Scottish Professional Footballers' Association
Encyclopedia
The Professional Footballers' Association Scotland (PFA Scotland) is the association
for professional football
ers in Scotland
. It was formerly known as the Scottish Professional Footballers' Association (SPFA), but that organisation was dissolved and replaced by PFA Scotland in 2007. PFA Scotland is affiliated to the (English) Professional Footballers' Association
. The SPFA were previously affiliated to the GMB union. Fraser Wishart
(chief executive) and Tony Higgins
(chairman) are two of the principal officers of the organisation.
Each year it presents the Players' Player of the Year, the Young Player of the Year, and the Manager of the Year awards.
Trade union
A trade union, trades union or labor union is an organization of workers that have banded together to achieve common goals such as better working conditions. The trade union, through its leadership, bargains with the employer on behalf of union members and negotiates labour contracts with...
for professional football
Football in Scotland
Association football is the national sport in Scotland and highly popular throughout the country. There is a long tradition of "football" games in Orkney, Lewis and southern Scotland, especially the Scottish Borders, although many of these include carrying the ball and passing by hand, and despite...
ers in Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
. It was formerly known as the Scottish Professional Footballers' Association (SPFA), but that organisation was dissolved and replaced by PFA Scotland in 2007. PFA Scotland is affiliated to the (English) Professional Footballers' Association
Professional Footballers' Association
The 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....
. The SPFA were previously affiliated to the GMB union. Fraser Wishart
Fraser Wishart
Fraser Wishart is a Scottish former professional footballer, former Secretary of the Scottish Professional Footballers' Association, and current chief executive of the Professional Footballers' Association Scotland...
(chief executive) and Tony Higgins
Tony Higgins
Anthony Higgins is a Scottish former professional association football player.-Club career:During his career Higgins played for Hibernian, Partick Thistle, Greenock Morton and Stranraer...
(chairman) are two of the principal officers of the organisation.
Each year it presents the Players' Player of the Year, the Young Player of the Year, and the Manager of the Year awards.