The shock with this relegation was huge slide which had taken place with striker Kevin Phillips bagging the European
Golden Shoe after scoring 30 goals in the 1999 - 00 season, also Sunderland finishing an impressive seventh in both that season and the following one.
Not exact matches
Cristiano Ronaldo and Luis Suarez have shared the ESM
Golden Shoe award
after both finished their respective seasons with 31 goals.
Suarez is only the second Liverpool player to win the European
Golden Shoe award
after Ian Rush in the 1983 - 1984 season.
The European
Golden Shoe is one of the most sought -
after individual awards around, and we'll soon know this season's winner.