Premier League Player Of The Year Betting

The online betting markets centring around the Premier League Player of the Year betting category is traditionally an interesting one that throws up a good selection of internet football betting opportunities to both the first time bettor and their experienced counterparts. Aside from the obvious and most popular Premier League Player of the Year betting market – that being the Outright Win – those amongst the interactive football betting community can opt to bet on any number of other potential outcomes; such as Naming The Top Three Nominees, How Many Nominations Will Manchester United Secure, How Many Players From The North West Will Make The Shortlist, Will The Winner Have Already Won The Award and How Many Chelsea Players Will  Make Shortlist to name but a few of the disciplines listed in the net's leading Premier League Player of the Year betting virtual sports books.

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Betting On PFA Premier League Player Of The Year Awards Growing In Popularity Amongst Online Community

Operating under a variety of different titles including (intake of a deep breath....) The Professional Footballers' Association Players' Player of the Year/PFA Players' Player of the Year/The Players' Player of the Year/Player of the Year award, it is whatever you choose to call it a big deal for the Barclays Premier League players who are nominated by their fellow professional players year on year. It's the underlying fact that players are recognized not by pundits, sponsors, sports journalists or none descript corporate suits, but by their own team-mates and opposition players that gives the Premier League Player of the Year award so much credence in the eyes of the recipient.

There's nothing quite like the feeling of being observed, appreciated and respected by work colleagues and work-place rivals at the end of the day in whatever walk of life you choose to venture down, and with modern day professional footballers there's no exception. Indeed, former Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester United and England goal machine, Teddy Sheringham once described receiving the Premier League Player of the Year award as “the biggest personal award you can get in the game”, underlining the endorsement of your footballing achievements by those whose opinions you ultimately cherish most of all. Quite an admission in itself from today's footballing mega stars who are continually portrayed as being comprehensively out of touch with the emotions of the real world and the community outside of their ivory towers.

Henry, Ronaldo, Shearer And Hughes Only Footballers To Have Won Player Of The Year Twice

As of 2009, the Premier League Player of the Year betting accolade has been handed out to deserving parties on no fewer than 36 separate – yet equally as celebrated – occasion since it came into being as of the 1973-1974 top flight football season. Of course back the Premier League hadn't been dreamt up and the pinnacle of English football was found in what was the old First Division; the effective top tier of Association Football in this country. The first recipient of the award was Norman 'Bite yer legs' Hunter of Leeds United, whilst as we write (2009) the present holder of the gong is none other than loyal Manchester United servant, Ryan Giggs, who finally landed the honour after nearly two decades of successful football played at the highest level with the Red Devils under his belt. Only four Premier League players – none of whom now ply their football trade in the Premiership – have claimed the award on two previous counts; those being BBC Match of the Day pundit and Newcastle United manager-in-waiting, Alan Shearer, current Manchester City head honcho, Mark Hughes, reigning World Player of the Year for the 2008-2009 season and world's record transfer signing, Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo and ex-Arsenal-now-Barcelona and France forward, Thierry Henry. And of those, just the latter pair lay claim to having lifted the award in consecutive seasons. Seeing as statistics is what it's all about, you may wish to feast on the knowledge that of the aforementioned four, only Shearer has won the Premier League Player of the Year award whilst under the contract of two different employers. Just for the record, they are Blackburn Rovers and his home town team and boyhood heroes, Newcastle United.

Player Of The Year Award Nominations Voted For By Premier League Footballers

The process in which the Player of the Year award nominations are decided is a straight forward one, whereby members of the Professional Footballers' Association trade union (the PFA) are invited to elect two players from the current Barclays Premier League to put forward for inclusion in the voting procedure. The nominees can be chosen on the basis of their individual endeavours in any guise over the course of the season just gone, whether it be Barclays Premier League performances, FA Cup, Carling Cup and/or Champions League efforts; all competitions of which are taken into account by their fellow professionals when making their picks. This cursory part takes place in early spring of each year, and by April a shortlist of nominees has been drawn up based on the ballot. Later that same week, the eventual winner of that year's PFA Players' Player of the Year award and PFA Fans' Player of the Year is announced – alongside victors in other PFA voted awards declared simultaneously, such as the PFA Young Player of the Year award – at a prestigious venue in London, amid a glitzy and glamourous ceremony.

Previous winners of the Player of the Year read as a who's who of English football's good and great as you might expect it to, including Peter Shilton in 1977-1978 for his goal-keeping exploits whilst between the sticks for Nottingham Forest, Kevin Keegan in acknowledgement of his endeavours during the 1981-1982 season at Southampton, Kenny Dalglish and Ian Rush for Liverpool in 1982-1983 and 1984-1984 respectively, Manchester United's iconic number seven, Eric Cantona after the 1993-1994 campaign, Alan Shearer in recognition of his contributions at Blackburn Rovers (1994-1995) and Newcastle United (1996-1997), Thierry Henry with back-to-back wins whilst at Arsenal during 2002-2003 and 2003-2004 and most recently Cristiano Ronaldo whilst in the team colours of Manchester United in light of his industry in both the 2006-2007 and 2007-2008 season.

Manchester United Provided Most Player Of The Year Award Winners Since Start

In terms of which country has provided the highest number of Player of the Year award winners, and it's perhaps no surprise to learn that England has spawned the greatest number with 17, whilst both Wales and France share the runner-up honours as such, chalking up four winners apiece. The Republic of Ireland and Scotland have given us 3 winners from the outset, whilst Holland and Portugal have been responsible for 2. Northern Ireland completes the home nations picture with their 1 winner in the 1975-1976 season. There's also a clear leader in the winners by club stakes too, with more Manchester United footballers than any other club's past or present employees haven collected the Player of the Year gong, totalling 10 victories. Liverpool (5), Arsenal (4), Aston Villa and Tottenham Hotspur (3), Newcastle United and Everton (2) and Chelsea, Blackburn Rovers, Southampton, Ipswich Town, Nottingham Forest, Derby County and Leeds United make up the final quota with 1.