Response from FL on why Ledley's goal was "Goal of the Season"

<font face="Arial" size="2">Basically, I emailed them saying that Ledleys goal wasn't even the best goal of thatgame,ne'er mind goal of theseason. I also asked them how theyselected the winner.</font></p><font face="Arial" size="2"><hr />

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<font face="Arial" size="2">Paul</font> </p>

<font face="Arial" size="2">Your communication was referred to the relevant personnel for attention and they have responded as follows:</font> </p>

<font face="Arial" size="2">&quot;On Goal of the Year, the winner was completely based on judges votes. I must admit I was surprised with the winner, but the judges must have marked more highly due to the team effort of the goal, with eight players in a nine pass move leading to the goal. Also, judging something like this is always very subjective.</font></p>

<font face="Arial" size="2">The judges for this award were:</font>
<font face="Arial" size="2">Stewart Thomson</font> <font face="Tahoma" size="2">&ndash;</font><font face="Arial" size="2"> Football League Commercial Director</font>
<font face="Arial" size="2">Gary Hibbert</font> <font face="Tahoma" size="2">&ndash;</font><font face="Arial" size="2"> Mitre Marketing Director</font>
<font face="Arial" size="2">Gordon Taylor</font> <font face="Tahoma" size="2">&ndash;</font><font face="Arial" size="2"> Chief Executive of the Professional Footballers&rsquo; Association</font>
<font face="Arial" size="2">John Barnwell</font> <font face="Tahoma" size="2">&ndash;</font><font face="Arial" size="2"> Chief Executive of the League Managers Association</font>
<font face="Arial" size="2">The shortlist was reached as follows:</font>
<font face="Arial" size="2">1)</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2" /> <font face="Arial" size="2">All League clubs were asked to submit their top goal(s) of last year (calendar year)</font> <font face="Tahoma" size="2">&ndash;</font><font face="Arial" size="2"> 53 goals were received</font>
<font face="Arial" size="2">2)</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2" /> <font face="Arial" size="2">The list was then shortlisted to 21 goals by Football League staff</font>
<font face="Arial" size="2">3)</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2" /> <font face="Arial" size="2">The judges were asked to rank their top five from this list which formed the shortlist on the night.&quot;</font>
<font face="Arial" size="2">We hope this is helpful and thank you for contacting The Football League.</font>
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