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We at the FWA are delighted to be taking part in the inaugural Sports Media Forum in Cairo next month, as part of our partnership with
@EGMediaForum
and
@sportsmedif
Full story here:
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BREAKING - Jordan Henderson is the new Footballer of the Year for 2019-20. The Liverpool and England midfielder held off strong competition from Kevin De Bruyne, Marcus Rashford and other LFC team-mates to win football oldest individual award. Details:
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Jurgen Klopp congratulates
@Jhenderson
on being voted Footballer of the Year, after a historic season for
@LFC
: "A perfect example that a mix of talent and attitude makes the difference. Well deserved, outstanding achievement, still a lot to come. Wow!"
#FOTY20
#Henderson
#Klopp
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BREAKING -
@mosalah
is Footballer of the Year for the second time, and
@samkerr1
has been voted Women's Footballer of the Year. Congratulations to the
@LFC
and
@ChelseaFCW
strikers. Awards to be presented on May 5 at our annual dinner. Details:
#FOTY22
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BREAKING - Ruben Dias is the Footballer of the Year 2021. The
@ManCity
and Portugal defender beat Harry Kane and Kevin De Bruyne in our poll of almost 700 FWA members. More here:
#FOTY21
#Dias
@rubendias
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BREAKING NEWS - Erling Haaland and Sam Kerr are this year’s Footballer of the Year and Women's Footballer of the Year. Congratulations to the
@ManCity
and
@ChelseaFCW
players. More to follow, full details on our website:
#FOTY75
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Congratulations to
@PhilFoden
- the 2024 Footballer of the Year. 👏👏👏
The Manchester City and England star polled 42 per cent of the vote from the Football Writers' Association's almost 900 members, ahead of Arsenal's Declan Rice and
@mancity
team-mate Rodri.
Full story ⬇️
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BREAKING NEWS - Fran Kirby is the new Women's Footballer of the Year. Fran, the Chelsea and England forward, was the inaugural winner of this award in 2018 and was honoured for another outstanding season. Full story here:
#WFOTY21
@frankirby
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BREAKING - Marcus Rashford says he is honoured to receive the FWA Tribute Award for his outstanding work on and off the pitch. Exclusive interview with our chair
@CarrieBrownTV
and contributions from Sir Alex Ferguson and Wayne Rooney. .
#Rashford
#mufc
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Footballer of the Year
@PhilFoden
told the FWA website: “Being named the Football Writers’ Association Footballer of the Year is a huge honour. I’m very, very happy to receive this award but I could not have done it without the help of my team-mates. We have a very special squad
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Double success for Manchester City as
@PhilFoden
and Bunny Shaw win the Football Writers' Association's Footballer of the Year awards - full story here:
#FOTY24
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Congratulations to Bunny Shaw - the Football Writers' Association's Women's Footballer of the Year for 2024. The
@ManCityWomen
and Jamaica striker pipped Lauren James of
@ChelseaFCW
to the title in a record vote, to complete a Manchester City double as
@PhilFoden
was voted
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The FWA is delighted to announce that
@CarrieBrownTV
has succeeded
@paddybarclay
as Chairman of the Football Writers' Association. She becomes the first female Chair of a major football organisation. Full story here:
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Jordan Henderson, new Footballer of the Year, said: “I’d like to say how appreciative I am of the support of those who voted for me and the Football Writers’ Association in general. But as grateful as I am I don’t feel like I can accept this on my own.."
#FOTY20
#Henderson
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Bunny Shaw is here, ready to collect her award as Footballer of the Year from FWA Chair
@johncrossmirror
#FOTY24
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"...“I accept it on behalf of this whole squad, because without them I’m not in a position to be receiving this honour. These lads have made me a better player – a better leader and a better person."
Leadership and captaincy from Jordan Henderson, Footballer of the Year
#FOTY20
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BREAKING -
@VivianneMiedema
is our new Women's Footballer of the Year.
The Dutch
@ArsenalWFC
striker held off strong competition from Bethany England of
@ChelseaFCW
and other
@Lionesses
stars to become only our third winner. More to follow...
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Jurgen Klopp’s superb speech at Football Writers Awards is an absolute must read via
@thisisanfield
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STEVE CURRY RIP
It is with deep sadness that we learn of the passing of Steve Curry after a short illness.
