Frank Lampard wins the Football Writers Tribute Award
He’s pretty much achieved everything in football that you could (although not yet a World Cup or Champions League winners medal). He’s been an integral part of the Chelsea team that has established itself in the Barclays Premier League ‘top four’. Ancelotti wouldn’t part with him. Capello puts down his and Rooney’s names first on any England teamsheet. He scores more goals from midfield than most strikers. Why wouldn’t Frank Lampard win the Football Writers’ Tribute Award?
Only a very few names of current Barclays Premier League players would be mentioned alongside his. Wayne Rooney perhaps, or Ryan Giggs at Manchester United, Stephen Gerrard or Torres at Liverpool, Cesc Fabregas or Robin van Persie at Arsenal. And yet, with Chelsea dominating this year’s Barclays Premier League so far, and still in the running for a League, Cup and Champions League treble, it was fitting that Lamps would get this prestigious award, joining previous winners – Bobby Moore and Alan Shearer among them.
The picture shows the handsome tribute to Frank Lampard, printed in the programme for the Football Writers’ annual dinner and designed (of course) by Wild West.