Northwest Football Awards 2019
THE 2019 WINNERS
NORTHWEST FOOTBALL
AWARDS
Congratulations to the region’s brightest
and best in the game
2019 WINNERS & FINALISTS
Premier League Player of the Season
Winner
Liverpool Football Club – Virgil van Dijk
Manchester City – Bernardo Silva
Manchester United – Luke Shaw
Championship Player of the Season
Winner
Wigan Athletic Football Club- Reece James
Blackburn Rovers Football Club – Danny Graham
Bolton Wanderers Football Club – Gary O’Neil
Preston North End Football Club – Ben Davies
League One Player of the Season
Winner
Rochdale AFC – Ian Henderson
Accrington Stanley Football Club – Sean McConville
Blackpool Football Club – Curtis Tilt
Fleetwood Town Football Club – Wes Burns
League Two Player of the Season
Winner
Tranmere Rovers Football Club – Scott Davies
Morecambe Football Club – Luke Conlan
Macclesfield Town Football Club – Fiacre Kelleher
Oldham Athletic Football Club – Callum Lang
The National League Player of the Season
Rising Star
Winner
Liverpool Football Club – Trent Alexander-Arnold
Bolton Wanderers Football Club – Harry Brockbank
Burnley Football Club – Dwight McNeil
Manchester United -Mason Greenwood
Rochdale AFC – Luke Matheson
Wigan Athletic Football Club – Reece James
Women’s Player of the Season
Winner
Manchester City – Steph Houghton
Everton Women – Simone Magill
Fylde Ladies FC – Laura Merrin
Liverpool FC Women – Sophie Bradley-Auckland
Manchester United Women’s FC – Katie Zelem
Women’s Rising Star
Winner
Manchester City – Georgia Stanway
Burnley FC Women – Evie Priestley
Fylde Ladies FC – Georgia Stevens
Liverpool FC Women – Amy Rodgers
Fan Media Channel
Community Club of the Season – All Other Leagues, in association with the PFA
Winner
Bolton Wanderers Community Trust
Blackburn Rovers Community Trust
Tranmere Rovers in the Community
Wigan Athletic Community Trust
Community Club of the Season – Premier League, in association with the PFA
Winner
City in the Community
Burnley FC in the Community
Everton in the Community
Liverpool Football Club Foundation
Community Initiative of the Year, in association with the PFA
Winner
Burnley FC in the Community – The Leisure Box
City in the Community – City Play
Everton in the Community – The People’s Place
Michael Carrick Foundation – Carrick’s Boot Room
NCS Youth Board at Blackburn Rovers Community Trust
Kick it Out Promoting Inclusion Award
Winners
Manchester United – #allredallequal
MID LANCASHIRE COLTS JUNIOR FOOTBALL LEAGUE
BE THE BEST COMMUNITY C.I.C
Better Things
Bootle Bucks Inclusion F.C
Burnley FC – One Club for All
Everton FC – All Together Now
The Sir Tom Finney Preston Soccer Centre and Football Club
Business and Professional Services to Football
Winner
Mills & Reeve
Eleven Sports Media: Stadium TV & STATTV
Pro Football Academy
StreamAMG
Best Club Marketing/Sponsorship or Engagement Campaign
Winner
Everton Football Club and Umbro’s 2019/2020 home kit launch: Built to Last
Liverpool FC & BetVictor – Training SOS
Manchester United HATRED
Northwest Football Journalist of Broadcaster of the Season
Winners
Andy Bayes, BBC Radio Lancashire
Marc Iles, The Bolton News
Matt Scrafton, The Blackpool Gazette
Simon Hughes, The Athletic (formerly of The Independent)
Manager of the Season
Winner
Jurgen Klopp – Liverpool Football Club
Casey Stoney – Manchester United Women
Graham Alexander – Salford City Football Club
Pep Guardiola – Manchester City
Micky Mellon – Tranmere Rovers Football Club
Lifetime Contribution
Winner
Joe Royle
Goal of the Season
Winner
Alan Browne- Preston North End
Impact
Winner
Vincent Kompany
Unsung Hero
Winner
The Staff of Bury Football Club