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THE SID BATHGATE APPRECIATION SOCIETY
This page has been prepared by the Sid Bathgate Appreciation Society. In memory of a real footballer. Sidney Bathgate was born on 20th December 1919 in Aberdeen. Served in the RAF during the Second World War. Career History - Chelsea Football Club, Hamilton Academicals, Parkvale, Huntly, Keith, Elgin City, and Deveronvale. Married with 3 sons & 2 daughters. Retired from Football 1958. Passed Away: Age 43 in 1963. He played 147 games for Chelsea between 1946-53. A hard tackling fullback who epitomises all those journeyman footballers who graced the game.  When we started this column we were contacted by his grandaughter who was delighted that her grandpop was thus remembered as our man to represent football.
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 From:   Aymee Jo Charlton
 Just found out my great great uncle was Sid Bathgate and played for Chelsea FC. Will be showing this page to my Grandad as he will find it very interesting. thanks.

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You don't see this sort of thing down on Hackney Marshes on a Sunday morning.

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jIMMY gREAVES"IT'S A FUNNY OLD GAME "
as the great Jimmy Greaves used to say, and possibly still does. Jimmy Greaves remains England’s third highest goalscorer and a much loved football personality. The phenomenal striker graced the game from 1957 to 1979, most famously playing for Chelsea, AC Milan and Tottenham Hotspur. Arguably the most consistent striker in English football history, Greaves still retains the record of finishing top league goalscorer in six seasons; a record that has never been matched. At Spurs Greaves won the FA Cup twice and also the European Cup Winners’ Cup ensuring Tottenham as the first British team to win a European trophy and cementing his place in the clubs history as one of their greatest ever players. For England Greaves holds an exceptional scoring ratio – 44 goals in 57 games. Greaves was part of the 1966 World Cup squad but due to injury was replaced by Geoff Hurst who infamously scored a hat trick in the final. After short spells at West Ham and Barnet, Greaves enjoyed a successful post-playing career. He became a popular television presenter and pundit, striking up a memorable partnership with Ian St. John. Together they hosted the popular lunch time show called Saint and Greavsie. Greaves has sinced toured the country as an admired and in-demand after dinner speaker. Currently Greaves is doing a theatre tour telling his stories and hilarious anecdotes, along with guest speakers.
 Mighty Terry MouseTERRYTOONS ARE BACK SO IS MIGHTY TERRY

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Comment from the Terraces: " Now we know why John turned down Manchester City. Do you blame him? Lucky So & So- don't we all wish we could pull'em like him. Should stand for Prime Minister at next erection.  He certainly will get my vote"
Comment from Sebb Blatter:  "If this had happened in, let's say, Latin countries, then I think he would have been applauded."
Comment from Paul Madden : "Could Dawn French really lead England to World Cup glory?"
Comment from Ian Holloway: "I don't see the problem with goalscorers taking their shirts off. "It's what ladies like to see, except at Plymouth because my lads are as ugly as sin," 


Chelsea Bus Once again the NOW hack nerds have shown their jealousy and true identities by writing about our National Hero.

Well when I was at school these sneaks would have been dealt with appropriately. Even that old rascal Ken Bates or the Burnley Butcher, Bob Lord, would have once more banned them from Stamford Bridge. Will Delski Boy do the same?  (See picture top left)
Thank you NOW nerds you have just lost England the World Cup & all hotblooded males are marvelling at John Terry's stamina & prowess as a leader of men. And the NOW hack nerds aren't fit to clean his boots. Why is John Terry different from David Beckham & his famous squeeze Rebecca Loos( See right) ?  Watch this column as we intend to out those nerds and their nasty habits.
Rebecca Loos
It’s interesting to compare the antics of the Premiership’s collection of elite athletes with the rugby, athletics, swimming and tennis communities. Despite the need to stay at “the top of their game” our young and not so young footballers seem to spend a lot of time in fashionable (= pricy) night clubs, driving fast cars while perhaps not quite sober and bonking young ladies to whom they are not married, sometimes even each other’s girlfriends as we now learn, and sometimes (allegedly) in small groups (several men to one lady, that is). In spite of all this, they are able to maintain the necessary fitness and preformance levels to satisfy their coaches. If only the more clean living English sports-people could achieve world-class results on a such hectic social life.

  Personal Training Assistants to  John Terry :
 Sid Bathgate
Sexy Sid Bathgate
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"You Lucky People"

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"NO! NO! NO! Oh NO! Oh NO"    
When Wayne Met Terry

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Personal Training Assistants to Wayne Bridge

It’s clear who Manchester City’s players are supporting though, with Carlos Tevez and Stephen Ireland wearing
Team Bridge T-shirts under their jerseys. 
Slightly puzzling that one though, don’t you think? Obviously Bridge appreciated it, but I’m not quite so sure what Emmanuel Adebayor made of it all.  Adebayor, you’ll remember, has just returned to action for the first time since the murderous attack on Togo’s team coach. Togo’s captain watched a close friend die in his arms, a tragedy which has now been confounded by CAF’s spiteful decision to ban the team from successive African tournaments. Surely such a brutal trauma was worth a message on anyone’s vest. And yet it was Bridge’s situation that prompted Tevez and Co to don supportive underwear.
MANCHESTER CITY CONTINUE TO WASTE MONEY  ON PLAYERS WHO CAN'T GET INTO THE TEAM WHERE THEY WERE
Man City Gal Having money doesn't mean you know about Football. How can Manchester City make the top with Manchester United & Chelsea when they mainly purchase expensive reserves. These include: Bellamy who couldn't make it at Liverpool, Robinho from Real Madrid,Wright-Phillips & Bridge from Chelsea, Tevez from Manchester United and now Viera from Inter-Milan. The only regular First Team Players they have bought are Barry, Lescott ,Cruz, Toure and Given. Toure was already past his sell-by date.
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Singing The BluesCole v Cole
Old King Cole Was A Merry Old Sole

  I Never felt more like Singing The Blues
But You're Never Alone With a Coke!
Avram GrantA massive feminist victory for the Sun!
Back in December the Sun revealed the truly incredible news that a Premier League football manager had been visiting a brothel - although as a good majority of them are it was "disguised" as a massage parlour. It didn't however name him, claiming that they had been stopped from doing so by "creeping privacy laws".

