Bale and Wilshere feature in Premier League Team of the Year dominated by top two
By Sportsmail Reporter
Last updated at 12:23 AM on 18th April 2011
Award winners Gareth Bale and Jack Wilshere feature in the Professional Footballers' Association's Premier League Team of the Year which is dominated by players from Manchester United and Arsenal.
Bale capped a memorable season when he was voted PFA Player of the Year while Wilshere was awarded the youngsters' equivalent.
The pair join seven players from the competition's leading two clubs to have been voted into the composite side by their fellow professionals.
Doubling up: Gareth Bale (left) and Jack Wilshere picked up awards and were named in the team of the yearLeaders and Champions League semi-finalists United are the most represented with four players in veteran goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar, defender Nemanja Vidic, playmaker Nani and Premier League top scorer Dimitar Berbatov.
Defender Bacary Sagna, Player of the Year candidate Samir Nasri and Young Player of the Year Wilshere make up the Gunners contingent.
In a side made up entirely of players from the top five clubs, Manchester City have two representatives in Carlos Tevez and Vincent Kompany while Chelsea and Tottenham have one each in Ashley Cole and Bale respectively.
Championship leaders QPR have two players in the team for the second tier in goalkeeper Paddy Kenny and playmaker Adel Taarabt. Promotion contenders Swansea and Norwich also each have two players in the side.
Flying high: Adel Taarabt has been in fine form for QPR this seasonDefender Ashley Williams, who was recently overlooked for the Wales captaincy, and Scott Sinclair have had fine seasons with the Swans while Wes Hoolahan and Grant Holt have impressed for the Canaries.
Leicester defender Kyle Naughton, on loan from Tottenham, makes his second appearance in the team after having been voted on while with Sheffield United two years ago.
Brighton, who secured promotion to the Championship this week, have three players in the League One team in Inigo Calderon, Gordon Greer and Elliott Bennett.
It is the runaway leaders' rivals challengers Southampton, however, who are the most represented with five players in Kelvin Davis, Dan Harding, Jose Fonte, Adam Lallana and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.
League Two leaders Chesterfield have three players in their division's team with Tommy Lee, Danny Whitaker and Craig Davies all voted in.
In demand: Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain has been watched by the likes of Arsenal and Manchester UnitedPremier League Team of the Year: Van Der Sar (Man Utd), Sagna (Arsenal), Cole (Chelsea), Vidic (Man Utd), Kompany (Man City), Nani (Man Utd), Nasri (Arsenal), Wilshere (Arsenal), Bale (Tottenham), Tevez (Man City), Berbatov (Man Utd).
Championship team: Kenny (QPR), Naughton (Leicester), Harte (Reading), Williams (Swansea), Morgan (Nottm Forest), Taarabt (QPR), Sinclair (Swansea), King (Leicester), Hoolahan (Norwich), Graham (Watford), Holt (Norwich).
League One team: Davis (Southampton), Calderon (Brighton), Harding (Southampton), Greer (Brighton), Fonte (Southampton), Pilkington (Huddersfield), Bennett (Brighton), Lallana (Southampton), Oxlade-Chamberlain (Southampton), Mackail-Smith (Peterborough), Wright-Phillips (Charlton).
League Two team: Lee (Chesterfield), Batt (Oxford), Skarz (Bury), Sharps (Shrewsbury), Branston (Torquay), Whitaker (Chesterfield), Ainsworth (Wycombe), Ryan (Accrington), Lowe (Bury), Law (Rotherham), Davies (Chesterfield).
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