The Football League Awards is an annual award

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s ceremony commemorating football-related people involved in the three divisions of the Football League

The Football League

The Football League, also known as the npower Football League for sponsorship reasons, is a league competition featuring professional association football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888, it is the oldest such competition in world football...

. The event was established in 2006.

2006 Awards

Date and venue: 5 March 2006, Grosvenor House Hotel

Grosvenor House Hotel

Grosvenor House is a large and luxurious hotel. The iconic Mayfair, London hotel is owned by the Sahara Group. The name has also been licensed to a property in Dubai....

, London

London

London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...

• Championship
  Football League Championship
  The Football League Championship is the highest division of The Football League and second-highest division overall in the English football league system after the Premier League...
  
   Player of the Year - Phil Jagielka
  Phil Jagielka
  Philip Nikodem "Phil" Jagielka is an English international footballer who plays for Everton in the Premier League. He played regularly in central midfield for his previous club Sheffield United, but generally plays in central defence for Everton...
  
   - Sheffield United
  Sheffield United F.C.
  Sheffield United Football Club is a professional English football club based in the city of Sheffield, South Yorkshire.They were the first sporting team to use the name 'United' and are nicknamed 'The Blades', thanks to Sheffield's worldwide reputation for steel production...
  
  
• League One
  Football League One
  Football League One is the second-highest division of The Football League and third-highest division overall in the English football league system....
  
   Player of the Year - Lee Trundle
  Lee Trundle
  Lee Christopher Trundle is an English footballer who currently plays for Neath.-Career:Trundle was a late entrant into professional and league football, playing for non-league teams Burscough, Stalybridge Celtic, Southport, Bamber Bridge and Chorley before joining Welsh Premier League club Rhyl in...
  
   - Swansea City
  Swansea City A.F.C.
  Swansea City Association Football Club are a Welsh professional football club based in Swansea, Wales. One of the most successful clubs in Welsh football, it has won 10 Welsh Cups and led the English Football League First Division in December 1981, before finishing the season in 6th position...
  
  
• League Two
  Football League Two
  Football League Two is the third-highest division of The Football League and fourth-highest division overall in the English football league system....
  
   Player of the Year - Karl Hawley
  Karl Hawley
  Karl Leon Hawley is an English professional footballer who plays for Notts County as a striker. Hawley has represented England C.-Career:...
  
   - Carlisle United
  Carlisle United F.C.
  Carlisle United F.C. is an English football club based in Carlisle, Cumbria, where they play at Brunton Park. Formed in 1904, the club currently compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system....
  
  
• The Football League
  The Football League
  The Football League, also known as the npower Football League for sponsorship reasons, is a league competition featuring professional association football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888, it is the oldest such competition in world football...
  
   Young Player of the Year - David Nugent
  David Nugent
  David James Nugent is an English footballer striker, who currently plays for Leicester City . Before joining Leicester, Nugent made a total of 228 appearances in the Football League playing for Bury, Preston North End and Portsmouth...
  
   - Preston North End
  Preston North End F.C.
  Preston North End Football Club is an English professional football club located in the Deepdale area of the city of Preston, Lancashire, currently playing in the third tier of English league football, League One...
  
  
• Championship Apprentice Award - Lewin Nyatanga
  Lewin Nyatanga
  Lewin John Nyatanga is a Welsh footballer who plays for Bristol City and the Wales national team as a defender.-Derby County:...
  
   - Derby County
  Derby County F.C.
  Derby County Football Club is an English football based in Derby. the club play in the Football League Championship and is notable as being one of the twelve founder members of the Football League in 1888 and is, therefore, one of only ten clubs to have competed in every season of the English...
  
  
• League One Apprentice Award - Scott Golbourne
  Scott Golbourne
  Juliou Scott Golbourne is an English footballer who plays for Exeter City as a defender. He has been capped at the youth level for England.-Career:...
  
   - Bristol City
  Bristol City F.C.
  Bristol City Football Club is one of two football league clubs in Bristol, England . They play at Ashton Gate, located in the south-west of the City...
  
  
• League Two Apprentice Award - Ikechi Anya
  Ikechi Anya
  Ikechi Anya plays as a striker for Spanish club Cádiz, on loan from Granada.-Early life:Anya was born in Glasgow, Scotland, his father is a Nigerian research scientist, and his mother a Romanian economist. The couple met while studying at the Universities in Bucharest...
  
   - Wycombe Wanderers
  Wycombe Wanderers F.C.
  Wycombe Wanderers Football Club is an English professional football team from High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, which has been promoted to Football League One after finishing third in Football League Two in the season 2010–11. The club's nicknames are "The Chairboys" and "The Blues", and they play...
  
  
• Goal of the Year - Stefan Oakes
  Stefan Oakes
  Stefan Trevor Oakes is an English footballer, who most recently played for Tamworth in Conference National.Oakes' brother Scott was also a professional footballer. Their father Trevor Oakes was a guitarist in the band Showaddywaddy....
  
   - Notts County
  Notts County F.C.
  Notts County Football Club are an English professional football club based in Nottingham. They are the oldest of all the clubs in the world that are now professional, having been formed in 1862. They currently play in League One of The Football League, the third tier of the English football system...
  
  vs Yeovil Town
  Yeovil Town F.C.
  Yeovil Town F.C. are an English association football team based in Yeovil, Somerset. The club play in League One after having won the League Two championship in 2004–05...
  
  
• Most Admired Football League Club - Crewe Alexandra
  Crewe Alexandra F.C.
  Crewe Alexandra Football Club is an English professional football club based in Crewe, Cheshire. Nicknamed The Railwaymen due to the town's links with the rail industry, they currently play in Football League Two, the fourth tier of English football, and are based at the Alexandra Stadium.The club...
  
  
• Community Club of the Year - Brentford
  Brentford F.C.
  Brentford Football Club are a professional English football club based in Brentford in the London Borough of Hounslow. They are currently playing in Football League One....
  
