2009-10 Best Premier League Players and Managers

During the past few weeks, over 58,000 soccer fans from around the world voted in the 2009-10 EPL Awards, a readers choice awards competition that recognizes the best in Premier League football — everything from players and managers to podcasts, blogs, commentators and TV shows of the 2009-2010 season.

Drum roll, please. Here are the winners of the 2009-10 EPL Awards in the general categories of best players and managers:

2009-10 Best EPL Striker

• Best EPL Striker: Wayne Rooney
• Runner-up: Robin van Persie
• Editor’s Choice: Didier Drogba

2009-10 Best EPL Midfielder

• Best EPL Midfielder: Cesc Fabregas
• Runner-up: Frank Lampard
• Editor’s Choice: Cesc Fabregas

2009-10 Best EPL Defender

• Best EPL Defender: Thomas Vermaelen
• Runner-up: Michael Dawson
• Editor’s Choice: Thomas Vermaelen

2009-10 Best EPL Goalkeeper

• Best EPL Goalkeeper: Heurelho Gomes
• Runner-up: Joe Hart
• Editor’s Choice: Heurelho Gomes

2009-10 Best EPL Manager

• Best EPL Manager: Arsene Wenger
• Runner-up: Harry Redknapp
• Editor’s Choice: Harry Redknapp

2009-10 Most Improved EPL Manager

• Most Improved EPL Manager: Harry Redknapp
• Runner-up: Roy Hodgson
• Editor’s Choice: Roy Hodgson

2009-10 Worst EPL Manager

• Worst EPL Manager: Rafael Benitez
• Runner-up: Brian Laws
• Editor’s Choice: Rafael Benitez

2009-10 Best Player Of The Year

• Best EPL Player Of The Year: Wayne Rooney
• Runner-up: Cesc Fabregas
• Editor’s Choice: Wayne Rooney

2009-10 Best Young Player Of The Year

• Best EPL Young Player Of The Year: Alex Song
• Runner-up: Gareth Bale
• Editor’s Choice: Gareth Bale

Congratulations to all of the winners and thank you to everyone who voted in the awards. As you can see from the above list, the Arsenal supporters were out in full force and helped their players and manager win several awards.