The Professional Footballers' Association Scotland (PFA Scotland) is the
association for professional
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...
ers in
Scotland
Scotland is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It contains nearly one-third of the United Kingdom's land area, consisting of the northern part of the island of Great Britain and more than 790 adjac ...
. It was known as the Scottish Professional Footballers' Association (SPFA), but that organisation was dissolved and replaced by PFA Scotland in 2007.
[Greig, Martin]
Fraser Wishart is promising a new kind of players union
, '' The Herald'', 5 July 2007. PFA Scotland is affiliated to the (English)
Professional Footballers' Association and the worldwide union
FIFPro. The SPFA used to be affiliated to the
GMB union.
As of 2021,
Fraser Wishart (chief executive) and
Tony Higgins (president) were two of the principal officers of the organisation, while former players
Craig Beattie
Craig Beattie (born 16 January 1984) is a Scottish former professional Association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football), striker.
He started his career with Celtic F.C., Celtic before moving on to West Bromwich Al ...
and
Chris Higgins were among the administrative staff, with
Stuart Lovell among its former employees. Active players who have served as chairman of the committee include
Jack Ross,
John Rankin and
Liam Craig.
Each year it presents the
Players' Player of the Year, the
Young Player of the Year, and the
Manager of the Year awards.
Four Old Firm stars nominated for PFA Scotland Player of the Year award
'' Daily Record'', 16 April 2009.
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External links
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PFA Scotland
at FIFPRO World Players' Union
{{FIFPRO members
Association football trade unions
Football in Scotland
Trade unions in Scotland
GMB (trade union)
Trade unions established in 2007