The Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) is the

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for professional

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ers in England and Wales. Founded in 1907, it is the world's oldest professional sport trade union, and has over 5,000 members. The aims of the PFA are to protect, improve and negotiate the conditions, rights and status of all professional players by collective bargaining agreements. The PFA is affiliated with the

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. The Northern Ireland PFA disbanded in 1995. Following internal and external criticism, the PFA committed to reform and modernise, adopting new governance rules in 2020 and a new chief executive in 2021, but later that year sparked protest when it decided not to publish an independent review.

History

The Players' Union

The PFA was formed on 2 December 1907 as the Association Football Players' and Trainers' Union (AFPTU; commonly referred to at the time as the

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). On that date,

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and

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(who had been involved in the AFU), both of Manchester United, convened the Players' Union at

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's Imperial Hotel. This was the second attempt to organise a union of professional footballers in England, after the

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(the "AFU"), formed in 1898, had been dissolved in 1901. The AFU had failed in its objectives of bringing about a relaxation of the restrictions on the movement of players from one club to another in the Football League and preventing the introduction of a maximum wage of £4 per week for players in the Football League. Like the AFU before it, the Players' Union intended to challenge the maximum wage and the restriction on transfers, in the form of the "retain and transfer" system.

Threatened strike action in 1909

When the Players' Union made its objectives clear in 1909,

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withdrew its recognition of the Union, which at that time was seeking to join the U.K.'s General Federation of Trade Unions ('GFTU'). In response, the Union threatened strike action. The Football Association in turn banned players affiliated with the AFPTU before the start of the 1909–10 season. The ban saw membership of the Union fall. However, players from Manchester United refused to relinquish their membership. League clubs turned to amateur players to replace players that had been banned, but Manchester United were not able to find enough replacements, risking the cancellation of their opening fixture at home to

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. The Manchester United players were called "

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". The deadlock swung in favour of the Union when

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of Everton came out in support of the Union. Coleman's intervention resuscitated support for the Union, which regained its strength of numbers. Agreement was reached on official recognition for the Union in exchange for allowing bonus payments to be made to players to supplement the maximum wage. The maximum wage remained for more than another half century.

Continuing battles with the Football League

The 1910s saw the Union backing a challenge by

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against the

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in the courts. Kingaby brought legal proceedings against his former employers, Aston Villa, for preventing him from playing. The Players' Union funded the proceedings. Erroneous strategy by Kingaby's counsel resulted in the suit ending disastrously for the Union. The Union were almost ruined financially and membership fell drastically. Although membership increased from 300 in 1915 to well over 1000 by 1920 this did not herald a new era of radicalism among the rank-and-file. Widespread unemployment heralded declines in attendance at Football League matches at a time when many clubs had, once again, committed themselves to expensive ground improvement programmes in the expectation that the post-war spectator boom would continue indefinitely. Inevitably, this caused financial difficulties at many clubs. Clubs believed their problems were due to players' excessive wages rather than over-expansion. In the spring of 1922, they persuaded the League authorities to arbitrarily impose a £1 cut to the maximum wage (£9 a week at that time) and force clubs to reduce the wages of players who were on less than the maximum. Legal proceedings backed by the Players' Union this time established that clubs could not unilaterally impose a cut in players' contracted wages. Between 1946 and 1957 the Chairman of the Union was former

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captain Jimmy Guthrie. His book ''Soccer Rebel'', published in 1976, documents his chairmanship and the struggle of the Union to improve the lot of professional footballers in the years preceding the abolition of the maximum wage. In 1955, the union affiliated to the

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(TUC).Arthur Marsh and John B. Smethurst, ''Historical Directory of Trade Unions'', vol.5, p.326

Modernisation

In 1956,

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became secretary of the Players' Union. He soon changed the union's name to the Professional Footballers' Association (the "PFA"), changing a blue collar image to one in keeping with the new wave of working-class actors and entertainers. In 1957, Jimmy Hill became chairman of the PFA and campaigned to have the Football League's £20

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scrapped, which he achieved in January 1961. His Fulham teammate

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became the first £100 player. The PFA also backed

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in his legal action against the retain and transfer system, providing him with £15,000 to pay for his legal fees. The case was brought against his former club, Newcastle United, in the High Court. In 1963, The Court held that the

was an unreasonable restraint of trade. From 1960, the union began representing trainers, and for a time was known as the "Professional Footballers' and Trainers' Association". The union decided to register under the Industrial Relations Act 1971, something the TUC opposed. As a result, it left the TUC in 1973, finally rejoining in 1995.

