Right-back Lucy Bronze capped a fantastic year by being named Vauxhall England Player of the Year at the 2015 FA Women’s Football Awards which were held at Wembley Stadium on Friday, 4th December.
Beth Mead was named Vauxhall England Young Player of the Year – one of three awards that the Sunderland striker picked up on the night. Mead was also named FA WSL 1 Players’ Player of the Year and FA WSL 1 Top Goalscorer.
Jodie Michalska, Kit Graham and Karen Clough picked up the FA Women’s Premier League (FA WPL) prizes.
Elsewhere in the FA WPL, Sheffield FC manager Helen Mitchell was awarded FA WPL Manager of the Year after steering her side to promotion into FA WSL 2. Derby County were named FA WPL Club of the Year.
In the final awards of the night, Brighton won the #WeCanPlay Participation Award for their ‘Albion in the Community’ programme while Portsmouth’s Dave Coyle was awarded Outstanding Contribution to Women’s Football.
Full list of winners:
Vauxhall England Player of the Year: Lucy Bronze
Vauxhall England Young Player of the Year: Beth Mead (Sunderland)
FA WSL 1 Players’ Player of the Year: Beth Mead (Sunderland)
FA WSL 2 Players’ Player of the Year: Courtney Sweetman-Kirk (Doncaster Rovers Belles)
FA WPL Player’s Player of the Year (Northern & Southern Premier): Jodie Michalska (Sheffield) & Kit Graham (Charlton Athletic)
FA WPL Player’s Player of the Year (Div 1s): Karen Clough (Sporting Club Albion)
FA WSL Manager of the Year: Emma Hayes (Chelsea)
FA WPL Manager of the Year: Helen Mitchell (Sheffield)
FA WSL Goal of the Year: Ji So Yun (Chelsea)
FA WSL 1 Club of the Year: Sunderland
FA WSL 2 Club of the Year: Doncaster Rovers Belles
FA WPL Club of the Year: Derby County
#WeCanPlay Participation Award: Albion in the Community
FA WSL 1 Top Goalscorer: Beth Mead (Sunderland)
FA WSL 2 Top Goalscorer: Courtney Sweetman-Kirk
FA WPL Northern Top Goalscorer: Kit Graham (Charlton Athletic)
FA WPL Southern Top Goalscorer: Jodie Michalska (Sheffield)
FA WPL North Division 1 Top Goalscorer: Tanya Rich (Guisely AFC Vixens)
FA WPL Midlands Division 1 Top Goalscorer: Natalie Shaw (Sheffield United)
FA WPL South East Division 1 Top Goalscorer: Sara Sinclair (C&K Basildon)
FA WPL South West Division 1 Top Goalscorer: Natasha Knapman (Plymouth Argyle)
Outstanding Contribution to Women’s Football: Dave Coyle (Portsmouth)
Further Reading: HERE