Now the paper has named the manager, although I'm not going to because the paper, as then, has provided absolutely no evidence that he actually paid for sex. Even if he did, it seems that his wife couldn't care less, and has defended him. A couple of wider points: the Sun's initial article resulted in a predictable wave of guessing at just who the manager was, most of them completely wide of the mark. Most fingered was probably Phil Brown, manager of Hull City, who had his Wikipedia page defaced as a result. Second, despite the Sun's claims about being silenced by the privacy aspects of the Human Rights Act there's still no ruling up on bailii.org referring to the case, and as it's far more interested in the lurid aspects of the story rather than the legal side, we don't learn anything about just how and why it was blocked from naming the manager until now. Lastly, and hilariously, the paper even tries to portray itself as cutting a dash for the women who had been working at the parlour, with a helpful quote provided by the charity Eaves: 

    "It is very damaging that a public figure could behave like this with seemingly relative impunity.     "We would prefer this issue to be highlighted so that the vulnerability of the women involved is not merely hidden from view.     "The conditions these women work in are often dangerous and, frankly, awful. Many live in fear of their lives and earn little, if any money."
Well, they certainly won't be earning any money now: as a result of the Sun's story the landlord has ended the parlour's tenancy. Presuming that the women working there were vulnerable and in danger, they'll almost certainly be in a worse overall position now. Another massive victory for the Sun's crusade for truth and morality!


WHEN THE AUTHORITIES MEDDLE
MK DonsSome years ago there were two league teams- One was Wimbledon and the other was Luton Town. Both had been in the top flight of English Football. Both had played Cup Finals. So what do the authorities do? They allow Wimbledon to be moved to Milton Keynes which is very near Luton and what is the result? They starve Luton Town of supporters , fine them & condemn them down to the Conference. In the meantime the supporters of Wimbledon, which always had the weathiest supporters, form AFC Wimbledon and are now in the Conference play-off position.  Luton Town should sue those who were responsible for moving a team to Milton Keynes. Luton Town's managing director Gary Sweet has denied claims that the Hatters are close to administration, following a number of postponed games. 22/01/2010

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Arsenal
Arsenal F.C.

Manager:  Arsene Wenger

Arsene Wenger
The Gunners Arsenal
Arsenal
60,000 Arsenal - Emirates Stadium,
Ashburton Grove, ,London. N5 1BU
Telephone No: 0207 619 5003
Fax No: 0207 704 4001
Ticket Office: 0207 619 5000
24 Hour Ticket Info: 0207 704 4242
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Aston Villa FC
Aston Villa F.C.
Manager: Martin O'Neil
 
Martin O'Neil
The Villans Aston Villa
Villa Park
43,000 Aston Villa - Villa Park
Trinity Road Birmingham. B6 6HE
Main Telephone No: 0121 327 2299
Main Fax No: 0121 322 2107
Ticket Office: 0800 612 0970
Ticket Office Fax: 0800 612 0977
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www.avfc
.co.uk
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Birmingham City
Manager:
Alex McLeish
Alex McLeish
Blues
Birmingham City
St Andrews Birmingham
30,009 Birmingham City - St Andrew's Stadium
  St. Andrew's Stadium, St Andrew's Road, Birmingham, West Midlands, B9 4NH
Telephone : 0844 557 1875
Email: reception@bcfc.com
St Andrew's stadium was built in 1906 to replace the Muntz Street ground.
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Birmingham City
Blackburn Rovers FC
Blackburn Rovers F.C.
Manager:  Sam Allardyce


Sam Allardyce
Rovers Blackburn Rover
Ewood Park
31,367 Blackburn Rovers - Ewood Park ,
Blackburn, Lancashire. BB2 4JF
Main Telephone No: 0871 702 1875
Fax No: 01254 671 042
Ticket Office: 0871 222 1444

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www.rovers.
co.uk
Bolton Wanderers FC
Bolton Wanderers
Manager:
Owen Coyle


Owen Coyle
The Trotters Bolton wanderers
Reebok Stadium
28,000 Bolton Wanderers - Reebok Stadium
Burnden Way, Lostock, Bolton, Lancashire. SE7 8BL
Main Telephone No: 01204 673 673
Main Fax No: 01204 673 773
Ticket Office: 0871 871 2932
Ticket Office Fax: 0871 871 8183
Stadium Tours:
01204 673 650
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www.bwfc.
co.uk
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Burnley
Manager :
 Brian Laws

Brian Laws
The Clarets Burnley
Turf Moor, Burnley
22,546 Burnley - Turf Moor
    Harry Potts Way, Burnley, Lancashire, BB10 4BX
Telephone: 0871 221 1882
Email: info@burnleyfc.com

The home of Burnley FC since 1883, Turf Moor is one fo the oldest football grounds still in use in the United Kingdom. It has hosted one FA Cup semi-final, when Huddersfield Town beat Notts County 3-1 in 1922.
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Chelsea FC
Chelsea F.C.
Manager:
 
Carlo Ancelloti


Carlo Ancelloti
The Blues Chelsea
Stamford Bridge
42,440
Chelsea - Stamford Bridge
Fulham Road, London. SW16 1HS

Main Telephone No: 0871 984 1955
Fax No: 020 7381 4831
Ticket Office: 0871 984 1905
(Outside UK: 00 44 207 915 2900)
Stadium Tours: 0871 984 1955

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co.uk
Everton FC
Everton F.C.
Manager:
 David Moyes

David Moyes
The Toffees Everton
Goodison Park
40,170 Everton - Goodison Park
Goodison Road, Liverpool. L4 4EL
Main Telephone No: 0870 442 1878
Fax No: 0151 286 9112
Ticket Office: 0870 442 1878
Ground Tours: 0151 330 2305

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Fulham.FC
Fulham F.C.
Manager: Roy Hodgson
Roy Hodgson
The Cottagers Fulham
Craven Cottage
19,250 Fulham - Craven Cottage
Stevenage Road, Fulham, London. SW6 6HH
Main Telephone No: 0870 442 1222
Fax No: 0207 384 4715
Ticket Office: 0870 442 1234
Ticket Office Fax No: 0207 384 4810

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Hull City
Hull City
Manager:
Phil Brown
Phil Brown
The Tigers Hull City
Hull City
25,504 
Hull City - Kingston Community Stadium
The Circle, Walton St, Hull, HU3 6HU
Main Telephone No: 0870 837 0003
Fax No: 01482 304 882
Ticket Office: 0870 837 0004
Ticket Office Fax: 01482 304 923

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Liverpool FC
Liverpool F.C.
Manager: Rafael Benitez
Rafael Benitez
The Reds Liverpool
Anfield
45,400 Liverpool - Anfield
Anfield Road, Anfield, Liverpool. L4 0TH
Main Telephone No: 0151-263-2361
Main Fax No: 0151-260-8813
Ticket Office: 0870-220-2345
Ticket Office Fax: 0151-261-1416
Ground Tours: 0151-260-6677

