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You, the public, have the chance to vote on who should win the Premier League's awards for the best players, managers and goals each month and for the season.
There are four categories for the monthly awards:
- the Premier League 2 Player
- the Budweiser Goal
- the Barclays Manager
- the EA SPORTS Player
The PL2 Player shortlist is decided by the Premier League Football Development Panel after PL2 club coaches nominate an opposing player in each of their league matches during the month. The panel then decides the winner.
In deciding the winners of the other monthly awards, a panel of experts (see below) including Premier League legends such as Alan Shearer and Jamie Carragher cast their votes on shortlists in the three categories.
For the EA SPORTS Player award, the Premier League also asks the nominees' peers to contribute, with club captains casting votes for a winner.
The public have the chance to play a role, too, helping to decide the winners in the categories of player, manager and goal.
The public's votes cast in each category will represent 10 per cent of the total votes and will be combined with those of the panel (and captains, for the player award).
So they could prove crucial in deciding who will receive the awards.
For the season awards there is an additional award, for the Hublot Young Player of the Season. This is presented to the best-performing player aged 23 or younger at the start of the season.
This and the player, manager and goal awards all follow the same process of a combined panel and public vote to determine the winners.
The PL2 Player of the Season is decided by the Premier League Football Development Panel from its shortlist.
The EA SPORTS Player of the Season award is announced from a shortlist on or soon after the final weekend of the season.
The Barclays Manager of the Season and Hublot Young Player of the season awards are revealed soon after the season finishes.
The Budweiser Goal of the Season is selected from a shortlist of the monthly winners, plus any outstanding strikes in May and is announced about a week after the end of the season.
| Paddy Barclay | Vicky Gomersall | Jason Roberts |
| Carrie Brown | Lynsey Hipgrave | Mark Schwarzer |
| Jamie Carragher | Glenn Hoddle | Alex Scott |
| Kelly Cates | Jermaine Jenas | Alan Shearer |
| Sir Kenny Dalglish | Graeme Le Saux | Neil Swarbrick |
| Dion Dublin | Hayley McQueen | Andy Townsend |
| Rio Ferdinand | Kevin Miles | Ian Wright |
| Chris Foy | Gary Neville | EA representative |
| Shay Given | Jacqui Oatley | Barclays representative |
| Ryan Giggs | Niall Quinn | Budweiser representative |
The Manager of the Month award began in 1993/94, a year after the Premier League's debut season.
The Player of the Month award followed in 1994/95.
The inaugural Manager of the Month winner was Manchester United’s Sir Alex Ferguson, in August 1993. The Scot went on to win the award a record 27 times.
Tottenham Hotspur striker Jurgen Klinsmann won the maiden Player of the Month award in August 1994.
Man City's Sergio Aguero holds the record for the most awards, with seven.
See: Awards history
At the end of every season there are three more Premier League awards, presented by Coca-Cola.
The Golden Boot goes to the players to have scored the most goals in that campaign.
The Golden Glove goes to the goalkeepers to have kept the most clean sheets.
The Premier League Playmaker of the Season award is presented to the players to have provided the most assists.
See: About the Golden Boot
See: About the Golden Glove
See: About the Playmaker of the Season
