Khadija Shaw wins Football Writers’ Association women’s player of the year‎

Manchester City’s Khadija ‘Bunny’ Shaw has won the Football Writers’ Association women’s player of the year for the 2025-26 season. It is the second time in three years that the forward has taken the award, either side of Alessia Russo’s win in 2024-25. Russo finished second while Chelsea’s Lauren James was third after a vote of the FWA’s more than 900 members. Shaw, 29, won her first Women’s Super League title on Wednesday, after Arsenal dropped points to Brighton & Hove Albion, and is the leag