FWA Footballer of the Year FWA Footballer of the Year The 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 2017–18 is Mohamed Salah of Liverpool. Eight players have won the award on more than one occasion, the most recent being Cristiano
Ian Hamilton (footballer, born 1956) Netherlands on behalf of his brother David who was then Wigan Athletic's chief scout. Ian Hamilton (footballer, born 1956) Ian Hamilton (born 21 July 1956) is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder in the Football League for Darlington and in the Belgian First Division for Liège. Hamilton was born in South Shields, County Durham. He began his professional football career with Football League Fourth Division club Darlington, joining from Boldon Colliery Welfare in 1979. Over three seasons, he scored 19 goals from 103 appearances in league matches, and then moved to Belgium where he was to