The Gallery 2011: Readers' review of the year

Ross Clayton reckoned this one would be going cheap in the January sales as we kicked off the year with a look at Ryan Babel Photograph: Photomontage

Paul Bradley turned his eye on Samir Nasri at Arsenal – little did we know that the party would soon be broken up Photograph: Public Domain

'The Liverpool family experience the ecstasy of the Second Coming,' trumpeted Pascal Hervey as Kenny Dalglish returned to Anfield Photograph: Photomontage

Rob Schofield offered us this under the counter effort as we took a look at the Davids Sullivan and Gold Photograph: Photomontage

Alan Housden encouraged women's rights champions Richard Keys and Andy Gray to take it where it hurts Photograph: Photomontage

Phil Brown pictured Charlie Adam in Peanuts during his Blackpool days Photograph: Photomontage

'Gary Neville was born to be a traffic warden,' suggested Jason Froggett as we pondered the defender's retirement Photograph: Photomontage

Alex Turnbull wasn't so sure Jack Wilshere would be able to cope with Barcelona's attentions in the Champions League. He was too right Photograph: Photomontage

Christopher Parker noticed Petr Cech's likeness to Detroit's finest semi-robotic fictional crime fighter Photograph: Photomontage

'On the toughest stage of all, Xavi’s great strength would prove to be his downfall,' chuckled Rosman Grint Photograph: Photomontage

Keith Lyons neatly summed up Sir Alex Ferguson's media blackout Photograph: Photomontage/Photograph

'Pascal Cygan waited patiently for his phone call,' giggled Ruairi Murphy as we asked for your takes on Jens Lehmann's comeback Photograph: Photomontage

David Hindle had this to say on Mario Balotelli: 'Patience Mario-san. First you must master the bib, only then will I reveal the true art of the knotted tie' Photograph: Photomontage/Photograph

'If Torres and Rooney mated?' Wuggy Lemas previewed Manchester United and Chelsea's title showdown Photograph: Photomontage

Jamie Redknapp could finally say, in all truth, that David Luiz is 'literally on fire' in Douglas Fenech's fine artistic effort Photograph: Photomontage

'Real take desperate measures to stop Messi,' exploded Brendan Cole as we previewed El Clásico Photograph: Photomontage

Lenny DeValera feared for Theo Walcott in Arsenal's US takeover Photograph: Photomontage

'Scott/Peter Parker reveals his true identity,' crackled Hugh Garett back in May Photograph: Photomontage

Russ Gable revealed the inspiration behind Nigel de Jong Photograph: Photomontage

Matt Bathouse summed up Manchester United's 19th title nicely Photograph: Photomontage

'If Looney Tunes taught us anything, it's that you can only hover safely for so long,' warned Allan Smith as the relegation battle came to a close Photograph: Photomontage

David Ellis drew us this lovely cartoon as Chelsea started their search for a new manager Photograph: Photomontage

Joby Spragg was Geppetto to Sepp's Pinocchio as you aimed both barrels at Fifa Photograph: Photomontage

'Giggsy loved his new wingman,' parped Douglas French as Ashley Young joined Manchester United Photograph: Photomontage

Golly updated Wayne Rooney's yearbook photo as we imagined what the striker's new hair transplants would look like Photograph: Photomontage

Rowan Averill wasn't too impressed by Stuart Pearce's tactics in charge of England Under-21s Photograph: Photomontage

David Braley picked an iconic image for the women's World Cup Photograph: Photomontage

Ben Vella was concerned Gaël Clichy's new City kit would slow him down a tad as we looked at a member of French footballing royalty Photograph: Photomontage

'Luka Modric wanted to move on to bigger and better things, but something always seemed to get in the way,' sighed Paul Jones as we looked at the midfielder's (non-) transfer saga Photograph: Photomontage

Spare places were getting pretty hard to find in the Liverpool midfield, according to Richard Day Photograph: Photomontage

Niel Butler told us he'd had a very cold holiday in Scotland, so he wasn't too excited about plans to stage the SPL in the summer Photograph: Photomontage

'Venky's hatch a plan to put their company on the map,' said the cartographic-minded Alun Hewinson Photograph: Photomontage

'Joey continues to share his deep, articulate thoughts with his followers,' cackled Andrew Smith in the week we had a peek at footballers on Twitter Photograph: Photomontage

'Odd how you never see Luis Suárez and Freddy Mercury in the same place at the same time,' mused Ben Parry, ignoring the fact that Freddy being dead probably has something to do with it Photograph: Photomontage

Annie Cope reckoned Cesc Fábregas may have taken a leaf out of a certain alien's book to get back to Barcelona had they not thrashed out a deal with Arsenal Photograph: Photomontage

The builders got Mohamed Al-Fayed's instructions wrong when he asked for a statue of 'Jacko'. Roy Boujaoude, we thank you for this Edin Dzeko effort Photograph: Photomontage

'Still haunted by that Welbeck goal, the Arsenal defence know who to call' – a spookily good entry from Cian Kearney as Per Mertesacker pitched up to Arsenal Photograph: Photomontage

'Knowing who Sergio Agüero's better half is I had toyed with a Meet the Fockers idea," writes Mike Taylor, 'but figured any possible wrath inflicted by Maradona would be on a far more biblical scale' Photograph: Photomontage

'What might have been: All Fernando Torres really needed was a friendly arm around the shoulder. Had the Blues erred in dispensing with the services of their former master? Could Fernando Lone Striker rediscover the Form? Or did the Blues need to make a speedy return to the Drogba system?' – We all felt the Force of Jamie Watt's entry Photograph: Photomontage

'Owen Hargreaves's team-mates were not convinced about his new tactic for staying injury free,' crackled Chris Aldridge in one of the year's best batch of entries Photograph: Photomontage

'So that's why Robbie Savage always maintained HE is the Welsh wizard,' reckoned Jacob Sedf. To those of you who don't watch Harry Potter, that's Lucius Malfoy wearing a Savage mask Photograph: Photomontage

'Maybe it's the fingernails, or maybe the hair getting in his eyes causing all those dropped shots,' mused Andrew Dean as we Photoshopped David de Gea Photograph: Photomontage

'Barcelona are only going to get better and I can only see Pep Guardiola being thrown higher,' heaved Jason Froggett Photograph: Photomontage

'André Villas-Boas loves to spend time watching games from the sideline,' whistled Koichiro Yamamura Photograph: Photomontage

'I'm sure before long, Adel Taarabt would even find a way to disagree with his Tonto,' sighs Jack Palmer. Photograph: Photomontage

'David has been on form and very solid so far this season,' reported Koichiro Yamamura as we looked at Man City's Silva Surfer Photograph: Photomontage

'They can canonise people who are still alive right?' asked Chris O'Bell as we celebrated Ireland's qualification for Euro 2012 Photograph: Photomontage

'Sergio biscuits anyone?' Blake Gladman riffed on Sergio Busquets like there was no tomorrow. Or Bourbons left Photograph: Photomontage

'A sartorial iconoclast finally gets the recognition he deserves,' guffaws Joe Reed as we put together a Tony Pulis gallery and rushed to look up 'iconoclast' in the dictionary Photograph: Photomontage

'This proud band of brothers march from the north-east to demand employment. Only Sky punditry stands between them and the scrapheap, they cannot accept they will never be called "gaffer" again,' says Max Clarke, recreating the Jarrow March after Steve Bruce's departure from Sunderland Photograph: Photomontage