Lampard scoops award

Frank Lampard was today named the Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year.

The Chelsea midfielder has won the prestigious award ahead of team-mate John Terry, who pipped him to the PFA Player of the Year award last month.

Lampard beat Terry by a few votes as the two collected an incredible 90 per cent of the ballot, with Jamie Carragher beating Thierry Henry for third place.

Lampard is only the second Chelsea player to win the award, which will be presented at the Royal Lancaster Hotel on 19 May, following in the footsteps of Gianfranco Zola in 1997, and is the first English winner since Teddy Sheringham in 2001.

Being named as the Footballer of the Year caps a superb season for Lampard and is richly deserved as he has been the runner-up in the PFA award for each of the last two seasons.

The former West Ham player has been the force behind Chelsea's drive to the Championship, scoring 18 goals from midfield including the brace that sealed the Premiership title at Bolton last week.