New Zealand Football: NZF Announces Awards Finalists
May 25, 2010
AUCKLAND � New Zealand Football is pleased to announce the finalists for the 2010 NZF Awards to be held in Auckland this Friday.
The winners will be announced at an invitation-only evening function at the Maritime Museum, Auckland on Friday 27 May and will also incorporate the New Zealand Soccer Media Awards and the Oceania Football Confederation Player of the Year (men and women) awards for 2010.
The event will be attended by Australasian-based All Whites, who are currently in a domestic camp ahead of internationals against Mexico and Australia, and the Football Ferns who are gearing up for next month�s FIFA Women�s World Cup.
The time period covered by the 2010 NZF Awards is from January to December 2010 with the exception of ASB Premiership and ASB Women�s League awards which relate to the 2010-11 season.
As expected, performances at the 2010 FIFA World Cup are heavily represented not just in the Coach, Team and Men�s Player of the Year categories but also in nominations for Young Men�s Player, Referee and Assistant Referee of the Year.
A notable exception among the Nike Young Men�s Player of the Year finalists is Kosta Barbarouses, who missed out on World Cup selection but struck 11 goals for Brisbane Roar in the A-league before the New Year, and now goes head to head with World Cup All Whites Chris Wood and Tommy Smith in an exceptionally strong field for the U-20 category.
Ryan Nelsen, Winston Reid and Mark Paston are the finalists for the Nike Men�s Player of the Year award while Amber Hearn�s 13 goals in 16 internationals in 2010 earn her a nomination for Nike Women�s Player of the Year alongside German-based professional Rebecca Smith and WPS Rookie of the Year Ali Riley.
2010 NZF Awards Finalists
Nike Men�s Player of the Year
Ryan Nelsen (All Whites & Blackburn Rovers)
Mark Paston (All Whites & Wellington Phoenix)
Winston Reid (FC Midtjylland/West Ham & All Whites)
Nike Young Men�s Player of the Year (U-20)
Kosta Barbarouses (Wellington Phoenix/Brisbane Roar & All Whites)
Tommy Smith (Ipswich/Brentford & All Whites)
Chris Wood (West Bromwich Albion/Barnsley/Brighton & All Whites)
Nike Women�s Player of the Year
Amber Hearn (Football Ferns)
Ali Riley (FC Gold Pride & Football Ferns)
Rebecca Smith (VfL Wolfsburg & Football Ferns)
Nike Young Women�s Player of the Year (U-20)
Olivia Chance (Claudelands Rovers & NZ U-17)
Anna Green (Football Ferns & NZ U-20)
Rosie White (Football Ferns & NZ U-20)
Coach of the Year
Neil Emblen (Waitakere United)
Ricki Herbert (All Whites & Wellington Phoenix)
John Herdman (Football Ferns)
Team of the Year
All Whites
Football Ferns
Waitakere United
ASB Premiership Player of the Year 2010-2011
Andrew Bevin (Hawke�s Bay United)
Angel Berlanga (Auckland City)
Allan Pearce (Waitakere United)
ASB Women�s Youth League Player of the Year
Renee Leota (Capital Football)
Sarah McLaughlin (Waikato-BOP Football)
Emma Rolston (Capital Football)
Futsal Player of the Year
Miroslav Major (East City Futsal & Futsal Whites)
Dylan Manickum (East City Futsal & Futsal Whites)
Lucas da Silva (Capital Futsal & Futsal Whites)
Referee of the Year
Michael Hester
Peter O�Leary
Kevin Stoltenkamp
Assistant Referee of the Year
Brent Best
Jan-Hendrik Hintz
Mark Rule
NZSMA Award Categories
Jim McMullan Service to Football Award
Writer of the Year
Photographer of the Year
Radio Broadcaster of the Year
Television Journalist of the Year
Publication of the Year
Programme of the Year
Oceania Football Confederation Award Categories
OFC Men�s Player of the Year
OFC Women�s Player of the Year
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I just hope that ASB Premiership Player of the Year goes to a good, honest Kiwi.
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It should just go to the player who has been player of the year, whether they are kiwi or not
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But how is that supporting the coalface of New Zealand football?
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It should just go to the player who has been player of the year, whether they are kiwi or not
Allegedly
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Leota or Rolston FTW Feverish2011-05-25 14:09:18
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I think Allan Pearce deserved to be named as ASBP player of the year.
