Best of 2023

Tradition. I’ve been doing this since 2013.

Sport event of the year: Liverpool vs Bournemouth (popped my cherry at Anfield Road)

Frustrating news of the year: Israel vs Palestine

Disappointment of the year: Feelings that don’t go away (Twice in a row)

Farewell of the year: S

Tetanus of the year: Abs — deserved better (Twice in a row)

Success of the year: Working out

Foreign TV series of the year: The Last of Us

Australian TV series of the year: NIL — everything was boring (Twice in a row)

Video of the year: “How many genders are there? I don’t know, I just got here.”

Foreign band/artist of the year: Spoon

Australian band/artist of the year: You Am I

Song of the Year: Sea of Tears (Eilen Jewell)

Movie of the year: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Pub of the year: The Royal Exchange (four years in a row now)

Player of the year (rugby and FOOTBALL): Jahream Bula and Dominik Szoboszlai

Coach of the year: Okan Buruk

Game of the year: Starfield