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Northern Ireland Football Writers' Association Player of the Year

April 12, 2024

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

Year Player Nationality Club Also won[A] Notes Refs[B]
1969–70 Des Dickson   Northern Ireland Coleraine — — —
1970–71 Bryan Hamilton   Northern Ireland Linfield UFY — —
1971–72 Billy Humphries   Northern Ireland Ards UFY — —
1972–73 John McPolin   Northern Ireland Crusaders — — —
1973–74 Ivan Murray   Northern Ireland Coleraine — — —
1974–75 Ivan Murray (2)   Northern Ireland Coleraine — [C] —
1975–76 Warren Feeney   Northern Ireland Glentoran UFY — —
1976–77 Billy Caskey   Northern Ireland Glentoran — — —
1977–78 Jim Martin   Northern Ireland Linfield UFY — —
1978–79 Ray McGuigan   Northern Ireland Glenavon — — —
1979–80 Lindsay McKeown   Northern Ireland Linfield UFY — —
1980–81 Gary Blackledge   Northern Ireland Glentoran — — —
1981–82 Felix Healy   Northern Ireland Coleraine UFY — —
1982–83 George Dunlop   Northern Ireland Linfield — — —
1983–84 Billy Murray   Northern Ireland Linfield — — —
1984–85 Martin McGaughey   Northern Ireland Linfield UFY — —
1985–86 Trevor Anderson   Northern Ireland Linfield — — —
1986–87 Damien Byrne   Republic of Ireland Ards — — —
1987–88 Alan Paterson   Northern Ireland Glentoran UFY — —
1988–89 Marty Magee   Northern Ireland Portadown — — —
1989–90 Ollie Ralph   Republic of Ireland Newry Town UFY — —
1990–91 Stephen McBride   Northern Ireland Glenavon UFY — —
1991–92 Raymond Morrison   Northern Ireland Glentoran UFY — —
1992–93 Paul Byrne   Republic of Ireland Bangor — — —
1993–94 Noel Bailie   Northern Ireland Linfield UFY — —
1994–95 Kevin McKeown   Scotland Crusaders UFY — —
1995–96 Peter Kennedy   Northern Ireland Portadown UFY — —
1996–97 Stephen Baxter   Northern Ireland Crusaders UFY — —
1997–98 Marty Tabb   Northern Ireland Cliftonville UFY — —
1998–99 John Devine   Northern Ireland Glentoran UFY — —
1999–00 Vinny Arkins   Republic of Ireland Portadown UFY — —
2000–01 Glenn Ferguson   Northern Ireland Linfield UFY — [3]
2001–02 Vinny Arkins (2)   Republic of Ireland Portadown — [C] [4]
2002–03 Gary Smyth   Northern Ireland Glentoran UFY — [5]
2003–04 Glenn Ferguson (2)   Northern Ireland Linfield UFY — [6]
2004–05 Mark Glendinning   Northern Ireland Glentoran — — [7]
2005–06 Glenn Ferguson (3)   Northern Ireland Linfield UFY [D] [8]
2006–07 William Murphy   Northern Ireland Linfield UFY — [9]
2007–08 Michael Gault   Northern Ireland Linfield — — [10]
2008–09 Chris Scannell   Northern Ireland Cliftonville UFY — [11]
2009–10 Rory Patterson   Northern Ireland Coleraine UFY — [12]
2010–11 Stuart Dallas   Northern Ireland Crusaders — [13]
2011–12 Chris Morrow   Northern Ireland Crusaders — [14]
2012–13 Liam Boyce   Northern Ireland Cliftonville UFY — [15]
2013–14 Joe Gormley   Northern Ireland Cliftonville UFY — [16]
2014–15 Paul Heatley   Northern Ireland Crusaders UFY — [17]
2015–16 Billy Joe Burns   Northern Ireland Crusaders UFY — [18]
2016–17 Jamie Mulgrew   Northern Ireland Linfield UFY — [19]
2017–18 Gavin Whyte   Northern Ireland Crusaders UFY — [20]
2018–19 Jimmy Callacher   Northern Ireland Linfield UFY — —
2019–20 Joel Cooper   Northern Ireland Linfield — [21]
2020–21 Shayne Lavery   Northern Ireland Linfield UFY — [22]
2021–22 Chris Shields   Republic of Ireland Linfield UFY — [23]
2022–23 Leroy Millar   Northern Ireland Larne UFY — [24]

