Hayes and Kerr win FA Women’s Super League Manager and Player awards following Chelsea’s third title win in a row

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25th May 2022

EMMA HAYES has scooped the FA WSL Manager of the Season prize after leading Chelsea to their third successive title in the division.

And Blues striker Sam Kerr, 28, clinched the player’s award after finishing as the league’s top scorer.

Emma Hayes followed up her LMA award win with the FA’s WSL Manager of the Year prize

Hayes, 45, led her Kingsmeadow side to a trophy double by winning the FA Cup as well as the WSL title.

A 4-2 home defeat of Manchester United on the last day of the season saw her side pip Arsenal to top spot.

In March the club reached the Continental Tyres Trophy final at Plough Lane before being beaten 3-1 by Man City.

Earlier this month Hayes hailed the efforts of her players who she described as immense and ‘the best team’ she has ever coached.

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And the Blues chief praised Kerr following the striker netting 20 goals in 20 top tier appearances last season.

The forward, who won last term’s Golden Boot, scored twice in this year’s FA Cup final

And her goals helped her side seal a 4-2 defeat of Man City at Wembley.

This month, Hayes said: “She’s the best for a reason and she stepped up once again for this football club.

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“I said (to Sam): ‘Come to Chelsea and you’ll win trophies,’ and I can confidently say we both made the right decision.”

The gong for Hayes comes after the Chelsea chief was named the WSL’s boss of the year at the League Managers Awards dinner on Tuesday evening.

Liverpool boss Matt Beard was the recipient of the Women’s Championship honour at the event at Grosvenor House in London.

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