  
• Fan of the Year - Jeff Hall - Chesterfield
  Chesterfield F.C.
  Chesterfield Football Club is an English football club based in Chesterfield, Derbyshire. The club currently plays in Football League One, the third tier of English football. Despite being the fourth oldest Football League club in England, they have spent most of their existence in the lower...
  
  
• Best Club Sponsorship - Norwich City
  Norwich City F.C.
  Norwich City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Norwich, Norfolk. As of the 2011–12 season, Norwich City are again playing in the Premier League after a six-year absence, having finished as runner up in the Championship in 2010–11 and winning automatic promotion.The...
  
  
• Best Club Marketing Campaign - Preston North End
  Preston North End F.C.
  Preston North End Football Club is an English professional football club located in the Deepdale area of the city of Preston, Lancashire, currently playing in the third tier of English league football, League One...
  
  
• Best Kit Design - Leyton Orient
  Leyton Orient F.C.
  Leyton Orient F.C. are an English professional football club in East London. They currently play in Football League One and are known to their fans as the O's.Leyton Orient have spent one season in the top flight of English football, in 1962–63...
  
  
• Programme of the Year - Crystal Palace
  Crystal Palace F.C.
  Crystal Palace Football Club are an English Football league club based in South Norwood, London. The team plays its home matches at Selhurst Park, where they have been based since 1924. The club currently competes in the second tier of English Football, The Championship.Crystal Palace was formed in...
  
  
• Best Club Website - Nottingham Forest
  Nottingham Forest F.C.
  Nottingham Forest Football Club is an English Association Football club based in West Bridgford, Nottingham, that plays in the Football League Championship...
  
  
• Contribution to Football Award - Gerry Murphy
  Gerry Murphy
  Gerry Murphy was the Director of Football Development at Huddersfield Town between 1988 and 2009...
  
   - Huddersfield Town
  Huddersfield Town F.C.
  Huddersfield Town Football Club is an English football club formed in 1908 and based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. They currently play in League One...
  
  
• Best Ground - Hull City
  Hull City A.F.C.
  Hull City Association Football Club is an English association football club based in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, founded in 1904. The club participates in the Football League Championship, the second tier of English football...
  
   - KC Stadium
  KC Stadium
  The KC Stadium, often shortened to the KC, is a multi-purpose facility in the city of Kingston upon Hull , England. Conceived as early as the late 1990s, it was completed in 2002 at a cost of approximately £44 million. It is named after the stadium's sponsors, telecommunications provider KC,...
  
  
• Good Sport Award - Lee Bullen
  Lee Bullen
  Lee Bullen is a Scottish football player and coach. In a career that has spanned more than 20 years, Bullen has played football professionally in Scotland, England, Australia, Greece and Hong Kong...
  
   - Sheffield Wednesday
  Sheffield Wednesday F.C.
  Sheffield Wednesday Football Club are a football club based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, who are currently competing in the Football League One in the 2011-12 season, in England. Sheffield Wednesday are one of the oldest professional clubs in the world and the fourth oldest in the...
  
  

2007 Awards

Date and venue: 4 March 2007, Grosvenor House Hotel, London

• Championship
  Football League Championship
  The Football League Championship is the highest division of The Football League and second-highest division overall in the English football league system after the Premier League...
  
   Player of the Year - Jason Koumas
  Jason Koumas
  Jason Koumas is a Welsh professional footballer who is currently a free agent after being released by Wigan Athletic. Formerly of Tranmere Rovers, Cardiff City and West Bromwich Albion, he is a former Welsh international...
  
   - West Bromwich Albion
  West Bromwich Albion F.C.
  West Bromwich Albion Football Club, also known as West Brom, The Baggies, The Throstles, Albion or WBA, are an English Premier League association football club based in West Bromwich in the West Midlands...
  
  
• League One
  Football League One
  Football League One is the second-highest division of The Football League and third-highest division overall in the English football league system....
  
   Player of the Year - Billy Sharp
  Billy Sharp
  William Louis "Billy" Sharp is an English professional footballer who currently plays as a striker for Doncaster Rovers. He is now widely known for playing in a game for Doncaster Rovers against Middlesbrough two days after his two-day-old son's death...
  
   - Scunthorpe United
  Scunthorpe United F.C.
  Scunthorpe United Football Club is an English association football team based in the town of Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, who play in the Football League One....
  
  
• League Two
  Football League Two
  Football League Two is the third-highest division of The Football League and fourth-highest division overall in the English football league system....
  
   Player of the Year - Izale McLeod
  Izale McLeod
  Izale Michael McLeod is an English footballer who plays for Barnet.-Club career:Born in Birmingham, McLeod began his career at Derby County in 2002 and scored four goals in 41 appearances...
  
   - Milton Keynes Dons
  Milton Keynes Dons F.C.
  .Milton Keynes Dons Football Club is an English professional football club founded in 2004 and based since 2007 at Stadium mk, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire...
  
  
• The Football League
  The Football League
  The Football League, also known as the npower Football League for sponsorship reasons, is a league competition featuring professional association football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888, it is the oldest such competition in world football...
  
   Young Player of the Year - Gareth Bale
  Gareth Bale
  Gareth Frank Bale is a Welsh footballer who plays for English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and the Wales national team. Bale began his professional career with Southampton in 2005 and was transferred to Tottenham two years later...
  
   - Southampton
  Southampton F.C.
  Southampton Football Club is an English football team, nicknamed The Saints, based in the city of Southampton, Hampshire. The club gained promotion to the Championship from League One in the 2010–2011 season after being relegated in 2009. Their home ground is the St Mary's Stadium, where the club...
  
  
• Championship Apprentice Award - Chris Gunter
  Chris Gunter
  Christopher Ross "Chris" Gunter is a Welsh footballer who plays for Nottingham Forest, and the Wales national team, as a defender. Though a Newport native, he moved to Cardiff as a child and later joined Cardiff City's youth system...
  
