Northern Ireland Football Writers' Association Player of the Year
The Northern Ireland Football Writers' Association Player of the Year (often called the NIFWA Player of the Year) is an annual award given to the player who is adjudged to have been the best of the season in the NIFL Premiership. It is one of two association football Player of the Year awards in Northern Ireland, with the other being the Ulster Footballer of the Year award.
The award has been presented since the 1969–70 season and the winner is chosen by a vote amongst members of the association.[1] The first winner of the award was Des Dickson of Coleraine. The player to have received the award more than any other is Glenn Ferguson, who has collected the award on three occasions, the last of which was in 2006.[2] Two other players have won the award twice; Ivan Murray was the first in 1975 and Vinny Arkins was the most recent, in 2002.
Winners
[edit]By player
[edit]Player | Total | Years |
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3 | 2001, 2004, 2006 |
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2 | 1974, 1975 |
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2 | 2000, 2002 |
By country
[edit]Club | Players | Total |
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42 | 46 |
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5 | 6 |
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1 | 1 |
By club
[edit]Club | Players | Total |
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Linfield | 15 | 17 |
Crusaders | 8 | 8 |
Glentoran | 8 | 8 |
Coleraine | 4 | 5 |
Cliftonville | 4 | 4 |
Portadown | 3 | 4 |
Ards | 2 | 2 |
Glenavon | 2 | 2 |
Bangor | 1 | 1 |
Larne | 1 | 1 |
Newry Town | 1 | 1 |
See also
[edit]Footnotes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Annual awards". Northern Ireland Football Writers' Association. Retrieved 20 August 2010.
- ^ M. Brodie (ed.), Northern Ireland Soccer Yearbook 2009-2010, p. 102. Belfast: Ulster Tatler Publications
- ^ "Linfield and Lennon celebrate awards". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 August 2010.
- ^ "Weatherstone saves England C". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 August 2010.
- ^ "Smith wins player honour". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 August 2010.
- ^ "Blues dominate awards". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 August 2010.
- ^ "Glendinning wins top player award". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 August 2010.
- ^ "Linfield double at Writers' awards". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 August 2010.
- ^ "Jeffrey and Murphy in Blues double". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 August 2010.
- ^ "Gault picks up NI Writers award". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 August 2010.
- ^ "Top boss McDonald agrees new deal". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 August 2010.
- ^ "Patterson scoops top player award". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 August 2010.
- ^ Crusaders' Stuart Dallas earns N Ireland writers double
- ^ Chris Morrow and David Jeffrey pick up NI Writers' awards
- ^ Liam Boyce wins Football Writers Player of the Year award
- ^ Cliftonville striker Gormley wins writers player of year award
- ^ It's treble joy for the Crusaders at Northern Ireland Football Writers' Awards
- ^ Crusaders pair Baxter and Burns win top awards
- ^ BBC
- ^ BBC
- ^ "Joel Cooper Wins Northern Ireland Player Of the Year". Oxford United. 18 October 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
- ^ "Shayne Lavery scoops another awards double and pays tribute to Linfield team-mates". Belfast Telegraph. 29 May 2021. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
- ^ "Player of the Year Chris Shields backs David Healy against his critics". Belfast Telegraph. 9 May 2022. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
- ^ "Northern Ireland Football Awards: Larne midfielder Leroy Millar named Player of the Year". BBC. 22 April 2023. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
- ^ a b c "Player of the Year". Northern Ireland Football Writers' Association. Retrieved 20 August 2010.