It's been another weird and wonderful season. We cast our eye over the Toe Poke files to bring you some of the best (and worst) things we've seen. And there's really only one place to start...

Ronaldo's remarkable statue

2016-17 will forever be known as the season in which Cristiano Ronaldo was finally bestowed with the highest individual honour a professional footballer can expect to receive -- an oddly proportioned statuette outside an airport in his hometown.

Apparently created by a sculptor who had only ever seen Ronaldo's reflection in the back of a spoon, the bust was met with widespread derision and continues to provide gold standard internet meme fodder to this very day.

A good job, well done.

Seeing double Messi

While having your likeness ruined in front of your eyes is one thing, seeing your face turn up on another human being entirely is all the more unusual.

That's exactly what happened to Lionel Messi, who recently received the somewhat unsettling news that his near-identical doppelganger had been discovered living in Israel.

It's the beard that clinches it.

Schweini plays snapper

Unfortunately, eight Bundesliga titles and a World Cup win weren't enough to get Bastian Schweinsteiger noticed at Toronto airport, where the German midfielder was mistaken for a photographer.

As he and his Chicago Fire teammates moved through the arrivals lounge, Schweini was politely pressed into taking a photo for an oblivious fan.

Still, it would appear that the ex-Germany captain was humble enough to take the snap without complaint.

Paul Pogba

This season, the ever-trendy Paul Pogba became the first professional footballer to score his very own personalised Twitter emoji.

The emoji is set to automatically appear every time the #pogba hashtag is used, which is either utterly fantastic or all that is wrong with modern football, depending on which side of your 15th birthday you happen to be on.

Indeed, Pogba was so taken with his new emoticon that he even played with it on his boots for a short while.

Evra keeps everyone entertained

While Dani Alves once again enjoyed a strong season on social media, it was fellow veteran full-back Patrice Evra who emerged as the undisputed king of Instagram.

Beginning back in October, Evra embarked on a sustained campaign to bring a little joy, positivity and unity into everybody's lives with a weekly "Monday motivation" video of him either singing, dancing, rapping or all three at the same time.

And he was still going by May, when he celebrated his 36th birthday in fine style.

He may have enjoyed an extremely productive season on the pitch, but it was the Barcelona striker's shortcomings (just) off it that managed to catch our eye.

For very basic fundamental reasons, this seven-second snippet of phone footage will never not be funny.

Turns out Neymar is human after all!

Ibrahimovic's gym habits, good and bad

His campaign may have ended prematurely, but Zlatan Ibrahimovic still managed to confound his advancing years by scoring plenty of goals for Manchester United before succumbing to a cruciate knee ligament injury.

No doubt elite physical conditioning plays a key part in Ibra's longevity, so it was nice of him to give us a glimpse into the finer details of his intense workout regime.

Unfortunately, he also made the mistake of sharing his questionable workout playlist, which contained cheesy hits by Vanilla Ice and Aswad as well as "Bad Boys," otherwise known as the theme tune to "Cops."

Anti-Wenger campaign gathers worldwide steam

Above all, 2017 will most likely be remembered as the year that the "Wenger Out" campaign went truly viral around the entire world.

Shortly after Arsenal dropped out of the Champions League at the round-of-16 stage (yet again), protest placards began showing everywhere, and in the most unlikely of places.

Weirdly, the movement began in a sparsely populated stadium in New Zealand and even managed to reach Wrestlemania within the space of a few weeks.

Who says the Gunners don't show up on the big stage anymore?

Football pitch or potato patch?

We're going to round off this round-up (so to speak) by doling out a few hat-tips to some of the more lacklustre incidents to play out this season, beginning with what might just be the worst playing surface we've ever laid eyes upon.

The unlucky visitors to FC Poltava's austere stadium were Shakhtar Donetsk, who saw their Ukrainian Cup quarterfinal postponed due to the ridiculously threadbare condition of the pitch.

Shakhtar asked for the tie to be relocated, Poltava steadfastly refused to play anywhere else and, as such, the Miners were given a direct bye into the semifinals.

Be careful what you say

Ghanaian player Mohammed Anas really put his foot in it after a recent game, when a slip of the tongue landed him in a whole heap of trouble.

While picking up his Man of the Match award, the Free State Stars striker took the time to thank both his wife and his girlfriend during his televised acceptance speech.

Anas later sought to clarify his bungle by claiming that he was actually thanking his wife and his daughter, the latter of which he apparently regularly refers to as his "girlfriend."

Hmmm.

Think about ink

Presumably to prevent their players from doing anything silly like tattooing their own Twitter handles on their legs, Philadelphia Union sought to hire a "Chief Tattoo Officer" in February.

The MLS side posted a job advert on their official website explaining that the successful applicant would serve as a body-art adviser and in-house tattoo artist for their players and staff,

A minimum of five years' experience was a must, as well as a talent for drawing snakes, what with Union having a coiled rattlesnake in their club crest and all.

Oh, and if it's weird, tattoo-related stories you're into...

The worst dive of all time?

Hang your head, Jordi Alba. The only thing worse than the dive was the fact that Barcelona were awarded a penalty! Perhaps it is fitting that Messi missed the resulting spot kick.

Pick that one out!

How could we end a review of the season without giving props to what might well be the finest own goal we've ever witnessed?

The overhead kick -- yes, you read that correctly -- may have been scored by a small club playing down in the sixth-tier of the Swiss league system, but such was its glory that it is certain to echo in eternity forever more.

Outstanding. Truly and ineffably outstanding. And a quite fitting way to conclude our look back at the season.