FOOTBALL: FREDDIE STAR OF THE SHOW.(Sport)

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Byline: BRIAN McNALLY

ARSENAL dominated our second annual Fans' Awards by claiming top spot in five categories, including Player, Manager and Team of the Season.

The Double-winning Gunners repeated last year's nap hand by Liverpool to take pole position in the 2002 Fanzone Awards run in conjunction with the original fans' website www.fromtheterrace.co.uk

Freddie Ljungberg stole in at the death with a flood of crucial goals to pinch Player of the Year in a photo finish from Highbury colleagues Robert Pires and Thierry Henry.

Ljungberg, now on duty with Sweden's World Cup squad, will receive his award, sponsored by mobile phone specialists T Mobile, at a special pre- season presentation.

The Gunners predictably scooped Team of the Year and not even Newcastle's feat in reaching the Champions League qualifiers …