Football year in review: Leicester highs, Chelsea lows, Barcelona success, failed predictions and more


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This week, The National's sports team is looking back on a crazy year in football.

From Leicester winning the Premier League to the usual suspects in Spain and elsewhere, our writers remember the players, teams and moments that made it such a memorable season.

Premier League

Richard Jolly's Premier League team of the season: Who were the best at their positions?

10 conclusions from the season: What does Leicester's success mean for the clubs that were supposed to win it all? That and other lessons from Richard Jolly.

Topsy-turvy: Forget Leicester, what about the rest of the Premier League teams?

Predictions review: Sports Editor Thomas Woods revisits his 10 bold predictions from before the season. Spoiler: He did not correctly pick the champions.

• Speaking of predictions, we kept a tab on how we picked week-by-week, complete with what our table would look like if we got everything correct. Comparing the actual final Premier League table with ours produced some fairly hilarious results.

Battle for North London supremacy: The balance of power still tilts toward Arsenal and not Tottenham.

• And, of course, celebrating Leicester City: The fitting finale | Next year's prospects | Ranieri's last laugh

The National will have more later this week.

Keep an eye out for:

• Ian Hawkey’s European team of the season

• Premier League’s best and worst: John McAuley remembers what was good and what was bad this season.

• Questions remain: Outside of England, are there any Leicesters ready to challenge the titans?

• Spain in review: Andy Mitten looks at the year that was in Primera Liga

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