It's finally here then - the 38th and final gameweek of a season that has no doubt had triumphant highs and crushing lows for us all. Join me for on final journey this season, as we look at how the afternoon unfolded.

ARS v WBA
With one eye on the forthcoming FA Cup final, Arsene Wenger chose to rest Koscielny, Ramsey and Giroud. Walcott was given a rare start, and it only took him four minutes to remind everyone what he was capable of. His goal was assisted by Cazorla. Walcott doubled his - and Arsenal's tally - ten minutes later, but no assist was awarded this time. Three minutes later Jack Wilshere got on the score sheet with a cracking volley into the top corner after Gabriel Paulista had set him up. Walcott and Cazorla combined again for the England man to score his hat-trick, and put Arsenal 4-0 before half time.

After the break, Arsenal took their foot off the gas and allowed West Brom to score a consolation just before the hour mark. Gareth McAuley got the goal, his first of the season, with Chris Brunt racking up double figures in terms of assists for this campaign. Ramsey and Giroud were brought into the fray with 22 minutes left, but neither were able to provide any meaningful contribution. 4-1 the final score, with bonus points awarded as follows:

Walcott - 3pts
Cazorla - 2pts
Wilshere - 1pt

AVL v BUR
It doesn't happen often, but a player not listed on the FPL database was handed a start. Jed Steer was handed a debut in goal for Villa by Tim Sherwood, who had promised the fans a good display after a disappointing season. Despite the FA Cup on the horizon, Benteke started which was a relief for many managers. The first job for Steer was to pick the ball out of the back of his net as Danny Ings scored his 11th (and no doubt final) goal for Burnley, assisted by Ashley Barnes. It turned out to be the only goal of the game as Burnley signed off with a win in their final Premier League game.

Ings - 3pts
Heaton - 2pts
Shackell - 1pt

CHE v SUN
With Sunderland securing their top flight status last Wednesday at the Emirates, this was effectively a dead rubber. Surprisingly, Hazard was fit to start despite having wisdom teeth extracted in the week and reports of an infection. Drogba was allowed one last hurrah as he started ahead of Diego Costa and Cech was preferred ahead of Courtois. Sunderland did their best to spoil the party as Steven Fletcher opened the scoring with his fifth of the season, assisted by Adam Johnson who took the corner. Shortly after Drogba was carried off the field of play by his teammates (cringe!) to be replaced by Costa. It was his penalty that ensured the score was level at the break after Cuadrado was fouled by John O'Shea. Regular penalty taker Hazard evidently didn't fancy it.

Despite Chelsea's dominance, it took a little while for them to take the lead, but eventually Eden Hazard looked to play a one-two with Loïc Remy. The Frenchman had no intention of providing the return ball though as he scored past Vito Mannone, in for the injured Pantilimon. His second, and Chelsea's third, came two minutes before the end as he finished a great ball from Matic. It was hardly an emphatic performance from the new Champions, but as they have done so often this season it proved enough to beat what was in front of them.

Remy - 3pts
Hazard - 2pts
Costa - 1pt

CRY v SWA
No Murray for the hosts and no Williams, Shelvey or Sigurdsson for the visitors as they met at Selhurst Park. Palace have been unconvincing at home, but they were able to see off the Swans as Marouane Chamakh scored the only goal of the game just before the hour mark. Puncheon took a free kick which Scott Dann headed on for the former Arsenal man to score. Palace nearly added a second, but one was enough to claim all 3 points and clean sheet points for those who have Palace representatives.

Dann - 3pts
Chamakh - 2pts
Hangeland - 1pt

EVE v TOT
The only incentive on offer here was for Spurs if they could win and Liverpool lost to Stoke. Spurs fulfilled their obligation with one of this years star men, Harry Kane, scoring only his second goal since gameweek 33. He was set up by Eric Dier, in what was a role reversal from gameweek 1. The game finished 1-0 to the visitors, with Everton once again failing to provide a cutting edge in what has been a disappointing season.

