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Golden Shoes

Last updated: 20th May 2008

Ronaldo: receiving his award

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

PLAYER	TEAM	GOALS	GAMES	RATIO
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

PLAYER	TEAM	GOALS	GAMES	RATIO
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