By player edit

Player Total Years
  Glenn Ferguson 3 2001, 2004, 2006
  Ivan Murray 2 1974, 1975
  Vinny Arkins 2 2000, 2002

By country edit

Club Players Total
  Northern Ireland 42 46
  Republic of Ireland 5 6
  Scotland 1 1

By club edit

Club Players Total
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

A. ^ : Player also won the Ulster Footballer of the Year award.
B. ^ : Sourced to the official website of the Northern Ireland Football Writers' Association unless otherwise stated.[25]
C. a b : Won the award on two occasions.[25]
D. ^ : Won the award three times.[25]

References edit

  1. ^ "Annual awards". Northern Ireland Football Writers' Association. Retrieved 20 August 2010.
  2. ^ M. Brodie (ed.), Northern Ireland Soccer Yearbook 2009-2010, p. 102. Belfast: Ulster Tatler Publications
  3. ^ "Linfield and Lennon celebrate awards". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 August 2010.
  4. ^ "Weatherstone saves England C". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 August 2010.
  5. ^ "Smith wins player honour". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 August 2010.
  6. ^ "Blues dominate awards". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 August 2010.
  7. ^ "Glendinning wins top player award". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 August 2010.
  8. ^ "Linfield double at Writers' awards". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 August 2010.
  9. ^ "Jeffrey and Murphy in Blues double". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 August 2010.
  10. ^ "Gault picks up NI Writers award". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 August 2010.
  11. ^ "Top boss McDonald agrees new deal". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 August 2010.
  12. ^ "Patterson scoops top player award". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 August 2010.
  13. ^ Crusaders' Stuart Dallas earns N Ireland writers double
  14. ^ Chris Morrow and David Jeffrey pick up NI Writers' awards
  15. ^ Liam Boyce wins Football Writers Player of the Year award
  16. ^ Cliftonville striker Gormley wins writers player of year award
  17. ^ It's treble joy for the Crusaders at Northern Ireland Football Writers' Awards
  18. ^ Crusaders pair Baxter and Burns win top awards
  19. ^ BBC
  20. ^ BBC
  21. ^ "Joel Cooper Wins Northern Ireland Player Of the Year". Oxford United. 18 October 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  22. ^ "Shayne Lavery scoops another awards double and pays tribute to Linfield team-mates". Belfast Telegraph. 29 May 2021. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
  23. ^ "Player of the Year Chris Shields backs David Healy against his critics". Belfast Telegraph. 9 May 2022. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
  24. ^ "Northern Ireland Football Awards: Larne midfielder Leroy Millar named Player of the Year". BBC. 22 April 2023. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
  25. ^ a b c . Northern Ireland Football Writers' Association. Retrieved 20 August 2010.

