Northwest Football Awards 2008

The finalists for this year’s Northwest Football Awards have been released providing the Northwest Football community, both on and off the pitch a line-up to be proud of.

The esteemed panel of judges including Gordon Talyor , Chief Executive of the PFA and leading football lawyer ,Maurice Watkins commented that the level of entries for this year’s Awards were excellent, once again making them honoured to part of such a talented and dedicated industry.  Football fans from around the world also demonstrated their dedication casting over 85,000 votes from 163 countries in order to decide this years Player of the Year finalists.

Community Scheme of the Year

• Bolton Wanderers FC
• Manchester City FC
• Morecambe FC

Community Scheme - Project of the Year

• Bolton Wanderers FC
• Manchester City FC
• Preston North End FC

Best Club Sponsorship

• Blackburn Rovers FC
• Bolton Wanderers FC
• Everton FC

Best Club Marketing Campaign - The Premier League

• Blackburn Rovers FC
• Liverpool FC
• Manchester United FC

Best Club Marketing Campaign - Football League and the Conference

• Burnley FC
• Preston North End FC
• Tranmere Rovers FC

Most Innovative Non Match-day Use of a Football Ground

• Manchester City FC
• Manchester United FC
• Preston North End FC

Northwest Business Award for Services to Football

• JMC IT
• Sportsglobal - 90 Minutes

Northwest Professional Services to Football

• Brabners
• Deloitte
• Forbes Solicitors

Goal of the Year

• Roque Santa Cruz - Blackburn FC
• Kevin Nolan - Bolton Wanderers FC
• Wade Elliott - Burnley FC
• Fernando Torres - Liverpool FC
• Elano - Manchester City FC
• Cristiano Ronaldo - Manchester United FC
• Neil Mellor  - Preston North End
• Liam Dickinson - Stockport FC

Player of the Year - Premier League

Richard Dunne - Manchester CIty

Joleon Lescott - Everton FC

Fernando Torres - Liverpool FC

Cristiano Ronaldo - Man Utd FC

Player of the Year - Championship

Sean St Ledger - Preston North End FC

Stephen Crainey - Blackpool FC

Wade Elliott - Burnley FC

Player of the Year - League 1

Danny Livesey - Carlisle

Mark Allott - Oldham

Ian Goodison - Tranmere Rovers FC

Player of the Year - League 2

• Paul Mullin - Accrington Stanley FC
• Gary Jones - Rochdale FC
• Liam Dickinson - Stockport County FC

Player of the Year - Conference

• Colin Little - Altrincham FC
• Lee Steele - Northwich Victoria

All winners will be announced at the Awards Dinner, headline sponsored by Bank of America on the 17 November at the Midland Hotel.

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