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Manchester City FC
Manchester City F.C.
Manager:
Roberto Mancini
Roberto Mancini
Blues Manchester City
City of Manchester Stadium
48,500 Manchester City - City of Manchester Stadium
SportCity, Manchester. M11 3FF
Main Telephone No: 0870 062 1894
Main Fax No: 0161 438 7999

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www.mcfc.co.uk
Manchester United Football Club
Manchester United F.C.
Manager: Sir Alec Ferguson
Sir Alec Ferguson
The Red Devils Manchester United
 Old Trafford 67,500 Manchester Utd - Old Trafford
Sir Matt Busby Way, Old Trafford, Manchester. M16 0RA
Main Telephone No: 0870-442-1994
Fax No: 0161-868-8804 
Ticket Office (Sales): 0870-442-1999
Ticket Office (Enquiries): 0870-442-1994
Stadium Tours: 0870-442-1994

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Middlesborough F.C.
Championship
Middlesborough
Manager :
Gordon Strachan
No Pic Boro or Ironsiders Middlesborough
Riverside Stadium
35,100 Middlesbrough - Riverside Stadium
Middlesbrough, Cleveland. TS3 6RS
Telephone No: 0844 499 6789
Main Fax No: 01642 757 690
Ticket Office: 0844 499 1234
Ticket Office Fax: 01642 757 693
Stadium Tours: 0844 499 6789

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Newcastle United FC
Championship Newcastle United
Manager:
 Chris Hughton
 
No Pic The Magpies Newcastle United
St James Park
52,219 Newcastle Utd - St James' Park 
Newcastle-Upon-Tyne. NE1 4ST
Main Telephone No: 0191-201-8400
Fax No: 0191-201-8600
Ticket Office: 0191-261-1571

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Portsmouth FC
Portsmouth F.C.
  Manager:
 Avram Grant
Avram Grant
Pompey Portsmouth
Fratton Park
19,400

Frogmore Road, Southsea, Hampshire. PO4 8RA
Main Telephone No: 02392 731204
Main Fax No: 02392 734129
Ticket Office: 0844 847 1898
Ticket Office Fax: 0871 230 1899

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Stoke
Stoke City
Manager:
Tony Pullis
Tony Pullis
The Potters
Stoke City
Britannia Stadium

28,383



Stoke City - The Britannia Stadium             
Stanley Matthews Way, Stoke On Trent, ST44EG
                 
Main Telephone No: 01782-592-222
Main Fax No: 01782-592-221
Ticket Office: 0871-663-2007
Ticket Office Fax: 01782-592-201

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Sunderland
Sunderland
Manager: 
Steve Bruce
Steve Bruce
The Black Cats Sunderland
Stadium of Light
49,000 , Sunderland, SR5 1SU
Main
Telephone Number:
0871 911 1200
Main Fax No: 0191 551 5123
Ticket Office: 0871 911 1973
Ticket Office Fax No: 0191 551 5150

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Spurs
Tottenham Hotspur
Manager:
Harry Rednapp
Harry Rednapp
The Spurs Tottenham Hotspur White Hart Lane 36,200 Tottenham Hotspur - White Hart Lane
Bill Nicholson Way, 748 High Road, London, Middlesex. N17 0AP
Main Telephone No: 0844 499 5000
Main Fax No: 020 8365 5005
Ticket Office:
0844 844 0102
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West Bromwich Albion
Manager:
Roberti Di Matteo
No Pic The Baggies West Bromwich Albion
The Hawthorns
28,003  Halfords Lane, West Bromwich, West Midlands, B71 4LF
Main Telephone No:
0871 271 1100
Main Fax No: 0871 271 9861
Ticket Office: 0871 271 9780
Ticket Office Fax No: 0871 271 
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www.wba.co.uk
West Ham United
West Ham United
Manager:
Jean Franco Zola
Jean Franco Zola
The Hammers West Ham United
Upton Park

30,056
West Ham Utd - Upton Park
 , Green Street, London. E13 9AZ
Main Telephone No: 020 8548 2748
Fax No: 020 8548 2758
Ticket Office: 0870 112 2700

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Wigan Athletic FC
Wigan Athletic F.C.
Manager:
Roberto Martinez
 Roberto Martinez Latics Wigan Athletic
JJB
25,000 Wigan Athletic - JJB Stadium
Loire Drive, Robin Park, Wigan, Lancashire. WN5 0UZ
Main Telephone No: 01942 774 000
Fax No: 01942 770 477
Ticket Office: 0871 663 3552
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Wolverhampton Wanderers
Manager:
Mick McCarthy
Mick McCarthy
Wolves
Wolves
Molineux Wolverhampton
28,525

Wolverhampton Wanderers - Molineux
 
Molineux Stadium, Waterloo Road, Wolverhampton, WV1 4QR
Telephone: 0870 222 2220
Email: info@wolves.co.uk

The home of Wolverhampton Wanderers since 1889, The Molineux was one of the first grounds in the country to install floodlights and went on to host some of the first European club games in the 1950s.
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Premier Girls 2
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STATUES OF  SOME FAMOUS UK FOOTBALLERS & MANAGERS

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Gordon Banks - Stoke City
Martin Peters, Geoff Bobby Moore & Ray Wilson - West Ham United
Stan Cullis - Wolverhampton Wanderers
David Beckham in Thailand
Manchester United


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Brian Clough - Nottingham
Billy Wright - Wolverhampton Wanderers
Dixie Dean - Everton
Duncan Edwards - Dudley
 (Manchester United)


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Bill Shankly - Liverpool
Sir Alf Ramsey - Ipswich
George Best, Denis Law & Bobby Charlton - Manchester United
Sir Bobby Robson - Ipswich

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Sir Stanley Matthews Stoke, Hanley & Blackpool
Billy Bremner Leeds
Tom Finney - Preston
Sir Matt Busby - Manchester United

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Bobby Moore.Wembley
Jackie Milburn -Newcastle
Emlyn Hughes- Barrow ( Liverpool)
Johnny Haynes - Fulham

