Joe Marston Medal
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The Joe Marston Medal is an A-League award given to the player of the match in the A-League Grand Final each year. Introduced in 1990, previously the award was also given to the best player in the National Soccer League grand final
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[edit] History
The medal is named after Joe Marston, who represented Australia for the national team in the 1950s and was a member of the Preston North End F.C. side that played in the 1954 FA Cup Final.
[edit] List of winners
[edit] NSL
| Year | Winner | Club | Opponent |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989/90 | Abbas Saad | Olympic Sharks | Marconi Stallions |
| 1990/91 | Joe Biskic* | Melbourne Knights | South Melbourne |
| 1991/92 | Alex Tobin | Adelaide City | Melbourne Knights |
| 1992/93 | Milan Ivanovic* | Adelaide City | Marconi Stallions |
| 1993/94 | Alex Tobin | Adelaide City | Melbourne Knights |
| 1994/95 | Steve Horvat | Melbourne Knights | Adelaide City |
| 1995/96 | Andrew Marth | Melbourne Knights | Marconi Stallions |
| 1996/97 | Alan Hunter | Brisbane Strikers | Sydney United |
| 1997/98 | Fausto De Amicis | South Melbourne | Carlton SC |
| 1998/99 | Goran Lozanovski | South Melbourne | Sydney United |
| 1999/00 | Scott Chipperfield | Wollongong Wolves | Perth Glory |
| 2000/01 | Matthew Horsley | Wollongong Wolves | South Melbourne |
| 2001/02 | Ante Milicic | Olympic Sharks | Perth Glory |
| 2002/03 | Simon Colosimo | Perth Glory | Olympic Sharks |
| 2003/04 | Ahmad Elrich* | Parramatta Power | Perth Glory |
[edit] A-League
| Year | Winner | Club | Opponent |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005/06 | Dwight Yorke | Sydney FC | Central Coast Mariners |
| 2006/07 | Archie Thompson | Melbourne Victory | Adelaide United |
* - indicates the medal-winning player was on the Grand Final losing team
[edit] References
- Football Federation Australina website NSL Grand Final Facts and Trivia
- Sportal (2005). Warren's medal of honour. Retrieved March 6, 2006.
- Cooper, David (2002). Olympic upsets Perth in NSL final. Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved on April 7, 2006.
- Sportal (2003). Horvat calls it a day. Retrieved on April 7, 2006.
- Sportal (2004). Mrdja wins it for Glory. Retrieved on April 7, 2006.
- Simon Colosimo. Football Federation Australia. Retrieved on April 7, 2006.
- Lynch, Michael (2002). Biskic still gets a kick out of the game. The Age. Retrieved on April 7, 2006.