Steve was a great larger-than-life character, a top reporter, former FWA Chairman and Life Member. Our heartfelt condolences go out to his wife Carol and family.
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🗣️ "It's a massive achievement, a massive honour" 🏆
@ManCity
star
@sterling7
reflects after being named the Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year 👏
⚽️
#FOTY
⚽️
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You are most welcome, Phil. We look forward to presenting you with the award at the Footballer of the Year dinner on May 16. 🏆
#FOTY24
So grateful! Thank you so much to all the writers who voted 🙏🏻
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Erik Ten Hag in fine form as he accepts our award at the FWA Northern Managers Awards might for leading
@ManUtd
to the
@Carabao_Cup
last season
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Jordan Henderson dedicates winning the Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year award to the entire Liverpool team 👏
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BREAKING: Arsene Wenger to speak at FWA Live this Wednesday in Soho, raising money for Grenfell Fire victims:
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@Arsenal
boss Arsene Wenger on the challenges of implementing young players - "There's more to it than just deserving it."
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We stand in solidarity with any of our members whose freedom of speech is threatened or impinged. We stand with
@GaryLineker
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Interview with our Footballer of the Year
@PhilFoden
, talking about his increased goals and assists, taking more responsibility and the band of brothers
@ManCity
. Speaking to
@gerrycox
for
@theofficialfwa
#FOTY24
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Gareth Southgate: "
@Jhenderson
is the epitome of selfless commitment to the team so it’s extra special he is being personally recognised for the way he’s played, led his club and is a role model off the field to help wider society. I’m delighted for him and his family."
#FOTY20
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.
@MoSalah
collects Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year award 🥇
#FOTY22
@WilliamHill
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A heartfelt and beautiful tribute to
@JohnDillonSport
from his great friend
@PaulMcCarthy66
. RIP JD.
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A tribute to Grant Wahl, a friend and colleague for so many FWA members, who passed away suddenly while covering the Argentina v Netherlands game last night. Our thoughts and prayers are with Grant's family and friends.
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Women's Footballer of the Year Bunny Shaw told the FWA website: “I am very proud and privileged to have received this award and to be recognised in this way is a special honour. I want to also thank all of my team-mates. They provide me with the chances to score goals and I could
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Steph Houghton collects Personality of the Year at the North East Football Writers' Association awards in Durham on Sunday night
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We're pleased to announce that
@ChelseaFC
's Eden Hazard is this year's FWA Footballer of the Year! Congratulations
@hazardeden10
#cfc
#epl
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Congratulations
@johncrossmirror
on becoming Chair of the Football Writers' Association, and thanks
@CarrieBrownTV
for an incredible three years in the hotseat! 👏👏👏Story here:
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OFFICIAL - Mo Salah is Footballer of the Year. Full story here
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A beautiful tribute here to Ian McGarry, who passed away at the age of 53, from his good friend
@johncrossmirror
.
@garbosj
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BREAKING.
@sterling7
and
@lilkeets
voted Footballer of the Year and Women's Footballer of the year. More here:
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N'Golo Kante is Footballer of the Year
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🔊 “It’s lovely to be recognised, equally, I’m looking forward to the end of patting ourselves on the back from last summer and moving forward.”
Here’s a 🎥 clip of our interview with
@england
manager Gareth Southgate from Sunday night’s wonderful Tribute Evening
#FWASouthgate
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Sam Kerr is the first back-to-back winner of the Women's Footballer of the Year, having won it last season. The
@ChelseaFCW
striker beat Rachel Daly and Lauren James into 2nd and 3rd, is in the FA Cup final this weekend, and will lead Australia at this summer's World Cup.
#FOTY75
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Nigel Pearson, the commentator who was a friendly face and familiar voice in press boxes up and down the country, passed away just over a week ago. His great friend and colleague
@talkdants
has written a beautiful tribute here:
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Everyone at the Football Writers' Association wishes Sir Alex Ferguson all the best for a swift recovery.
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Louise Wanless, who passed away too early at the age of 52, was more than head of media
@Sunderland
- she was a force of nature and friend to so many of our members.
@ColinGYoungie
has written a lovely tribute here.
