Football Writers' Association
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The Football Writers' Association (the FWA) is an association of England football
journalists
and correspondents writing for newspapers and agencies, founded in 1947.
Every year the FWA presents the Footballer of the Year award to the best player of the year, and the Tribute Award
award to an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to the game. The main award, the Footballer of the Year, is seen as one of the two most prestigious individual prizes in English football, alongside the PFA Players' Player of the Year
award.
Football in England
Association football is a national sport in England, where the first modern set of rules for the code were established in 1863, which were a major influence on the development of the modern Laws of the Game...
journalists
Sports journalism
Sports journalism is a form of journalism that reports on sports topics and events.While the sports department within some newspapers has been mockingly called the toy department, because sports journalists do not concern themselves with the 'serious' topics covered by the news desk, sports...
and correspondents writing for newspapers and agencies, founded in 1947.
Every year the FWA presents the Footballer of the Year award to the best player of the year, and the Tribute Award
FWA Tribute Award
The Football Writers' Association Tribute Award is given to an individual who has contributed the most to football and/or played the best football over the previous season....
award to an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to the game. The main award, the Footballer of the Year, is seen as one of the two most prestigious individual prizes in English football, alongside the PFA Players' Player of the Year
PFA Players' Player of the Year
The Professional Footballers' Association Players' Player of the Year is an annual award given to the player who is adjudged to have been the best of the year in English football...
award.
See also
- Welsh Football Writers AssociationWelsh Football Writers AssociationThe Welsh Football Writers' Association is an association of Welsh football journalists and correspondents writing for newspapers, websites and agencies. Along with writers for newspapers, magazines, websites and agencies, football broadcasters, photographers and other journalists are also welcome...
- Scottish Football Writers' AssociationScottish Football Writers' AssociationThe Scottish Football Writers' Association is an association of Scottish football journalists and correspondents writing for newspapers and agencies, founded in 1965...
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- Professional Footballers' AssociationProfessional Footballers' AssociationThe Professional Footballers' Association is the trade union for professional footballers in England and Wales. The world's oldest professional sport trade union, it has 4,000 members....