AJ up for top PFA award

Last updated : 14 April 2005 By Nik Taylor

Andy Johnson has been named as one of the nominees for this year’s Professional Footballers' Association Players' Player of the Year award.

The nominees for the prestigious gong are voted for by professional footballers throughout the country – and AJ finds himself in illustrious company.

The other players listed for the award are John Terry, Petr Cech, Frank Lampard, Steven Gerrard and last year’s winner, Thierry Henry.

Johnson will find out if he’s scooped the prize during the PFA awards dinner on Sunday 24 April.

AJ has knocked in 18 league goals this season – a tally that sees him second only to Henry in the Premiership’s top scorers chart. That’s accounts for more than half of all the goals Palace have scored this season.