The winners of the 2015 Football Blogging Awards have been announced at an awards ceremony at Hotel Football in Manchester.
The awards, created to reward the best football blogs and aspiring online journalists around the world, recognise bloggers in eleven categories including Best Established Blog, Best Podcast, Best Young Blogger and Best Club Blog.
Over 150,000 fan votes were cast in the 2015 awards, with over 1,000 blogs nominated from five continents stretching from Europe to Africa.
A judges’ choice was also awarded in each category, voted for by a panel including BBC’s Dan Walker, John Cross of the Daily Mirror, Neil Ashton from the Daily Mail, The Guardian’s Owen Gibson and more.
Anthony Cooper, Co-Founder of the Football Blogging Awards, said: “This years’ awards have smashed our records once again, with more than twice as many votes cast as there were in 2014 and five time as many as 2013. The winners thoroughly deserve this recognition for the total dedication to their craft and their love of the game. We hope that the awards encourage football fans to continue blogging, or to start up new blogs, as they are the heart and soul of football”
You can find a full list of the winners here:
Best Established Football Blog partnered with ClubApp:
Fans choice – Goalden Times
Judges choice – The Football Pink
Best New Football Blog partnered with Football Fancast:
Fans choice – The United Stand
Judges choice – The Set Pieces
Best Video Football Blog partnered with Ball Street:
Fans choice – 442oons
Judges choice – Copa90
Best Football Club Blog partnered with Kitbag:
Fans choice – Anfield HQ
Judges choice – Barca Blaugranes
Best Football Podcast partnered with the Carlsberg Fan Squad:
Fans choice – Chelsea Football Fancast
Judges choice – The Offside Rule (We Get It!)
Best Football Influencer partnered with Social Squad:
Fans choice – Stan Collymore
Judges choice – Arseblog
Best Social Football Account partnered with OneFootball:
Fans choice – Deluded Brendan
Judges choice – TheSPORTbible
Best Young Football Blogger partnered with Conducttr:
Fans choice – The United Girl
Judges choice – A Halftime Report
Best Gambling Football Blog partnered with Ladbrokes:
Fans choice – TheODDSbible
Judges choice – Footy Accumulators
Best Visual Football Blog partnered with Clifford French:
Fans choice – 8bit Football
Judges choice – Brickstand
Best Football Forum partnered with Sporting Memories Network:
Fans choice – Knees up Mother Brown
Judges choice – Not606