Sexism controversy

In 1997 some

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players invited their agent, Rachel Anderson, to the annual awards dinner. Anderson was turned away by then PFA Deputy Chief Executive Brendon Batson because she is a woman. The following year, when West Ham United F.C. player

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invited Anderson to attend the dinner, Anderson contacted the PFA to find out what their reaction would be. On receiving a response that she would indeed be banned Anderson decided to go public and take the PFA to court. As a result, the Minister for Sport, Tony Banks, and the Chief Executive of

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, Graham Kelly boycotted the event. Anderson won in court and the financial cost to the PFA was considerable, Anderson suggests "over £200,000", of which she received £7,500 for "hurt feelings" and an undisclosed amount for "reasonable costs". In 2013 the PFA instituted awards for the PFA Women's Players' Player of the Year. Kim Little was the recipient in the first year.

Dispute with Ben Purkiss

In November 2018 it became public that Ben Purkiss' eligibility to be Chairman was in dispute. More than 200 players wrote an open letter calling on chief executive Gordon Taylor to stand down. Taylor wrote an open letter in response promising a full and open review of the union's structure and operation. At its 2018 AGM, held in Manchester in March 2019, it was agreed that Taylor, Purkiss and the entire management committee would stand down following the completion of a "full and open review" into the PFA's finances and its presentation at the 2019 AGM,

PFA Awards

In 1974, the PFA created three awards to be given to players – or people who have contributed a lot to the game – every year. * Players' Player of the Year award: Given to the player voted the best of the season by his fellow players. * Young Player of the Year award: Given to the young player voted the best of the season by the PFA. * Merit Award: Given to the person who has contributed the most to football over the season, as voted for by the PFA. In 1974 they introduced the first team based award: *

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award: Given to eleven players in each league (forty-four players in total) who are deemed the best of the season by the PFA. In 2001, they created another award: * Fans' Player of the Year award: Given to the player voted the best of the season by the fans. In 2013 and 2014 respectively, the PFA instituted the first female awards: * PFA Women's Players' Player of the Year award: Given to the female player voted the best of the season by her fellow players. * PFA Young Women's Player of the Year award: Given to the young female player voted the best of the season by the PFA. At this time the ''PFA Player of the Year'' award was renamed ''Men's PFA Player of the Year'' and the ''PFA Young Player of the Year'' was renamed ''Men's PFA Young Player of the Year''. In 2020, the PFA added another award for the women: * Fans' Women Player of the Year award: Given to the player voted the best of the WSL season by the fans.

Present day objectives

In association with other football bodies, the PFA are the managing agents for the "Football Scholarship Programme" and the "Football in the Community Programme". It is a member of the Institute of Professional Sport and FIFPro – the confederation of international football players' unions – as well as the

. The PFA also fund various education programmes for ex and current players. The oldest is a link with the

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which has been running since 1991 and which by 2007 had seen over 70 players complete degrees in Physiotherapy. Additionally players complete

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degrees from

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and Professional Sports Writing and Broadcasting degrees at

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, in addition to other programmes including fitness training, training to become driving instructors and various other initiatives. From 2001/02 season, the PFA worked closely with the Press Association as part of the

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project, to manage a team of up to 80 ex-professional footballers to provide statistical information live from all English Football Matches. This agreement switched to OPTA when they successfully took over the supply of data from 2012/13 season. The PFA also funds a residential rehabilitation scheme that allows any injured member to attend the Lilleshall Sports Injury Rehabilitation centre for physiotherapy and sports injury treatment free of charge to the player or club. The scheme is designed to complement the medical care available at the players own club. Many club Physios refer their players to Lilleshall with the intention of providing a change of environment. This helps to maintain the motivation & interest of long term injured players. The free sports injury and physiotherapy services are based at the

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Centenary

2007 brought along the 100th year since the foundation of The Players Union, and to commemorate the centenary year, the PFA launched their "One Goal One Million" campaign. The campaign involved a whole year of celebratory fund-raising activities with the aim of raising £1 million to fully fund a new children's rehabilitation and physiotherapy unit at the University Children’s Hospital,

. Throughout the year the PFA ran a number of high-profile events involving current and former players and managers with the sole purpose of reaching the £1 million target. Events included a pro-celebrity golf event, race days and initiatives involving younger supporters. On the day that the PFA was formed in 1907 – 2 December – there was a match between an England Legends XI – captained by Alan Shearer and managed by

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– and a World Legends XI – captained by

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and managed by

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– culminating in a gala dinner in the evening involving a host of top entertainers. In December of the centenary year, the PFA issued Fans' Favourites; a list of the favourite players at each Football League club. In making the selection, the PFA canvassed the opinions of the supporters of present, and some former, League clubs about their favourite player.

