By Liam Price, photos by Peter Robinson
Amanda Fallon won 4 awards on a celebratory evening for the Nantwich Women’s team as they revelled in their superb league title triumph.
Forward Fallon took home trophies for Most Assists, Top Goalscorer, Manager’s Player of the Season, and the big one Player of the Season as voted for by supporters.
Other winners on the night included the NTISA Supporters of the Season which went to Dean Crutchley and Dan Moore.
The Outstanding Contribution award went to Jo Case. She unfortunately suffered an ACL injury last season which has prevented her from playing, but while recovering from that has become the team’s physio and helped with coaching too, a testament to her spirit and passion for the team.
The NTISA’s Golden Moment was perhaps the easiest of these awards there’s ever been, as it went to the moment Rebecca Davies lifted the league trophy at the Swansway Stadium with all the other players and many family members in attendance.
The NTISA’s final award, their Player of the Season, went to Levi Lander, who contributed 9 goals and 7 assists to the Dabbers’ fantastic season.
Fallon’s numbers in the Assists and Goals awards are worth reiterating. She got 5 more assists than anyone else and scored 41% of the total goals for the Dabbers this season. She became the club’s all time leading scorer in less than her first full season at the club.
The first fan-voted award to be presented was Goal of the Season. This went to Bridie Harding for her spectacular long range strike against Solihull in the Women’s FA Cup as Nantwich reached the First Round Proper for the first time ever.
As mentioned, Fallon took the Manager’s Player of the Season, but the new award of Manager’s Young Player of the Season also went to Bridie Harding. The tall defender has made a great impact since arriving and it was recognised here.
The Player’s Player of the Season went to Megan Ragdale. Ragdale scored 9 and assisted 8 goals in an excellent campaign and she must be delighted to see that recognised by her own team mates.
The one other fan-vote was Young Player of the Season, which Poppy Smith won for the second year in succession after 5 goals, 3 assists and many more strong performances.
That cleared the stage for Fallon to take the big award of the evening as the league trophy was also shown off in a memorable evening to top off a truly memorable season.
