FOURFOURTWO introduced our top ten features during the never ending off-season this year - and you gobbled them up!
They were consistent favourites on the site - and in our review analysis of the year, we realised they filled up every slot in our top ten stories of 2011
But what were the ones you preferred the most? So here it is - the top ten of top tens, with links to the original features in case you missed them first time round...or simply want to enjoy them again!
10. Top Ten Heartbreakers
We’ve witnessed some amazing moments of joy but, equally, Australia has seen its fair share of clangers, blunders and cock-ups. Look away now if you’re squeamish…
As always, it’s hard to pick a top ten with honourable mentions going to Bobby Despotovski’s infamous salute in the NSL, dodgy defending by the Matildas at the recent World Cup and an incorrect opposition national anthem played at one international match in Melbourne.
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9. The A-League's Top Ten Brazilians
MAYCON became the latest Brazilian to join the A-League when he signed with Melbourne Heart.
Every club except Central Coast Mariners and Perth Glory currently has at least one Brazilian on their books and there's been a long list of Samba stars in the A-League over the years.
Now au.fourfourtwo.com presents its list of the top 10 Brazilians to play in the competition so far.
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8. Top Ten Harry Kewell Moments
Before he signed for Melbourne Victory, Harry Kewell had given Aussie fans some extraordinary moments since his debut for the Socceroos as a teenage prodigy - here's our top ten.
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FOLLOWING on from the departure of 2010-11 A-League Foreign Player of the Year Marcos Flores to China, au.fourfourtwo.com decided to compile a list of the top 10 imports to play in the A-League.
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3. Top Ten(-ish) Returning Roos
So what with that bloke Kewell and his mate Emmo coming back to the A-League this season, we thought we should have a review and rating of those who went before them...
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Sack-whackers, kayakers, pissants and stranglers – the A-League has had its fair share of madness as we look back at 10 of the craziest episodes in the league.
There were a number of other moments that just missed out. So, honourable mentions go to Lawrie McKinna for singing on local radio, a cardboard cut-out of Miron Bleiberg at a press conference, Gold Coast fans making a run for it to the Beach during the cap fiasco and Miron’s many and varied interviews on Fox Sports.
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Everyone loves a failure, it seems. You couldn't get enough of this feature and it romped away into top spot quicker than Black Caviar on fast forward.
As A-League clubs completed their recruitment crusades for this lengthy off-season, au.fourfourtwo.com decided we'd look back at 10 recruits who didn't turn out as hoped.
Here's our Top 10 A-League Flops over the course of the competition's history - but who would you add from THIS season?