Key personnel

Management committee

*Chair: Ben Purkiss (

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) * Peter Clarke (

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) * George Friend (

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) *

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( Manchester United,

) * Grant Holt ( Hibs,

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) *

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(

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) *

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( Arsenal Ladies, FA WSL 1) *

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(

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) * Jonathan Walters (

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) *

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( Aston Villa,

) * Andy Taylor) (

) * Mat Sadler (

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* Andy Butler ( Scunthorpe United,

) * Asmir Begović ( AFC Bournemouth,

) * Paul Robinson (no club, retired) * Matt Bloomfield (

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) * John Mousinho (

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) *

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( Manchester City Women, FA WSL 1) *

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( Aston Villa,

) * Mark Roberts ( Warrington Town, Northern Premier League)

Chairs

:1907: Harry Mainman :1910: Evelyn Lintott :1911: Colin Veitch :1919:

:1921:

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:1922: Jimmy Fay :1929: Howard Matthews :1930: Arthur Wood :1931: David Robbie :1936: Albert Barrett :1937: Sammy Crooks :1946: Jimmy Guthrie :1956:

:1961: Tommy Cummings :1963:

Malcolm Musgrove Malcolm Clarke Musgrove (8 July 1933 − 14 September 2007) was an English football player and manager. Musgrove played for his local side, Lynemouth Colliery, before being called up for national service, which he served in the Royal Air Force ...

:1966:

Noel Cantwell Noel Euchuria Cornelius Cantwell (28 February 1932 – 8 September 2005) was an Irish footballer player and sometime cricketer. Club career Cantwell was born in Cork, Ireland, and was educated at the Roman Catholic Presentation Brothers College ...

:1967:

Terry Neill William John Terence Neill (8 May 1942 – 28 July 2022) was a Northern Irish football player and manager. A centre-back, he captained and later managed Arsenal, guiding the club to a European final in 1980 and three consecutive FA Cup final ...

:1970:

Derek Dougan Alexander Derek Dougan (20 January 1938 – 24 June 2007) was a Northern Ireland international footballer, football manager, football chairman, pundit, and writer. He was also known by his nickname, "The Doog". He was capped by Northern ...

:1978: Gordon Taylor :1980: Alan Gowling :1982: Steve Coppell :1983: :1984:

Brian Talbot Brian Ernest Talbot (born 21 July 1953) is an English former football player and manager. He was capped six times for the England national team. Talbot played in midfield for Ipswich Town, Arsenal, Watford, Stoke City, West Bromwich Albio ...

:1988:

Garth Crooks Garth Anthony Crooks, (born 10 March 1958) is an English football pundit and former professional player. He played from 1976 to 1990, for Stoke City, Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester United, West Bromwich Albion and Charlton Athletic. Throughout h ...

:1990: Brian Marwood :1993:

Pat Nevin Patrick Kevin Francis Michael Nevin (born 6 September 1963) is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as a winger. In a 20-year career, he appeared for Clyde, Chelsea, Everton, Tranmere Rovers, Kilmarnock and Motherwell. He wo ...

:1997: Barry Horne :2001:

Nick Cusack Nicholas John Cusack (born 24 December 1965 in Maltby, West Riding of Yorkshire) is an English former footballer and, briefly, player-manager. He was for a time chairman of the Professional Footballers' Association (PFA), and is now an Assistan ...

:2002: Richard Jobson :2003:

Dean Holdsworth Dean Christopher Holdsworth (born 8 November 1968) is an English former professional football player and manager. As a striker he scored 193 goals in 610 league games over a 22-year career. Despite playing for 16 clubs in 19 spells the majorit ...

:2005: Chris Powell :2010:

Clarke Carlisle Clarke James Carlisle (born 14 October 1979) is an English former professional footballer who played as a defender and was chairman of the Professional Footballers' Association. Born in Preston, he began playing football at a young age, takin ...

:2013: Ritchie Humphreys :2017: Ben Purkiss :2021: John Mousinho

Chief Executives

This position was originally named "secretary". :1907: Herbert Broomfield :1910: Albert Owen :1913: Harry Newbould :1929: Jimmy Fay :1953:

Cliff Lloyd Clifford Lloyd (14 November 1916 – 10 January 2000) was a Welsh footballer, best known for his association with Wrexham A.F.C., Wrexham. He was also involved with the Professional Footballers' Association, PFA, as secretary of the players' trad ...

:1981: Gordon Taylor :2021: Maheta Molango

Deputy Chief Executives

Bobby Barnes David Oswald "Bobby" Barnes (born 17 December 1962) is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward. He made over 300 appearances in the Football League and represented England at youth level. Career Barnes, who was born ...

John Bramhall John Bramhall, DD (1594 – 25 June 1663) was an Archbishop of Armagh, and an Anglican theologian and apologist. He was a noted controversialist who doggedly defended the English Church from both Puritan and Roman Catholic accusations, as well ...

PFA Executives

* Richard Jobson *

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References

External links

The Official website of the Professional Footballers' Association
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