Faye pride at prize

Stoke defender Abdoulaye Faye has spoken of his pride at being named players' player of the year. Faye has missed just one league game since arriving from Newcastle for £2.25 million last August and captained the team for the last five months in the absence of Andy Griffin. Faye said: "I'm very proud for the team, for the supporters, for my family and for everyone at Stoke."