BRADLEY WINS NATIONAL AWARD

Bowling Club Member Phil Bradley was this week announced as the winner of the Football Association’s prestigious Bobby Moore Individual Award in the FA’s national Respect and Fair Play awards.

The award, which covers the whole spectrum of football from the Premiership right the way down to junior football, is made each year to the person who a panel of judges including the likes of Sir Trevor Brooking consider has done more than anyone in the game to encourage respect and fair play throughout the game nationally.

Phil, who was League Secretary of the Northern Premier League from 2002 until stepping down last June, was the driving force behind the League landing the first two FA Respect Awards for leagues since the inception of the scheme in 2010 and although the League just missed out on a hat-trick this year when finishing second his work in driving down dissent cautions, foul and abusive language dismissals and improving Technical Area behaviour consistently year on year has been rewarded with the Bobby Moore individual prize.

He said “It is a great honour to even be mentioned in the same breath as Bobby Moore who was one of the greatest players of his era and certainly one of my favourite players of all time. The fact that the FA have chosen myself from all the people in the entire country involved in football to be awarded this prize makes me feel very humble but at the same time very proud indeed”.

Phil will be presented with his award at the FA Cup Final between Chelsea and Liverpool at Wembley on the 5th May.