The Men's Shortlist

  • Saturday, 01 December, 2012
  • The FA England Awards 2013
  • Ashley Cole in action for England
  • Steven Gerrard
  • England's Joe Hart
  • Glen Johnson
  • Danny Welbeck celebrates

Five players are in the frame for the England Player of the Year award

It's up to you who wins the England Player of the Year award.

During 2012, 47 players figured for the Three Lions in 13 matches. With the help of a englandfans members, we narrowed it down to a shortlist of ten before our panel of experts from football and the media selected the top five to go to the fans' vote.

Choose your number one from the players below and the winner will be crowned at the first ever FA England Awards at St. George's Park on Sunday 3 February 2013.

The Shortlist

ASHLEY COLE
Club
Chelsea
Position Defender
2012 Caps 6 Goals 0
Total Caps 99 Goals 0

STEVEN GERRARD
Club
Liverpool
Position Midfielder
2012 Caps 11 Goals 0
Total Caps 100 Goals 19

JOE HART
Club
Manchester City
Position Goalkeeper
2012 Caps 11 Goals 0
Total Caps 27 Goals 0

GLEN JOHNSON
Club
Liverpool
Position Defender
2012 Caps 9 Goals 0
Total Caps 44 Goals 1

DANNY WELBECK
Club
Manchester United
Position Forward
2012 Caps 11 Goals 5
Total Caps 14 Goals 5

You can also vote for the England Men's Under-21s and Women's Senior Players of the Year in the polls below.

Expert Panel
The expert panel below voted for their England Player of the Year from the ten-player shortlist, which  selected by members of englandfans via the englandfans website. A final shortlist of the top five players goes to the fans' vote on TheFA.com.
Sir Trevor Brooking, FA Director of Football Development
Stuart Pearce, England Under-21s Coach
Hope Powell, England Women's National Coach
Jimmy Armfield, England Legend
Gareth Southgate, England Legend
Alan Shearer, England Legend
John Barnes, England Legend
Graham Taylor, former England manager
Faye White, former England Women's Captain
Clarke Carlisle, PFA Chairman
Chris Kamara, former Player and Broadcaster
Stan Collymore, former Player and Broadcaster
Sam Allardyce, West Ham United manager
Andy Dunn, Journalist
Paul McCarthy, Journalist
Adrian Durham, Broadcaster
Clive Tyldsley, Broadcaster
Martin Tyler, Broadcaster
John Motson, Broadcaster
Ray Stubbs, Broadcaster



What Do You Think?

  • I absolutely vote for steven gerrardBy jasonlollypop (5 months ago)