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2 unusual facts about PFA Young Player of the Year


1984–85 Manchester United F.C. season

Striker Mark Hughes, United's top scorer for the season with 16 goals in the league and 24 in all competitions, was voted PFA Young Player of the Year.

Young Footballer of the Year

PFA Young Player of the Year, an annual award presented to an association football player in England


Willie McFaul

McFaul signed Brazil's flamboyant striker Mirandinha to replace Beardsley, and with Wimbledon winger Glyn Hodges coming in as well as Irish teenager Michael O'Neill, Newcastle had their best season under McFaul finishing eighth, with Gascoigne taking all the plaudits winning the PFA Young Player of the Year award.


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