2008 FOOTBALL LEAGUE AWARDS

FL Awards

The 2008 Football League Awards

The annual Football League Awards, now in their third year, were staged at the Hilton Hotel in Park Lane on Sunday night and the evening was a once again a huge success.

The main award winners on a night when 19 different trophies were handed out to individuals and clubs, were Jimmy Armfield for his contribution to The Football League, sponsored by Thomas Cook and Kevin Phillips, the FourFourTwo Player of the Year for Coca-Cola Championship.

As part of a gala dinner the FourFourTwo Top 50 Football League Players were announced on the night and diners also voted via SMS for the best goal scored in the calendar year of 2007 from a shortlist of five.

Commenting on the 2008 Football League Awards, The Football League Chairman, Lord Mawhinney said: "For the third consecutive year, The Football League Awards has been an enormous success. Once again, it has given us the opportunity to recognise and reward the outstanding contributions made by fans, clubs and players to the continued growth and development of league football."

The Football League Awards show will be aired on Sky Sports 1 on Thursday 6th March at 8pm.

Jeff Stelling presents at the Football League Awards 2008 at the London Hilton, Park Lane

The full list of winners from The Football League Awards is as follows:

- EA SPORTS Fan of the Year
Paul Samrah - Brighton and Hove Albion

- Advance Performance Best Community Initiative - Coca-Cola League 2
Notts County - 'On The Ball'

- Advance Performance Best Community Initiative - Coca-Cola League 1
Brighton and Hove Albion - 'RSL Football Inclusion Project'

- Advance Performance Best Community Initiative - Coca-Cola Championship
Charlton Athletic - 'Kent Social Inclusion Programme'

- Perform Best Fan Marketing Campaign
Bradford City - 'The Cheapest Season Ticket In The Football League'

- ProgrammeMaster Best Matchday Programme
Bristol City - 'Well Red'

- Nivea for Men Young Apprentice Award - Coca-Cola League 2
Ryan Bennett - Grimsby Town

- Nivea for Men Young Apprentice Award - Coca-Cola League 1
Daniel Broadbent - Huddersfield Town

- Wickes Young Apprentice Award - Coca-Cola Championship
Mark Beevers - Sheffield Wednesday

- Sports Alliance Family Club of the Year - Coca-Cola League 2
Wycombe Wanderers

- Sports Alliance Family Club of the Year - Coca-Cola League 1
Huddersfield Town

- Sports Alliance Family Club of the Year - Coca-Cola Championship
Norwich City

- Wickes Community Club of the Year
Watford

- Mitre Goal of the Year (Voting technology provided by Perform)
Jermaine Beckford

-FourFourTwo Young Player of the Year**
Michael Kightly - Wolverhampton Wanderers

- FourFourTwo Player of the Year - Coca-Cola League 2*
Keith Andrews - Milton Keynes Dons

- FourFourTwo Player of the Year - Coca-Cola League 1*
Jermaine Beckford - Leeds United

- FourFourTwo Player of the Year - Coca-Cola Championship*
Kevin Phillips - West Bromwich Albion

- Thomas Cook Sport Contribution to League Football
Jimmy Armfield

*These awards was presented to the highest ranked player in each division in FourFourTwo's Top 50 Football League Players

**This award was presented to the highest ranked young Football League player in FourFourTwo's Top 50 Football League Players

Click here to see the photo gallery of all the winners

The Football League Awards

Features

CALDERWOOD: WE'VE REACHED THE BEST LEAGUE IN BRITAIN

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CALDERWOOD: WE'VE REACHED THE BEST LEAGUE IN BRITAIN

Nottingham Forest are celebrating promotion to "the best League in Britain," says April's Manager of the Month Colin Calderwood

LAMBERT LOOKING FOR PLAY-OFF GLORY

Wycombe Wanderers manager Paul Lambert is confident his team can reach the League 2 Play-Off final at Wembley by winning their two-leg semi against Stockport County

HOWARD'S END OF SEASON PREDICTIONS

Incredible victories over Liverpool and Chelsea en route to a Wembley FA Cup semi-final have made the 2007-08 campaign hugely memorable for Barnsley

CUT-THROAT TIME IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP

After yet another roller-coaster weekend in the Championship, next Sunday's final round of matches are set for perhaps the division's most dramatic finale yet as all of the promotion and relegation issues are finally settled.

League Tables

Pos	Team	Pts
1	WBA	81
2	Stoke City	79
3	Hull City	75
4	Bristol City	74
5	Crystal Palace	71
6	Watford	70
7	Wolves	70
8	Ipswich Town	69
9	Sheffield Utd	66
10	Plymouth	64
11	Charlton	64
12	Cardiff City	64
13	Burnley	62
14	QPR	58
15	Preston	56
16	Sheffield Wed	55
17	Norwich City	55
18	Barnsley	55
19	Blackpool	54
20	Southampton	54
21	Coventry City	53
22	Leicester City	52
23	Scunthorpe	46
24	Colchester	38

Pos	Team	Pts
1	Swansea City	92
2	Nottm Forest	82
3	Doncaster	80
4	Carlisle	80
5	Leeds United	76
6	Southend	76
7	Brighton	69
8	Oldham	67
9	Northampton	66
10	Huddersfield	66
11	Tranmere	65
12	Walsall	64
13	Swindon Town	61
14	Leyton Orient	60
15	Hartlepool	54
16	Bristol Rovers	53
17	Millwall	52
18	Yeovil Town	52
19	Cheltenham	51
20	Crewe	50
21	Bournemouth	48
22	Gillingham	46
23	Port Vale	38
24	Luton Town	33

Pos	Team	Pts
1	MK Dons	97
2	Peterborough	92
3	Hereford	88
4	Stockport	82
5	Rochdale	80
6	Darlington	78
7	Wycombe	78
8	Chesterfield	69
9	Rotherham	64
10	Bradford City	62
11	Morecambe	60
12	Barnet	60
13	Bury	59
14	Brentford	59
15	Lincoln City	58
16	Grimsby Town	55
17	Accrington	51
18	Shrewsbury	50
19	Macclesfield	50
20	Dagenham & Red	49
21	Notts County	48
22	Chester City	47
23	Mansfield Town	42
24	Wrexham	40

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