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A truly gracious and deserving winner of our Footballer of the Year award. See
@CarrieBrownTV
's interview with
@Jhenderson
here:
#FOTY20
#Henderson
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The Footballer of the Year award was first won by Sir Stanley Matthews 75 years ago and tonight
@ErlingHaaland
and
@samkerr1
become our latest recipients. Look back with past winners
@GaryLineker
@WayneRooney
@frankirby
@kennethdalglish
and other legends.
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FWA top 5 in order:
1
@JHenderson
2
@DeBruyneKev
3
@MarcusRashford
, 4
@VirgilvDijk
5 Mane.
Others to receive votes from our 500-plus members included: Alexander-Arnold, Alisson, Wan Bissaka, Aguero, Sterling, Traore, Ings, Grealish, Madison and Evans.
#FOTY20
I
#Henderson
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"It's an amazing feeling"
Marcus Rashford honoured to follow in the footsteps of former Manchester United legends by winning the FWA Tribute Award 🥇
🔗
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Really sad to report that our great friend and long standing member Steve Stammers has passed away, after a short illness, aged 71. A superb football reporter and colleague. Out thoughts and prayers to his family and friends.
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Fran Kirby is the FWA's inaugural Women’s Footballer of the Year | Football Writers' Association:
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We're pleased to announce that
@LFC
's
@luis16suarez
is FWA Footballer of the Year 2014
http://t.co/n32wQZwgjz
#epl
#LFC
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"I came for the drinks and ended up on stage - a standard night out for a Geordie!" 😂 Brilliant stuff from
@carlytelford1
at our Gala dinner, as she pays tribute to
@emmahayes1
. Full video here: 📺
#ChelseaFCW
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Cannot wait until this evening, when
@ErlingHaaland
will receive this little beauty from
@johncrossmirror
at the Landmark London, 75 years after Sir Stanley Matthews became the first
@theofficialfwa
Footballer of the Year in 1948. The oldest individual award in football.
#FOTY75
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We at the FWA are saddened to hear that long-standing member Jack Rollin has passed away. Jack was a
@TeleFootball
journalist for many years and author of the iconic Rothmans Football Yearbook, among many other books. Our thoughts and prayers are with Jack's family and friends.
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Aspiring football journalists - we at the FWA are launching our very first Student Football Writer awards, for men and women, in honour of the late Hugh McIlvanney and Vikki Orvice. To enter, you must be in full time education. Full details here:
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Pep Guardiola was the big winner at the FWA Northern Managers awards in Manchester tonight - and jokes that
@ManCity
will win another '251 titles' so he can win next year's award too. Full story and video here: Thanks to our title sponsors
@WilliamHill
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Fantastic to speak to
@GaryLineker
, voted Footballer of the Year twice. Q&A in 75 seconds on his best/funniest team-mate, best goal, worst ground and more. First in an exclusive series celebrating the 75th anniversary of The Footballer of the Year award.
#FOTY75
#GaryLineker
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Last season's problems ✅
Women managers ✅
Integration of youth ✅
Arsene Wenger provided a fascinating insight at
#FWALive
last night.
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Freelancers - The FWA is lobbying Government for support on your behalf in these troubled times. See full details here:
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Arsenal would do well to follow Manchester United's example and recruit more club legends to their backroom staff, says
@JJenas8
at our recent FWA panel, in association with
@williamhill
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Raheem Sterling & Nikita Parris - the 2019 Football Writers’ Association Footballers of the Year 🏆
⚽️
#FOTY
⚽️
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Tributes to Paul Jiggins from
@SamiMokbel81_DM
and Mauricio Pochettino on our website, and a lovely touch today
@SpursOfficial
press conference in Jiggo's regular seat:
RIP Jiggo.
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NEW podcast from
@theofficialfwa
in conjunction with our sponsors
@WilliamHill
. High Press discusses the big issues in football, kicking off with FWA Chair
@johncrossmirror
,
@PaulMcCarthy66
and
@Matt_Law_DT
, hosted by the brilliant
@alibendertv
Watch here
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"I hope my funeral is as good as this! "😂
@emmahayes1
wowed her audience as she collected our Tribute Award from
@theofficialfwa
Chair
@johncrossmirror
with an entertaining, inspirational and emotional speech, to a standing ovation. Watch in full here:
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More from
@Jhenderson
: “I hope those who voted for me did so partly to recognise the entire team’s contribution. Individual awards are special and I will cherish this one. But an individual award without the collective achievement wouldn’t mean anywhere as much to me.”