English Football Hall of Fame inductees

The National Football Museum is a museum in Preston, Lancashire, England, founded to preserve, conserve and interpret several important collections of Association Football memorabilia. It was built outside Deepdale as the stadium is, as of 2008, the oldest continuously used football league ground in the world. The trustees have voted to move the museum to the Urbis exhibition centre in Manchester, with Preston becoming a secondary site. However, this depends on funding from Manchester City Council and the North West Development Agency. The FA, however, are reported to be committed to spending around £10million on a state-of-the-art museum at Wembley by 2011. Its president is Manchester United legend Sir Bobby Charlton.  English Football Hall of Fame  is housed at the museum
Tony Adams  Liam Brady Stan Cullis Alan Hansen Tommy Lawton Bill Nicholson  Bill Shankly Ian Wright
Viv Anderson Billy Bremner Kenny Dalglish Johnny Haynes Gary Lineker Bob Paisley Alan Shearer Gianfranco Zola
Alan Ball, Jr. Matt Busby Dixie Dean Glenn Hoddle Nat Lofthouse Lily Parr Peter Shilton
Debbie Bampton Eric Cantona Peter Doherty Mark Hughes Sue Lopez Martin Peters Graeme Souness
Gordon Banks Philip Carter Duncan Edwards Roger Hunt Dave Mackay  Hope Powell Marieanne Spacey
John Barnes Herbert Chapman Alex Ferguson Geoff Hurst Frank McLintock Niall Quinn Nobby Stiles
Cliff Bastin John Charles Tom Finney Alex James Wilf Mannion Alf Ramsey Bert Trautmann
Colin Bell Bobby Charlton Paul Gascoigne Pat Jennings Stanley Matthews Don Revie Karen Walker
Dennis Bergkamp Jack Charlton Ryan Giggs Roy Keane Billy Meredith Bobby Robson Arsène Wenger
George Best Brian Clough Dario Gradi Kevin Keegan Jackie Milburn Bryan Robson Arthur Wharton
Danny Blanchflower Pauline Cope Jimmy Greaves Howard Kendall Bobby Moore Ian Rush Walter Winterbottom
Sepp Blatter Gillian Coultard Ron Greenwood Denis Law Stan Mortensen Peter Schmeichel Billy Wright 
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Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year

Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year (often called the FWA Footballer of the Year, or in England simply the Footballer of the Year) is an annual award given to the player who is adjudged to have been the best of the season in English football. The award has been presented since the 1947–48 season, when the inaugural winner was Blackpool winger Stanley Matthews. The latest winner of the award as of 2008-09 is Steven Gerrard of Liverpool. Eight players have won the award on more than one occasion, the most recent being Cristiano Ronaldo, who won his second award in the 2007–08 season.

The winner is selected by a vote amongst the members of the Football Writers' Association (FWA), which comprises around 400 football journalists based throughout England. The award was instigated at the suggestion of Charles Buchan, a former professional footballer turned journalist and one of the Association's founders. The change in English Football is shown in that until 194-5 Only two footballers from outside the UK & Eire had won. Since then 11 European Footballers have won and only 4 from the UK & Eire. Back in 1955 when Chelsea applied to be the first English team to play in the European Cup the Football League refused them. For the Football League read Alan Hardaker, Secretary and unbending autocrat, who said that he didn’t like dealing with football in Europe: “Too many wogs and Dagoes”. His attitude was supremely negative and self-aggrandising, probably influenced by the fear that his own competition would be overshadowed by the new one. How very right he was!
Year     Nationality
Player   Club  
1947–48 England Stanley Matthews Blackpool
1948–49 Republic of Ireland Carey, JohnnyJohnny Carey Manchester United
1949–50 England Mercer, JoeJoe Mercer Arsenal
1950–51 England Johnston, HarryHarry Johnston Blackpool
1951–52 England Wright, BillyBilly Wright Wolverhampton Wanderers
1952–53 England Lofthouse, NatNat Lofthouse Bolton Wanderers
1953–54 England Finney, TomTom Finney Preston North End
1954–55 England Revie, DonDon Revie Manchester City
1955–56 Germany Trautmann, BertBert Trautmann Manchester City
1956–57 England Finney, TomTom Finney Preston North End
1957–58 Northern Ireland Blanchflower, DannyDanny Blanchflower Tottenham Hotspur
1958–59 England Owen, SydSyd Owen Luton Town
1959–60 England Slater, BillBill Slater Wolverhampton Wanderers
1960–61 Northern Ireland Blanchflower, DannyDanny Blanchflower Tottenham Hotspur
1961–62 England Adamson, JimmyJimmy Adamson Burnley
1962–63 England Matthews, StanleyStanley Matthews Stoke City
1963–64 England Moore, BobbyBobby Moore West Ham United
1964–65 Scotland Collins, BobbyBobby Collins Leeds United
1965–66 England Charlton, BobbyBobby Charlton Manchester United
1966–67 England Charlton, JackJack Charlton Leeds United
1967–68 Northern Ireland Best, GeorgeGeorge Best Manchester United
1968–69 England Book, TonyTony Book (joint winner) Manchester City
1968–69 Scotland Dave MackayDave Mackay (joint winner) Derby County
1969–70 Scotland Bremner, BillyBilly Bremner Leeds United
1970–71 Scotland McLintock, FrankFrank McLintock Arsenal
1971–72 England Banks, GordonGordon Banks Stoke City
1972–73 Northern Ireland Jennings, PatPat Jennings Tottenham Hotspur
1973–74 England Callaghan, IanIan Callaghan Liverpool
1974–75 England Mullery, AlanAlan Mullery Fulham
1975–76 England Keegan, KevinKevin Keegan Liverpool
1976–77 England Hughes, EmlynEmlyn Hughes Liverpool
1977–78 Scotland Burns, KennyKenny Burns Nottingham Forest
1978–79 Scotland Dalglish, KennyKenny Dalglish Liverpool
1979–80 England McDermott, TerryTerry McDermott Liverpool
1980–81 Netherlands Thijssen, FransFrans Thijssen Ipswich Town
1981–82 England Perryman, SteveSteve Perryman Tottenham Hotspur
1982–83 Scotland Dalglish, KennyKenny Dalglish Liverpool
1983–84 Wales Rush, IanIan Rush Liverpool
1984–85 Wales Southall, NevilleNeville Southall Everton
1985–86 England Lineker, GaryGary Lineker Everton
1986–87 England Allen, CliveClive Allen Tottenham Hotspur
1987–88 England Barnes, JohnJohn Barnes Liverpool
1988–89 Scotland Nicol, SteveSteve Nicol Liverpool
1989–90 England Barnes, JohnJohn Barnes Liverpool
1990–91 Scotland Strachan, GordonGordon Strachan Leeds United
1991–92 England Lineker, GaryGary Lineker Tottenham Hotspur
1992–93 England Waddle, ChrisChris Waddle Sheffield Wednesday
1993–94 England Shearer, AlanAlan Shearer Blackburn Rovers
1994–95 Germany Klinsmann, JürgenJürgen Klinsmann Tottenham Hotspur
1995–96 France Cantona, EricEric Cantona Manchester United
1996–97 Italy Zola, GianfrancoGianfranco Zola Chelsea
1997–98 Netherlands Bergkamp, DennisDennis Bergkamp Arsenal
1998–99 France Ginola, DavidDavid Ginola Tottenham Hotspur
1999–00 Republic of Ireland Keane, RoyRoy Keane Manchester United
2000–01 England Sheringham, TeddyTeddy Sheringham Manchester United
2001–02 France Pirès, RobertRobert Pirès Arsenal
2002–03 France Henry, ThierryThierry Henry Arsenal
2003–04 France Henry, ThierryThierry Henry Arsenal
2004–05 England Lampard, FrankFrank Lampard Chelsea
2005–06 France Henry, ThierryThierry Henry Arsenal
2006–07 Portugal Ronaldo, CristianoCristiano Ronaldo Manchester United
2007–08 Portugal Ronaldo, CristianoCristiano Ronaldo Manchester United
2008–09 England Gerrard, StevenSteven Gerrard Liverpool
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Playing Away: The A�Z of Soccer Sex Scandals chronicles the antics of the stars who moved football from the back page to the front. It�s the first definitive guide for fans, agents, managers�and even cheating players' unsuspecting partners. As well as recording the latest scandals it puts the record straight on long-running rumours � did Eric Cantona really bed Leslie Ash?  Playing Away reveals the:60s and 70s bedhopping of superstuds Malcolm Allison, George Best and Frank Worthington. 80s excesses of Pat Van den Hauwe, Mark Dennis and Peter Shilton. 90s naughtiness of Viv Anderson, John Barnes and Bryan Robson. Post-Millennium madness of cross-dressing Dwight Yorke and Mark Bosnich and the daftest love rat of the lot, Gary Flitcroft.
Plus the:
Jail disgrace of Graham Rix, Peter Storey and Mickey Thomas. Courtroom battles of Celestine Babayaro and David Jones. Tragedies of Justin Fashanu and Alan Hudson.
And it�s not just about players. It chronicles the:
Bedroom games of boardroom giants Martin Edwards, Ken Bates and Matthew Harding.
Two-timing tactics of bosses like Ron Atkinson, Ruud Gullit and Glenn Hoddle.
Secrets of the men behind the microphones - colourful commentators like Andy Gray, Jimmy Hill, Des Lynam and Gerald Sinstadt.
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Accrington Stanley stars Peter Cavanagh, David Mannix, Robert Williams, James Harris  and Bury player Andrew Mangan were alleged to have bet more than £10,000 on the outcome of a game between the two teams. Harris was handed the heaviest ban - one year - and was also fined £4,000. Mannix was fined £4000 and suspended for 10 months while Williams was fined £3,500 and banned for eight months. In addition, Mangan was given a£2,000 fine and suspended from all football for five months.
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AND NOW THE PEOPLE WHO RAN THE CLUBS
Foreign players dominate our teams, foreign coaches manage all our leading clubs and now the foreign owners are elbowing their way into our boardrooms. I don't know, they come over here, nicking our clubs, using the word 'franchise', eating pumpkin pie. Anyway, we've found 10 reasons why they can't be any worse than some of the home-grown rascals who have run our precious clubs. This is not a definitive list. Sadly there are plenty more where these came from.
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toptenBOB LORD. The Butcher of Burnley