Dier - 3pts
Vertonghen - 2pts
Fabio & Kane - 1pt

HUL v MUN
There was no room for Van Persie, Fellaini or Falcao as United with Hull needing to beat them to have any chance of saving themselves. They probably guessed it wasn't to be their day when they had not one, but two, first half “goals” disallowed. First McShane and then N'Doye fell foul to the offside flag. Elmohamady also went close, but United and keeper Valdés in particular held firm. Di Maria who had been given a rare start left after only 22 minutes after picking up an injury.

As the news filtered through the stands that Newcastle had taken the lead against West Ham, the life blood oozed out of both players and fans. United were just as clueless about how to take the lead, and Fellaini was sent off for a red card less than 20 minutes after coming on as a sub. It all got a bit scrappy, with neither team putting maximum effort in, and it finished goalless.

Rojo - 3pts
Jones & Valdés - 2pts

LEI v QPR
After securing their place in the Premier League following the greatest of all great escapes, Leicester could have been forgiven for taking their foot off the gas against relegated QPR. Not a bit of it! Hot on the heels of his England call-up, Jamie Vardy grabbed the first goal when Mahrez's shot was not held by the keeper. Marc Albrighton doubled the lead scoring from a cross from Schlupp.

Leonardo Ulloa claimed the third in the second half when a deflected shot from Morgan hit him and went in. The talismanic Esteban Cambiasso scored the fourth (no assist) before Charlie Austin scored a consolation, heading in a cross from Joey Barton. Another defensive error that epitomised QPR's campaign was seized on by substitute Andrej Kramaric for only his second goal since his arrival in January. 5-1 the final score for a Leicester side who finished 14th after being rock bottom as late as April.

Albrighton - 3pts
Barton - 2pts
Vardy - 1pt

MCY v SOU
Manchester City made Frank Lampard captain for the day in his (second) farewell from the Premier League and you kind of knew he would sign off with a goal. Southampton obliged and let the former Chelsea man link up with James Milner and score just after the half hour. The second took a long time coming, the 88th minute to be precise, and almost inevitably it was the leagues top scorer Sergio Agüero who got it. He made it 26 for the season, assisted by Mangala. 2-0 the final score as City signed off with a clean sheet.

Mangala - 3pts
Zabaleta & Lampard - 2pts

NEW v WHU
It was a nervous St James Park that saw the return of (another) old manager they had hounded out, in the form of Sam Allardyce. In the home dugout, the best coach in the Premier League preferred Cisse to Ayoze Perez in a bid to score the goals that would save Newcastle from relegation. It was Rivière who had the best efforts of the first half, but it remained 0-0 at the break.

After the restart, nerves were somewhat settled when Sissoko Rose like a salmon to power in a header from a Jonas Gutiérrez cross. In an emotional and indeed romantic fitting end to a terrible season, it was Gutiérrez who put the icing on the cake, scoring the second after an assist from Jack Colback. Newcastle safe, but you fear it'll be another season of struggle if major changes aren't made in the Summer - both on and off the field.

Gutiérrez - 3pts
Sissoko - 2pts
Janmaat - 1pt

STO v LIV
With the saturation coverage of Raheem Sterling's contract wrangling dominating the news this week, Brandan Rodgers decided to bench him for this match. Stoke set their stall out early, showing they had no intention of allowing this to become the Steven Gerrard show after the failure at Anfield last time out. It took just over 20 minutes, but Mame Biram Diouf scored twice in quick succession. Jon Walters added a third on the half hour, before Charlie Adam scored against his old employers and Steven N'Zonzi adding a great goal from distance to make it 5-0 at the break.

The second half failed to match up to the excitement of the first 45 minutes, but Steven Gerrard eventually got his sign-off goal before another Reds old boy - Peter Crouch - completed the rout four minutes before the end. The assists list read, Adam, Arnautovic (2) and Diouf with Lambert providing the telling ball for the Liverpool goal. A great performance from Stoke who have impressed this year, with Liverpool now having to qualify for the Europa League the hard way. 6-1 the final score.

Diouf - 3pts
Gerrard - 2pts
N'Zonzi - 1pt


There it is then. All done for another season. A year that has seen - amongst other things - the continued popularity of fantasy football, and the emergence of this site as an absolute must-use fantasy tool. I'm proud to have been asked to be a part of it, and I hope you've enjoyed my contribution as much as I've enjoyed contributing.