LAST UPDATE | 21 Aug 2024
MANCHESTER CITY DUO Phil Foden and Khadija ‘Bunny’ Shaw have been voted Men’s and Women’s Player of the Year respectively for last season at the Professional Footballers’ Association awards on Tuesday evening.
24-year-old Foden was instrumental in City winning a fourth consecutive Premier League title, scoring 19 times and providing eight assists, and his achievements have now been recognised by his peers.
Jamaican forward Shaw was the top scorer in the Women’s Super League with 21 goals as City were edged out for the title on goal difference by Chelsea.
Chelsea attacking midfielder Cole Palmer has been chosen as the Men’s PFA Young Player of the Year, with Manchester United midfielder Grace Clinton winning the women’s prize after her performances on loan at Tottenham last season.
Palmer was second only to City’s Erling Haaland in the Premier League scoring charts with 22 goals and also laid on more goals than any other Chelsea player – 11.
Clinton shone in a struggling Spurs side and contributed four goals and four assists in 20 WSL appearances.
Fara Williams, who is the most capped England player of all time, was one of two individuals whose career achievements were recognised with a PFA Merit award.
Williams won 172 caps for the Lionesses and scored 40 goals, helping England to third place at the 2015 World Cup while also playing for Team GB at the London 2012 Olympic Games.
Williams’ achievements in the game are all the more remarkable given she experienced homelessness during her career. She told the Big Issue last year that she had lived in hostels for seven years.
Dean Lewington’s extraordinary playing career has also been recognised with a Merit award.
Lewington, 40, broke the EFL record for most appearances with a single club when he made his 771st appearance for MK Dons last December.
When he started his professional career in 2003 the club were still known as Wimbledon, before their relaunch in Milton Keynes the following year.
He has twice served as caretaker manager of MK Dons, in 2021 and 2022.
West Ham new boy Crysencio Summerville has been voted the Championship Player of the Year.
Summerville edged out Ireland international Sammie Szmodics and enjoyed a stellar season for Leeds, hitting 21 goals in all competitions as the Yorkshire club missed out on promotion to the Premier League with defeat in last season’s play-off final.
Szmodics scooped the second tier’s golden boot with 27 league goals for Blackburn, and made the Championship team of the year.
PFA Championship Team of the Year ✅
— Ireland Football ⚽️🇮🇪 (@IrelandFootball) August 20, 2024
An incredible achievement, @SamSzmodics 🇮🇪👏 pic.twitter.com/D5NJYV3Swo
Alfie May, now with Birmingham, was voted League One Player of the Year after he scored a league-high 23 goals for Charlton last season.
Notts County’s Jodi Jones won the League Two prize after the winger provided an English league record 24 assists for the Magpies last season, their first season back in the EFL since 2018-19.
He must really not like his brother.
Think it’s just good retirement planning by the parents. He signs his brother to take over the carers role.
A head scratcher if ever there was one.
Hate to slate a loyal servant but, it makes sense he allowed John afoa to go to Gloucester then.
Does make you wonder!
Not at all, that was a done deal long ago and Gloucester on sacked their present director last week.
NO ONE saw this coming, a real shocker!
Wow, I did not see that one coming! He was Mr Ulster, and I wouldn’t imagine he was anywhere near completing his objectives he had outlined with Ulster. Still, we should be able to attract a top class director. Conor O’Shea?
Big of a shock especially after the transformation that has happened up in Ulster the last few years…maybe he felt he couldn’t take them on any further?
Head coach
Mark Mc Call?
Not so strange. Frustration at the lack of success. By moving to Gloucester is he saying this is as far as I can take Ulster at this time? Is he saying that the powers that be do not share his ambition? What does Gloucester offer that he cannot achieve with Ulster? Shane Logan’s comments are curious, particularly regarding development as Ulster has a single representative in U20 in the junior world cup and a senior squad that can beat the best in Europe but has no trophies. Has the wrong man left Ulster?
That’s a strange one didn’t see that coming,are you any relation to charlize theron?
Hope it’s not a sign of things to come with the new financial clout of the premiership & top14 deals. I had worried about losing players but managers & directors are just as important.
Is it because there are simply too many too comfortable in their roles at Ulster paying lip service to sharing the vision or is it because he has read which way the financial wind is blowing?
Sad day for Ulster Rugby. Brilliant player, captain and leader. He spotted and attracted the best players and brought them to Belfast.
After 91 years you just can’t write off Ravenhill and its rugby history despite new stadium name. More to this story.
But can they afford to let ambition walk out the door?
If David was the director of rugby what was the title for Mark Anscombe ?
Coach
It was probably in the works for a while, but just officially announced today, in case it was a distraction during the tail end of the season. Real surprise though