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Bates re-elected for final year
Following the 2011 FWA Annual General Meeting held in London on Tuesday May 24th current National Chairman Steve Bates, who has held the post for the past three years, was unanimously re-elected to serve a final year in office.The meeting also unanimously approved the appointment of Andy Dunn as Deputy Chairman. Andy will succeed Steve as Chairman of the FWA at the start of the 2012-13 season.
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Staggered Parker collects FWA award
Scott Parker admitted he was "staggered" to have collected the 2011 Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year Award.In what was one of the closest contests of recent seasons, Parker topped the poll of journalists ahead of Tottenham defender Gareth Bale.
The England international - who started his career at Charlton before spells with Chelsea and Newcastle ahead of joining the Irons in 2007 - was guest of honour as he collected the prestigious accolade, which has been running since 1948, at a gala dinner at the Lancaster London Hotel on May 12.
Tags: Footballer of the Year, FWA, fwa events, scott parker, west ham united
British Sports Books Awards: Results
Patrick Barclay and Brian Scovell, both members of the FWA Committee of long standing, both had books nominated in the 2011 British Sports Books Awards at the Savoy on May 9. Patrick's was "Football - Bloody Hell" a biography of Sir ALex Ferguson and Brian's was "Bill Nicholson: Football's Perfectionist."Brian's book which has just come out in paperback, was also entered in the Biogaphy Section. Five of our Committe members chose Anthony Clavane's "Promised Lane The Reinvention of Leeds United" in the Football Section and they were Mike Collett (chairman), Martin Lipton, Glenn Moore, John Ley and Gerry Cox.
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