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The winners will be announced at an invitation-only evening function at the Maritime Museum, Auckland on Friday 27 May [/QUOTE]
I really hope that some Yellow Fever are invited, and one of them drunkingly goes on stage thinking that they have won an award they were not even nominated for, a la Brandon Block at the Brits.[QUOTE]
Dance DJ Brandon Block was told by his friends that he had won an award and had been summoned to the stage to collect it. Because of his advanced state of intoxication he believed them and walked on to the stage, eventually ending up next to a bemused Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood and actress Thora Birch, who were about to present the award for Best Soundtrack Album. After Block was removed from the stage by security, Wood aimed an insult in his direction, at which Block broke free to square up to the guitarist. A series of insults were then traded between the two, both of which were audible through the stage microphone, causing claims that the whole event may have been staged. Wood then threw his drink into Block's face, and the DJ was ejected from the event. Some time after the incident, Block claimed that he had subsequently apologised to Wood for his behaviour, and Wood had merely brushed it off.
All I do is make the stuff I would've liked
Reference things I wanna watch, reference girls I wanna bite
Now I'm firefly like a burning kite
And yousa fake fuck like a fleshlight
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NZSMA Award Categories
Jim McMullan Service to Football Award
Writer of the Year Michael Brown
Photographer of the Year
Radio Broadcaster of the Year
Television Journalist of the Year Andrew Gourdie?
Publication of the Year
Programme of the Year
who won the others?
Soccer: Brown takes award again
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/soccer-football/news/article.cfm?c_id=86&objectid=10728794
Jim McMullan Service to Football Award
Writer of the Year Michael Brown
Photographer of the Year
Radio Broadcaster of the Year
Television Journalist of the Year Andrew Gourdie?
Publication of the Year
Programme of the Year
who won the others?
Soccer: Brown takes award again
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/soccer-football/news/article.cfm?c_id=86&objectid=10728794
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2010 NZF Awards Winners
Team of the Year
All Whites (2010 FIFA World Cup)
Coach of the Year
Ricki Herbert (All Whites & Wellington Phoenix)
Nike Men�s Player of the Year
Ryan Nelsen (All Whites & Blackburn Rovers)
Nike Women�s Player of the Year
Ali Riley (Football Ferns & FC Gold Pride)
Nike Young Men�s Player of the Year (U-20)
Tommy Smith (All Whites & Ipswich Town)
Nike Young Women�s Player of the Year (U-20)
Olivia Chance (New Zealand U-17 & Claudelands Rovers)
Referee of the Year
Michael Hester
Assistant Referee of the Year
Jan-Hendrik Hintz
ASB Premiership Player of the Year 2010/11
Allan Pearce (Waitakere United)
ASB Women�s Youth League Player of the Year 2010/11
Renee Leota (Capital Football)
ASB Premiership Golden Boot 2010/11
Allan Pearce (Waitakere United) � 13 goals
ASB Women�s Youth League Golden Boot 2010/11
Renee Leota (Capital Football) � 13 goals
Futsal Player of the Year
Miroslav Major (Futsal Whites & East City Futsal)
NZF Merit Award
Jacqui Stephenson for selection as a match official to the FIFA Women�s World Cup Germany 2011
OFC Award Winners
OFC Men�s Player of the Year
Ryan Nelsen (New Zealand)
OFC Women�s Player of the Year
Ali Riley (New Zealand)
New Zealand Soccer Media Association Awards
Programme of the Year
Cambridge FC
Publication of the Year
Ryan Nelsen's Road to the World Cup with Tony Smith (Hodder Moa)
Writer of the Year
Michael Brown (Herald on Sunday)
Photographer of the Year
Andrew Cornaga (Photosport)
Radio Broadcaster of the Year
Jason Pine (The Radio Network)
TV Journalist of the Year
Andrew Gourdie (TV3)
Jim McMullan Service to Football Award
Iain Gillies
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We wait and we wonder, Luis.
Meanwhile, take a wee trip down memory lane - all the previous winners:
Men's honours: http://www.ultimatenzsoccer.com/NZRepSoccer/players.htm
Women's honours: http://www.ultimatenzsoccer.com/DomesticScene/premier_honours.htm
Club & Personality honours: http://www.ultimatenzsoccer.com/NZRepSoccer/club__personality_honours.htm
Media honours: http://www.ultimatenzsoccer.com/NZRepSoccer/media_honours.htm
Cheers,
JR
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I see results of last year's came out in May 2012. So what happened that meant we didn't have it at the same time this year? It seems like everything is about to begin again football-wise, so would be an odd time to name the best player of last year (as opposed to a month ago). Does NZ Football not have enough money to put it on? Guess it would've gone the way of Winston Reid.
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