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PFA Award Winners

The following Northern Ireland players have been honoured by the English Professional Footballers' Association:

Players' Player of the Year:
1976 Pat Jennings (Tottenham Hotspur)

Fans' Player of the Year
League One
2016  Will Grigg (Wigan Athletic)

Merit Award:
1993 George Best (as part of Manchester United' 1968 European Cup winning team)
1994 Billy Bingham
2006 George Best (posthumous)

Teams of the Year:

 

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II

III

IV

 

First Division

Second Division

Third Division

Fourth Division

1974

Pat Jennings (Tottenham H)

 

 

 

1975

1976

Pat Jennings (Tottenham H)

 

 

 

1977

George Best       (Fulham)

1978

 

 

 

 

1979

1980

 

 

 

 

1981

Danny Wilson (Chesterfield)

Derek Spence   (Southend Utd)

1982

 

 

Danny Wilson   (Chesterfield)

Bobby Campbell

(Bradford C)

1983

1984

 

 

Billy Hamilton    (Burnley)

Jimmy Harvey        (Hereford Utd)

1985

Danny Wilson      (Brighton & HA)

Bobby Campbell    (Bradford C)

Jimmy Harvey      (Hereford Utd)

Billy Hamilton       (Oxford Utd)

1986

 

Danny Wilson

(Brighton & HA)

 

Jimmy Harvey     (Hereford Utd)

1987

Jimmy Harvey     (Hereford Utd)

1988

 

 

 

 

1989

Sammy McIlroy   (Bury)

Jimmy Harvey (Hereford Utd)

1990

 

 

Jimmy Harvey   (Tranmere R)

 

1991

1992

 

 

 

 

 

Premier League

First Division

Second Division

Third Division

1993

1994

 

 

Jimmy Quinn     (Reading)

Neil Lennon        (Crewe Alex)

1995

Neil Lennon          (Crewe Alex)

1996

 

 

Neil Lennon          (Crewe Alex)

 

1997

Gerry Taggart             (Leicester C)

1998

 

 

Peter Kennedy    (Watford)

Jimmy Quinn         (Peterborough U)

1999

Maik Taylor           (Fulham)

Steve Robinson          (Bournemouth)

2000

 

 

Roy Carroll          (Wigan Ath)

 

2001

Maik Taylor         (Fulham)

2002

 

 

 

Michael Duff        (Cheltenham T)

2003

Alan Fettis                    (Hull C)

2004

 

 

 

 

 

Premier League

Championship

League One

League Two

2005

George McCartney     (Sunderland)

Stuart Elliott          (Hull C)

2006

 

 

 

Gareth McAuley         (Lincoln C)

2007

Tommy Doherty           (Wycombe W)

2008

 

 

 

 

2009

Tommy Doherty         (Wycombe W)

2010

 

Lee Camp            (Notti'm Forest)

 

 

2011

2012

 

 

 

 

2013

2014

 

 

 

Michael Smith          (Bristol Rovers)

2015

2016

 

 

Will Grigg          (Wigan Ath)

 

2017

2018

 

 

Will Grigg           (Wigan Ath)

Billy Kee          (Accrington St)

2019

Jamal Lewis            (Norwich C)

Ollie Norwood          (Sheffield Utd)

2020

 

 

 

 

2023

Paul Smyth         (Leyton Orient)

 

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II

III

IV


Multiple Selections:

Total

I

II

III

IV

Jimmy Harvey

6

0

0

1

5

Danny Wilson

4

0

2

2

0

Neil Lennon

3

0

0

2

1

Pat Jennings

2

2

0

0

0

Billy Hamilton

2

0

1

1

0

Maik Taylor

2

0

1

1

0

Will Grigg

2

0

0

2

0

Bobby.Campbell

2

0

0

1

1

Jimmy Quinn

2

0

0

1

1

Tommy Doherty

2

0

0

0

2


Team of the Century:
George Best (Manchester United, Stockport County, Fulham, Bournemouth)

Player of the Century:
Runner-Up: George Best (Manchester United, Stockport County, Fulham, Bournemouth)

See also:
Award Winners

Links:
PFA Website

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