   - Cardiff City
  Cardiff City F.C.
  Cardiff City Football Club are a Welsh professional football club based in Cardiff, Wales. The club competes in the English football pyramid and is currently playing in the Football League Championship. Cardiff City is the best supported football club in Wales, averaging approximately 22,500 for...
  
  
• League One Apprentice Award - Joe Skarz
  Joe Skarz
  Joseph Peter "Joe" Skarz is an English professional footballer who currently plays for Bury in Football League Two as a defender, having started his career at Huddersfield Town.-Huddersfield Town:...
  
   - Huddersfield Town
  Huddersfield Town F.C.
  Huddersfield Town Football Club is an English football club formed in 1908 and based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. They currently play in League One...
  
  
• League Two Apprentice Award - Joe Thompson - Rochdale
  Rochdale A.F.C.
  Rochdale Association Football Club is an English professional football club based in Rochdale, Greater Manchester. They play their home matches at Spotland Stadium. Formed in 1907, they were accepted into the Football League in 1921...
  
  
• Goal of the Year - Joe Ledley
  Joe Ledley
  Joseph Christopher Ledley is a Welsh footballer who plays for Scottish Premier League club Celtic and the Welsh national team as a central or left midfielder....
  
   - Cardiff City
  Cardiff City F.C.
  Cardiff City Football Club are a Welsh professional football club based in Cardiff, Wales. The club competes in the English football pyramid and is currently playing in the Football League Championship. Cardiff City is the best supported football club in Wales, averaging approximately 22,500 for...
  
  vs Barnsley
  Barnsley F.C.
  Barnsley Football Club are a professional English football club based in the town of Barnsley, South Yorkshire. Nicknamed the Tykes, they were founded in 1887 under the name Barnsley St. Peter's...
  
  
• Community Club of the Year - Brighton & Hove Albion
  Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.
  Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club are an English association football club based in the coastal city of Brighton & Hove, East Sussex. They currently play in the Football League Championship, the second tier of the English football league system....
  
  
• Fan of the Year - Stan McGowen - Bury
  Bury F.C.
  Bury Football Club is an association football team based in Bury, Greater Manchester. The team currently play in League One. The club's nickname is The Shakers which was bestowed upon them by club chairman JT Ingham, an industrialist and ironmonger of the late 1890s.-Formation of the club and the...
  
  
• Best Club Sponsorship - Brentford
  Brentford F.C.
  Brentford Football Club are a professional English football club based in Brentford in the London Borough of Hounslow. They are currently playing in Football League One....
  
  
• Best Club Marketing Campaign - Norwich City
  Norwich City F.C.
  Norwich City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Norwich, Norfolk. As of the 2011–12 season, Norwich City are again playing in the Premier League after a six-year absence, having finished as runner up in the Championship in 2010–11 and winning automatic promotion.The...
  
  
• Best Kit Design - Burnley
  Burnley F.C.
  Burnley Football Club are a professional English Football League club based in Burnley, Lancashire. Nicknamed the Clarets, due to the dominant colour of their home shirts, they were founder members of the Football League in 1888...
  
  
• Best Community Initiative - Norwich City
  Norwich City F.C.
  Norwich City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Norwich, Norfolk. As of the 2011–12 season, Norwich City are again playing in the Premier League after a six-year absence, having finished as runner up in the Championship in 2010–11 and winning automatic promotion.The...
  
  
• Best Matchday Programme - Colchester United
  Colchester United F.C.
  Colchester United Football Club is an English football club based in Colchester. The club was formed in 1937, and briefly shared their old Layer Road home with now defunct side Colchester Town who had previously used the ground from 1910....
  
  
• Best Use Of New Media - Cardiff City
  Cardiff City F.C.
  Cardiff City Football Club are a Welsh professional football club based in Cardiff, Wales. The club competes in the English football pyramid and is currently playing in the Football League Championship. Cardiff City is the best supported football club in Wales, averaging approximately 22,500 for...
  
  
• Contribution To Football Award - Jack Taylor
  Jack Taylor (referee)
  John Keith "Jack" Taylor is an English former football referee, famous for officiating in the 1974 FIFA World Cup Final where he awarded two penalties during the first 30 minutes.-Refereeing career:...
  
  
• Best Away Ground - Sunderland
  Sunderland A.F.C.
  Sunderland Association Football Club is an English association football club based in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear who currently play in the Premier League...
  
   - Stadium of Light
  Stadium of Light
  The Stadium of Light is an all-seater football stadium in Sunderland, England. With space for 49,000 spectators, the Stadium of Light has the fifth-largest capacity of any English football stadium. The stadium primarily hosts Sunderland A.F.C. matches...
  
  
• Good Sport Award - Chris Doig
  Chris Doig
  Christopher Ross "Chris" Doig , is a Scottish professional Association footballer who plays as a central defender. He currently plays for Pelita Jaya in the Indonesian Super League.-Queen of the South:...
  
   - Northampton Town
  Northampton Town F.C.
  Northampton Town Football Club are an English professional football club based in Northampton, Northamptonshire. They currently play in Football League Two, the lowest league division, after being relegated from League One on the last day of the 2008–09 season...
  
  

2008 Awards

Ceremony: 2 March 2008, Grosvenor House Hotel, London

• Championship
  Football League Championship
  The Football League Championship is the highest division of The Football League and second-highest division overall in the English football league system after the Premier League...
  
   Player of the Year - Kevin Phillips
  Kevin Phillips (footballer)
  Kevin Mark Phillips is an English footballer who plays as a striker for Blackpool.Phillips was the Premier League top scorer in the 1999–2000 season with 30 goals for Sunderland, a tally which won him the European Golden Shoe. He remains the only Englishman to win the trophy...
  
