Player of the Year 2021-22

Club News

Troon F.C. held our Player of the Year 2021-22 awards night at the club on Saturday night, for both their first team & Development Team.

This was our first POTY event since 2019, thanks to the Covid pandemic, and we were delighted to welcome a full clubhouse (and beer garden!) for the evening. Fantastic to get everyone back together for a function such as this, after so long without.

We have had an ultimately successful season this time out, with the main season’s objective reached – safety in the Premier Division. No mean feat, considering the wildly cut-throat nature of the league this season with a whopping 7 teams being relegated. Having navigated that safely, it was a season to celebrate as we look forward to next season!

The Development Team have been very effective this season as well, with some impressive results, but most importantly the progression of young players into the first team. We have played 20 YOUTH ACADEMY PLAYERS in the first season in 2021-22, which we are absolutely delighted about. Some of those players are already signed up to join the first team squad for 2022-23, and many of the rest are signed for the Development Team again. With some new additions coming in, we will be very well poised to go & kick on next season.

All round, a season to be proud of!

THE AWARDS

DEVELOPMENT TEAM TOP SCORER 2021-22
(L to R: Steel Fergusson, Calum Nairn, Jim Kirkwood)

Development Team Head Coach Calum Nairn presented the first award of the evening, the Top Scorer award for the Development Team.

Our top three goal scorers were:

  1. Steel Fergusson (8 goals in 15 games)
  2. Declan Macaulay (6 goals in 19 games)
  3. Joirdan Vernon (6 goals in 19 games)

Congratulations, Steel!

DEVELOPMENT TEAM: MANAGER’S PLAYER OF THE YEAR 2021-22

Development Team Head Coach Calum Nairn discussed this award with Thomas O’Ware, who began the season as Head Coach before departing for Rangers, and both were in complete agreement over the winner.

Captain Aaron Boyd has led the team with distinction throughout the season, especially during our management change mid-season & he has now progressed to the first team, ending the season superbly. Aaron was on holiday for the awards night, but he will be presented with his trophy when he gets back.

Congratulations, Aaron!

DEVELOPMENT TEAM: PLAYER’S PLAYER OF THE YEAR 2021-22

After a secret ballot of all our Development Team players, they returned a decisive vote as their Player’s Player of the Year.

The top three were as follows:

  1. Aaron Boyd (33% of the votes)
  2. Kieran McCulloch (22% of the votes)
  3. Dale Galloway (17% of the votes)

Congratulations, Aaron!

GOLDEN BOOT FOR TOP SCORER 2021-22
(L to R: John Redmond, Sam Jamieson, Jim Kirkwood)

Committee Member John Redmond presented the first award of the night for the first team, and it was perhaps the worst kept secret of the season!

The top three were as follows:

  1. Sam Jamieson (22 goals in 39 games)
  2. Ben Black (9 goals in 33 games)
  3. Dean Fulton (9 goals in 35 games)

Congratulations Sam!

COMMITTEE PLAYER OF THE YEAR 2021-22
(L to R: Tommy Maitland, Billy Inglis, Jim Kirkwood)

Vice-Chairman Billy Inglis presented the next trophy of the evening, the Committee Player of the Year.

After a secret ballot of all our Committee members, there was amazingly only two players who received votes!

The top three two were as follows:

  1. Tommy Maitland (55% of the votes)
  2. Sam Jamieson (45% of the votes)

Congratulations, Tommy!

YOUNG PLAYER OF THE YEAR 2021-22
(L to R: Ewan McLevy, Marty Fraser, Jim Kirkwood)

Goalkeeping Coach Marty Fraser presented the next trophy of the evening, the Young Player of the Year. A massive award for our club, as we have always promoted young players and created a pathway for them to the first team.

After a secret ballot of all our first team players, they returned a decisive vote.

The top three were as follows:

  1. Ewan McLevy (88% of the votes)
  2. Josh Black (6% of the votes)
  3. Aaron Boyd (6% of the votes)
MANAGER’S PLAYER OF THE YEAR 2021-22
(L to R: Sam Jamieson & Jim Kirkwood)

Manager Jimmy Kirkwood discussed this award with Dean Keenan & Marty Fraser, and all were in complete agreement over the two obvious candidates.

As with most of the other awards, defender Tommy Maitland & forward Sam Jamieson were the frontrunners for the award, and in the end Jimmy decided Sam had just edged it.

Congratulations, Sam!

PLAYER’S PLAYER OF THE YEAR 2021-22
(L to R: Billy Inglis, Dean Keenan, Sam Jamieson, Jim Kirkwood)

After a secret ballot of all our First Team players, they returned a decisive vote as their Player’s Player of the Year.

The top three were as follows:

  1. Sam Jamieson (61% of the votes)
  2. Tommy Maitland (22% of the votes)
  3. Ben Black (6% of the votes)

Congratulations to Sam, after a fantastic season!

Congratulations to all the award winners – and congratulations to ALL of our players after a long, hard season!!