The Gallery 2009: Readers' review of the year

'Maybe if Eboué spent less time promoting his new album, there would be less 808s and Heartbreak between him and the Arsenal fans,' was Thomas Nycz-Losi's long-winded way of saying Emmanuel Eboué looks like Kanye West Photograph: n/a/guardian.co.uk

'Even in the middle of winter, Phil Brown and his January signings insist that the tan is real," cackled Mark Beech. There's something beautiful about how earnest Phil looks in the picture, isn't there? Photograph: n/a/guardian.co.uk

'It's Marianne Fellaini,' insisted Kim Fraser, to bemused looks around GU Towers. Thank goodness for Wikipedia Photograph: n/a/other

Kevin McAleer suspected Rio Ferdinand wasn't the only man thinking of launching a publishing career Photograph: n/a/guardian.co.uk

'Garry Cook's attempt to bolster the Man City squad was turning into a nightmare episode of Deal or No Deal,' parped John Barry Photograph: guardian.co.uk

'An FA campaign for everyone to back,' cackled Stuart Goodacre, after ITV managed to switch to a Tic Tac advert midway through their coverage of the Merseyside derby Photograph: n/a/guardian.co.uk

'Jazz-fusion guitarist, psychedelic shaman, and (possible) record holder: it's Edwin van der Sario,' said Mighty Boosh-head Andrew Ferguson Photograph: guardian.co.uk

'Nicklas Bendtner's Arsenal dream-team ... himself.' We weren't sure if Dan Hunt was referring to the essentially objectionable nature of the Futurama robot, or just playing on the fact 'Bender' is just two letters short of 'Bendtner' Photograph: guardian.co.uk

Luke Wallis offered us a rare glimpse of Nicolas Anelka's diary back in March Photograph: guardian.co.uk

'Gary Megson always took relegation fights a bit too seriously,' spouted Joe Richardson Photograph: guardian.co.uk

Owen Taylor's take on Harry Redknapp is considerably funnier if you're a fan of early 90s toys. And pretty funny even if you're not Photograph: n/a/guardian.co.uk

Chris McMillan came up with the eery comparison between Tony Mowbray and an alarming monkey Photograph: guardian.co.uk

Back in April, Iain Harral captured to perfection Harry Redknapp's ire at Ledley King's England call-up Photograph: guardian.co.uk

Rob Moline saw a touch of the messiah in Alan Shearer's return to Newcastle Photograph: guardian.co.uk

Jim Stewart couldn't see beyond Tim Cahill's fights with corner flags Photograph: guardian.co.uk

Some different sides of Nemanja Vidic emerged when David Castle watched Manchester United on high definition TV Photograph: guardian.co.uk

Stephen Park took the obvious but elegant route with this Lionel Messi effort Photograph: guardian.co.uk

'After six months of constant companionship, Roy Keane found it hard to leave Triggs at home when he took over at Ipswich,' tittered Adam Harvey Photograph: guardian.co.uk

Brian Corcoran advised us not to talk to Joey Barton if he turned up as a taxi driver Photograph: guardian.co.uk

'Middlesbrough's sponsors step in to help Afonso Alves find the goal,' guffawed Chris Higgins Photograph: guardian.co.uk

Mat Owen wasn't convinced the all-expenses paid trip to a top English beach resort would be enough to convince Sepp Blatter to award England the 2018 World Cup - "even if we send the UK's top negotiator along with him" Photograph: guardian.co.uk

'It's Ronald'oh,' honked Colin Hammond, as he riffed on the 2009 Champions League final Photograph: guardian.co.uk

'It's Cabbie Alonso!' hooted Luke Wallis back in the golden days of June Photograph: guardian.co.uk

Chris Dantas offered this effort after Howard Webb's decisions upset Egypt in the Confederations Cup Photograph: guardian.co.uk

'The Michael Owen brochure was nearly complete. Just one final change of font ...' A fine effort from Mark Ireland as Michael attempted (successfully) to find himself a new club Photograph: n/a