What was he like?  He rarely spoke with fans.

At the first game of 1981, at Brentford, he was sat on the team coach when a young supporter leaned in and said ‘Happy New Year Mr. Lord’. He would have been around 7 or 8 years old and was wearing new scarf, bob cap etc. He was ignored so tried again. Again ignored he climbed onto the first step of the coach and repeated his greeting. This time a reply, ‘Get off this bus,’ said the Burnley chairman.

He did have an amazing ability to upset people though and didn’t like it when things didn’t go his own way. He once stood for President of the Football League and was totally confident that he would be elected by a comfortable margin. In the end he lost out to Newcastle’s Lord Westwood, a dodgy looking character with a patch over one eye. People who he thought would back him didn’t and he didn’t like it. He called the decision a disgrace and said the problem was the fact that Lord came at the wrong end of his name. "I wasn’t born with a silver spoon in my mouth," he added.
He always put Burnley first. On one occasion, during one of his regular disagreements with the television companies, he decided he didn’t want the cameras inside Turf Moor. He said very publicly, "If the BBC don’t shift their cameras from Turf Moor I’ll be down there myself and personally burn them. They are on the ground without our consent and I don’t care if even Harold Wilson (then Prime Minister) has given them permission."

The year of 1974 though was his peak for TV arguments. He banned all the Burnley directors from Elland Road because then Leeds chairman had took offence at his remarks about Jews and the way television was being run by them. The banned directors missed a treat as Burnley won 4-1. Only weeks before the BBC had to show a League game on their FA Cup special as Lord banned the cameras yet again from Turf Moor for a 6th round tie against Wrexham, a game they won 1-0.

When we complain today about the lack of positive comment from the media this might explain why to some extent.
Rogue Directors of Football Clubs abound & some stories are unbelieveable- they include the self sstyled Teenager "Property Tycoon" who was the saviour of Aldershot Town and Ken Bates who called a Football Press Conference to announce he was leaving him wife. See more about Ken in The Battle of Stamford Bridge 1066/Today

No. Owner / Club Details
1 Ken Richardson
Doncaster
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In 1995 Ken Richardson hired two local crooks to burn down the main stand. One, an ex SAS man, left his mobile phone at the scene and even the South Yorks plod managed to rumble the protagonists. Richardson was found guilty in 1999 and jailed for four years. Other stunts pulled included attempting to sell the ground even though it was owned by the council and his eccentric managerial appointment of a certain Mark Weaver who'd previously run the club shop. At Stockport.
2 Darren Brown
Chesterfield
Former chairman Darren Brown
Brown came to prominence with his ownership of the Sheffield Steelers ice hockey team, a dominant force in the sport. Brown wanted to branch into football and `bought' Chesterfield, a well run and profitable club, with money borrowed from the previous owner. He proceeded to run the club into the ground by robbing them of around £1m to fund a lavish lifestyle and prop up his other, ailing sports clubs. His extravagances included using club funds to buy a £2,500 lawn mower and paying the council tax of numerous American ice hockey players. The Serious Fraud Office investigated Brown and he was found guilty and sentenced to 4 years for his plundering of the club in 2004.
3 Anton Johnson
Rotherham
Southend
Scarborough
Johnson was a scoundrel who ran Rotherham into the ground in the early 1980s before owning Southend, without giving up his holdings at Millmoor. He illegally owned two clubs and was guilty of financial malpractice at both. In 1985 the FA banned him from ever being involved in football again. Naturally he washed up at Scarborough in 1998 after an abortive attempt to buy Doncaster off our old pal, Ken Richardson. Scarborough were relegated from the Football League in 1999.
4 Peter Ridsdale
Leeds Utd
Barnsley

