Jose, Petr, Frank All Honoured By Barclays


Champions

By BlueBlood
May 13 2005

More awards for Chelsea Football Club, Barclays Premiership Champions 2004/05. Frank Lampard has been named Barclays Player of the Year, Petr Cech has been awarded the Golden Gloves trophy for being the best Goalkeeper of the season and lastly .......

....... Jose Mourinho has been named Barclays Manager of the Year.

Mourinho said of his award: "This is a fantastic honour for me in my first season in English football. The Barclays Premiership is the best league in the world for passion and exciting football. The football culture in England is amazing, fair, honest and full of emotion.

"But this award is not mine, it is a team award for all my assistants and my players. They have done the hard work of winning Chelsea's first Premiership for 50 years."

He had previously won the Barclays Manager of the Month for both November and January. Lampard was the player equivalent for April. Petr Cech won a special merit award in January.

Chelsea champion Eidur Gudjohnsen is one of the guests live from Stamford Bridge on Chelsea TV’s ‘Big Match Countdown’ at 6.30pm this evening, Friday.

He will be with a season ticket holder for 90 minutes, reviewing the season, previewing the Newcastle game and summer, and talking to fans on the one-hour phone-in.

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