By Liam Price, photos by Peter Robinson
The first ever standalone Nantwich Town Women’s Awards Evening took place at the Swansway Stadium last Sunday evening.
The headlines were an incredible 5 separate awards for forward Poppy Smith. She won the NTISA-voted Golden Moment of the Season for her goal in the cup semi-final against Wirral United, the Management Team’s Player of the Season, Goal of the Season (v Macclesfield Town), Young Player of the Season and the Nantwich Town Women’s Player of the Season 2023/24. The last 3 of those were all voted for by supporters, capping off a brilliant season for Poppy personally and the team as a whole.
Elsewhere, the Oustanding Contribution award went to Manager Dan Mellor and coach Ryan Jones for their excellent work with the team and developing the entire women’s side of the club.
The NTISA’s Player of the Season, as picked by our supporter’s association, was Keane Harrison. Harrison also took home the award for top scorer after her total of 13 goals across a great season.
The trophy for most assists went to Abbie Heywood, who set up 9 goals for her fellow players over the season.
Finally, the Player’s Player of the Season went to Freya Chaffey-Green. After coming second in a number of the other awards, it was worthy recognition from her team mates for a fine season.
All in all, it was a successful evening to celebrate Nantwich Women’s most successful season yet, recording a first ever cup final and top 4 league finish.