The 100 funniest football moments of 2017 - featuring Cristiano Ronaldo's statue, John Terry's farewell and Wenger Out madness

The world might have been lurching from one crisis to another in 2017, but thankfully football was always there to make us laugh.

From hilarious statues to large veteran substitute goalkeepers eating pastry products on the touchline, there always seemed to be something about the beautiful game that was able to tickle our funny bones, and this list is a celebration of those moments.

So sit back, put your feet up, put your Wenger Out banner away for a bit, and enjoy the funniest moments football had to offer in 2017.

JANUARY

1. Big Sam's big hat

2. The look of disbelief on Alexis Sanchez's face as Olivier Giroud decided to do a choreographed goal celebration after equalising against Bournemouth…rather than trying to get a winner

3. Porto's Danilo sent off… because the referee ran into him

4. Legendary hip-hop producer Mike Dean gets blamed for his namesake's refereeing mistakes

5. Michael Owen's 'banter' over Ronaldo being overweight

6. Paul Merson's FA Cup predictions

Ahead of the FA Cup third round, Merse picks Everton, Bournemouth and Stoke as his favourites for the whole competition.

All three lose in the third round.

7. Dani Alves' entire outfit at the FIFA Football Awards

8. Jose Mourinho answers a journalist's phone in the middle of a press conference

9. The Twitter reaction to Dimitri Payet going on strike at West Ham

10. Paul Pogba conceding a penalty against Liverpool… by dabbing

11. Steve Bruce caught queuing up in a kebab shop… in full Aston Villa kit

12. Man United fan claims Jose Mourinho should be replaced by Tony Pulis

13. Celtic's Ryan Christie joins Aberdeen on loan… and someone discovers he once described Aberdeen as "sheep s****ing c***s"

FEBRUARY

14. Paul Pogba gets his own Twitter emoji printed ON HIS BOOTS for Man United's game with Leicester

15. Pitch invader scores last-gasp equaliser in Honduran league game - and the goal stands

No, seriously… this actually happened.

16. Adam Lallana fan gets world's most baffling tattoo

17. This particularly brilliant bit of Gary Neville trolling from Jamie Carragher

18. This Man United banner

19. Philippe Countinho takes up this position in a defensive wall against Tottenham

20. Arsene Wenger refusing to play by Bayern Munich's rules

21. Ian Wright's Twitter meltdown during Bayern Munich 5-1 Arsenal

22. Seattle Sounders fan gets CELINE DION tattoo on backside after losing Twitter bet

Yes, it really is as stupid as it sounds…

23. MAN EATS PIE

Remember those crazy few days when Sutton United's Wayne Shaw was the most famous man in British football?

24. Carragher goes at Neville… again

25. St Etienne vs Manchester United produces this seriously weird bit of half-and-half merchandise

26. Manchester United fans at Wembley for EFL Cup final use 'wet floor' sign as excuse to sing about Steven Gerrard

27. Serbian defender Uros Vitas gets football's scariest tattoo

MARCH

28. Hamburg declare war on their fans for WEEING in their own stadium

29. Phil Neville takes his first ever ride on the London Underground

30. Gabriel Jesus filmed using mobility scooter while recovering from injury

31. Arsenal fan calls for Vic Akers - the KIT MAN - to be sacked, during anti-Wenger protest

32. Per Mertesacker's outstandingly grumpy reaction to fan prank

33. Jose Mourinho's response to Chelsea fans who abused him at Stamford Bridge

“Until the moment they have a manager that wins four Premier Leagues for them, I'm the No1. When they have somebody who wins four Premier Leagues for them, I'll be No2. For this moment, Judas is No1."

34. The absurdity of this complete madness

35. Philippe Coutinho unveils his new Mickey Mouse tattoo

36. Jack Wilshere forgets his own age during TV interview

37. Non-league footballer sacked by club because he BOOKED A HOLIDAY during the playoffs

Harsh. Very harsh.

38. Wenger Out banner spotted at New Zealand vs Fiji (this would soon become a theme)

39. Bastian Schweinsteiger asked if Chicago Fire can win the World Cup

APRIL

40. THAT Cristiano Ronaldo statue gets a whole host of its own lookalikes

41. Chilean news site suggests Alexis Sanchez could be off to Crystal Palace

42. This Hull fan laughing at West Ham's Robert Snodgrass during Tigers' 2-1 win

43. Peter Odemwingie signs for Indonesian club Madura United… and looks DELIGHTED about it

44. Charlie Adam trips over taking corner, handles ball and gives away free-kick

The undoubted highlight of Burnley 1-0 Stoke.

45. Jose Mourinho appears to ask Michael Carrick who Diego Forlan is, when he hears Man United singing the Uruguayan's name

46. Tottenham start selling Arsene Wenger scarves

Well, sort of…

47. Carlos Tevez infuriates fans by missing Shanghai Shenhua match… to go to Disneyland

48. Man United fans hijack Chelsea's 'Thank You John Terry' hashtag on Twitter

49. Hector Bellerin gets corn rows

50. Man United wear special warm-up vests in tribute to their fallen/injured team mates

51. Michy Batshuayi BRUTALLY trolls Arsenal Fan TV regular

MAY

52. The stat which did the rounds after Tottenham's title challenge came to an end

Fact: Hull City have spent longer on top of the Premier League than Spurs over the last two years.