"We lived the dream". Those words, we think, we're used to justify his suicidal financial gamble to establish Leeds as a major force in European football. It failed. Currently they're not even a force in Yorkshire football. Ridsdale was a self proclaimed fan in the director's box. He was also a media whore with an eye for a photo op (see his walk on the pitch to the Leeds fans at the height of his grandstanding). He left Leeds with a disastrous legacy which he's never properly acknowledged and after washing up briefly at Barnsley (who were also in free-fall) he is now fronting the consortium running Cardiff. The proverbial guy who falls in a dung heap and comes out smelling of aftershave. Well, Blue Stratos anyway.
5 Freddie Shepherd
Newcastle
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A man with the looks of Austin Powers' foe Fat Bastard, but without the charm. Shepherd represents a corporate fat cat mentality that has come with the advent of the Premiership. He is owner caste equivalent of the footballing badge kisser, always ready with a trophy signing, P45 for the gaffer or yet another attention deflecting speech about the `Geordie Nation'. This odious man really showed off his true colours, and sadly much else, when he was the victim of a News of the World sting, where he laughed at the fans that bought overpriced shirts and slated Newcastle women. All this from the comfortable vantage point of a far eastern brothel.
No. Owner / Club Details
6 George Reynolds
Darlington
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This ex-con was a self made multi-millionaire who washed up at Darlington in 1999 promising to take them into the Premiership. Bizarrely, he then built the club a superb 27,000 seater stadium. Staggering, as the clubs average crowd was around 4,000. He totally failed to bring in the players necessary for progress and saddled the club with massive debts and a white elephant of a stadium. In 2005 after leaving the club, he was convicted of tax evasion and was sentenced to 3 years. A classic rags to riches to rags story.
7 Douglas Craig
York City
Craig first sprang to prominence in 1994 when he became the only club chairman to refuse to sign up to a national anti-racism campaign, a stance he maintained for six years. Craig almost sent City to the wall in 2002 when he `transferred' ownership of Bootham Crescent to a holding company for £165,000 and then tried to force the club to buy back the ground (for £4.5m!) or he would close the club down. A supporters Trust was founded and after a gargantuan effort, secured the ground and the clubs future. Craig, of course, made a massive profit. What was particularly galling was his role at the FA enabled him to participate in decisions such as the relocation of Wimbledon to Milton Keynes. It so reassuring to know that the fate of the game lies with such genuine people.
8 Terry Venables
Tottenham
Portsmouth
It's debatable whether El Tel has ever truly owned a club, but those which he has run have always managed to be in a much worse state than when he took over. Alan Sugar installed him as managing director at Spurs in 1991 after he'd failed to land the club with another business partner. Sugar dismissed Venables in 1993 after an acrimonious split. He later bought a 51% stake in Portsmouth in 1997 for £1, grabbed as much money as he legally could and disappeared back out of the door with the club bottom of the league. The DTI managed to get Venables disqualified from being a company director in 1998, partly down to his dealings at Tottenham. He then settled down to the job he was surely destined for. Ruining a once formidable coaching reputation by playing Phil Neal to McLaren's Graham Taylor.
9 Robert Maxwell
Oxford Utd
Derby County
The bouncing Czech rolled into the university city, not noted for its footballing heritage, in 1982. Within 2 years he'd shown his commitment to the club by trying to buy Manchester United and attempting to merge Oxford with local rivals Reading, to form the ludicrously titled Thames Valley Royals. To be fair, the team performed miracles under his stewardship as the astute management of Jim Smith took them into the First Division in 1985 and then to a Milk Cup final victory in 1986. In 1987 Maxwell bought Derby and installed his son, Kevin, as Chairman at the Manor Ground. Oxford suffered heavily from the aftermath of Maxwell's suicide in 1991 and have never really recovered.

10 Stan Flashman
Barnet
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Flashman was a Cockney ticket tout of the old school, operating in circles, shady even for lower league chairmen. More in the rogue than villain category, Flashman owned Barnet as they made it to the Football League under the gregarious management of Barry Fry. He ran the club from 1985 to 1993 and Fry reckoned he was sacked and reinstated 8 times during his tenure. Flashman died in 1999 aged 69.
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It was a letter from William McGregor, a director at Aston Villa, to four other clubs on March 2, 1888, which led to the formation of the world's first league football competition. "I beg to tender the following suggestion," McGregor, a Perthshire-born draper, wrote to Blackburn Rovers, Bolton Wanderers, Preston North End and West Bromwich Albion, "that ten or twelve of the most prominent clubs in England combine to arrange home-and-away fixtures each season…"   Three weeks later, on the eve of West Bromwich's victory over Preston in the FA Cup final, a meeting was held at Anderton's Hotel in Fleet Street, London, to discuss McGregor's plans. A further meeting on April 17 at the Royal Hotel, Manchester, agreed the name 'The Football League', and the first season kicked off on September 8 with 12 member clubs.The first winners were Preston North End (see picture to the right)  Over time, the competition has grown from a single division of twelve clubs to its present four tier structure of Premier League (which became independent in 1996), Championship, League One and League Two, with 92 clubs in membership. Since 1986, automatic promotion and relegation between the Football League and National Conference has been in effect, making it theoretically possible for a club to climb from the very lowest level of the pyramid all the way to the English Premiership. 

