Nominations for the Premier League's '20 Season Awards' have been announced, with several Arsenal players and teams of the past two decades included.
The 10 categories are as follows:
PANEL VOTING CATEGORIES
- Player of the 20 seasons (Other nominations: Eric Cantona, Ryan Giggs, Roy Keane, Cristiano Ronaldo, Paul Scholes, Alan Shearer, Gianfranco Zola):
| Player | PL seasons | Apps | Goals | PL titles | PFA PotY | PFA TotY | FWA FotY |
| Dennis Bergkamp | 11 | 315 | 87 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Thierry Henry | 9 | 258 | 176 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 |
| Patrick Vieira | 11 | 307 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
- Manager of the 20 seasons (Other nominations: Sir Alex Ferguson, Jose Mourinho, David Moyes, Harry Redknapp):
| Manager | PL seasons | PL titles | Games managed | W | D | L |
| Arsène Wenger | 16 | 3 | 593 | 344 | 147 | 102 |
- Team of the 20 seasons (Other nominations: Blackburn Rovers 1994/95, Manchester United 1998/99, Chelsea 2004/05, Manchester United 2007/08):
| Season | Position | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
| 2003/04 | 1st | 38 | 26 | 12 | 0 | 73 | 26 | +47 | 90 |
- Season of the 20 seasons (Other nominations: 1994/95, 1995/96, 1998/99, 2004/05, 2007/08):
| Champions | Pts | Ave top four pts |
Bottom club pts | Range | Goals | Gls ave |
| Arsenal | 78 | 71 | 33 | 45 | 1,019 | 2.68 p/g |
| Award | Player |
| FWA FotY | Dennis Bergkamp |
| PFA PotY | Dennis Bergkamp |
| PFA TotY | Dennis Bergkamp |
- Most memorable quote of the 20 seasons (No Arsenal nominations. Others: Eric Cantona 1995, Alan Hansen 1995, Kevin Keegan 1996, Sir Alex Ferguson 2003, Jose Mourinho 2004)
PUBLIC VOTING CATEGORIES
- Fantasy team of the 20 seasons (See other nominations here):
| Position | Player |
| Goalkeeper | David Seaman |
| Right back(s) | Lee Dixon, Bacary Sagna |
| Left back(s) | Nigel Winterburn, Ashley Cole, Gael Clichy |
| Centre back(s) | Tony Adams, Sol Campbell |
| Right midfielder | Freddie Ljungberg |
| Left midfielder(s) | Robert Pires, Marc Overmars |
| Central midfielder(s) | Patrick Vieira, Cesc Fabregas, Emmanuel Petit |
| Striker(s) | Thierry Henry, Dennis Bergkamp, Ian Wright |
- Goal of the 20 seasons:
| Player | Team vs | Season |
| Thierry Henry | Manchester United (h) | 2000/2001 |
| Dennis Bergkamp | Newcastle United (a) | 2001/02 |
- Match of the 20 seasons:
| Match | Date | Season |
| Liverpool 4-3 Newcastle | 03/04/1996 | 1995/96 |
| Newcastle 5-0 Manchester Utd | 20/10/1996 | 1996/97 |
| Tottenham 3-5 Manchester Utd | 29/09/2001 | 2001/02 |
| Portsmouth 7-4 Reading | 29/09/2007 | 2007/08 |
| Arsenal 4-4 Tottenham | 29/10/2008 | 2008/09 |
| Liverpool 4-4 Arsenal | 21/04/2009 | 2008/09 |
| Manchester Utd 4-3 Manchester City | 10/05/2009 | 2009/10 |
| Newcastle 4-4 Arsenal | 05/02/2011 | 2010/11 |
| Manchester Utd 8-2 Arsenal | 28/08/2011 | 2011/12 |
| Manchester Utd 1-6 Manchester City | 23/10/2011 | 2011/12 |
- Save of the 20 seasons (No Arsenal nominations. See full list here)
- Goal celebration of the 20 seasons (No Arsenal nominations. See full list here)
For more information on voting in the '20 Season Awards', visit the official Premier League website.
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