53. Daley Blind's face as Jose Mourinho and Arsene Wenger shook hands after Arsenal 2-0 Man United

54. Isco making fun of Tony Adams during Real Madrid vs Granada

55. Cesc Fabregas drops an F-bomb on live TV as he celebrates Chelsea title

WARNING - OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE!

56. Middlesbrough fans beg referee Anthony Taylor to send off their OWN goalkeeper Brad Guzan against Southampton

57. Swiss defender scores the 'greatest own-goal ever' as he hits the back of the net with a spectacular overhead kick

58. Diego Costa walking into the press room at half-time during Chelsea vs Watford… looking to raid the buffet

59. THAT John Terry farewell

All of it. Every single second of it.

60. Zlatan demanding a picture with the perfect Zlatan banner

61. A Walkers crisps competition to win tickets to the Champions League final gets hilariously hijacked

JUNE

62. Michael Carrick's name is spelt incorrectly on the teamsheet for Michael Carrick's own testimonial

Who's Michael Carrtick when he's at home?

63. Stoke's Ramadan Sobhi gets scared by a fake crocodile on Egyptian TV, and isn't at all happy about it

We wouldn't be happy either, to be fair.

64. Theresa May's timing is all wrong as she tries to join in the Mexican Wave during France v England

65. The Carabao Cup first round draw descends into chaos, as Charlton Athletic come out of the hat twice

66. Peter Crouch "spends time with the family"

JULY

67. Aston Villa's weird Whatsapp conversation to announce the signing of John Terry freaks everyone out a bit

"Captain, leader, Villan!"

68. Jamie Carragher accurately predicts Everton's first half of the season via an image of Jurgen Klopp on holiday

69. Progres Niederkorn - the fourth best team in Luxembourg - knock Rangers out of Europe, after basically admitting they had no chance in their matchday programme

"We should be honest, Rangers FC is just too strong."

Yeah, about that...

70. Aleksandar Kolarov signs for Roma... like this

71. Manchester United and Real Madrid are led out onto the pitch by Ronald McDonald for a pre-season friendly in California... for some reason

72. Alexis Sanchez had a cold, and wanted everyone to know about it

AUGUST

73. A fan at the Spanish Super Cup El Clasico clash reveals possibly the worst football shirt of all-time

74. An Arsenal fan gets the chance to take a picture with his hero Arsene Wenger, hands the phone to his girlfriend, and this ensues...

75. A Hoffenheim fan brings a toothbrush to Anfield to get rid of the taste of "bad English beer"

76. Liverpool fans crash a flight-tracking website because they think Virgil van Dijk has landed at John Lennon Airport (he hadn't)

77. Harry Kane still doesn't score in August

SEPTEMBER

78. Benjamin Mendy sets out his stall out as Manchester City's king of comedy by signing the "Kolo Yaya song"... to Yaya Toure

79. Arsenal fan goes to the Emirates with Coutinho on the back of his shirt for some reason

Maybe it's his actual name? We don't know.

Frankly, we don't want to know.

80. Frank de Boer's Crystal Palace reign

Played four, lost four, scored none.

81. Michael Owen says Liverpool's Joe Gomez is "not tall enough to be a centre-back"... when he's 6ft 2ins

82. Benjamin Mendy kicks off about his FIFA 18 ratings

83. Hector Bellerin and Jeremy Corbyn see Piers Morgan approaching at the GQ Awards, so start talking in Spanish to ensure he can't understand them

84. Neymar and Lewis Hamilton hit London Fashion Week

"I'm pretty sure there's a lot more to life than being really, really, ridiculously good looking. And I plan on finding out what that is."

85. Borussia Dortmund release a video of goalkeeper Roman Burki's brilliant pre-match ritual

OCTOBER

86. Chelsea make a big deal of the fact that Crystal Palace have lost every game this season before they play them... then lose 2-1

87. Everton's shirt sponsors SportPesa seem oddly delighted that the Blues got hammered 5-2 at home to Arsenal

88. A West Ham fan tries to grab Mark Noble's shirt after Carabao Cup win over Spurs at Wembley... and fails

TIMBER!

89. Salford City goalkeeper Max Crocombe gets sent off against Bradford Park Avenue for weeing on the pitch

90. Liverpool hero Luis Garcia enjoys his yearly Halloween trolling of Jose Mourinho and Chelsea over THAT Champions League "ghost goal"

You've got to admire the commitment.

NOVEMBER

91. Belgium boss Roberto Martinez suggests Marouane Fellaini "just missed out" on a Ballon d'Or nomination

92. Lukas Podolski gets a spot in a star-studded World Cup promo, and people aren't very nice about it

Then Kaka crops him out...

93. This image of David Moyes on his comeback to football management breaks the internet

94. Chelsea get the Pro Evolution Soccer treatment at Qarabag

95. Fankaty Dabo - one of the army of Chelsea youngsters on loan at Vitesse Arnhem - scores this own goal

96. Roberto Firmino scores to put Liverpool 3-0 up at Sevilla while checking that the Reds defence aren't messing things up at the same time. The match ends 3-3.

97. Pep Guardiola gets animated when talking to Nathan Redmond

DECEMBER

98. Chelsea benchwarmer Michy Batshuayi needs a hot water bottle at the London Stadium

99. Diego Maradona gets a new statue in India... but it looks more like Mrs Brown of Mrs Brown's Boy's "fame"

100. Jack Wilshere gets trolled... by the Argos Twitter account

The account waded in to a chat between Bournemouth fans with an offer of some £24.99 crutches. Harsh.

But funny.