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The Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year is an annual award presented by the Football Writers' Association to whom its members deem the best football player in England. It is now considered to be among the two most prestigious of individual awards in domestic English football alongside the PFA Players' Player of the Year award. It has been conferred every year since 1948.

Past winners

Season Winner
1948 England Stanley Matthews (Blackpool)
1949 Republic of Ireland Johnny Carey (Manchester United)
1950 England Joe Mercer (Arsenal)
1951 England Harry Johnston (Blackpool)
1952 England Billy Wright (Wolverhampton Wanderers)
1953 England Nat Lofthouse (Bolton Wanderers)
1954 England Tom Finney (Preston North End)
1955 England Don Revie (Manchester City)
1956 West Germany Bert Trautmann (Manchester City)
1957 England Tom Finney (Preston North End)
1958 Northern Ireland Danny Blanchflower (Tottenham Hotspur)
1959 England Syd Owen (Luton Town)
1960 England Bill Slater (Wolverhampton Wanderers)
1961 Northern Ireland Danny Blanchflower (Tottenham Hotspur)
1962 England Jimmy Adamson (Burnley)
1963 England Stanley Matthews (Stoke City)
1964 England Bobby Moore (West Ham United)
1965 Scotland Bobby Collins (Leeds United)
1966 England Bobby Charlton (Manchester United)
1967 England Jack Charlton (Leeds United)
1968 Northern Ireland George Best (Manchester United)
1969 England Tony Book (Manchester City) and Dave Mackay (Derby County)
1970 Scotland Billy Bremner (Leeds United )
1971 Scotland Frank McLintock (Arsenal)
1972 England Gordon Banks (Stoke City )
1973 Northern Ireland Pat Jennings (Tottenham Hotspur)
1974 England Ian Callaghan (Liverpool)
1975 England Alan Mullery (Fulham)
1976 England Kevin Keegan (Liverpool)
1977 England Emlyn Hughes (Liverpool)
1978 Scotland Kenny Burns (Nottingham Forest)
1979 Scotland Kenny Dalglish (Liverpool)
1980 England Terry McDermott (Liverpool)
1981 Netherlands Frans Thijssen (Ipswich Town)
1982 England Steve Perryman (Tottenham Hotspur)
1983 Scotland Kenny Dalglish (Liverpool)
1984 Wales Ian Rush (Liverpool)
1985 Wales Neville Southall (Everton)
1986 England Gary Lineker (Everton)
1987 England Clive Allen (Tottenham Hotspur)
1988 England John Barnes (Liverpool)
1989 Scotland Steve Nicol (Liverpool)
1990 England John Barnes (Liverpool)
1991 Scotland Gordon Strachan (Leeds United)
1992 England Gary Lineker (Tottenham Hotspur)
1993 England Chris Waddle (Sheffield Wednesday)
1994 England Alan Shearer (Blackburn)
1995 Germany Jürgen Klinsmann (Tottenham Hotspur)
1996 France Eric Cantona (Manchester United)
1997 Italy Gianfranco Zola (Chelsea)
1998 Netherlands Dennis Bergkamp (Arsenal)
1999 France David Ginola (Tottenham Hotspur)
2000 Republic of Ireland Roy Keane (Manchester United)
2001 England Teddy Sheringham (Manchester United)
2002 France Robert Pirès (Arsenal)
2003 France Thierry Henry (Arsenal)
2004 France Thierry Henry (Arsenal)
2005 England Frank Lampard (Chelsea)
2006 France Thierry Henry (Arsenal)
2007 England Jonathan Stead (Wigan Athletic)

See also

References

  1. "England Player Honours - Football Writers' Association Footballers of the Year". Retrieved 2007-03-29.

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