Premier League - Parker wins Football Writers' honour

Fri, 22 Apr 07:32:00 2011

West Ham United midfielder Scott Parker has been voted the Footballer of the Year for 2011 by the Football Writers' Association.

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The 30-year-old has stood out in a season during which his club have struggled against relegation. The Hammers currently sit 19th in the Premier League.

"Scott Parker has been so consistent this season with his performances in a West Ham team battling for Barclays Premier League survival and as such has forced himself back into the England national set-up," FWA chairman Steve Bates said.

"He has been an inspirational figure for the Irons and hopefully his professionalism will be rewarded with West Ham staying up at the end of the season.

"In what was one of the tightest votes of recent seasons, Scott is certainly a worthy winner and follows in the footsteps of a long line of superb footballers who have been given this prestigious honour."

The Professional Football Association voted Tottenham's Gareth Bale as their player of the season on Sunday, but he came second in the Football Writers' poll.

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  1. Parker hahaha Jesus. Unstable is the word for Scott­ Parker yes he runs about a lot makes many good­ challenges and can read the game well but that’s like­ saying a CF can finish well its part of the position.­ In terms of Defensive midfielder he is average and­ commits many stupid errors which to be a great DMF you­ can‘t do this is very similar to Barry and­ Palacios.
    Personally I think Nani should get this he’s­ played well this season Fill the gap C.Ronaldo left

    From Call Me Dave, on Sat 23 Apr 10:03

  2. what a load of trollocks, im a whu fan, good team­ player but no way the best in the prem this season !­ fackin sympathy votes again. yet again a bunch of­ freeloading journeymen has beens or never will be's­ only interested in bleeding clubs for ridiculous wages.­ HOW THE BLOODY HELL CAN YOU REWARD ANY MEMBER OF A SOON­ TO BE RELEGATED TEAM???????????????? watch the­ cockroaches who kiss our badge chuck in the transfer­ requests the second we cant stay up !

    From Ben j min, on Sat 23 Apr 8:00

  3. well done scottie parker fully deserved only player­ apart from bale to stand out this season overall been a­ bad season for all the top players

    From buddy, on Sat 23 Apr 6:48

  4. Well deserved. An inspirational footballer & an­ icon of the game. The kids should be looking up to the­ likes of Scottie Parker rather than chav miester Rooney­ & the like. Scott Parker is just a great player­ without all the razzmataz & @#$% that goes along­ with the the 'star' players these days.

    From Darren, on Sat 23 Apr 4:41

  5. Parker is a good player...but come on he is not that­ good...Giggs half the Man U ,Chelsea,and Man CITY­ players stood out more...Well done Parker but you have­ so many players in front of you....

    From MRMAGIC1968, on Sat 23 Apr 4:27

  6. he defintely deserved it. hes a brilliant midfielder,­ he scores vital goals and is a good leader and also i­ met him a couple of days ago hes a really nice man.

    From ELIZABETA, on Sat 23 Apr 4:22

  7. Great fella scott parker, excellent attitude and always­ gives 110% complete work horse with no ego.
    Good­ choice!

    From Giles T, on Sat 23 Apr 3:35

  8. @88- Are you joking? if so :) but if not your­ sooooooooooooooooo dumb

    From danger_moose, on Sat 23 Apr 3:18

  9. pfffft

    From Christopher L, on Sat 23 Apr 2:56

  10. No way should`ve been messi but well done scott

    From thomasstilwell, on Sat 23 Apr 2:45

  11. Goodness! This is another display of shallowness and­ celebration of mediocrity by the English. How on earth­ will you rate Scot over Tevez, Nasri, Wilshere, Nani,­ Vidic, etc. I'm beginning to be irritated.

    From M.S, on Sat 23 Apr 2:42

  12. No way should`ve been messi but well done scott

    From thomasstilwell, on Sat 23 Apr 2:40

  13. I am not a West Ham fan but have watched them a few­ times this year. If half the Arsenal team (that I do­ follow) played with the heart, intensity and passion­ that Scott Parker does we would have the League, Cup­ and European Championship sewn up. Well done Scottie, I­ can't think of a more deserving winner and I hope­ you can cheat the drop.

    From ALEX, on Sat 23 Apr 0:39

  14. Nice one Scott.

    As a die hard West Ham United fan,­ I'm so pleased to see that this award has gone to a­ WHU player.

    From MrsJ.C.Depp.II.., on Fri 22 Apr 23:16
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    should've been torres

    From thisi.sfake, on Fri 22 Apr 22:22

  16. The most uncapped international player we have, just­ like Jimmy Greenof; remember him ?Top man !

    From St.George The Crusader, on Fri 22 Apr 22:01

  17. When i read the headline i thought Paul Parker was­ after getting an award for his 'journalism'!­ much happier to see it's Scott Parker.. I wonder­ when the last time the award was given to a player­ whose a team who might be relegated?

    From James, on Fri 22 Apr 20:51

  18. In reality, Scotty merits the award. He is a hard­ working midfielder who is active defensively and­ offensively. Furthermore, he is good passer of the ball­ and has good vision of the game. His problem is that he­ doesn't benefit from media largesse. He gets almost­ no media publicity because he plays for West Ham.­ Honestly in this era of football when midfielders are­ expected to be technical, i place him above both­ Gerrard and Lampard. The former is a worker but not­ skillful .

    From samgwen, on Fri 22 Apr 20:40

  19. man utd fan - i hope wigan and blackburn stay in the­ league 12 easy points for us

    From Ez, on Fri 22 Apr 20:11

  20. just a bit concerned bot ideologies of current ball­ game,not interesting at all!who kicked the gong this­ season better than Nani!?

    From Olala, on Fri 22 Apr 20:03
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