Cole Henley was responsible for this chucklesome take on Stuart Pearce Photograph: n/a

If you think too long about Tony Hewitt's take on Franck Ribéry, you'll find it's terrifyingly accurate Photograph: other

Guy Ferneyhough reckoned Landon Donovan was just upset at having been replaced as the Galaxy's favourite toy, following his falling out with David Beckham Photograph: guardian.co.uk

'There was obviously a mistake with the prescription on Sven's new glasses, as this was the club he thought he was joining,' chortled Paul Brookes, as the former England manager joined Notts County Photograph: guardian.co.uk

'Take two footballers... make one rich, make the other even richer,' parped Alexander Howard-Jones as Zlatan Ibrahimovic joined Barcelona. 'Just watch the fun while they're... TRADING PLACES' Photograph: guardian.co.uk

'I Tawt I Taw A Black Cat,' said Darren Bent, just after his Twitter adventures, in Luke McCarthy's spiffing effort Photograph: guardian.co.uk

'Joleon Lescott is intrigued by auto focusing,' chuckled Carl Workman. For those of you whose memory of viral photos doesn't go back that long, this might help Photograph: guardian.co.uk

Back in August we looked at the possibility of a European Super League. 'Ideally Arsène would have been Daredevil, because neither of them see anything,' snapped Valentino Cellupica, who got bonus points for cladding the managers in super-suits which match their team colours Photograph: n/a

Brian Corcoran adapated the work of Chip Tha Ripper to fine effect for his take on Jermain Defoe Photograph: n/a

Alan Wallace's riff on Eduardo's diving controversy was inevitable, but that doesn't make it any less humorous Photograph: n/a

Andy Wraight broke the news that England's women had been stripped of their Euro 2009 runners-up medals after it emerged one of their players failed a gender test. Captain Roberta Savage was unavailable for comment Photograph: guardian.co.uk

'Carlo's the Jackal,' snapped Alex Atkinson Photograph: guardian.co.uk

'The concept of injury time at Old Trafford has always been a rather surreal one.' Thomas Nycz-Losi showed time warping Photograph: guardian.co.uk

'People try to put us down, talking 'bout my relegation,' warbled Jamie King, just before Paul Hart became Portsmouth's former manager Photograph: guardian.co.uk

Josh Bond gave us a fine take on England's internet broadcasting adventures Photograph: guardian.co.uk

'As hard as the Professor of Football tried, he couldn’t fit Gabby Agbonglahor in,' chuckled Jason Froggett Photograph: guardian.co.uk

'With Christmas fast approaching, I'm waiting for the inevitable tell-all autobiography,' wrote Nick Sanders, after a bechball had caused havoc for Liverpool Photograph: guardian.co.uk

'Appy 'Arry Redknapp's scouting network left a lot to be desired," parped Jamie Walden, as we turned our gaze to Thomas Vermaelen Photograph: guardian.co.uk

Newcastle's stadium rebranding Photograph: guardian.co.uk

'Wayne Rooney takes the leading role in Fabio Capello's directorial debut,' crackled Chris Jackson as Engladn flew to Qatar for some friendly action. 'Sadly a poor supporting cast sees the film bomb at the box office' Photograph: guardian.co.uk

'Try as they might, the Little-Puritans can't stop Gulliver from laughing at them,' chuckles Brian Corcoran after Thierry Henry's handball Photograph: guardian.co.uk

'Risking the wrath of Hansen and DW, Robert Martínez decides to pass off the 9-1 drubbing by Spurs as a freak'. Jason Froggett got all colourful with the Guardian Interactive Chalkboards Photograph: guardian.co.uk

'Liverpool away to Sheriff Tiraspol is probably just as appealing as the other [BAD WORD] they serve up as TV entertainment,' reckoned Andrew Ferguson, after Rafael Benítez's men slipped into the Europa League Photograph: guardian.co.uk

Ben McFadden channels the spirit for Barry Glendenning vehicle the IT Crowd for this one. 'Zamora used his crack tem to find the culprits' Photograph: guardian.co.uk