City trio Ryan Shawcross, Liam Lawrence and Ricardo Fuller have all been named in this season's Professional Footballers' Association Championship Team of the Year.

Defender Ryan, midfielder Liam and striker Ricardo were all honoured at the annual PFA awards in London last night following their excellent performances this season.

Shawcross, who signed a permanent deal from Manchester United in January, has scored 8 goals for the Potters this season and also made his debut for the England Under 21's.

Lawrence, meanwhile, is leading the Actim Stats leaderboard and has already netted 15 goals for the club so far this campaign.

Fuller has also scored 15 goals including the superb solo efforts against West Brom and Wolves.

Further awards are set to be handed out tonight in the club's own player of the season awards evening.

The full PFA Team of the Year is as follows:

Wayne Hennessey (Wolverhampton Wanderers)

Bradley Orr (Bristol City)
Ryan Shawcross (Stoke City)
Dan Shittu (Watford)
Paul Robinson (West Bromwich Albion)

Liam Lawrence (Stoke City)
Brian Howard (Barnsley)
Marvin Elliott (Bristol City)
Jonathan Greening (West Bromwich Albion)

Ricardo Fuller (Stoke City)
Kevin Phillips (West Bromwich Albion)