Football Writers' Association

The FWA represents the interests of over 800 football journalists in England, liaising with clubs and governing bodies to improve working facilities and access. Our members enjoy numerous social functions and have voted for the Footballer of the Year since 1947.

Mohamed Salah and Sam Kerr collect their Footballer of the Year awards

May 5, 2022

Liverpool star Mo Salah, who was voted Footballer of the Year for the second time, and...

Football Book of the Year – the shortlist

May 5, 2022

Seven titles have been chosen as part of the 20th Sports Book awards The FWA’s book...

Mohammed Salah and Sam Kerr are voted 2022 Footballers of the Year

April 29, 2022

Liverpool striker Salah is voted Footballer of the Year for a second time, and Chelsea striker...

FWA Midlands awards – Steve Cooper and Jose Sa voted Manager and Player of the Year

April 27, 2022

Steve Cooper of Nottingham Forest voted Midlands Manager of the Year, and Wolves goalkeeper Jose Sa...

FWA Student Football Writing Awards – the winners

April 25, 2022

Congratulations to Andrew McLean, Yara El-Shaboury and Sajidur Rahman who are the winners of this year’s...

Nigel Pearson RIP

April 24, 2022

Nigel Pearson, who commentated on football, speedway and darts, was a good friend and colleague to...

FWA Student Football Writer of the Year awards – shortlisted entries for the Unheard Voices Award

April 21, 2022

Here are the 10 entries shortlisted for the Unheard Voices award, in partnership with Kick It...

FWA Student Football Writer of the Year awards – shortlisted entries for the Hugh McIlvanney Award

April 19, 2022

Here are the 10 entries shortlisted for the Hugh McIlvanney award, named after our late colleague...

FWA Student Football Writer of the Year awards – shortlisted entries for the Vikki Orvice Award

April 15, 2022

Here are entries shortlisted for the Vikki Orvice award, named after our late colleague and vice-chair...

Student Football Writer Awards Shortlists

April 11, 2022

Jim White of the FWA National Executive Committee has overseen a record number of entries to...

Footballers of the Year 2021/2022 – vote now.

April 5, 2022

A note from our Executive Secretary Paul McCarthy on the Footballer of the Year and Women’s...

Ian McGarry – update on funeral details

March 28, 2022

Monday April 11 – Ian’s funeral will be held tomorrow, Tuesday 12th, near his home. If...

Tweets by theofficialfwa

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Great to have both of our Footballers of the Year

Great to have both of our Footballers of the Year @samanthakerr20 and @mosalah in the room with us as we returned to the Landmark London for the first time in 3 years.
A truly special night ⚽️ #FOTY22

Congratulations @mosalah for winning the Footballe

Congratulations @mosalah for winning the Footballer of the Year award for the second time. Great to have you with us last night. #foty22

Congratulations to the authors shortlisted for the

Congratulations to the authors shortlisted for the Football Book of the Year, announced today. Details here: footballwriters.co.uk/editorial/foot…
#ReadingForSport

BREAKING - Mohammed Salah and Sam Kerr have been v

BREAKING - Mohammed Salah and Sam Kerr have been voted Footballer of the Year and Women's Footballer of the Year in a poll of FWA members. Congratulations to @mosalah and @samanthakerr20 - well deserved winners! 👏👏👏 #FOTY22

The Sunday Times Sports Book of the Year awards ha

The Sunday Times Sports Book of the Year awards have revealed the Long List of 14 titles in the Football Book of the Year section, as chosen by the FWA’s book committee, chaired by Philippe Auclaire. Our congratulations go to all the successful authors.