   - West Bromwich Albion
  West Bromwich Albion F.C.
  West Bromwich Albion Football Club, also known as West Brom, The Baggies, The Throstles, Albion or WBA, are an English Premier League association football club based in West Bromwich in the West Midlands...
  
  
• League One
  Football League One
  Football League One is the second-highest division of The Football League and third-highest division overall in the English football league system....
  
   Player of the Year - Jermaine Beckford
  Jermaine Beckford
  Jermaine Paul Alexander Beckford is an English footballer who plays for Leicester City as a striker. He started his career as a trainee at Chelsea...
  
   - Leeds United
  Leeds United A.F.C.
  Leeds United Association Football Club are an English professional association football club based in Beeston, Leeds, West Yorkshire, who play in the Football League Championship, the second tier of the English football league system...
  
  
• League Two
  Football League Two
  Football League Two is the third-highest division of The Football League and fourth-highest division overall in the English football league system....
  
   Player of the Year - Keith Andrews
  Keith Andrews (footballer)
  Keith Joseph Andrews is an Irish association footballer who plays for Ipswich Town and the Republic of Ireland national football team. Voted best player EU by Vp rel...
  
   - Milton Keynes Dons
  Milton Keynes Dons F.C.
  .Milton Keynes Dons Football Club is an English professional football club founded in 2004 and based since 2007 at Stadium mk, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire...
  
  
• The Football League
  The Football League
  The Football League, also known as the npower Football League for sponsorship reasons, is a league competition featuring professional association football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888, it is the oldest such competition in world football...
  
   Young Player of the Year - Michael Kightly
  Michael Kightly
  Michael John Kightly is an English footballer who plays as a winger. He is on loan at Championship side Watford from Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers....
  
   - Wolverhampton Wanderers
  Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.
  Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club that represents the city of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands region. They are members of the Premier League, the highest level of English football. The club was founded in 1877 and since 1889 has played at...
  
  
• Championship Apprentice Award - Mark Beevers
  Mark Beevers
  Mark Geoffrey Beevers is an English professional football defender playing in the centre back position who is currently on loan at Milton Keynes Dons on loan from Sheffield Wednesday.-Career:...
  
   - Sheffield Wednesday
  Sheffield Wednesday F.C.
  Sheffield Wednesday Football Club are a football club based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, who are currently competing in the Football League One in the 2011-12 season, in England. Sheffield Wednesday are one of the oldest professional clubs in the world and the fourth oldest in the...
  
  
• League One Apprentice Award - Daniel Broadbent
  Daniel Broadbent
  Daniel James Broadbent is an footballer who plays as a striker for Hyde. He received his only England U-16 cap against Northern Ireland U-16 in the Victory Shield in 2005.-Huddersfield Town:...
  
   - Huddersfield Town
  Huddersfield Town F.C.
  Huddersfield Town Football Club is an English football club formed in 1908 and based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. They currently play in League One...
  
  
• League Two Apprentice Award - Ryan Bennett
  Ryan Bennett (footballer)
  Ryan Bennett is an English footballer who plays for Peterborough United and currently represents England U21 as a defender. He has previously played for and captained Grimsby Town.-Grimsby Town:...
  
   - Grimsby Town
  Grimsby Town F.C.
  Grimsby Town Football Club is an English football club based in the seaside town of Cleethorpes, in North East Lincolnshire, England, who compete in the Conference National. They were formed in 1878 as Grimsby Pelham and later became Grimsby Town...
  
  
• Goal of the Year - Jermaine Beckford
  Jermaine Beckford
  Jermaine Paul Alexander Beckford is an English footballer who plays for Leicester City as a striker. He started his career as a trainee at Chelsea...
  
   - Scunthorpe United
  Scunthorpe United F.C.
  Scunthorpe United Football Club is an English association football team based in the town of Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, who play in the Football League One....
  
  vs Rotherham United
  Rotherham United F.C.
  Rotherham United Football Club are an English professional football club based in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, who compete in League Two, the fourth tier of English football. The club's colours have traditionally been red and white, although these have evolved through history...
  
  
• Community Club of the Year - Watford
  Watford F.C.
  Watford Football Club is an English professional football club based in Watford, Hertfordshire. It is often referred to as Watford F.C., Watford, or by the team's nickname The Hornets . Watford Rovers, Founded in 1881, entered the FA Cup for the first time in 1886, and the Southern League a decade...
  
  
• Fan of the Year - Paul Smarah - Brighton & Hove Albion
  Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.
  Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club are an English association football club based in the coastal city of Brighton & Hove, East Sussex. They currently play in the Football League Championship, the second tier of the English football league system....
  
  
• Championship Best Community Initiative - Charlton Athletic
  Charlton Athletic F.C.
  Charlton Athletic Football Club is an English professional football club based in Charlton, in the London Borough of Greenwich. They compete in Football League One, the third tier of English football. The club was founded on 9 June 1905, when a number of youth clubs in the southeast London area,...
  
  
• League One Best Community Initiative - Brighton & Hove Albion
  Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.
  Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club are an English association football club based in the coastal city of Brighton & Hove, East Sussex. They currently play in the Football League Championship, the second tier of the English football league system....
  
  
• League Two Best Community Initiative - Notts County
  Notts County F.C.
  Notts County Football Club are an English professional football club based in Nottingham. They are the oldest of all the clubs in the world that are now professional, having been formed in 1862. They currently play in League One of The Football League, the third tier of the English football system...
  
  
• Best Fan Marketing Campaign - Bradford City
  Bradford City A.F.C.
  Bradford City Association Football Club is an English association football club based in Bradford, West Yorkshire, playing in League Two....
  
  
• Best Matchday Programme - Bristol City
  Bristol City F.C.
  Bristol City Football Club is one of two football league clubs in Bristol, England . They play at Ashton Gate, located in the south-west of the City...
  
  
• Championship Family Club of the Year - Norwich City
  Norwich City F.C.
  Norwich City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Norwich, Norfolk. As of the 2011–12 season, Norwich City are again playing in the Premier League after a six-year absence, having finished as runner up in the Championship in 2010–11 and winning automatic promotion.The...
  
