Matt Hilton and Shaun Robinson share Gold Coast Premier League’s Player of the Year award
TWO of the Gold Coast Premier League’s biggest names have shared the Tony Cecco Medal as Player of the Year at Football Gold Coast’s presentation night.
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TWO of the Gold Coast Premier League’s biggest names have shared the Tony Cecco Medal as Player of the Year at Football Gold Coast’s annual presentation night.
Burleigh striker Matt Hilton and Broadbeach midfielder Shaun Robinson (both 19 points) were named joint winners of the award after helping their sides reach the semi final and grand final respectively.
Max Brown, (Gold Coast Knights, 16pts), Eric Leonard (Nerang, 15pts) and Bruno Rodriguez (Surfers Paradise, 13pts) rounded out the top five.
Hilton finished with 27 goals to also claim the Golden Boot, with Robinson (15 goals) finishing equal-second with Dolphins teammate Luke Marsh.
Broadbeach’s Megan Kehoe won the Women’s Premier League Player of the Year prize.
The full list of award winners is below.
TONY CECCO MEDAL TOP FIVE
Name: Matt Hilton
Tony Cecco Medal Finish: 1st (tied)
MVP Points: 19
Club: Burleigh Heads
Position: striker
The Premier League veteran was simply unstoppable this season, bagging 27 goals for one-time ladder leaders Burleigh to finish 12 clear of Broadbeach duo Luke Marsh and Shaun Robinson.
KNIGHTS CONFIDENT OF IMMEDIATE NPL IMPACT
Name: Shaun Robinson
Tony Cecco Medal Finish: 1st (tied)
MVP Points: 19
Club: Broadbeach United
Position: midfielder
The hero of Broadbeach’s 2017 grand final triumph made a successful transition from the forward line to the engine room this season, finishing with 15 goals as the Dolphins reached yet another title decider.
COAST CLUB POACHES BIG-NAME RIVAL
Name: Max Brown
Tony Cecco Medal Finish: 2nd
MVP Points: 16
Club: Gold Coast Knights
Position: midfielder
Brown was the driving force behind the Knights’ charge to the Premier League title double, underlined by his man-of-the-match performance in their 5-1 victory over Broadbeach in the grand final.
SACKED COACH WITH NOTHING TO PROVE IN NEW ROLE
Name: Eric Leonard
Tony Cecco Medal Finish: 4th
MVP Points: 15
Club: Nerang
Position: midfielder
Having arrived in Australia in April to chase a professional contract, the US native proved an instant success in the Premier League as the Eagles surprised many to finish fifth on the ladder.
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Name: Bruno Rodriguez
Tony Cecco Medal Finish: 5th
MVP Points: 13
Club: Surfers Paradise
Position: midfielder
While Apollo’s Premier League campaign never hit any great heights despite reaching the preliminary final, their skipper was a model of consistency and was among his team’s best players every week.
LEX BELL SOLUTION IN SIGHT FOR SURFERS
MEN’S TEAM OF THE YEAR
Joshua Langdon/Griffin Bambach
Connor Simpson
Oskar Dillon
Lee Jungje
Daniel Dragicevic
Adam Powell
Attilio Assante
Max Brown
Shaun Robinson
Matt Hilton
Luke Marsh.
Subs: Yuji Kin, Bruno Rodriguez, Eric Leonard, Jack Boxell, Justin Watmough.
Coach: Colin Phelan
FULL LIST OF AWARD WINNERS
Tony Cecco Medal Men’s PL (MVP) - Matt Hilton (Burleigh) and Shaun Robinson (Broadbeach)
Kate Gleeson Women’s PL (MVP) - Megan Kehoe (Broadbeach)
Club Championship - Gold Coast Knights
Golden Boot
PL - Matt Hilton (27, Burleigh)
WPL - Megan Kehoe (10, Broadbeach)
CL - Fikret Mehic (25, Musgrave)
CL Women’s - Monntana Bailey (10, Southport)
PL Reserves - Bradley Richardson (17, Palm Beach)
CL Reserves - Joseph Lamb (21, Broadbeach)
Midweek Metro Div 1 - Joseph Allocca (21, Bond Uni)
Midweek Metro North - Wesley Tronson (35, Kingscliff)
Midweek Metro South - Cameron Bullard (Bilambil)
Women’s Metro North - Kelsie Redman (Coomera)
Women’s Metro South - Monique Allsopp (41, Kingscliff)
Weekend Metro - Keegan Staff (16, Tweed United)
Coaches Player of the Year
PL - Matt Hilton (Burleigh)
WPL - Kate Webb (Southport)
CL - Koji Kato (Musgrave)
Women’s CL - Lauren Blair (Palm Beach)
PL Reserves - Travis Taylor (Surfers)
CL Reserves - Caleb Furnell (Southport)
Midweek Metro Div 1 - Alex Horne (Tallebudgera)
Midweek Metro North - Scott Pickering (Coomera)
Midweek Metro South - Cameron Bullard (Bilambil)
Women’s Metro North - Kelsie Redman (Coomera)
Women’s Metro South - Kim Woodcock (Mudgeeraba)
Weekend Metro - Jesse Keegan (Robina)
Coach of the Year
PL - Colin Phelan (Burleigh)
WPL - Sarah Evans (Broadbeach)
CL - Matt Lynch (Broadbeach)
Women’s CL - Jason Mancell (Southport)
PL Reserves - Dave Freemantle (Surfers)
CL Reserves - Rob Semple (Broadbeach)
Midweek Metro Div 1 - Kirk Brebner (Surfers)
Midweek Metro North - Ross Wallace (Robina)
Midweek Metro South - Christopher Gallagher (Bilambil)
Women’s Metro North - David Lowth (Coomera)
Women’s Metro South - Mark Griffiths (Tweed)
Weekend Metro - Mark Hallam (Ormeau)
Community Awards
Jodie Dickens (Gold Coast Knights)
Telly Karadimos (Surfers Paradise)
25 Year Service
Lee Vernon (Broadbeach)
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