The 14 titles are:

· From Football To Soccer – The early history of the beautiful game in the USA (Brian D. Bunk/University of Illinois Press)

· FA Cup 150 (Phil Annetts/FACupFactfile, self-published)

· Barça – The inside story of the world’s greatest football club (Simon Kuper/Short Books)

· The Dream Factory – inside the make-or-break world of footballing academies (Ryan Baldi/Polaris)

· The Immortals (Arrigo Sacchi/Backpage)

· West Midlands Turf Wars (Steve Tongue/Pitch)

· Thou Shalt Not Pass – The Anatomy of Football’s Centre-half (Leo Moynihan/Bloomsbury)

· The Miracle 04 – The football team that shocked the world (Vasilis Sambrakos/Pitch)

· Bill Edgar’s Quirky Football Quiz Book (Bill Edgar/Robinson)

· George Best – True Genius (Wayne Barton/Reach Sport)

· Maradona – The Boy, the rebel, the God (Guillem Balague/Weidenfeld & Nicholson)

· My 70 Years Of Spurs – A long walk down White Hart Lane (Norman Giller/Pitch)

· The Greatest Show On Earth – the inside story of the 1970 World Cup (Andrew Downie/Arena)

· This Is How It Feels – An English football miracle (Mike Keegan/Reach Sport)

The judges will announce a short list of six titles in early May, with the winners revealed at the prize-giving ceremony at The Oval on May 26.

On International Women's Day we are encouraging fe

On International Women's Day we are encouraging female football writers to enter this year's Student Football Writing awards. Details here: https://twitter.com/theofficialfwa/status/1501166863191056386?s=20&t=aGTu2teZhISeC4pGMs1RYQ #iwd2022

Back in the room! Good to return to Ramside Hall

Back in the room! Good to return to Ramside Hall for the North East FWA awards. Always a great night.

Congratulations to Pep Guardiola, who was honoured

Congratulations to Pep Guardiola, who was honoured at the FWA Northern Managers Awards tonight for leading Manchester City to the Premier League title last May. Pep sent a pre-recorded video message and says City will win "another 251 titles" so he can win the award next year! 😁 Thanks to our title sponsors William Hill for supporting the event, held in Manchester.

Who were the winners and losers in the latest tran

Who were the winners and losers in the latest transfer window? Our leading members @paulmaccamedia @carriebrowntv and @johncrossmirror discuss all, brought to you by our title sponsors @williamhill

Entries are now open for this year’s Student Foo

Entries are now open for this year’s Student Football Writers awards, including a new category the Unheard Voices award in conjunction with our friends @kickitout Details at our website football writers.co.uk

Congratulations @ _danielneil for being named Nort

Congratulations @ _danielneil for being named North East Football Writers' Association Young Player of the year 2021. Well deserved! 👏👏👏 @sunderlandafcofficial

Congratulations @sarahmacmac687 for winning the No

Congratulations @sarahmacmac687 for winning the North East Football Writers' Association Women's Player of the Year 2021. 👏👏👏. We look forward to seeing you and your @durhamwfc colleagues at our awards night on March 6th.

Congratulations 👏👏👏 @st_maximin on being

Congratulations 👏👏👏 @st_maximin on being voted the North East Football Writers' Assocation's Player of the Year for 2021. We look forward to seeing you and your @nufc colleagues at our awards night on March 6th. http://footballwriters.co.uk/editorial/saint-maximin-voted-north-east-fwa-player-of-the-year/

RIP Adrian Curtis 1958-2021. Friend, colleague and

RIP Adrian Curtis 1958-2021. Friend, colleague and FWA member, and one of the best in the business. http://footballwriters.co.uk/editorial/adrian-curtis-rip/

Congratulations to Jacob Tanswell and Ella Graunia

Congratulations to Jacob Tanswell and Ella Graunia Cook, the first winners of our Student Football Writer of the Year awards.

