PFA Awards

Coverage of the PFA Awards, held on 19 August at Manchester’s Opera House. Arsenal’s Mariona Caldentey collects the Players’ Player of the Year prize, while new Gunners signing Olivia Smith takes Young Player of the Year for her form at Liverpool the previous season. Former Chelsea manager Emma Hayes OBE, now head coach of the United States, receives the Merit Award for her contribution to the women’s game. The piece also lists the PFA’s Barclays WSL Team of the Year as voted by the players themselves, spanning Manchester United, Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester City, giving a snapshot of the division’s standout performers from the 2024/25 campaign before the new season’s transfer business took over the headlines.