Football League (1888–1892)

Year Champions
(number of titles)
Runners-up Third place Leading goalscorer Goals
1888–89 Preston North End[ Aston Villa Wolverhampton Wanderers John Goodall (Preston North End) 21
1889–90 Preston North End
Everton Blackburn Rovers Jimmy Ross (Preston North End) 24
1890–91 Everton 
Preston North End Notts County Jack Southworth (Blackburn Rovers) 26
1891–92 Sunderland
Preston North End Bolton Wanderers John Campbell (Sunderland) 32

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Year Champions
(number of titles)
Runners-up Third place Leading goalscorer Goals
1892–93 Sunderland 
Preston North End Everton John Campbell (Sunderland) 31
1893–94 Aston Villa 
Sunderland Derby County Jack Southworth (Everton) 27
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Everton Aston Villa John Campbell (Sunderland) 22
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Derby County Everton Johnny Campbell (Aston Villa)
Steve Bloomer (Derby County)
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Sunderland Wolverhampton Wanderers Fred Wheldon (Aston Villa) 21
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Sunderland Notts County Steve Bloomer (Derby County) 23
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Aston Villa Sunderland Sam Raybould (Liverpool) 31
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Manchester City Everton Steve Bloomer (Derby County) 20
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Everton Manchester City Arthur Brown (Sheffield United) 22
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Preston North End Sheffield Wednesday Albert Shepherd (Bolton Wanderers) 26
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Bristol City Everton Alex Young (Everton) 30
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Aston Villa Manchester City Enoch West (Nottingham Forest) 27
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Everton Sunderland Bert Freeman (Everton) 38
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Aston Villa Sunderland Albert Shepherd (Newcastle United) 25
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Everton Newcastle United Harry Hampton (Aston Villa)
George Holley (Sunderland)
David McLean (The Wednesday)
25
1912–13 Sunderland (5) Aston Villa Sheffield Wednesday David McLean (The Wednesday) 30
1913–14 Blackburn Rovers (2) Aston Villa Middlesbrough George Elliot (Middlesbrough) 32
1914–15 Everton (2) Oldham Athletic Blackburn Rovers Bobby Parker (Everton) 35
1916–19 League suspended due to the First World War
1919–20 West Bromwich Albion (1) Burnley Chelsea Fred Morris (West Bromwich Albion) 37
1920–21 Burnley (1) Manchester City Bolton Wanderers Joe Smith (Bolton Wanderers) 38
1921–22 Liverpool (3) Tottenham Hotspur Burnley Andy Wilson (Middlesbrough) 31
1922–23 Liverpool (4) Sunderland Huddersfield Town Charlie Buchan (Sunderland) 30
1923–24 Huddersfield Town (1) Cardiff City Sunderland Wilf Chadwick (Everton) 28
1924–25 Huddersfield Town (2) West Bromwich Albion Bolton Wanderers Frank Roberts (Manchester City) 31
1925–26 Huddersfield Town (3) Arsenal Sunderland Ted Harper (Blackburn Rovers) 43
1926–27 Newcastle United (4) Huddersfield Town Sunderland Jimmy Trotter (The Wednesday) 37
1927–28 Everton (3) Huddersfield Town Leicester City Dixie Dean (Everton) 60
1928–29 The Wednesday (3) Leicester City Aston Villa Dave Halliday (Sunderland) 43
1929–30 Sheffield Wednesday (4) Derby County Manchester City Vic Watson (West Ham United) 41
1930–31 Arsenal (1) Aston Villa Sheffield Wednesday Tom Waring (Aston Villa) 49
1931–32 Everton (4) Arsenal Sheffield Wednesday Dixie Dean (Everton) 44
1932–33 Arsenal (2) Aston Villa Sheffield Wednesday Jack Bowers (Derby County) 35
1933–34 Arsenal (3) Huddersfield Town Tottenham Hotspur Jack Bowers (Derby County) 34
1934–35 Arsenal (4) Sunderland Sheffield Wednesday Ted Drake (Arsenal) 42
1935–36 Sunderland (6*) Derby County Huddersfield Town W. G. Richardson (West Bromwich Albion) 39
1936–37 Manchester City (1) Charlton Athletic Arsenal Freddie Steele (Stoke City) 33
1937–38 Arsenal (5) Wolverhampton Wanderers Preston North End Tommy Lawton (Everton) 28
1938–39 Everton (5) Wolverhampton Wanderers Charlton Athletic Tommy Lawton (Everton) 35
1940–46 League suspended due to the Second World War
1946–47 Liverpool (5) Manchester United Wolverhampton Wanderers Dennis Westcott (Wolverhampton Wanderers) 37
1947–48 Arsenal (6*) Manchester United Burnley Ronnie Rooke (Arsenal) 33
1948–49 Portsmouth (1) Manchester United Derby County Willie Moir (Bolton Wanderers) 25
1949–50 Portsmouth (2) Wolverhampton Wanderers Sunderland Dickie Davis (Sunderland) 25
1950–51 Tottenham Hotspur (1) Manchester United Blackpool Stan Mortensen (Blackpool) 30
1951–52 Manchester United (3) Tottenham Hotspur Arsenal George Robledo (Newcastle United) 33
1952–53 Arsenal (7*) Preston North End Wolverhampton Wanderers Charlie Wayman (Preston North End) 24
1953–54 Wolverhampton Wanderers (1) West Bromwich Albion Huddersfield Town Jimmy Glazzard (Huddersfield Town) 29
1954–55 Chelsea (1) Wolverhampton Wanderers Portsmouth Ronnie Allen (West Bromwich Albion) 27
1955–56 Manchester United (4) Blackpool Wolverhampton Wanderers Nat Lofthouse (Bolton Wanderers) 33
1956–57 Manchester United (5) Tottenham Hotspur Preston North End John Charles (Leeds United) 38
1957–58 Wolverhampton Wanderers (2) Preston North End Tottenham Hotspur Bobby Smith (Tottenham Hotspur) 36
1958–59 Wolverhampton Wanderers (3) Manchester United Arsenal Jimmy Greaves (Chelsea) 33
1959–60 Burnley (2) Wolverhampton Wanderers Tottenham Hotspur Dennis Viollet (Manchester United) 32
1960–61 Tottenham Hotspur (2) Sheffield Wednesday Wolverhampton Wanderers Jimmy Greaves (Chelsea) 41
1961–62 Ipswich Town (1) Burnley Tottenham Hotspur Ray Crawford (Ipswich Town)
Derek Kevan (West Bromwich Albion)
33
1962–63 Everton (6) Tottenham Hotspur Burnley Jimmy Greaves (Tottenham Hotspur) 37
1963–64 Liverpool (6) Manchester United Everton Jimmy Greaves (Tottenham Hotspur) 35
1964–65 Manchester United (6) Leeds United Chelsea Andy McEvoy (Blackburn Rovers)
Jimmy Greaves (Tottenham Hotspur)
29
1965–66 Liverpool (7*) Leeds United Burnley Willie Irvine (Burnley) 29
1966–67 Manchester United (7*) Nottingham Forest Tottenham Hotspur Ron Davies (Southampton) 37
1967–68 Manchester City (2) Manchester United Liverpool George Best (Manchester United)
Ron Davies (Southampton)
28
1968–69 Leeds United (1) Liverpool Everton Jimmy Greaves (Tottenham Hotspur) 27
1969–70 Everton (7*) Leeds United Chelsea Jeff Astle (West Bromwich Albion) 25
1970–71 Arsenal (8*) Leeds United Tottenham Hotspur Tony Brown (West Bromwich Albion) 28
1971–72 Derby County (1) Leeds United Liverpool Francis Lee (Manchester City) 33
1972–73 Liverpool[2] (8*) Arsenal Leeds United Pop Robson (West Ham United) 28
1973–74 Leeds United (2) Liverpool Derby County Mick Channon (Southampton) 21
1974–75 Derby County (2) Liverpool Ipswich Town Malcolm Macdonald (Newcastle United) 21
1975–76 Liverpool[2] (9*) Queens Park Rangers Manchester United Ted MacDougall (Norwich City) 23
1976–77 Liverpool[4] (10*) Manchester City Ipswich Town Malcolm Macdonald (Arsenal)
Andy Gray (Aston Villa)
25
1977–78 Nottingham Forest[4] (1) Liverpool Everton Bob Latchford (Everton) 30
1978–79 Liverpool (11*) Nottingham Forest West Bromwich Albion Frank Worthington (Bolton Wanderers) 24
1979–80 Liverpool (12*) Manchester United Ipswich Town Phil Boyer (Southampton) 23
1980–81 Aston Villa (7) Ipswich Town Arsenal Peter Withe (Aston Villa)
Steve Archibald (Tottenham Hotspur)
20
1981–82[5] Liverpool[5](13*) Ipswich Town Manchester United Kevin Keegan (Southampton) 26
1982–83 Liverpool[4] (14*) Watford Manchester United Luther Blissett (Watford) 27
1983–84 Liverpool[3][4] (15*) Southampton Nottingham Forest Ian Rush (Liverpool) 32
1984–85 Everton[6] (8) Liverpool Tottenham Hotspur Kerry Dixon (Chelsea)
Gary Lineker (Leicester City)
24
1985–86 Liverpool (16*) Everton West Ham United Gary Lineker (Everton) 30
1986–87 Everton (9) Liverpool Tottenham Hotspur Clive Allen (Tottenham Hotspur) 33
1987–88 Liverpool (17*) Manchester United Nottingham Forest John Aldridge (Liverpool) 26
1988–89 Arsenal (9) Liverpool Nottingham Forest Alan Smith (Arsenal) 23
1989–90 Liverpool (18*) Aston Villa Tottenham Hotspur Gary Lineker (Tottenham Hotspur) 24
1990–91 Arsenal (10) Liverpool Crystal Palace Alan Smith (Arsenal) 22
1991–92 Leeds United (3) Manchester United Sheffield Wednesday Ian Wright (Crystal Palace/Arsenal) 29

