{"id":389073,"date":"2011-04-22T13:40:28","date_gmt":"2011-04-22T13:40:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/22\/west-hams-scott-parker-wins-football-writers-award\/"},"modified":"2011-04-22T13:40:28","modified_gmt":"2011-04-22T13:40:28","slug":"west-hams-scott-parker-wins-football-writers-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/22\/west-hams-scott-parker-wins-football-writers-award\/","title":{"rendered":"West Ham&#8217;s Scott Parker Wins Football Writers Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div>West Ham midfielder Scott Parker has been voted Footballer of the Year by the English Football Writers Association.<\/p>\n<p>Parker topped the poll of journalists ahead of Tottenham defender Gareth Bale, who was last week named the Professional Footballers&#8217; Association Player of the Year.<\/p>\n<p>The former Chelsea and Newcastle player has been in fine form for the Hammers this year, earning a recall to the England squad despite having to cope with the death of his father.<\/p>\n<p>He will receive his trophy at a gala dinner at the Lancaster London Hotel on May 12.<\/p>\n<p>Football Writers Association chairman Steve Bates said: &#8220;Scott Parker has been so consistent this season with his performances in a West Ham team battling for Premier League survival and as such has forced himself back into the England national set-up.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He has been an inspirational figure for the Irons and hopefully his professionalism will be rewarded with West Ham staying up at the end of the season.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In what was one of the tightest votes of recent seasons, Scott is certainly a worthy winner and follows in the footsteps of a long line of superb footballers who have been given this prestigious honour.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He is the first West Ham player to win this honour since Bobby Moore in 1964.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/d65bget.media_112-150x90.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>See original here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/foreign.peacefmonline.com\/sports\/201104\/155621.php\" title=\"West Ham's Scott Parker Wins Football Writers Award\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">West Ham&#8217;s Scott Parker Wins Football Writers Award<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> West Ham midfielder Scott Parker has been voted Footballer of the Year by the English Football Writers Association. 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