Photos Courtesy of Sportsfile SLIGO born John Mahon of Waterford FC is the SSE Airtricity/Soccer Writers Ireland Player of the Month for August. The 26-year-old, experienced centre-half topped the SWI nationwide poll with 58 votes to pip Dundalk’s previous winner, Daryl Horgan with Derry City’s Michael Duffy, another previous winner this season, in third place. Mahon, the former Sligo Rovers defender, has been excellent at the back for the RSC based Suirsiders as their league

Photo Courtesy of Sportsfile GOLDEN BOOT-chasing Tommy Lonergan of Waterford has won the SSE Airtricity/Soccer Writers Ireland Player of the Month award for July. The Dunboyne-born Lonergan continued to spearhead the Blues resurgence and has firmly taken hold of the League's golden boot race with two more goals as well as two assists in July to leave the 22 year-old now ahead by four in the race for the domestic end-of-season Golden Boot award. The in-form striker and ex-Flee

VERSATILE 20 year-old forward Eoin Kenny of Dundalk has been named as the SSE Airtricity Soccer Writers Ireland Player of the month for June. He came out on top of the voting over Harry Wood (Shelbourne) with Kian Leavy of St Patrick’s Athletic in third place. Kenny topped the poll by virtue of more second preference votes after both amassed 32 votes each. With each receiving the same number of first preference votes, the count went to the second preferences with Kenny just r

Photos Courtesy of Sportsfile DUNDALK club captain, Daryl Horgan has been named SSE Airtricity/Soccer Writers Ireland Player of the Month for May. The Galway native topped the SWI nationwide poll with 60 points to claim the award ahead of second placed Tommy Lonergan of Waterford on 44 points with Bohemians’ Dawson Devoy third on 36 points. Horgan whose earlier domestic career included spells at Salthill Devon, Sligo Rovers and Cork City continued to lead by example wearing t

BOHEMIANS star man, Patrick Hickey has been named SSE Airtricity/Soccer Writers Ireland Player of the Month for March. He has continued his excellent start to the season where he quickly established himself as a key member of the Gypsies’ squad that sit proudly joint top with St Patrick’s Athletic in the SSE Airtricity Premier Division table. He secured over 50% of the first preference votes in the SWI nationwide poll and finished nine votes ahead of former Irish internation

Photos Courtesy of Sportsfile DERRY City’s flying winger Michael Duffy has been named the SSE Airtricity/Soccer Writers Ireland Player of the Month for February and is making a habit of collecting the awards. The 31 year-old topped the nationwide poll in a two-horse race to edge out Bohemians striker, Colm Whelan by a mere three votes with Bohs’ midfielder, Dawson Devoy in third place. Duffy who won the monthly gong in June of last year has continued his scintillating form at

Photo courtesy of Sportsfile TUAM-born Rory Gaffney, who was such a huge influence in Shamrock Rovers clinching the double, has been named as the SSE Airtricity/Soccer Writers Ireland Player of the Month for November. The 36-year-old striker netted both goals of Rovers’ 2-0 FAI Cup final win over relegated Cork City to confirm a first Hoops league and Cup double for 38 years. The brace in front of 35,252 fans at the Aviva Stadium in early November was one of his many highligh

Photo Courtesy of Sportsfile SHAMROCK ROVERS midfielder Matt Healy has won his first SSE Airtricity/Soccer Writers Ireland Player of the...

Photo Courtesy of Sportsfile LEEDS-born Harry Wood, Shelbourne’s attacking midfielder, has been named the SSE Airtricity/Soccer Writers...

DERRY City wide man Michael Duffy has been named the SSE Airtricity/Soccer Writers Ireland player of the month for June. The 30 year-old...