The Respect and Fair Play Awards are awarded this weekend
Like Santa Claus, the FA knows if you’ve been bad or good and they are rewarding those who uphold the virtues of the game with this weekend’s FA Respect and Fair Play Awards.
Now in their second year, the awards recognise the unsung heroes of English football, celebrating those that do their utmost to drive up standards of behaviour, supporting referees and promoting an awareness of Fair Play in the next generation of players.
This year’s winners will be getting the champagne treatment ahead of this weekend’s FA Cup Final between Manchester City and Stoke City at Wembley. Each winner will receive the Bobby Moore Individual Award and a cash prize to be spent for the benefit of football.
Dermot Collins, FA Respect Manager, said: “The winners of these awards really deserve the recognition they will receive at the FA Cup Final. They have promoted Respect in a league, club or school and as a consequence improved the experience of the game for everyone involved.”
The winners are:
· Award Category: National League System Leagues [Steps 1-4]
Winner: Northern Premier League
· Award Category: National League System Club [Steps 1-4]
Winner: Lancaster City FC
· Award Category: National League System Leagues [Steps 5-7]
Winner: The Reading Football league
· Award Category: Women’s Pyramid of Football [League]
Winner: East Midlands Regional Women’s Football League
· Award Category: Women’s Pyramid of Football [Clubs]
Winner: Sheffield FC Ladies
· Award Category: Grassroots Adult League
Winner: Nalders West Cornwall Sunday Football league
· Award Category: Grassroots Youth League
Winner: Harrow Soccer 7s Combination
· Award Category: Grassroots Club
Winner: Sale United Football Club
· Award Category: Education
Winner: Sheppey Valley Community Learning Partnership
· Award Category: Bobby Moore Individual Award
Winner: Deborah Wyatt
The awards were judged by Bobby Moore’s widow Stephanie Moore MBE, of the Bobby Moore Fund for Cancer Research, and sports journalists Mick Dennis of the Daily Express and Jim White from the Daily Telegraph. They were joined by The FA’s Sir Trevor Brooking [Director of Football Development], Barry Bright [FA Board Member] and Alan Wiley [Professional Game Match Officials].