{"id":1154144,"date":"2023-05-12T15:00:20","date_gmt":"2023-05-12T14:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1154144"},"modified":"2023-05-12T15:37:14","modified_gmt":"2023-05-12T14:37:14","slug":"footballer-of-the-year-quiz-premier-league","status":"publish","type":"quizzes","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/quizzes\/footballer-of-the-year-quiz-premier-league\/","title":{"rendered":"How many FWA Footballer of the Year winners can you name from the Premier League era?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>For over 70 years members of the Football Writers&#8217; Association (FWA) have named their Footballer of the Year.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Stanley Matthews was the inaugural winner in 1947\/48 and since then his predecessors are a who&#8217;s who of English football including fellow Ballon d&#8217;Or recipients Bobby Charlton, George Best and Kevin Keegan.<\/p>\n<p>The question is, can you name every player to win the prestigious award since the Premier League&#8217;s inception? 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