There's a new Angel of the North and Anastacia's hungry at Bayern's match
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And so it's over. The 2016-17 Premier League season has come to an end. Like the circle of life, we saw one title-winning, 36-year-old champ leaving the field to a guard of honour while elsewhere, a 16-year-old fresh-faced newbie made his debut - becoming the first footballer born after the millennium to play in the Premier League.
So what tweets marked these momentous occasions? Read on to find out...
1) 21st-century boy
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An even younger Angel Gomes of Manchester United there, presumably after asking someone to take a photo that he knew would make football fans feel old and inadequate a few years later.
2) The West Ham fan who's wrestling with his conscience
Ah, that's nice. After 22 years of service at the same club, John Terry was given a personalised WWE belt from wrestling legend and West Ham fan, Triple H.
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Then he tweeted his congratulations again. Well, kind of...
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Rampant egotists, overblown entrances and exits, and brief moments of comedy. Yep, football and WWE is actually a logical match-up after all.
3) Hopes and dreams
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Encouraging reading for all West Ham's academy kids there.
4) Photo of the week
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Not much more we can add there really.
5) Travelling in style
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Play-off heroes Millwall doing their bit for the environment - look, they're just like you and me!
6) Stoke City, Speedos and a slightly worrying turn of events
It all started with a harmless tweet. Peter Crouch is a busy man, he probably won't read it.
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But he did read it.
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And so did Charlie Adam.
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A deal is a deal. It's in writing and everything. A legal contract.
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Transaction complete.
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Honestly, what a world.
7) Meanwhile, at Watford (Part One)
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The absolute peak of the already glorious genre of the homemade banner.
The highlight here surely has to be the 'HE WAS RUBBISH' just casually snuck in down at the bottom corner.
8) Where were you the day that Manuel Lanzini attempted his 1,500th pass for West Ham?
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What a way to overshadow John Terry's final Chelsea appearance. Bravo Manuel, that's quite a landmark.
9) Meanwhile, at Watford (Part Two)
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A tender moment, to hide the fact that Watford's players had virtually given up on professional football by this point.
10) The common denominatoure
You do the math.
11) Meanwhile, at Watford (Part Three)
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A fitting, slightly surreal way to round off another season. When does it all start again?
