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Just days to go to nominate NPL Player of the season

EVO-STIK Northern Premier League supporters have until a minute to midnight this Thursday to nominate their players for the NPL Facebook Group Fans Players of the Year Award which is being sponsored by Pitchero for the first time this season.

Around 300 players and officials are expected to attend the 2015 EVO-STIK Northern Premier League Players of the Year Awards in April and supporters can register up to three league players (only one per club) before the nominations deadline of 11.59pm on 26 February 2015 or see them miss out on the chance to collect one of the most coveted awards in the national game when the accolades are handed out at the four star Brooklands Holiday Inn near Barnsley.

Won last year by Darlington’s Steven Thompson (with FC’s very own Tom Greaves the runner up), the NPL Facebook Group Fans Player of the Year is the only footballing honour in the UK run by fans. This season’s contest on Sunday 19 April should be the most open yet after organisers made it easier than ever for fans to take part and ensure their favourites make a shortlist of five players.
Fan representatives from all 68 clubs will then vote on a successor to Thompson to decide the winner of this year’s award.

Nominations can be registered via email, on Twitter and Facebook and NPL Facebook spokesman James Heyes said: "Fans who haven’t done so already only have days left to nominate their players. If a player doesn’t get mentioned, then we can’t include them, so its really important the fans nominate their favourites or they will miss out on even making the shortlist."

How to vote:
Visit the NPL Facebook page and comment on the awards post at the top of the page.
Via Twitter by using the Hashtag #NPLSP15 (the hashtag must be used due to the counting system used)
Via email at NPLSPOTS2015@hotmail.com

Rules
Fans may nominate up to three players, however only one player per club.
Nominated players must be active in the EVO-STIK NPL and must not be on a short term loan, unless from another EVO-STIK NPL club.
The deadline for nominations is 11.59pm on 26 February 2015.
Players who have joined a club on short term loan, youth loan or work experience are ineligible for award unless they have joined from another team in the NPL.
NPL Academy players are eligible for the award providing they have played one first team match in the EVO-STIK NPL during the season.
Players are not allowed to nominate themselves.



First Posted ~ 10:07 Tue 24 Feb 2015
News ID ~ 6040
Last Updated ~ 00:47 Tue 16 Feb 2021