New Zealand Football Awards (Smeltz wins!
The dream run of All White striker Shane Smeltz in 2007 continued on Monday night as he walked away from the annual New Zealand Football Awards Dinner as the Nike Men�s Player of the Year.
The Wellington Phoenix forward is in hot goal scoring form, sitting near the top of the A-League golden boot standings and firing four goals in his last three All Whites matches, including the equaliser in New Zealand�s come from behind win in Vanuatu on Saturday.
There will be little time to celebrate for Smeltz � who has recovered from the corked thigh he picked up in Port Vila � as the All Whites are in camp preparing to take on Vanuatu in Wellington on Wednesday night.
There may be a congratulatory nod or two at training however, as fellow All Whites Ben Sigmund (NZFC Player of the Year) and Jacob Spoonley (Young Player of the Year) both picked up awards of their own, while Ricki Herbert was rewarded for his work with the national team and the Wellington Phoenix with the Coach of the Year gong.
Strong performances at the FIFA Women�s World Cup saw Sweden based Football Ferns captain Rebecca Smith � also a nominee for FIFA�s World Women�s Player � named as Nike Women�s Player of the Year, while her World Cup team mate and double nominee Abby Erceg won Nike Young Women�s Player of the Year.
Team of the Year went to Waitakere United whose 2006-07 season finished with both the Oceania Champions League title and the NZFC Minor Premiership.
Hard News2007-11-19 22:45:35
better for us as Phoenix fans than having news about a Blackburn or Celtic player on the radio
he would've saved about twice as many as Smeltz has scored
Who would you have picked?
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robbwatson2007-11-20 20:23:28
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Paston
Outstanding work Shane, you've had a great season so far and I can only hope you keep rising and take the Nix into the top 4 with your goals.....
A hattrick at the RoF tomorrow night would be good....and follow it up with another on Sat night at the Dome.....just to celebrate!
Who would you have picked?
Not saying you're wrong of course, just interested
Who would you have picked?
Not saying you're wrong of course, just interested