12 th man

08/01/2005, 12:10 PM

Not many, somewhere in the region of 15-20. I'd hoped for more and it seems more people missed the thread than I thought, hopefully you'll all know for next year ;) .

Thanks for the good words dahamsta and everyone else and for the person looking for just the results I'll post them up now. I can't put the nominations in too as it would go beyond the posting limit.

EL Player of the year: Jason Byrne
Division one player of the year: Kevin McHugh
EL Young player of the year: Shared between four joint winners, Mark O'Brien (Maybe A Longford winner afterall ;) ), Wes Hoolahan, Kevin Doyle and Liam Kearney
Division one young player of the year: Eamon Zayed

Most improved team: Drogheda United
Best manager: Pat Fenlon
Irish international player of the year: Damien Duff (Pipped Kilbane by a single vote by the way, Kilbane was leading for a long time, some turn around for him since joining Everton)
Best new cap: Aiden McGeady
Best uncapped Irish player: Owen Heary

Irish youth teams player of the year: Stephen Elliot
Best Goal: Robbie Keane V Holland
Best Save: Shay Given V Switzerland

Hero of 2004: Two joint winners, Roy Keane and Dave Rogers
Villain of 2004: Roddy Collins
Most under rated: Lee Carsley
Most over rated: Alan Moore

Best chant: Shels indian war cry
Most amusing winner: Jointly held by 10 different moments, if you want I'll list them, basically everyone who voted in this category voted differently.

Moment of 2004: Another joint winner, Dave Rogers goal v Split and Ireland drawing in Paris.

well done,
that must have taken a long time to do :)
roll on the next one :D

CollegeTillIDie

08/01/2005, 12:21 PM

Well done on the awards!
However in light of the highly unethical behaviour of one or two club managers in the past two seasons may I suggest two categories for next season:

Judas of the Year
and of course there should also be a Clown Prince of the Year too ! ;)

De Town

08/01/2005, 12:49 PM

Judas of the Year

Thats basically the same as villain of the year ;)

So congratulations Roddy, You win the Villain and Judas of the year :D

joeraki

08/01/2005, 1:08 PM

[QUOTE=Slash/ED]

Most amusing winner: Jointly held by 10 different moments, if you want I'll list them, basically everyone who voted in this category voted differently.

QUOTE]

What where they ?

btid1

08/01/2005, 1:25 PM

Whats the obsession with Bohs losing to Dublin City?

Is there only Cork and Shels in the league then?

As for Shels winning the best chant thats a complete joke.I would have said they should have won the most annoying chant of the season award!!!!

Bohs Till I Die!

Slash/ED

08/01/2005, 5:05 PM

[QUOTE=Slash/ED]

Most amusing winner: Jointly held by 10 different moments, if you want I'll list them, basically everyone who voted in this category voted differently.

QUOTE]

What where they ?

Seeing Maurice Farrell getting booked in Station Road,Bray -v- Kildare, after he had been hacked down.
Seing Dublin City had beat Bohs 4-2 in Dalyer (Sorry BTID :p )
Kick about under the eifle towner in Paris
"silent night" by Rovers fans in Lansdowne
Reynolds red card in the RSC
French national anthem in the Stade de France!
Roddy in the Rovers dugout on the last day of the season.
England in Euro 2004 (France and Portugal games)
Streaker at the cross first game of the season 2004 v Dublin City
Roddy Collins abuse at the cross during the European run