FORREST THE PFA PRIZE GUY
Celtic winger James Forrest was last night named the PFA Scotland Player of the Year at an awards ceremony in Glasgow.
Celtic winger James Forrest was last night unveiled as the Player of the Year at the PFA S cotland annual dinner in Glasgow.
The Scotland star, who helped his club clinch an eighth straight title at Pittodrie on Saturday and hopes to complete a third consecutive treble by beating Hearts in the Scottish Cup final later this month, has scored 22 times for club and country this season.
H e w a s n o t p r e s e n t t o collect the trophy because t h e C e l t i c s q u a d we r e in Dublin celebrating their title win. The top
PFA Scotland prize has now ended up at Parkhead for six years running.
The Young Player of the Year award went to R angers winger Ryan Kent, whose season-long l o a n f r o m L ive r p o o l i s d u e t o expire following their final league fixture against Kilmarno ck at Rugby Park.
S t e ve C l a r ke o f K i l mar n o c k , wh o i s o n e o f t h e c a n d i d a t e s under consideration by the SFA board to succeed Alex Mcleish in charge of the national team, was the runaway winner of the Manager of the Year award after guiding the Ayrshire club to third place in the Premiership with two games remaining.
The Championship’s Player of the Year award was captured by veteran Queen of the South centre-forward Stephen Dobbie, pictured, who has scored 40 goals in 42 appearances for the Dumfries club. Managerless Queens will need more of his goals tomorrow night when they enter the first leg of a play-off against Montrose. The League One prize went to Arbroath striker B obby Linn, whose 23 goals helped the Ang u s c l u b to c l a i m t h e title and a place in the second tier. Edinburgh Cit y target man Blair Henderson was chosen as the top performer in League Two following a particularly productive f i r s t c a mp a i g n a t A i n s l i e Pa r k which saw him har vest 38 goals from 46 appearances.
P FA S c o t l a n d ’s S p e c i a l Me r i t prize was presented to Dr John Mclean from the Hampden Clinic, while Rangers’ striker Alfredo Morelos won Goal of the Season for his curling 20 -yarder in a 4-2 win over Aberdeen at Pittodrie.