Football Supporters Association - Annual Awards
The shortlists for the 2026 Football Supporters’ Association Awards – 84 candidates are battling it out across 15 categories, recognising everything from the best players of the past year to the best podcasts and fanzines in both the men’s and women’s game.
The West Ham United fanzine - Blowing Bubbles is nominated as a Fanzine of the Year finalist which will be decided by an FSA panel. Details here about Blowing Bubbles Fanzine shortlisted for top national award
Nine categories are open to a public vote, with the rest being decided by an FSA panel.
The shortlist for our Goal of the Year Award will be announced the week before the ceremony, and will also be decided by a fan vote.
Categories open to a Public Vote
The Men’s Player of the Year award is headed by Arsenal’s title-winning pair of midfielder Declan Rice and centre-back Gabriel, alongside Manchester City striker Erling Haaland. There’s a first nomination for Aston Villa’s Europa League winning captain John McGinn, alongside first time appearances from Elliott Anderson and Morgan Gibbs-White rounding out the shortlist.
The shortlist for the Women’s Player of the Year features a return for last year’s winner Alessia Russo alongside her Arsenal teammate Mariona Caldentey. They join Chelsea’s Lauren James who makes the shortlist for the third time, along with Manchester City’s Bunny Shaw, Tōko Koga of Tottenham Hotspur and Jessica Park from Manchester United.
TV/Radio Pundit of the Year promises to be another hotly contested category with Gary Neville, Jamie Carragher, Jobi McAnuff, Lucy Ward, Micah Richards & Wayne Rooney all making the shortlist.
The Podcast of the Year shortlist includes Football Cliches, Libero, Not the Top 20, The Football Ramble, The Guardian Football Weekly, The Price of Football.
The Fan Media of the Year finalists are Alternative Wales, Arseblog, Away Days, Gloverscast, The Anfield Wrap & The Pinch.
As for Commentator of the Year, this year’s finalists are: Conor McNamara, John Murray, Peter Drury, Pien Meulensteen, Robyn Cowen & Seb Hutchinson.
The Men’s Football Media of the Year Award will be won by one of the following: Football365, talkSPORT, The Athletic, The Guardian, The Independent, The Overlap.
Those up for the Women’s Football Media of the Year Award are: Big Kick Energy, Her Goal magazine, Long Story Short, The Cutback, The Guardian Women’s Football Weekly & UpFront.
And the shortlist for Writer of the Year includes Daniel Storey, David Ornstein, Martyn Ziegler, Matt Slater, Megan Feringa & Suzy Wrack.
Voting in the nine categories is open until midday on Monday 16th November. More details on how you can vote are available here: https://thefsa.org.uk/news/vote-now-in-the-fsa-awards-2026/
Categories decided by an FSA panel.
This year’s Club Podcast finalists are Blue Monday, Blue Moon, Fulhamish, It’s All Cobblers To Me, They Tried To Kill Us Off & Under The Abbey Stand.
Fanzine of the Year finalists are A Love Supreme (Sunderland), Blowing Bubbles (West Ham United), Fly Me To The Moon (Middlesbrough), Give 'em Beans (Barrow AFC), Leyton Orientear, The Square Ball (Leeds United).
The shortlist for the Fans for Diversity Award comprises of Leicester for All, My Boro, My Shirt, Proud Forest, Rovers SAS, Stretford Sikhs & SupportHERS’ Collective.
This year’s finalists for the The Non-League Award are: Aylesbury United Supporters Trust, Chorley FC, Darlington MIND and Darlington FC & Tony Incenzo.
The Supporter Engagement Award will be awarded to either Brentford, Nottingham Forest, Salford City or Solihull Moors,
The Supporter Services Award finalists being Aaron Kightly (Oxford United), Anthony Emmerson (Stoke City), Mark Brindle (Arsenal) and Diane Winnard (Wigan Athletic).