Captain Gerrard wins Player of the Year award again

A few days after he has been crowned PFA Fan’s Player of the Year, the highly celebrated player in English football has again been crowned on Wednesday as the Football Writers’ Association (FWA) Player of the Year.
The skipper won the award ahead of big Manchester United players in the name of Ryan Giggs and the strong Wayne Rooney.

Ryan Giggs, in the previous weeks, was handed the title of the Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA) Player of the Year, which did not pass without questions surrounding the decision.

Now though, after fans have given Captain Steven Gerrard popular acclamation, professional football writers, an association which has been in existence since 1948, have also honoured him with the accolade of their FWA’s Player of the Year. This elevates Captain Gerrard as to being the first to win this award in Liverpool after John Barnes in 1990.

This means Captain Gerrard has received two awards in just a couple of weeks. And with the latter award, he could not conceal his pleasure.
He said on Liverpoolfc official website:

“I’m delighted but I’m a little bit surprised.”

“When you look at the quality of the players there are in this league, it’s a great privilege to win this kind of award.”

“It’s made even more special for me because I am following in the footsteps of Liverpool players like John Barnes, Steve Nicol and Kenny Dalglish who were heroes of mine. Then further back players like Ian Callaghan and Terry McDermott who were heroes to my dad and so many other Liverpool fans.

“It’s not just the Manchester United players – when you look at the players the likes of Chelsea and Arsenal and other teams have got, they all have fantastic players throughout their squads now. The quality is getting better and better each year so to win this award is a great achievement for myself,” he said.

Humbled by the experience, he added:

“But I’ve had fantastic help along the way from everyone at this football club. My family and friends come every time I play and everything I achieve in football they are a very big part of that because they are there for me 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

“But the biggest thank yous have to go to the manager, the coaching staff and my team-mates. Individual awards are great but you don’t win them without great help from those people.”
Gerrard is said to receive the honour at a Footballer Writers’ dinner at the end of the month, on May 29, a day before his 29th birthday.

Written by Sylvester Asare

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