FA Ronnie Radford Award

FA Ronnie Radford Award

Founded	2011
Region	England  Wales
Current champions	Sheffield United
Website	Radford Award
2013

The FA Ronnie Radford Award, is an annual award that is aimed at recognising the team which achieves the most impressive giant-killing act in The FA Cup.

Origin

The Ronnie Radford Award is named after the Hereford United midfielder whose long-range goal against Newcastle United in 1972 helped bring about arguably The FA Cup’s most famous giant-killing. Radford’s spectacular goal on a mud-covered Edgar Street pitch – watched by the TV cameras and greeted with unbridled glee by 26-year-old rookie commentator John Motson – equalised Malcolm Macdonald’s opener for the Magpies and is a constant and wonderful reminder of the magic of The FA Cup. Ricky George hit the winner to send Hereford into the Fourth Round.

And once more, fans can vote for who they think deserves to win, with the victorious club being presented with the award at The FA Cup Final at Wembley Stadium.

2011

Winners: Crawley Town

Crawley Town v Derby County

10 January 2011 20:00 GMT

Crawley Town	2–1	Derby County
McAllister  30' Torres  90+1'	Report	Addison  63'

Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 4,145 Referee: Haywood

2012

Winners: Swindon Town

Swindon Town v Wigan Athletic

7 January 2012 15:00

Swindon Town	2 − 1	Wigan Athletic
Connell  40' Benson  76'	Report	McManaman  35'

County Ground, Swindon Attendance: 10,488 Referee: Walton

2013

Winners: Luton Town

Norwich City v Luton Town

26 January 2013 15:00

Norwich City	0 − 1	Luton Town
	Report	Rendell  80'

Carrow Road, Norwich Attendance: 26,521 Referee: Marriner

2014

Winners: Sheffield United

Aston Villa v Sheffield United

4 January 2014 15:00 GMT

Aston Villa	1–2	Sheffield United
Helenius  74'	Report	Murphy  20' Flynn  80'

Villa Park, Birmingham Attendance: 24,038 Referee: David Coote