Quote Originally Posted by WES View Post
That was my recollection as well but when I googled it I got the link below which says otherwise

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Footba...ear_in_Germany
Different award - like the Footballer Writers's Award and PDF awards in England. the one you link to is the more prestigious one though

Actually looks like PEA won it that year though - very strange

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/36433443