Asylum presents -- The Fail Awards 2009

People have been failing for centuries, but 2009 has been particularly good year for fails. We've been blessed with some moments of pure failing magic.

From Turkish demolitions to free running blunders, odd animals to soccer celebration cock-ups, we present you the 2009 Asylum Fail Awards. It took dozens of mocha lattes and hours of painstaking schadenfreude, but we've tracked down all the best clanger videos of this past year.

All the best, after the break.


The Fail Award for Worst Demotion goes to - the men who managed to flip this building. Fail-o-metre: FFFFF (out of 5)



The Fail Award for Worst Performance by a Sporting Official - the man driving this car. Fail-o-metre: FFFF



The Fail Award for the Dumbest Pet of 2009 - This dog who thinks his own hind leg is trying to steal his bone. Fail-o-metre: FFFFF



The Fail Award for Sports Reporter Getting Hit by a Football - This lady. Fail-o-metre: FF



The Fail Award for Flip Fail - Voila. Fail-o-metre: FFF



The Fail Award for Sporting blunder of the Year - Cello Renda V Paul Samuels. Fail-o-metre: FFFF



The Fail Award for Goal Celebration - Robbie Simpson. Fail-o-metre: FFF




The Fail Award for Worst Cheat - Tom Williams. Fail-o-metre: FFFFF. And here's The Fail Award for Worst Recreation of a Sporting Cheat. Fail-o-metre: FF



The Fail Award for Military Balls Up - The British Army. Fail-o-metre: FFFFF



The Fail Award for Criminal Fail - These budding escapees from New Zealand. Fail-o-metre: FFFF



The Fail Award for Fail of the Year, the award which sums up for us, the very essence of failure. And the award goes to... The Bolivian police sketch artist who drew this. Fail-o-metre: FFFFF