The Royal Lancaster London Hotel played host to this year’s Football Content Awards, with an array of talented creators and big organisations within the industry in attendance.

The evening was hosted by Snack Media, one of the U.K.’s largest independent sports publishers, with ex-Soccer AM’s Rocket Long and The Football Terrace’s Terry Flewers taking up the role of on-stage presenters.

The event was kicked off with the award for Young Content Creator of the year — a prize that recognises some of the finest up-and-coming talent within the sector. United Cloud took home the award, who has grown an audience of over 140,000 followers on Instagram, thanks to his unique and creative Manchester United graphics. 

Shortly after, we heard all about the vital work of Street Child United, the awards’ charity partner, who do some incredible work with homeless youths by utilising the universal appeal of football and hosting a World Cup.

Next up we celebrated the Best Football League Podcast, where Sheffield’s own Sheff United Way won gold thanks to their fantastic audio work and YouTube channel.

A Celtic State Of Mind — sporting a lovely blazer and on-brand green tie — scooped the international podcast award while Arsenal Vision collected the award amongst their Premier League peers. 

The aforementioned first two podcasts would then go on to win gold in the Club Content Creator category, with City Xtra finally getting their hands on the top prize for the Premier League award: “Not bad for a team with no fans, hey?” Founder Freddie Pye jokingly remarked. 

Moving onto Best In Social, Sky Sports saw off fierce competition from the likes of AFTV and Bleacher Report to win the award for best organisation. The 92 Bible and TSR Football were the recipients of the same honour for creator and small/medium business respectively.

The Athletic were the winner for Best In Video — which seemed to even surprise themselves, given the small size of their team working on the content — in a space where they’ve clearly left a big impression over a relatively short period of time.

Thogden fended off stiff competition to win the creator category for video, while HITC Sport got their hands on the same award in the small/medium business section.

After the interval, we moved on to the ever-popular Best Influencer award, and there was a familiar face claiming gold. Mark Goldbridge won the individual/journalist award, who sadly couldn’t be in attendance but sent in a video message to acknowledge it and thank those who voted for him.

F2 Freestylers naturally won the freestyle prize, although co-presenter Billy Wingrove was typically gracious when accepting the award, highlighting the fantastic work of other creators such as Jack Downer. 

Moving on to Content Creators, AFTV came first for being the best in the business, thanks to the revolutionary work of Robbie Lyle, A.K.A. ‘Don Robbie’, and former professional footballer Curtis Shaw was announced as the best new creator.  

Fantasy Football Scout cleaned up in the world of FPL, while India’s finest, The FPL Wire, and the minds behind FPL Blackbox also won their respective categories.

Best In Non-League is always a prestigious award at The FCAs, with Snack Media keen to recognise some of the fantastic work that’s done further down the football pyramid. Rootz TV celebrated winning the best small/medium business category alongside Football In Berkshire for podcast and Will Burford for creator. 

Bleacher Report managed to get their hands on a prize later in the evening, capturing the Best Branded Campaign award, with the Charitable Campaign prize going to the popular and brilliant ​​Gooners V Cancer.

After that, the FCAs recognised some of the phenomenal work that’s being done in arguably the industry’s most underrepresented but most rapidly growing area: Women’s Football. Lauren Baker was voted as the best creator, alongside The Women’s Football Podcast and BBC Sport, who collected the small/medium business and organisation awards.

To round things off, Terry and Rocket announced the winners of the more professional categories — those being Best Club, Best Footballer, and Best Media Organisation.

Arsenal won the Premier League category, with Bristol City taking the Football League title, Bury AFC winning out in the Non-League, and Zenit St Petersburg coming through for the International prize, thanks to their ever-growing social media presence in the U.K.

When it came to the players, fan-favourite Adebayo Akinfenwa accepted the Football League prize with Cristiano Ronaldo winning the International category and Watford’s own Ben Foster taking top spot in the Premier League, thanks to his exceptional The Cycling GK YouTube channel.

Finally, Sky Sports saw off The Athletic and BBC Sport for their second award of the evening, winning Best Media Organisation, which closed out another hugely successful year for the FCAs.

See below for a full list of winners:

  1. BEST YOUNG CONTENT CREATOR: United Cloud
  2. BEST PODCAST
    1. Football League: Sheff United Way
    2. International: A Celtic State of Mind
    3. Premier League: Arsenal Vision
  3. BEST CLUB CONTENT CREATOR
    1. Football League: Sheff United Way
    2. International: A Celtic State of Mind
    3. Premier League: City Xtra
  4. BEST IN SOCIAL
    1. Creators: the92bible
    2. Small/Medium Business: TSR Football
    3. Organisation: Sky Sports
  5. BEST IN VIDEO
    1. Creators/Vloggers: Thogden
    2. Small/Medium Business: HITC Sport
    3. Organisation: The Athletic
  6. BEST INFLUENCER: Mark Goldbridge
  7. BEST IN FREESTYLE: F2 Freestylers
  8. BEST CONTENT CREATOR: AFTV
  9. BEST NEW CONTENT CREATOR: Curtis Shaw
  10. BEST IN FANTASY FOOTBALL
    1. Editorial: Fantasy Football Scout
    2. Podcast: The FPL Wire
    3. Video: FPL Blackbox
  11. BEST IN NON LEAGUE
    1. Creators: Will Burford
    2. Podcast: Football In Berkshire
    3. Small/Medium Business: Rootz TV
  12. BEST BRANDED CAMPAIGN: Bleacher Report
  13. BEST IN WOMEN’S FOOTBALL
    1. Creators: Lauren Baker
    2. Small/Medium Business: The Women’s Football Podcast
    3. Organisation: BBC
  14. BEST FOOTBALL CLUB
    1. Football League: Bristol City
    2. International: Zenit St Petersburg FC
    3. Non-League: Bury AFC
    4. Premier League: Arsenal
  15. BEST FOOTBALLER
    1. Football League: Adebayo Akinfenwa
    2. International: Cristiano Ronaldo
    3. Premier League: Ben Foster
  16. BEST CHARITABLE CAMPAIGN: Gooners V Cancer
  17. BEST MEDIA ORGANISATION: Sky Sports