Premier League Player of the Month (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Player of the Month is an association football award that recognises the best Premier League player each month of the season. The recipient is chosen by a panel assembled by the League's sponsor, and announced alongside the Manager of the Month on the first or second Friday of the following month. It has been called the Carling Premiership Player of the Month (1994-2001), the Barclaycard Premiership Player of the Month (2001-2004) and presently it is the Barclays Player of the Month. The Premier League was formed in 1992, when the members of the First Division resigned from The Football League. These clubs then set up a new commercially independent league that negotiated its own broadcast and sponsorship agreements. The inaugural season had no sponsor until Carling agreed to a four-year deal for 12 million that started the following season.