 Premier League (1992–present)

Year Champions
 
Runners-up Third place Leading goalscorer Goals
1992–93 Manchester United 
Aston Villa Norwich City Teddy Sheringham (Nottingham Forest/Tottenham Hotspur) 22
1993–94 Manchester United 
Blackburn Rovers Newcastle United Andrew Cole (Newcastle United) 34
1994–95 Blackburn Rovers F.C. 
Manchester United Nottingham Forest Alan Shearer (Blackburn Rovers) 34
1995–96 Manchester United 
Newcastle United Liverpool Alan Shearer (Blackburn Rovers) 31
1996–97 Manchester United 
Newcastle United Arsenal Alan Shearer (Newcastle United) 25
1997–98 Arsenal 
Manchester United Liverpool Chris Sutton (Blackburn Rovers)
Dion Dublin (Coventry City)
Michael Owen (Liverpool)
18
1998–99 Manchester United  Arsenal Chelsea Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink (Leeds United)
Michael Owen (Liverpool)
Dwight Yorke (Manchester United)
18
1999–2000 Manchester United 
Arsenal Leeds United Kevin Phillips (Sunderland) 30
2000–01 Manchester United
Arsenal Liverpool Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink (Chelsea) 23
2001–02 Arsenal 
Liverpool Manchester United Thierry Henry (Arsenal) 24
2002–03 Manchester United
Arsenal Newcastle United Ruud van Nistelrooy (Manchester United) 25
2003–04 Arsenal[1] 
Chelsea Manchester United Thierry Henry (Arsenal) 30
2004–05 Chelsea  Arsenal Manchester United Thierry Henry (Arsenal) 25
2005–06 Chelsea
Manchester United Liverpool Thierry Henry (Arsenal) 27
2006–07 Manchester United
Chelsea Liverpool Didier Drogba (Chelsea) 20
2007–08 Manchester United
Chelsea Arsenal Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United) 31
2008–09 Manchester United  Liverpool Chelsea Nicolas Anelka (Chelsea) 19
FOOTBALL LEAGUE KITS
Below you may click on to see the different kits they all have worn compiled by www.historicalkits.co.uk

Aberdare Athletic Accrington Accrington Stanley Accrington Stanley (2) Aldershot Aldershot Town Arsenal Ashington
Aston Villa Barnet Barnsley Barrow Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Blackpool Bolton Wanderers
Bootle Boston United AFC Bournemouth Bradford City Bradford Park Avenue Brentford Brighton Bristol City
Bristol Rovers Burnley Burton Albion Burton Swifts Burton United Burton Wanderers Bury Cambridge United
Cardiff City Carlisle United Charlton Athletic Chelsea Cheltenham Town Chester City Chesterfield Colchester United
Coventry City Crewe Alexandra Crystal Palace Dagenham & Redbridge Darlington Darwen Derby County Doncaster Rovers
Durham City Everton Exeter City Fulham Gainsborough Trinity Gateshead Gillingham Glossop
Grimsby Town Halifax Town Hartlepool United Hereford United Huddersfield Town Hull City Ipswich Town Kidderminster Harriers
Leeds City Leeds United Leicester City Leyton Orient Lincoln City Liverpool Loughborough Luton Town
Macclesfield Town Maidstone United Manchester City Manchester United Mansfield Town Merthyr Town Middlesbrough Middlesbrough Ironopolis
Millwall Milton Keynes Dons Morecambe Nelson New Brighton New Brighton Tower Newcastle United Newport County
Northampton Town Northwich Victoria Norwich City Nottingham Forest Notts County Oldham Athletic Oxford United