  
• League One Family Club of the Year - Huddersfield Town
  Huddersfield Town F.C.
  Huddersfield Town Football Club is an English football club formed in 1908 and based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. They currently play in League One...
  
  
• League Two Family Club of the Year - Wycombe Wanderers
  Wycombe Wanderers F.C.
  Wycombe Wanderers Football Club is an English professional football team from High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, which has been promoted to Football League One after finishing third in Football League Two in the season 2010–11. The club's nicknames are "The Chairboys" and "The Blues", and they play...
  
  
• Outstanding Contribution to League Football - Jimmy Armfield
  Jimmy Armfield
  James Christopher "Jimmy" Armfield, CBE, DL is an English former professional football player and manager who currently works as a football pundit for BBC Radio Five Live. He played the whole of his Football League career at Blackpool, usually at right back...
  
  

2009 Awards

Ceremony: 29 March 2009, Grosvenor House Hotel, London

• Championship
  Football League Championship
  The Football League Championship is the highest division of The Football League and second-highest division overall in the English football league system after the Premier League...
  
   Player of the Year - Sylvan Ebanks-Blake
  Sylvan Ebanks-Blake
  Sylvan Agustus Ebanks-Blake is an English footballer of Jamaican descent who plays as a striker for Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers....
  
   - Wolverhampton Wanderers
  Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.
  Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club that represents the city of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands region. They are members of the Premier League, the highest level of English football. The club was founded in 1877 and since 1889 has played at...
  
  
• League One
  Football League One
  Football League One is the second-highest division of The Football League and third-highest division overall in the English football league system....
  
   Player of the Year - Matt Fryatt - Leicester City
  Leicester City F.C.
  Leicester City Football Club , also known as The Foxes, is an English professional football club based at the King Power Stadium in Leicester...
  
  
• League Two
  Football League Two
  Football League Two is the third-highest division of The Football League and fourth-highest division overall in the English football league system....
  
   Player of the Year - Grant Holt
  Grant Holt
  Grant Holt is an English footballer, currently playing in the Premier League for Norwich City. He plays as a striker and is club captain....
  
   - Shrewsbury Town
  Shrewsbury Town F.C.
  Shrewsbury Town Football Club is an English Association football club based in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, who play in League Two, the fourth tier of English football. The club was formed in 1886 and has played in all the bottom three divisions in various guises since being elected into the Football...
  
  
• The Football League
  The Football League
  The Football League, also known as the npower Football League for sponsorship reasons, is a league competition featuring professional association football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888, it is the oldest such competition in world football...
  
   Young Player of the Year - Fabian Delph
  Fabian Delph
  Fabian Delph is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder for Aston Villa and has represented his country at under-21 level. He was on the books of Bradford City as a youngster until he moved to Leeds United aged just 11...
  
   - Leeds United
  Leeds United A.F.C.
  Leeds United Association Football Club are an English professional association football club based in Beeston, Leeds, West Yorkshire, who play in the Football League Championship, the second tier of the English football league system...
  
  
• Championship Apprentice Award - Sean Scannell
  Sean Scannell
  Sean Scannell is an Irish association football player who currently plays for Crystal Palace. He is primarily a striker but can also play on the right wing....
  
   - Crystal Palace
  Crystal Palace F.C.
  Crystal Palace Football Club are an English Football league club based in South Norwood, London. The team plays its home matches at Selhurst Park, where they have been based since 1924. The club currently competes in the second tier of English Football, The Championship.Crystal Palace was formed in...
  
  
• League One Apprentice Award - Tom Aldred
  Tom Aldred
  Thomas Michael Aldred is an English-born Scottish defender with Football League One side Colchester United, joining on a free transfer after being released by Watford. He has represented Scotland at under-19 level....
  
   - Carlisle United
  Carlisle United F.C.
  Carlisle United F.C. is an English football club based in Carlisle, Cumbria, where they play at Brunton Park. Formed in 1904, the club currently compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system....
  
  
• League Two Apprentice Award - Matt Phillips
  Matt Phillips
  Matthew "Matt" Phillips is an English professional footballer who plays for Blackpool.Phillips is a winger and previously played for Wycombe Wanderers...
  
   - Wycombe Wanderers
  Wycombe Wanderers F.C.
  Wycombe Wanderers Football Club is an English professional football team from High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, which has been promoted to Football League One after finishing third in Football League Two in the season 2010–11. The club's nicknames are "The Chairboys" and "The Blues", and they play...
  
  
• Goal of the Year - Sylvan Ebanks-Blake
  Sylvan Ebanks-Blake
  Sylvan Agustus Ebanks-Blake is an English footballer of Jamaican descent who plays as a striker for Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers....
  
   - Wolverhampton Wanderers
  Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.
  Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club that represents the city of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands region. They are members of the Premier League, the highest level of English football. The club was founded in 1877 and since 1889 has played at...
  
  vs Charlton Athletic
  Charlton Athletic F.C.
  Charlton Athletic Football Club is an English professional football club based in Charlton, in the London Borough of Greenwich. They compete in Football League One, the third tier of English football. The club was founded on 9 June 1905, when a number of youth clubs in the southeast London area,...
  
  
• Fan of the Year - Warner Duff - Ipswich Town
  Ipswich Town F.C.
  Ipswich Town Football Club are an English professional football team based in Ipswich, Suffolk. As of 2011, they play in the Football League Championship, having last appeared in the Premier League in 2001–02....
  
  
• PFA Player in the Community - Graeme Murty
  Graeme Murty
  Graeme Stuart Murty is a footballer. He has made more than 400 appearances in the Football League playing for York City, Reading, Charlton Athletic and Southampton...
  
   - Reading
  Reading F.C.
  Reading Football Club is an English association football club based in the town of Reading, Berkshire who currently play in the Championship...
  
