Five England players in contention for Women’s Footballer of the Year

• Bronze, Christiansen, Kirby, Nobbs and Taylor are on shortlist
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Five members of Phil Neville’s England squad are in contention to win the Football Writers’ Association’s inaugural Women’s Footballer of the Year award.

Lyon’s Lucy Bronze, Manchester City’s Isobel Christiansen, Chelsea’s Fran Kirby, Arsenal’s Jordan Nobbs and Seattle Reign’s much-travelled Jodie Taylor comprise the shortlist selected by a 22-person judging panel. The winner will be decided before the Footballer of the Year dinner in London on 10 May.

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