External links edit

  • Official website
  • Irish League Archive - Player Awards

April 12, 2024
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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 Contents 1 Winners 1 1 By player 1 2 By country 1 3 By club 2 See also 3 Footnotes 4 References 5 External linksWinners editYear Player Nationality Club Also won A Notes Refs B 1969 70 Des Dickson nbsp Northern Ireland Coleraine 1970 71 Bryan Hamilton nbsp Northern Ireland Linfield UFY 1971 72 Billy Humphries nbsp Northern Ireland Ards UFY 1972 73 John McPolin nbsp Northern Ireland Crusaders 1973 74 Ivan Murray nbsp Northern Ireland Coleraine 1974 75 Ivan Murray 2 nbsp Northern Ireland Coleraine C 1975 76 Warren Feeney nbsp Northern Ireland Glentoran UFY 1976 77 Billy Caskey nbsp Northern Ireland Glentoran 1977 78 Jim Martin nbsp Northern Ireland Linfield UFY 1978 79 Ray McGuigan nbsp Northern Ireland Glenavon 1979 80 Lindsay McKeown nbsp Northern Ireland Linfield UFY 1980 81 Gary Blackledge nbsp Northern Ireland Glentoran 1981 82 Felix Healy nbsp Northern Ireland Coleraine UFY 1982 83 George Dunlop nbsp Northern Ireland Linfield 1983 84 Billy Murray nbsp Northern Ireland Linfield 1984 85 Martin McGaughey nbsp Northern Ireland Linfield UFY 1985 86 Trevor Anderson nbsp Northern Ireland Linfield 1986 87 Damien Byrne nbsp Republic of Ireland Ards 1987 88 Alan Paterson nbsp Northern Ireland Glentoran UFY 1988 89 Marty Magee nbsp Northern Ireland Portadown 1989 90 Ollie Ralph nbsp Republic of Ireland Newry Town UFY 1990 91 Stephen McBride nbsp Northern Ireland Glenavon UFY 1991 92 Raymond Morrison nbsp Northern Ireland Glentoran UFY 1992 93 Paul Byrne nbsp Republic of Ireland Bangor 1993 94 Noel Bailie nbsp Northern Ireland Linfield UFY 1994 95 Kevin McKeown nbsp Scotland Crusaders UFY 1995 96 Peter Kennedy nbsp Northern Ireland Portadown UFY 1996 97 Stephen Baxter nbsp Northern Ireland Crusaders UFY 1997 98 Marty Tabb nbsp Northern Ireland Cliftonville UFY 1998 99 John Devine nbsp Northern Ireland Glentoran UFY 1999 00 Vinny Arkins nbsp Republic of Ireland Portadown UFY 2000 01 Glenn Ferguson nbsp Northern Ireland Linfield UFY 3 2001 02 Vinny Arkins 2 nbsp Republic of Ireland Portadown C 4 2002 03 Gary Smyth nbsp Northern Ireland Glentoran UFY 5 2003 04 Glenn Ferguson 2 nbsp Northern Ireland Linfield UFY 6 2004 05 Mark Glendinning nbsp Northern Ireland Glentoran 7 2005 06 Glenn Ferguson 3 nbsp Northern Ireland Linfield UFY D 8 2006 07 William Murphy nbsp Northern Ireland Linfield UFY 9 2007 08 Michael Gault nbsp Northern Ireland Linfield 10 2008 09 Chris Scannell nbsp Northern Ireland Cliftonville UFY 11 2009 10 Rory Patterson nbsp Northern Ireland Coleraine UFY 12 2010 11 Stuart Dallas nbsp Northern Ireland Crusaders 13 2011 12 Chris Morrow nbsp Northern Ireland Crusaders 14 2012 13 Liam Boyce nbsp Northern Ireland Cliftonville UFY 15 2013 14 Joe Gormley nbsp Northern Ireland Cliftonville UFY 16 2014 15 Paul Heatley nbsp Northern Ireland Crusaders UFY 17 2015 16 Billy Joe Burns nbsp Northern Ireland Crusaders UFY 18 2016 17 Jamie Mulgrew nbsp Northern Ireland Linfield UFY 19 2017 18 Gavin Whyte nbsp Northern Ireland Crusaders UFY 20 2018 19 Jimmy Callacher nbsp Northern Ireland Linfield UFY 2019 20 Joel Cooper nbsp Northern Ireland Linfield 21 2020 21 Shayne Lavery nbsp Northern Ireland Linfield UFY 22 2021 22 Chris Shields nbsp Republic of Ireland Linfield UFY 23 2022 23 Leroy Millar nbsp Northern Ireland Larne UFY 24 By player edit Player Total Years nbsp Glenn Ferguson 3 2001 2004 2006 nbsp Ivan Murray 2 1974 1975 nbsp Vinny Arkins 2 2000 2002By country edit Club Players Total nbsp Northern Ireland 42 46 nbsp Republic of Ireland 5 6 nbsp Scotland 1 1By club edit Club Players TotalLinfield 15 17Crusaders 8 8Glentoran 8 8Coleraine 4 5Cliftonville 4 4Portadown 3 4Ards 2 2Glenavon 2 2Bangor 1 1Larne 1 1Newry Town 1 1See also editUlster Footballer of the YearFootnotes editA Player also won the Ulster Footballer of the Year award B Sourced to the official website of the Northern Ireland Football Writers Association unless otherwise stated 25 C a b Won the award on two occasions 25 D Won the award three times 25 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 External links editOfficial website Irish League Archive Player Awards Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Northern Ireland Football Writers 27 Association Player of the Year amp oldid 1203473990, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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