PFA Scotland Manager of the Year

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 200607 season to Celtic boss Gordon Strachan.[3]

List of winners

SeasonNameClubNotes
200607 Gordon Strachan Celtic Also won the SFWA award[3]
200708 Billy Reid Hamilton Academical
200809 Gordon Strachan Celtic
200910 Walter Smith[4] Rangers

Also won the SFWA award[4]

201011 John McGlynn[5] Raith Rovers
201112 Derek Adams[6] Ross County
201213 Allan Johnston[7] Queen of the South
201314 Derek McInnes[8] Aberdeen Also won the SFWA award[9]
201415 John Hughes[10] Inverness Caledonian Thistle Also won the SFWA award[11]
201516 Mark Warburton[12] Rangers

Winners by club

ClubNumber of winsWinning seasons
Celtic 2 200607, 200809
Rangers 2 200910, 201516
Hamilton Academical 1 200708
Raith Rovers 1 201011
Ross County 1 201112
Queen of the South 1 201213
Aberdeen 1 201314
Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1 201415

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. 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. 1 2 "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.
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