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PFA Merit Award

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Gerrard playing for Liverpool F.C. in 2014
Lampard playing for Chelsea in 2014
Steven Gerrard of Liverpool and Frank Lampard of Chelsea were joint winners in 2015

The Professional Footballers' Association Merit Award (often called the PFA Merit Award, or simply the Merit Award) is an award given by the Professional Footballers' Association (the PFA) for meritorious service to football.[1]

The award was first given in 1974, and was won (jointly) by Bobby Charlton and Cliff Lloyd. The latest winners of the award are Ian Wright and Jill Scott.

List of winners

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1970s

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Year Winner(s) Note
1974 England Sir Bobby Charlton CBE, OBE First winners of the award
England Cliff Lloyd
1975 Scotland Denis Law CBE First winner of the award from outside England
1976 England George Eastham OBE
1977 England Jack Taylor OBE
1978 Scotland Bill Shankly OBE
1979 England Sir Tom Finney OBE

1980s

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Year Winner(s) Notes
1980 Scotland Sir Matt Busby OBE
1981 England John Trollope MBE
1982 England Joe Mercer OBE
1983 England Bob Paisley OBE
1984 England Bill Nicholson OBE
1985 England Ron Greenwood CBE
1986 England England World Cup squad 1966
1987 England Sir Stanley Matthews CBE
1988 England Billy Bonds MBE
1989 England Nat Lofthouse OBE

1990s

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Year Winner(s) Notes
1990 England Peter Shilton OBE
1991 Scotland Tommy Hutchison
1992 England Brian Clough OBE
1993 England Manchester United European Cup squad 1968 Republic of Ireland Shay Brennan and Republic of Ireland Tony Dunne
Joint first winner of the award from outside Great Britain
Joint first winner of the award from outside the United Kingdom
Portugal Eusébio Joint first winner of the award from outside Great Britain
Joint first winner of the award from outside the United Kingdom
1994 Northern Ireland Billy Bingham MBE
1995 Scotland Gordon Strachan OBE
1996 Brazil Pelé First winner of the award from outside Europe
1997 England Peter Beardsley MBE
1998 England Steve Ogrizovic
1999 England Tony Ford MBE

2000s

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Year Winner(s) Notes
2000 England Gary Mabbutt MBE
2001 England Jimmy Hill OBE
2002 Republic of Ireland Niall Quinn
2003 England Sir Bobby Robson CBE
2004 Italy Dario Gradi MBE
2005 Trinidad and Tobago Shaka Hislop CM
2006 Northern Ireland George Best
2007 Scotland Sir Alex Ferguson CBE
2008 England Jimmy Armfield OBE
2009 England John McDermott

2010s

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Year Winner(s) Notes
2010 South Africa Lucas Radebe
2011 England Howard Webb
2012 Scotland Graham Alexander
2013 Manchester United Class of '92
2014 England Donald Bell VC
2015 England Steven Gerrard MBE[2]
England Frank Lampard OBE[2]
2016 Wales Ryan Giggs OBE[3]
2017 England David Beckham OBE
2018 England Cyrille Regis MBE[4]
2019 England Steph Houghton MBE[5] First female to receive award.

2020s

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Year Winner(s) Notes
2020 England Marcus Rashford MBE[6]
2021 England Gordon Taylor OBE[7]
2022 England Roy Hodgson CBE[8]
England Hope Powell OBE[9] First time men's and women's PFA Merit awards were separated
2023 England Ian Wright OBE[10]
England Jill Scott MBE[10]
2024 England Dean Lewington
England Fara Williams MBE

Breakdown of winners

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Winners by country

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Country Number of wins
 England 37
 Scotland 7
 Northern Ireland 2
 Trinidad and Tobago 1
 Italy
 Republic of Ireland
 Brazil
 Portugal
 South Africa
 Wales

References

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  1. ^ PFA Merit Award 1974-2007 Archived 15 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ a b "Gerrard & Lampard share PFA Merit Award". Goal.com. 26 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  3. ^ Sports, PA. "Ryan Giggs wins PFA Merit award". thepfa.com. Archived from the original on 9 May 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
  4. ^ "PFA Merit Award winner Cyrille Regis". thepfa.com. Archived from the original on 9 May 2018. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  5. ^ "PFA Merit Award winner Steph Houghton". thepfa.com. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  6. ^ "Rashford wins PFA Award". manutd.com. Manchester United. 8 September 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  7. ^ "Gordon Taylor receives PFA merit award for his services to football". sportsmole.co.uk. Sports Mole. 6 June 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  8. ^ "Roy Hodgson wins PFA Merit Award". PFA. 9 June 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  9. ^ "Hope Powell wins PFA Merit Award". PFA. 9 June 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  10. ^ a b "Rachel Daly and Erling Haaland win PFA player of the year awards". The Guardian. 29 August 2023. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
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