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Golden Shoes

Image: Ronaldo: receiving his award

Cristiano Ronaldo scoops Soccer AM's Golden Shoe and Golden Espadrille awards.

All season Soccer AM has been keeping tabs on the finest goal scoring machines across England and Europe in our Golden Shoe and Golden Espadrille competition. And after another superb season in which we saw two of the top Leagues in Europe go to the final day of the season, we're delighted to announce that Manchester United winger Cristiano Ronaldo has scooped both awards! The Golden Shoe took into account all the players in the top four tiers of the English game, while The Golden Espadrille focused on the top forwards from Italy's Serie A, Spain's Primera Division and of course our very own Premier League. Both competitions are based on a goals to games ratio and after hitting the back of the net an incredible 31 times in just 34 games the Portugal star was the deserved winner. Miss Helen Chamberlain jumped on the M4 last week and headed for Manchester United's Carrington training ground to present a clearly delighted Ronaldo with his awards and you can see his reaction by clicking on the video on the right.

The Golden Shoe

PLAYERTEAM GOALSGAMESRATIO
Cristiano Ronaldo Man Utd 31 34 0.91
Fernando Torres Liverpool 24 33 0.73
Jack Lester Chesterfield 24 35 0.69
Emmanuel Adebayor Arsenal 24 36 0.67
Aaron McLean Peterborough 29 44 0.66
Kevin Phillips West Brom 22 35 0.63
Scott McLeish Wycombe 26 46 0.57
James Beattie Sheff Utd 22 39 0.56
Nicky Maynard Crewe 15 27 0.56
Jason Scotland Swansea 24 45 0.53

The Golden Espadrille

PLAYERTEAM GOALSGAMESRATIO
Cristiano Ronaldo Manchester United 31 34 0.91
Luis Fabiano Sevilla 24 30 0.80
Fernando Torres Liverpool 24 33 0.73
Daniel Guiza Real Mallorca 27 37 0.73
Emmanuel Adebayor Arsenal 24 36 0.67
Van Nistelrooy Real Madrid 16 24 0.67
Zlatan Ibrahimovic Inter 17 26 0.65
David villa Valencia 18 28 0.64
Alessandro Del Piero Juventus 21 37 0.57
Adrian Mutu Fiorentina 17 30 0.57