Rúben Dias | FWA Footballer of the Year, City's Player of the Season and Premier League Player of the Season

[Deleted member 77198]

I’d turn down this award if I were a player. The football writers are nearly all cunts.

But well done to Ruben for getting the recognition.

 

[bluetonium]

Bert Trautmann 1956
Tony Book (jointly with Dave Mackay) 1969

That was before the invention of football, so doesn't count.

Seriously, fantastic memory and facts :)

 

[LongsightM13]

No doubt the raggy hordes will be indignant that the new Portuguese diver hasn’t won it.

They are fewmin, absolutely raging with bitterness and entitlement. So the usual then

 

[I'm Blue]

Congrats Father Ruben.
We are truly blessed.

 

[franksinatra]

No doubt the raggy hordes will be indignant that the new Portuguese diver hasn’t won it.

Well if the press are all rags or liverpool fans then they have clearly voted for him.

Well deserved award and glad its been acknowledged by the decision makers.

 

[levets]

The Football Writers POTY is one of the 2 main POTY awards. The PFA POTY (voted by the players) is announced on 4th June.

It is the ‘main’ & ‘Original’ POTY award.

The Footballer of the Year Award

It was Charles Buchan, the publisher and writer of Football Monthly as well as one of the founding fathers of the FWA, who suggested that an award should be given “to the professional player who by precept and example is considered by a ballot of members to be the footballer of the year.”

That was back in 1947 and since then the Footballer of the Year Award has become the most prestigious award in the British game.

Voted for year on year by the FWA members, the first recipient was the legendary Sir Stanley Matthews and ever since players have been honoured for their achievements.

 

[blueandy1mac]

For me this is now the primary POTY award. Lost any respect for the PFA one when I listened to two players on Talksh.te saying how most players didn't actually care enough to vote and that in many cases the rep just voted for all of them.
Well deserved Ruben.

 

[levets]

Well if the press are all rags or liverpool fans then they have clearly voted for him.

Well deserved award and glad its been acknowledged by the decision makers.

NINE City players got votes... these 9 accounted for over 50% of the votes. Well deserved Ruben, however I’m shocked as I thought the rat faced penalty merchant would get it.

 

[rickmcfc]

The Football Writers POTY is one of the 2 main POTY awards. The PFA POTY (voted by the players) is announced on 4th June.

Surely it must be VVD for this?

 

[franksinatra]

NINE City players got votes... these 9 accounted for over 50% of the votes. Well deserved Ruben, however I’m shocked as I thought the rat faced penalty merchant would get it.

Those players deserve all those votes, and Im just glad its been reflected by the votes of the football writers. A fantastic collective effort by the side.