Club honours flow for keeper Young

THE accolades continued for goalkeeper Jamie Young last night when he was named Brisbane Roar’s player of the season.

Two days after winning the A-League goalkeeper of the year award, Young received the Roar’s highest honour, the Gary Wilkins Medal.

It wasn’t the only honour bestowed on Young with the 32-year-old gloveman also earning the recognition of his peers by winning the Players’ Player of the Season gong.

“Well done to Jamie Young who joins a select group of talented footballers to earn the prestigious Gary Wilkins Medal,” coach John Aloisi said.

Young established himself as the Roar’s first-choice keeper this season after replacing the injured Michael Theo.

Veteran custodian Theo, whose eight-year Roar stint is over after he wasn’t offered a new deal, was also honoured last night by becoming just the second player to be inducted into the club’s Hall of Fame.

Theo, who joins two-time Johnny Warren Medallist Thomas Broich as a Roar hall of famer, won three of his five A-League titles with Brisbane and made 170 appearances in all competitions for the Queenslanders.