Mark Noble has been crowned Hammer of the Year at tonight's swanky awards ceremony at the London Hilton.
Tonight's bash, to which most fans were priced out of attending with tickets costing up to £275 saw the 24-year-old named as the latest recipient of the award that has been running since 1958.Noble narrowly beat central defender James Tomkins into second place, with goalkeeper Robert Green coming in third.
It was the first time that the Canning Town-born midfielder has won the award, which was first won by Andy Malcolm at the end of the 1957/58 promotion season.
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HotY: Previous Winners
1958 Andy Malcolm
1959 Ken Brown
1960 Malcolm Musgrove
1961 Bobby Moore
1962 Lawrie Leslie
1963 Bobby Moore
1964 Johnny Byrne
1965 Martin Peters
1966 Geoff Hurst
1967 Geoff Hurst
1968 Bobby Moore
1969 Geoff Hurst
1970 Bobby Moore
1971 Billy Bonds
1972 Trevor Brooking
1973 Pop Robson
1974 Billy Bonds
1975 Billy Bonds
1976 Trevor Brooking
1977 Trevor Brooking
1978 Trevor Brooking
1979 Alan Devonshire
1980 Alvin Martin
1981 Phil Parkes
1982 Alvin Martin
1983 Alvin Martin
1984 Trevor Brooking
1985 Paul Allen
1986 Tony Cottee
1987 Billy Bonds
1988 Stewart Robson
1989 Paul Ince
1990 Julian Dicks
1991 Luděk Mikloško
1992 Julian Dicks
1993 Steve Potts
1994 Trevor Morley
1995 Steve Potts
1996 Julian Dicks
1997 Julian Dicks
1998 Rio Ferdinand
1999 Shaka Hislop
2000 Paolo Di Canio
2001 Stuart Pearce
2002 Sébastien Schemmel
2003 Joe Cole
2004 Matthew Etherington
2005 Teddy Sheringham
2006 Danny Gabbidon
2007 Carlos Tévez
2008 Robert Green
2009 Scott Parker
2010 Scott Parker
2011 Scott Parker
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