#FOTY20
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We are delighted to announce that Pep Guardiola will be our special guest of honour at the FWA's annual Tribute Night on Jan 16th, at the Landmark Hotel London. Details here:
#Pep
#Guardiola
#MCFC
#ManCity
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The Football Writers' Association supports our members in the face of all forms of discrimination. We will always stand against sexism, misogyny, homophobia and racism. We take pride in having a diverse membership and are proud to support everyone in their work.
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Gareth Southgate manages England as a club rather than international manager, says
@Matt_Law_DT
in our new podcast High Press, in partnership with
@WilliamHill
.
@alibendertv
hosts,
@johncrossmirror
and
@PaulMcCarthy66
also on the show:
#Southgate
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To mark International Women's Day, we at the FWA are encouraging female writers to enter our Student Journalism award in honour of Vikki Orvice. Full details here:
#IWD2022
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"Waistcoat sales on the high street were up 35% because of you Gareth... come back to me when you've shifted 3,000 packets of brussel sprouts crisps, mate" 🤣
Watch
@GaryLineker
's superb speech at our
#FWASouthgate
Tribute Evening in full 👉
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"There was only one Vikki Orvice"
Read
@JacquiOatley
's fantastic tribute to a truly inspirational woman.
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Adam Leventhal of
@TheAthleticFC
wins the
@FedExEurope
award as European Football Writer of the year.
#foty24
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Here it is - our film of the FWA annual dinner, featuring the Footballer of the Year
@MoSalah
and Women's Footballer of the Year
@samkerr1
Great work by
@rockdrigolara
and the
@HaytersTV
social team for putting it all together.
#FOTY22
#mosalah
#samkerr
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Beautiful tribute to Gerard Houllier by his friend
@PhilippeAuclair
of the FWA national executive committee.
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What a star 🌟
@emmahayes1
was on top form as she received our Tribute award last night, and the warmth in the room from the football world towards her was lovely to see. Our thanks to Emma,
@ChelseaFCW
and
@tonguetweets
📺Full interview:
#EmmaHayes
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Remembering Danny Fullbrook. 10 years on from his untimely death, Danny’s family and friends are gathering at Craven Cottage this Saturday. Details here:
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Sam Kerr is our Women's Footballer of the Year. Watch our interview with the
@ChelseaFCW
striker here: via
@YouTube
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A total of 10 players received votes for Footballer of the Year. After
@MoSalah
and
@DeBruyneKev
came
@HKane
in 3rd. The rest in alphabetical order, were Sergio Aguero, Christian Eriksen, Roberto Firmino, Nick Pope, David Silva, Raheem Sterling and Jan Vertonghen.
#FOTY2018
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Breaking...five
@Lionesses
short-listed for the FWA's inaugural Women's Footballer of the Year award -
@LucyBronze
,
@izzyChr17
,
@frankirby
,
@JordanNobbs8
and
@Jodes_14
More here: …
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A great night honouring
@PhilFoden
and Bunny Shaw at the Footballer of the Year awards, superbly showcased here by
@J_oey_M
and his team at
@goalhangerfilms
. Enjoy 📽️🎞️🍿
#FOTY24
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Sad news that Hugh McIlvanney, our dear colleague and one of the true greats of sportswriting, has passed away aged 84. Tribute from
@collinspatk1
here:
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BREAKING - we are delighted to announce the winners of our Student Football Writing awards. Congratulations to Tom Chambers, Reshma Rao and Aayush Majumdar for winning the Hugh McIlvanney, Vikki Orvice and Unheard Voices awards respectively. Full details here:
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If you missed last night's FWA Tribute to
@YayaToure
at the Landmark London, here's a short film including speeches from Yaya,
@OfficialVieira
and hosts
@PaulMcCarthy66
&
@johncrossmirror
.
Thanks to Rodrigo Lara of
@HaytersTV
for the edit.
via
@YouTube
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