  
• Championship Community Club of the Year - Charlton Athletic
  Charlton Athletic F.C.
  Charlton Athletic Football Club is an English professional football club based in Charlton, in the London Borough of Greenwich. They compete in Football League One, the third tier of English football. The club was founded on 9 June 1905, when a number of youth clubs in the southeast London area,...
  
  
• League One Community Club of the Year - Leyton Orient
  Leyton Orient F.C.
  Leyton Orient F.C. are an English professional football club in East London. They currently play in Football League One and are known to their fans as the O's.Leyton Orient have spent one season in the top flight of English football, in 1962–63...
  
  
• League Two Community Club of the Year - Brentford
  Brentford F.C.
  Brentford Football Club are a professional English football club based in Brentford in the London Borough of Hounslow. They are currently playing in Football League One....
  
  
• Best Fan Marketing Campaign - Preston North End
  Preston North End F.C.
  Preston North End Football Club is an English professional football club located in the Deepdale area of the city of Preston, Lancashire, currently playing in the third tier of English league football, League One...
  
  
• Best Matchday Programme - Burnley
  Burnley F.C.
  Burnley Football Club are a professional English Football League club based in Burnley, Lancashire. Nicknamed the Clarets, due to the dominant colour of their home shirts, they were founder members of the Football League in 1888...
  
  
• Championship Family Club of the Year - Wolverhampton Wanderers
  Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.
  Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club that represents the city of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands region. They are members of the Premier League, the highest level of English football. The club was founded in 1877 and since 1889 has played at...
  
  
• League One Family Club of the Year - Southend United
  Southend United F.C.
  Southend United Football Club is an English football club based at Roots Hall Stadium, Prittlewell, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, who play in Football League Two. Their home ground is Roots Hall, and the club plan to move into a new 22,000-seater stadium located at Fossetts Farm.-Stadium:The club has had...
  
  
• League Two Family Club of the Year - Shrewsbury Town
  Shrewsbury Town F.C.
  Shrewsbury Town Football Club is an English Association football club based in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, who play in League Two, the fourth tier of English football. The club was formed in 1886 and has played in all the bottom three divisions in various guises since being elected into the Football...
  
  
• Best Digital Communication - Milton Keynes Dons
  Milton Keynes Dons F.C.
  .Milton Keynes Dons Football Club is an English professional football club founded in 2004 and based since 2007 at Stadium mk, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire...
  
  
• Outstanding Contribution to League Football - Jimmy Hill OBE
  Jimmy Hill
  James William Thomas "Jimmy" Hill OBE is an English association football personality. His career has taken in virtually every role in football, including player, union leader, coach, manager, director, chairman, television executive, presenter, analyst and match official.-Early life:Hill was born...
  
  

2010 Awards

Ceremony: 14 March 2010, Grosvenor House, Park Lane, London

• Championship
  Football League Championship
  The Football League Championship is the highest division of The Football League and second-highest division overall in the English football league system after the Premier League...
  
   Player of the Year - Kevin Nolan
  Kevin Nolan
  Kevin Anthony Jance Nolan is an English professional footballer who plays for and is the current club captain of West Ham United in the Football League Championship. An attacking midfielder, he has represented England at under-21 level....
  
   - Newcastle United
  Newcastle United F.C.
  Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear. The club was founded in 1892 by the merger of Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End, and has played at its current home ground, St James' Park, since the merger...
  
  
• League One
  Football League One
  Football League One is the second-highest division of The Football League and third-highest division overall in the English football league system....
  
   Player of the Year - Jermaine Beckford
  Jermaine Beckford
  Jermaine Paul Alexander Beckford is an English footballer who plays for Leicester City as a striker. He started his career as a trainee at Chelsea...
  
   - Leeds United
• League Two
  Football League Two
  Football League Two is the third-highest division of The Football League and fourth-highest division overall in the English football league system....
  
   Player of the Year - Craig Dawson
  Craig Dawson
  Craig Dawson is an English footballer who plays for West Bromwich Albion as a Centre Back. He previously played for Radcliffe Borough and Rochdale.-Radcliffe Borough:...
  
   - Rochdale
  Rochdale A.F.C.
  Rochdale Association Football Club is an English professional football club based in Rochdale, Greater Manchester. They play their home matches at Spotland Stadium. Formed in 1907, they were accepted into the Football League in 1921...
  
  
• The Football League
  The Football League
  The Football League, also known as the npower Football League for sponsorship reasons, is a league competition featuring professional association football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888, it is the oldest such competition in world football...
  
   Young Player of the Year - Nathaniel Clyne
  Nathaniel Clyne
  Nathaniel Clyne is an English footballer who plays for Crystal Palace as a defender. He attended Bishop Thomas Grant School located in Streatham.-Career:...
  
   - Crystal Palace
  Crystal Palace F.C.
  Crystal Palace Football Club are an English Football league club based in South Norwood, London. The team plays its home matches at Selhurst Park, where they have been based since 1924. The club currently competes in the second tier of English Football, The Championship.Crystal Palace was formed in...
  
  
• Championship Apprentice Award - Adam Matthews
  Adam Matthews
  Adam James Matthews is a Welsh footballer who currently plays as a right back for Scottish Premier League club Celtic and the Welsh national team.-Early life:...
  
   - Cardiff City
  Cardiff City F.C.
  Cardiff City Football Club are a Welsh professional football club based in Cardiff, Wales. The club competes in the English football pyramid and is currently playing in the Football League Championship. Cardiff City is the best supported football club in Wales, averaging approximately 22,500 for...
  
  
• League One Apprentice Award - Tom Adeyemi
  Tom Adeyemi
  Thomas Oleseun Adeyemi is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder for Oldham Athletic, on loan from Norwich City -Early life:...
  
   - Norwich City
  Norwich City F.C.
  Norwich City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Norwich, Norfolk. As of the 2011–12 season, Norwich City are again playing in the Premier League after a six-year absence, having finished as runner up in the Championship in 2010–11 and winning automatic promotion.The...
  
