PFA Scotland Manager of the Year

PFA Scotland Manager of the Year
Gordon Strachan is the only person to have received two Manager of the Year awards.
Awarded for The outstanding manager in each given Scottish football season
Country Scotland
Presented by PFA Scotland
First awarded 2007
Last awarded 2018
Manager of the Season Jack Ross
Most awards Gordon Strachan (2)

The PFA Scotland Manager of the Year is awarded by the Professional Footballers' Association Scotland to the football manager in Scottish football who is seen to have been the best manager over the previous season. The award replaced, and is considered a direct continuation of,[1][2] the SPFA Manager of the Year award which was awarded just once, in the 2006–07 season to Celtic boss Gordon Strachan.[3]

List of winners

As of 2018, the award has been presented 12 times and won by 11 different managers. Gordon Strachan (2) is the only manager who has won the award more than once.

SeasonManagerClubAlso wonNotes
2006–07 Gordon Strachan Celtic Also won the SFWA award [3]
2007–08 Billy Reid Hamilton Academical
2008–09 Gordon Strachan Celtic
2009–10 Walter Smith Rangers Also won the SFWA award [4]
2010–11 John McGlynn Raith Rovers [5]
2011–12 Derek Adams Ross County [6]
2012–13 Allan Johnston Queen of the South [7]
2013–14 Derek McInnes Aberdeen Also won the SFWA award [8][9]
2014–15 John Hughes Inverness Caledonian Thistle Also won the SFWA award [10][11]
2015–16 Mark Warburton Rangers [12]
2016–17 Brendan Rodgers Celtic Also won the SFWA award [13]
2017–18 Jack Ross St Mirren [14][15]

Winners by club

ClubNumber of winsWinning seasons
Celtic32006–07, 2008–09, 2016–17
Rangers22009–10, 2015–16
Hamilton Academical12007–08
Raith Rovers12010–11
Ross County12011–12
Queen of the South12012–13
Aberdeen12013–14
Inverness Caledonian Thistle12014–15
St Mirren12017–18

See also

References

  1. ↑ "McGeady picks up double prize at football awards". The Herald. Herald & Times Group. Retrieved 24 April 2008. Celtic winger Aiden McGeady has pulled off an awards double by winning the PFA Scotland Player Of The Year and Young Player Of The Year awards....McGeady follows in the footsteps of former Parkhead team-mate Shaun Maloney, who won both awards in a single season in 2006.
  2. ↑ "McGeady happy with Hoops". www.teamtalk.com. Archived from the original on 2013-01-04. Retrieved 2008-04-24. The only other player to have claimed the PFA Scotland double was Shaun Maloney, the Celtic midfielder who went on to carve out a career in the Premier League with Aston Villa.
  3. 1 2 "Nakamura gets top writers' prize". BBC Sport. BBC. 2 May 2007. Retrieved 19 July 2008.
  4. ↑ "Davis crowned player of the year". BBC Sport. BBC. 2 May 2010. Retrieved 3 May 2010.
  5. ↑ "PFA awards for John McGlynn and John Baird". BBC Sport. BBC. 1 May 2011. Retrieved 2 May 2011.
  6. ↑ "Celtic defender Charlie Mulgrew named player of the year". BBC Sport. BBC. 6 May 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
  7. ↑ "Allan Johnston wins Scotland's Manager of the Year award". BBC Sport. BBC. 5 May 2013. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
  8. ↑ "Aberdeen: Derek McInnes and Jonny Hayes win PFA awards". BBC Sport. BBC. 27 April 2014. Retrieved 27 April 2014.
  9. ↑ Forsyth, Roddy (4 May 2014). "Derek McInnes hits the heights with Aberdeen after suffering pain of failure at Bristol City". Daily Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
  10. ↑ "Inverness: John Hughes named PFA manager of year". BBC Sport. BBC. 3 May 2015. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  11. ↑ Gordon, Moira (23 May 2015). "John Hughes still inspired by tragic Craig Gowans". Scotland on Sunday. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  12. ↑ "Leigh Griffiths: Celtic forward named PFA Scotland Player of the Year". BBC Sport. BBC. 1 May 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  13. ↑ "Scott Sinclair named SPFA player of the year as Celtic win four awards". BBC Sport. BBC. 7 May 2017. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
  14. ↑ "Manager of the year award: Rodgers, Lennon, Clarke & Ross nominated". BBC Sport. BBC. 27 April 2018. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  15. ↑ Currie, Scott (29 April 2018). "St Mirren's Jack Ross named PFA Scotland manager of the year". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
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