@johncrossmirror discusses the incredible job Sean

@johncrossmirror discusses the incredible job Sean Dyche has done at Burnley, but now fears for their Premier League future amid changing times at Turf Moor. From FWA Live with @williamhill

Jermaine Jenas joins John Cross, Carrie Brown and

Jermaine Jenas joins John Cross, Carrie Brown and Martin Laurence to discuss relegation candidates at FWA Live, in association with William Hill. @jjenas @carriebrowntv @johncrossmirror @eljonesuk @williamhill

Great panel for our latest FWA Live tonight. @elj

Great panel for our latest FWA Live tonight. @eljonesuk hosted @johncrossmirror @carriebrowntv @jjenas and Martin Laurence to discuss the season so far and make some interesting predictions In association with our sponsors @WilliamHill

How can I England beat Italy? Frank Lampard explai

How can I England beat Italy? Frank Lampard explains all on our latest podcast

Frank Lampard joins @paulmaccamedia and @thedeskel

Frank Lampard joins @paulmaccamedia and @thedeskelly on our podcast to explain why any English manager would want the England job - and he is no exception. Listen to the full episode of Press Box Confidential, sponsored by @williamhill here: https://t.co/xz3nSkQ53b

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Mohamed Salah and Sam Kerr collect their Footballer of the Year awards

May 5, 2022

Liverpool star Mo Salah, who was voted Footballer of the Year for the second time, and...

Football Book of the Year – the shortlist

May 5, 2022

Seven titles have been chosen as part of the 20th Sports Book awards The FWA’s book...

Mohammed Salah and Sam Kerr are voted 2022 Footballers of the Year

April 29, 2022

Liverpool striker Salah is voted Footballer of the Year for a second time, and Chelsea striker...

FWA Midlands awards – Steve Cooper and Jose Sa voted Manager and Player of the Year

April 27, 2022

Steve Cooper of Nottingham Forest voted Midlands Manager of the Year, and Wolves goalkeeper Jose Sa...

FWA Student Football Writing Awards – the winners

April 25, 2022

Congratulations to Andrew McLean, Yara El-Shaboury and Sajidur Rahman who are the winners of this year’s...

Tweets by theofficialfwa

fwaofficial

Great to have both of our Footballers of the Year

Great to have both of our Footballers of the Year @samanthakerr20 and @mosalah in the room with us as we returned to the Landmark London for the first time in 3 years.
A truly special night ⚽️ #FOTY22

Congratulations @mosalah for winning the Footballe

Congratulations @mosalah for winning the Footballer of the Year award for the second time. Great to have you with us last night. #foty22

Congratulations to the authors shortlisted for the

Congratulations to the authors shortlisted for the Football Book of the Year, announced today. Details here: footballwriters.co.uk/editorial/foot…
#ReadingForSport

BREAKING - Mohammed Salah and Sam Kerr have been v

BREAKING - Mohammed Salah and Sam Kerr have been voted Footballer of the Year and Women's Footballer of the Year in a poll of FWA members. Congratulations to @mosalah and @samanthakerr20 - well deserved winners! 👏👏👏 #FOTY22

The Sunday Times Sports Book of the Year awards ha

The Sunday Times Sports Book of the Year awards have revealed the Long List of 14 titles in the Football Book of the Year section, as chosen by the FWA’s book committee, chaired by Philippe Auclaire. Our congratulations go to all the successful authors.

The 14 titles are:

· From Football To Soccer – The early history of the beautiful game in the USA (Brian D. Bunk/University of Illinois Press)

· FA Cup 150 (Phil Annetts/FACupFactfile, self-published)

· Barça – The inside story of the world’s greatest football club (Simon Kuper/Short Books)

· The Dream Factory – inside the make-or-break world of footballing academies (Ryan Baldi/Polaris)

· The Immortals (Arrigo Sacchi/Backpage)

· West Midlands Turf Wars (Steve Tongue/Pitch)

· Thou Shalt Not Pass – The Anatomy of Football’s Centre-half (Leo Moynihan/Bloomsbury)

· The Miracle 04 – The football team that shocked the world (Vasilis Sambrakos/Pitch)

· Bill Edgar’s Quirky Football Quiz Book (Bill Edgar/Robinson)

· George Best – True Genius (Wayne Barton/Reach Sport)

· Maradona – The Boy, the rebel, the God (Guillem Balague/Weidenfeld & Nicholson)

· My 70 Years Of Spurs – A long walk down White Hart Lane (Norman Giller/Pitch)

· The Greatest Show On Earth – the inside story of the 1970 World Cup (Andrew Downie/Arena)

· This Is How It Feels – An English football miracle (Mike Keegan/Reach Sport)

The judges will announce a short list of six titles in early May, with the winners revealed at the prize-giving ceremony at The Oval on May 26.