  
• League Two Apprentice Award - Kyle Haynes
  Kyle Haynes
  Kyle John Haynes is an English footballer currently playing for Hednesford Town. Haynes was formerly on the books at Cheltenham Town and featured in the Football League for the Robins.-Birmingham City:...
  
   - Cheltenham Town
  Cheltenham Town F.C.
  Cheltenham Town Football Club is an English football club playing in League Two, the fourth tier of English football. Founded in 1887, the team has played at four different grounds, namely Agg-Gardner's Recreation Ground, Carter's Field and now the Abbey Business Stadium, although it is more...
  
  
• Goal of the Year - Nicky Maynard
  Nicky Maynard
  Nicholas David "Nicky" Maynard is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Bristol City.-Crewe Alexandra:...
  
   - Queens Park Rangers
  Queens Park Rangers F.C.
  Queens Park Rangers Football Club is an English professional football club, based in White City, Hammersmith and Fulham, west London. As the 2010-11 Football League Championship champions, they now play in the top tier of English football the Premier League, for the first time in 15 years...
  
   vs Bristol City
  Bristol City F.C.
  Bristol City Football Club is one of two football league clubs in Bristol, England . They play at Ashton Gate, located in the south-west of the City...
  
  
• Fan of the Year - Herbert Taylor - Southampton
  Southampton F.C.
  Southampton Football Club is an English football team, nicknamed The Saints, based in the city of Southampton, Hampshire. The club gained promotion to the Championship from League One in the 2010–2011 season after being relegated in 2009. Their home ground is the St Mary's Stadium, where the club...
  
  
• PFA Player in the Community - Zesh Rehman - Bradford City
• Championship Community Club of the Year - Southend United
  Southend United F.C.
  Southend United Football Club is an English football club based at Roots Hall Stadium, Prittlewell, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, who play in Football League Two. Their home ground is Roots Hall, and the club plan to move into a new 22,000-seater stadium located at Fossetts Farm.-Stadium:The club has had...
  
   and Watford
  Watford F.C.
  Watford Football Club is an English professional football club based in Watford, Hertfordshire. It is often referred to as Watford F.C., Watford, or by the team's nickname The Hornets . Watford Rovers, Founded in 1881, entered the FA Cup for the first time in 1886, and the Southern League a decade...
  
   (joint winners)
• Best Fan Marketing Campaign - Nottingham Forest
  Nottingham Forest F.C.
  Nottingham Forest Football Club is an English Association Football club based in West Bridgford, Nottingham, that plays in the Football League Championship...
  
  
• Championship Best Matchday Programme - Scunthorpe United
  Scunthorpe United F.C.
  Scunthorpe United Football Club is an English association football team based in the town of Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, who play in the Football League One....
  
  
• League One Best Matchday Programme - Huddersfield Town
  Huddersfield Town F.C.
  Huddersfield Town Football Club is an English football club formed in 1908 and based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. They currently play in League One...
  
  
• League Two Best Matchday Programme - Rotherham United
  Rotherham United F.C.
  Rotherham United Football Club are an English professional football club based in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, who compete in League Two, the fourth tier of English football. The club's colours have traditionally been red and white, although these have evolved through history...
  
  
• Championship Family Club of the Year - Reading
  Reading F.C.
  Reading Football Club is an English association football club based in the town of Reading, Berkshire who currently play in the Championship...
  
  
• League One Family Club of the Year - Huddersfield Town
  Huddersfield Town F.C.
  Huddersfield Town Football Club is an English football club formed in 1908 and based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. They currently play in League One...
  
  
• League Two Family Club of the Year - Shrewsbury Town
  Shrewsbury Town F.C.
  Shrewsbury Town Football Club is an English Association football club based in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, who play in League Two, the fourth tier of English football. The club was formed in 1886 and has played in all the bottom three divisions in various guises since being elected into the Football...
  
  
• Best Digital Communication - Derby County
  Derby County F.C.
  Derby County Football Club is an English football based in Derby. the club play in the Football League Championship and is notable as being one of the twelve founder members of the Football League in 1888 and is, therefore, one of only ten clubs to have competed in every season of the English...
  
  
• Outstanding Contribution to League Football - Gordon Taylor OBE
  Gordon Taylor
  Gordon Edward Taylor was a Canadian politician, businessman and teacher.-Provincial political career:He was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta in the 1940 provincial election representing Drumheller for Social Credit and continued to sit in the legislature for 39 years...
  
  

2011 Awards

Ceremony: 20 March 2011, The Brewery, Chiswell Street, London

• Championship
  Football League Championship
  The Football League Championship is the highest division of The Football League and second-highest division overall in the English football league system after the Premier League...
  
   Player of the Year - Adel Taarabt
  Adel Taarabt
  Adel Taarabt is a Moroccan footballer who plays for Queens Park Rangers as an Attacking midfielder and can also be used as a winger....
  
   - Queens Park Rangers
  Queens Park Rangers F.C.
  Queens Park Rangers Football Club is an English professional football club, based in White City, Hammersmith and Fulham, west London. As the 2010-11 Football League Championship champions, they now play in the top tier of English football the Premier League, for the first time in 15 years...
  
  
• League One
  Football League One
  Football League One is the second-highest division of The Football League and third-highest division overall in the English football league system....
  
   Player of the Year - Craig Mackail-Smith
  Craig Mackail-Smith
  Craig Anthony Robert Mackail-Smith is a footballer who plays for Brighton & Hove Albion as a striker. He has also played for England C and at full international level for Scotland...
  
   - Peterborough United
  Peterborough United F.C.
  Peterborough United Football Club are a professional English football club based in Peterborough. Peterborough United formed in 1934 and played in the old Midland League, which they won six times; eventually being admitted to the Football League in 1960, replacing Gateshead. Their home ground is...
  
