PFA Merit Award

Gerrard playing for Liverpool F.C. 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 winner of the award is Ryan Giggs.

List of winners

1970s

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

1980s

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

1990s

Year	Winner(s)	Notes
1990	Peter Shilton OBE, MBE
1991	Tommy Hutchison
1992	Brian Clough OBE
1993	Manchester United European Cup squad 1968
1993	Eusébio	First winner of the award from outside Great Britain First winner of the award from outside the United Kingdom
1994	Billy Bingham MBE
1995	Gordon Strachan OBE
1996	Pelé	First winner of the award from outside Europe
1997	Peter Beardsley MBE
1998	Steve Ogrizovic
1999	Tony Ford MBE

2000s

Year	Winner(s)	Notes
2000	Gary Mabbutt MBE
2001	Jimmy Hill OBE
2002	Niall Quinn
2003	Sir Bobby Robson CBE
2004	Dario Gradi MBE
2005	Shaka Hislop
2006	George Best
2007	Sir Alex Ferguson CBE
2008	Jimmy Armfield OBE
2009	John McDermott

2010s

Year	Winner(s)	Notes
2010	Lucas Radebe
2011	Howard Webb
2012	Graham Alexander
2013	Manchester United Class of '92
2014	Donald Bell VC
2015	Steven Gerrard MBE ^[2]
2015	Frank Lampard OBE ^[2]
2016	Ryan Giggs OBE ^[3]

Breakdown of winners

Winners by country

Country	Number of wins
England	26
Scotland	8
Northern Ireland	2
Trinidad and Tobago	1
Italy
Republic of Ireland
Brazil
Portugal
South Africa
Wales

References

↑ PFA Merit Award 1974-2007
1 2 "Gerrard & Lampard share PFA Merit Award". Goal.com. 26 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
↑ Sports, PA. "Ryan Giggs wins PFA Merit award". www.thepfa.com. Retrieved 2016-04-25.

External links

The Official Website of the Professional Footballer's Association

Awards in English football

All time	100 League Legends Hall of Fame

Premier League	Manager of the Season Player of the Season Manager of the Month Player of the Month Winner's Medal Golden Boot Golden Glove 10 Seasons Awards 20 Seasons Awards

Football League	Football League Awards Championship Top Scorer Golden Glove Manager of the Month: Championship League One League Two First Division (defunct) Second Division (defunct) Third Division (defunct) Player of the Month: Championship League One League Two Young Player of the Month

Professional Footballers' Association (PFA)	Players' Player of the Year Women's Players' Player of the Year Fans' Player of the Year Young Player of the Year Women's Young Player of the Year Team of the Year Merit Award

Football Supporters' Federation	Player of the Year

League Managers Association (LMA)	Manager of the Year

Football Writers' Association (FWA)	Footballer of the Year Tribute Award

League Football Education (LFE)	Football League Apprentice of the Year

Match of the Day (BBC Television)	Goal of the Month Goal of the Season

British honours system	Football personalities with British honours

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