The EFL Golden Glove, formerly Football League Golden Glove, is an annual
association football
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award, given to the
goalkeeper
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who has kept the most
clean sheets in each of the three
EFL divisions. Originally, clean sheets in the league (
Championship
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Championship systems
Various forms of competition can be referred to by the term championship.
Title match system
In this system ...
,
League One
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and
League Two
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),
EFL Cup
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,
EFL Trophy
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and
FA Cup
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all counted towards the Golden Glove but, since 2018, only non-
playoff
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league fixtures qualify.
The award was first given after the 2006–07 season, with sponsorship from
Puma.
Macron, the official kits and ball supplier of the
Football League
The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, the league is the oldest such competition in the world. It was the top-level football league in Engla ...
, later sponsored the award. In the 2010–11 season no Golden Glove award was given. The 2011–12 season saw the introduction of a monthly award in addition to an annual award under new sponsors
Precision Training. In 2018, the EFL and sponsors
Sky Bet
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announced the return of the award.
Winners
Seasonal awards
2011 –12 monthly awards
In addition to the annual award, the 2011
–12 season saw the introduction of a monthly award, given to the best performing goalkeeper in the Football League across all three divisions. The monthly award was also known as the "Precision Goalkeeping Golden Glove Award". The monthly goalkeeping awards were scrapped after one season.
Winners
Source:
References
{{English football awards
English football trophies and awards
English Football League trophies and awards
Association football goalkeeper awards