  
• League Two
  Football League Two
  Football League Two is the third-highest division of The Football League and fourth-highest division overall in the English football league system....
  
   Player of the Year - Ryan Lowe
  Ryan Lowe
  Ryan Thomas Lowe is an English footballer who plays as a striker for Football League One side Sheffield Wednesday.-Playing career:...
  
   - Bury
  Bury F.C.
  Bury Football Club is an association football team based in Bury, Greater Manchester. The team currently play in League One. The club's nickname is The Shakers which was bestowed upon them by club chairman JT Ingham, an industrialist and ironmonger of the late 1890s.-Formation of the club and the...
  
  
• The Football League
  The Football League
  The Football League, also known as the npower Football League for sponsorship reasons, is a league competition featuring professional association football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888, it is the oldest such competition in world football...
  
   Young Player of the Year - Connor Wickham
  Connor Wickham
  Connor Neil Ralph Wickham is an English footballer who plays for Sunderland as a striker.He played youth football at Reading before being released and moving to Ipswich Town in 2006 where he continued in the youth structure. He made his full professional debut for the club in April 2009...
  
   - Ipswich Town
  Ipswich Town F.C.
  Ipswich Town Football Club are an English professional football team based in Ipswich, Suffolk. As of 2011, they play in the Football League Championship, having last appeared in the Premier League in 2001–02....
  
  
• Championship Apprentice Award - Connor Wickham
  Connor Wickham
  Connor Neil Ralph Wickham is an English footballer who plays for Sunderland as a striker.He played youth football at Reading before being released and moving to Ipswich Town in 2006 where he continued in the youth structure. He made his full professional debut for the club in April 2009...
  
   - Ipswich Town
  Ipswich Town F.C.
  Ipswich Town Football Club are an English professional football team based in Ipswich, Suffolk. As of 2011, they play in the Football League Championship, having last appeared in the Premier League in 2001–02....
  
  
• League One Apprentice Award - Dale Jennings
  Dale Jennings (footballer born 1992)
  Dale Jennings is an English footballer who plays for Bayern Munich II.-Tranmere Rovers:Jennings played youth football at Liverpool before being released as schoolboy...
  
   - Tranmere Rovers
  Tranmere Rovers F.C.
  Tranmere Rovers Football Club are an English team based in Birkenhead, Wirral. The club currently compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system...
  
  
• League Two Apprentice Award - Kadeem Harris - Wycombe Wanderers
  Wycombe Wanderers F.C.
  Wycombe Wanderers Football Club is an English professional football team from High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, which has been promoted to Football League One after finishing third in Football League Two in the season 2010–11. The club's nicknames are "The Chairboys" and "The Blues", and they play...
  
  
• Goal of the Year - Dean Furman
  Dean Furman
  Dean Furman is a South African footballer who plays for English League One club Oldham Athletic, after signing from Rangers...
  
   - Oldham Athletic
  Oldham Athletic A.F.C.
  Oldham Athletic Association Football Club is an English association football club based at Boundary Park, on Sheepfoot Lane in Oldham, Greater Manchester. The club currently competes in the Football League One, the third tier of the English league...
  
  vs Notts County
  Notts County F.C.
  Notts County Football Club are an English professional football club based in Nottingham. They are the oldest of all the clubs in the world that are now professional, having been formed in 1862. They currently play in League One of The Football League, the third tier of the English football system...
  
  
• Fan of the Year - Kevin Monks - Coventry City
  Coventry City F.C.
  Coventry City Football Club, otherwise known as the Sky Blues owing to the traditional colour of their strip, are a professional English Football league club based in Coventry...
  
  
• PFA Player in the Community - Darren Moore - Burton Albion
  Burton Albion F.C.
  Burton Albion Football Club are a professional English football club based in the town of Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire. The club's home ground is the Pirelli Stadium, having moved from Eton Park in 2005...
  
  
• Community Club of the Year - Southend United
  Southend United F.C.
  Southend United Football Club is an English football club based at Roots Hall Stadium, Prittlewell, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, who play in Football League Two. Their home ground is Roots Hall, and the club plan to move into a new 22,000-seater stadium located at Fossetts Farm.-Stadium:The club has had...
  
  
• Best Fan Marketing Campaign - Reading
  Reading F.C.
  Reading Football Club is an English association football club based in the town of Reading, Berkshire who currently play in the Championship...
  
  
• Best Matchday Programme - Middlesbrough
  Middlesbrough F.C.
  Middlesbrough Football Club , also known as Boro, are an English football club based in Middlesbrough, who play in the Football League Championship. Formed in 1876, they have played at the Riverside Stadium since August 1995, their third ground since turning professional in 1889...
  
  
• Family Club of the Year - Cardiff City
  Cardiff City F.C.
  Cardiff City Football Club are a Welsh professional football club based in Cardiff, Wales. The club competes in the English football pyramid and is currently playing in the Football League Championship. Cardiff City is the best supported football club in Wales, averaging approximately 22,500 for...
  
  
• Outstanding Contribution to League Football - Dario Gradi MBE
  Dario Gradi
  Dario Gradi MBE is an Italian-born English football manager and former player, who was serving as manager of the Crewe Alexandra F.C. Academy. He is a former manager of Crewe Alexandra, with whom he has been associated for almost thirty years.Gradi is notable for his 24-year first spell as manager...
  
  
• Outstanding Team Performance - Stevenage (3-1 vs Newcastle United
  Newcastle United F.C.
  Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear. The club was founded in 1892 by the merger of Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End, and has played at its current home ground, St James' Park, since the merger...
  
   in FA Cup Third Round)
• Unsung Hero - Jim Thompson - Burnley
  Burnley F.C.
  Burnley Football Club are a professional English Football League club based in Burnley, Lancashire. Nicknamed the Clarets, due to the dominant colour of their home shirts, they were founder members of the Football League in 1888...
  
  

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