WATFORD'S Community Sports & Education Trust has won The Football Foundation Community Club of the Year award at the 2010 Football League Awards incorporating FourFourTwo's Top 50 Football League Players.
The Hornets were joint winners of this Community award alongside Southend United.
The Club received the award at a gala dinner at Grosvenor House, Park Lane on Sunday (14 March) evening in front of 900 attendees from clubs, sponsors and the football industry.
Watford has had a very successful year supporting their community and the judges were delighted that a club with a fantastic track record of community work is continuing to deliver.
The Golden Boys offered around 8,500 different sessions through the year, attracting in excess of 150,000 participants. Programmes they run range from Breakfast Clubs to a state of the art Learning Centre.
One project worthy of special mention is the Watford 'MyPlace' initiative, as this has been a ground-breaking scheme for The Trust, having not been involved in a capital project like this before.
'MyPlace' is a £4.2 million initiative that involves knocking down and re-building an old youth centre into a world class youth and community facility.
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Watford manager Malky Mackay with WFC's Community Director Rob Smith |
It is projects such as this that see Watford's Community Sports & Education Trust continue to evolve and develop, setting the standard as one of the leading community focused clubs in the country.
Alan Keen MP, a member of the judging panel, was particularly impressed with the broad range activities and incredible depth of funding which Watford has achieved.
Watford FC's Julian Winter said: "The bond with the community is absolutely essential, we are a town-based Football Club so it is important that we reach out and take the Club into the community and are fully representative of the makeup of the different sections of our local community.
"Watford has had a great history of our managers, including Malky fully believing in the work in the community and ensures the players fully support the work that we do."
Commenting on the 2010 Football League Awards, Football League Chairman, Lord Mawhinney, said: "Once again, these awards have given us the opportunity to honour those clubs and individuals whose commitment to the game or their local community goes beyond the call of duty.
"The fifth Football League Awards have been an enormous success, and I congratulate all the winners on their achievements."
To find out more about The Football League Awards, including all the photos and news from the evening, please visit www.footballleagueawards.com.
The full list of winners from The 2010 Football League Awards is as follows:
• EA SPORTS Fan of the Year
Herbert Taylor - Southampton
• E.ON Family Club of the Year - League 2
Shrewsbury Town
• E.ON Family Club of the Year - League 1
Huddersfield Town
Highly commended - Milton Keynes Dons and Swindon Town
• E.ON Family Club of the Year - Championship
Reading
Highly Commended - Leicester City
• CSI Sports Best Matchday Programme
Scunthorpe United - 'The Iron'!
Best divisional programmes - Huddersfield Town (League 1) and Rotherham United (League 2)
• Championship Manager Apprentice of the Year - Coca-Cola League 2
Kyle Haynes - Cheltenham Town
• Championship Manager Apprentice of the Year - Coca-Cola League 1
Tom Adeyemi - Norwich City
• Championship Manager Apprentice of the Year - Coca-Cola Championship
Adam Matthews - Cardiff City
• PFA Player In The Community
Zesh Rehman - Bradford City
• The Football Foundation Community Club of the Year
Joint winners - Southend United and Watford
• Mitre Goal of the Year (in association with Soccer AM)
Nicky Maynard - Bristol City
• Perform Best Marketing Campaign
Nottingham Forest - 'Mixed Family Area'
• Fleishman-Hillard Best Digital Content
Derby County
• The Football League Trust Best Community Project
Brighton & Hove Albion - 'Making a Difference' Disability Project
Highly commended:
Huddersfield Town - 'Cheerleaders' Sports Participation Project
Notts County - 'Active Schools' Health Project
Rotherham United - 'United 4 Communities' Social Inclusion Project
Southend United - 'Goals!' Education Project
Southend United - 'Going Green for the Blues' Environment Project
• FourFourTwo Young Player of the Year**
Nathaniel Clyne - Crystal Palace
• FourFourTwo Player of the Year - Coca-Cola League 2*
Craig Dawson - Rochdale
• FourFourTwo Player of the Year - Coca-Cola League 1*
Jermaine Beckford - Leeds United
• FourFourTwo Player of the Year - Coca-Cola Championship*
Kevin Nolan - Newcastle United
• Contribution to League Football
Gordon Taylor OBE
*These awards will be presented to the highest ranked player in each division in FourFourTwo's Top 50 Football League Players
**This award will be presented to the highest ranked young Football League player in FourFourTwo's Top 50 Football League Players
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