West Ham’s Tomáš Souček tops autumn part of footballer of year poll

West Ham player Tomáš Souček dominated voting in the autumn part of Czechia’s Golden Ball award for footballer of the year. The 28-year-old midfielder, who is also the captain of the Czech national team, finished far ahead of the second-placed player, his West Ham teammate Vladimír Coufal.

Ladislav Krejčí of Sparta Prague came third in the poll of sports journalists.