On International Women's Day we are encouraging fe

On International Women's Day we are encouraging female football writers to enter this year's Student Football Writing awards. Details here: https://twitter.com/theofficialfwa/status/1501166863191056386?s=20&t=aGTu2teZhISeC4pGMs1RYQ #iwd2022

Back in the room! Good to return to Ramside Hall

Back in the room! Good to return to Ramside Hall for the North East FWA awards. Always a great night.

Congratulations to Pep Guardiola, who was honoured

Congratulations to Pep Guardiola, who was honoured at the FWA Northern Managers Awards tonight for leading Manchester City to the Premier League title last May. Pep sent a pre-recorded video message and says City will win "another 251 titles" so he can win the award next year! 😁 Thanks to our title sponsors William Hill for supporting the event, held in Manchester.

Who were the winners and losers in the latest tran

Who were the winners and losers in the latest transfer window? Our leading members @paulmaccamedia @carriebrowntv and @johncrossmirror discuss all, brought to you by our title sponsors @williamhill

Entries are now open for this year’s Student Foo

Entries are now open for this year’s Student Football Writers awards, including a new category the Unheard Voices award in conjunction with our friends @kickitout Details at our website football writers.co.uk

Congratulations @ _danielneil for being named Nort

Congratulations @ _danielneil for being named North East Football Writers' Association Young Player of the year 2021. Well deserved! 👏👏👏 @sunderlandafcofficial

Congratulations @sarahmacmac687 for winning the No

Congratulations @sarahmacmac687 for winning the North East Football Writers' Association Women's Player of the Year 2021. 👏👏👏. We look forward to seeing you and your @durhamwfc colleagues at our awards night on March 6th.

Congratulations 👏👏👏 @st_maximin on being

Congratulations 👏👏👏 @st_maximin on being voted the North East Football Writers' Assocation's Player of the Year for 2021. We look forward to seeing you and your @nufc colleagues at our awards night on March 6th. http://footballwriters.co.uk/editorial/saint-maximin-voted-north-east-fwa-player-of-the-year/

RIP Adrian Curtis 1958-2021. Friend, colleague and

RIP Adrian Curtis 1958-2021. Friend, colleague and FWA member, and one of the best in the business. http://footballwriters.co.uk/editorial/adrian-curtis-rip/

Congratulations to Jacob Tanswell and Ella Graunia

Congratulations to Jacob Tanswell and Ella Graunia Cook, the first winners of our Student Football Writer of the Year awards.

@johncrossmirror discusses the incredible job Sean

@johncrossmirror discusses the incredible job Sean Dyche has done at Burnley, but now fears for their Premier League future amid changing times at Turf Moor. From FWA Live with @williamhill

Jermaine Jenas joins John Cross, Carrie Brown and

Jermaine Jenas joins John Cross, Carrie Brown and Martin Laurence to discuss relegation candidates at FWA Live, in association with William Hill. @jjenas @carriebrowntv @johncrossmirror @eljonesuk @williamhill

Great panel for our latest FWA Live tonight. @elj

Great panel for our latest FWA Live tonight. @eljonesuk hosted @johncrossmirror @carriebrowntv @jjenas and Martin Laurence to discuss the season so far and make some interesting predictions In association with our sponsors @WilliamHill

How can I England beat Italy? Frank Lampard explai

How can I England beat Italy? Frank Lampard explains all on our latest podcast

Frank Lampard joins @paulmaccamedia and @thedeskel

Frank Lampard joins @paulmaccamedia and @thedeskelly on our podcast to explain why any English manager would want the England job - and he is no exception. Listen to the full episode of Press Box Confidential, sponsored by @williamhill here: https://t.co/xz3nSkQ53b

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