I'd be interested to know more about the 1994 and '95 awards because I always saw McGrath as winning them both.
I think it doesn’t help that there many different categories; players player of the year, supporters player of the year, clubman of the year, sponsors player of the year. The same goes for the young player awards. There’s every chance either I’ve got mixed up or the reporter in the various newspapers or programmes got mixed up! One thing we can be certain of is that McGrath would have hoovered up the vast majority of the awards.
For 1994, Bozzie won the supporters player of the year, as reported the programme. I have put together the other photos I have (1990, 1991 & 1992). Looks the same trophy.
As for 1995, the Gala night (where the awards were presented from 1993) was scheduled before the Liverpool game (the last home game of the season). This was postponed, I assume because of the precarious league placing, whether it was rescheduled I just don’t know. The match report in the Mercury references Deano as player of the season.
