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In 2000, New Zealand Soccer, the game's governing body, cocked a snook at the New Zealand Soccer Media Association by opting to hold their own awards evening, primarily to recognise the achievers in the National League.

To add insult to injury, the national body opted to hold the dinner on the eve of the Chatham and SWANZ Cup Finals, traditionally the night when the NZSMA held the event they had introduced to the New Zealand footballing calendar in 1970 ...

While the NZSMA was forced to switch their event to the eve of the National League Grand Final, another ludicrous situation developed - yours truly found myself in contention for six awards!!

Of the Soccer Media honours, I was among the hopefuls for Soccer Writer of the Year, Club Programme of the Year, Club Magazine of the Year and the Jim McMullan Trophy, while I was a final nominee in both the NZ Soccer Media Personality of the Year and NZ Soccer Service to the Game awards.
It's an honour in itself to even be nominated for the last-mentioned honour or the Jim McMullan Trophy, as both are highly prestigious awards which recognise an individual's contribution to the game. To be among the final nominees for  both ... wow!!

In the end, I was more than happy to return home with the Club Magazine of the Year trophy, as Editor of the best club publication for the third time in five years. But what a crazy situation to find oneself in - in contention for an unprecedented six awards in one season ...

Perhaps it was an omen for what happened between February 25 and August 24, 2001 ... perhaps this will remind you!

Meanwhile, common sense prevailed in 2001, with NZS and the NZSMA getting together again to hold what proved a highly successful combined awards dinner. Following are the NZS awards details - where the awards were replicated, details of the winner can be found on the NZSMA Honours List.


Year
Player
Players' Player
Women's Player
Young Player
National League Club
Fair Play Award
2000
Commins Menapi
Commins Menapi
Ben Sigmund
Napier City Rovers
Dunedin Technical & Metro
2001
Jeremy Seales
Napier City Rovers
Central United
2002
Tauranga City United
Manawatu
2003
Canterbury United
Miramar Rangers
2004-15
2016
Chris Wood
Annalie Longo
Sam Brotherton
2017
Chris Wood
Rebekah Stott
Clayton Lewis
2018
Chris Wood
Betsy Hassett
Liberato Cacace
2019
Chris Wood
Rebekah Stott
Sarpreet Singh
2021
Chris Wood
Ria Percival
Liberato Cacace
2022
not presented
not presented
not presented
2023
Chris Wood
Katie Bowen
Marko Stamenic

Year
Coach
Referee
Media Person
NZF Merit Award
NZF Service to the Game
NZF Team
of the Year
2000
Clive Campbell
Bruce Grimshaw
Andrew Dewhurst
Charlie Dempsey
Eileen Langridge
first presented 2006
2001
2002
Jeremy Ruane
2003
Jason Pine
2004
Glen Price
2005
2006
Vaughan Coveny
All Whites
2007
Waitakere United
2008
Junior Ferns
2009
Auckland City FC;
Brent Best;
Mike Hester;
Jan-Hendrik Hintz;
Peter O'Leary
All Whites
2010
Jacqui Stephenson
All Whites
2011
Jan-Hendrik Hintz & Peter O'Leary
Junior All Whites (U17s)
2012-15
2016
Jose Figueira
Matt Conger
Team Wellington
2017
Hiroshi Miyazawa
Matt Conger
Youth All Whites (U20s)
2018
Leon Birnie
Matt Conger
Young Ferns
2019
Des Buckingham
Matt Conger and Anne-Marie Keighley
Youth All Whites (U20s)
2021
Danny Hay
Matt Conger and Anne-Marie Keighley
OlyWhites (U23s)
2022
not presented
not presented
not presented
2023
Darren Bazeley
Campbell-Kirk Kawana-Waugh and Anne-Marie Keighley
Football Ferns

Year
Futsal Player
of the Year
Futsal Coach
of the Year
Futsal Referee
of the Year
Futsal Women's Player of the Year
Futsal Team
of the Year
2017
Kareem Osman
Nic Downes
Chris Sinclair
Jess Verdon
U-18 Futsal Ferns
2018
Jodi Ditfort
Marvin Eakins
Antony Riley
Shivi Anthony
Auckland men
2019
Dylan Manickum
Sam Masterson
Antony Riley and Anna-Marie Keighley
Maxine Cooper
Waikato men
2021
Mike Antamanov
Nic Downes
Chris Sinclair
Serena Patel
Auckland City men
2022
not presented
not presented
not presented
not presented
not presented
2023
Dylan Manickum
Marvin Eakins
Chris Sinclair
Jordana Bremner
Futsal Whites
Year
Players' Player of the Year
International Player
International Young Player
Women's Players' Player of the Year
Women's International Player
Women's International Young Player
2000
Simon Elliott
Chris Killen
Melissa Ruscoe
Nicky Smith
2001
Ryan Nelsen
Peter Howe
Amanda Crawford
Zoe Thompson
2002
Ivan Vicelich
David Mulligan
Rachel Oliver
Priscilla Duncan
2003
Ryan Nelsen
Steven Old
Nicky Smith
Priscilla Duncan
2004
Vaughan Coveny
Tony Lochhead
Amber Hearn
Hayley Moorwood
2005
Ryan Nelsen
Steven Old
Simone Ferrara
Kirsty Yallop
2006
Ryan Nelsen
Chris James
Ali Riley
Ali Riley
2007
Shane Smeltz
Jacob Spoonley
Rebecca Smith
Abby Erceg
2008
Shane Smeltz
Christopher Wood
Ali Riley
Rosie White
2009
Ryan Nelsen
Christopher Wood
Ali Riley
Rosie White
2010
Ryan Nelsen
Tommy Smith
Ali Riley
Olivia Chance
2011
Winston Reid
Winston Reid
Christopher Wood
Abby Erceg
Ali Riley
Hannah Wilkinson


National League All-Stars Squad
2000
Martin Akers, Jeremy Brown, Paul Bunbury, Aaron Burgess, Jeff Campbell, Perry Cotton, Jimmy Cudd, Simon Eaddy, Chris McIvor, Commins Menapi, Ross Nicholson, Graham Pearce, Gareth Rowe, Blair Scoullar, Ben Sigmund, Jonathan Taylor
2001
Daniel Aliaga, Campbell Banks, James Bannatyne, Paul Bunbury, Tim Butterfield, Jimmy Cudd, Simon Eaddy, Thomas Edge, Graham Little, Nick Longley, Miro Major, Graham Pearce, Michael Ridenton, Jeremy Seales, Ben Sigmund, Jonathan Taylor
2002
Mark Beldham, Tim Butterfield, Jamie Duncan, Simon Eaddy, Jeremy Field, Andy Hedge, Graham Little,  Nick Longley, Chris McIvor, James Pamment, Scott Pilcher, Ben Sigmund, Sanjay Singh, Shane Smeltz, Jonathan Taylor
2003
Andy Boyens, Tim Butterfield, Sean Douglas, Sean Dowling, Andy Essler, Davis Haule, Graham Little, Chris McIvor, Miro Major, Mark Paston, Rupert Ryan, Ben Sigmund, Sanjay Singh, Craig Smith, Kara Waetford
2010
James Bannatyne, George Barbarouses, Jake Butler, Andy Coburn, Chad Coombes, Adam Cowan, Greg Draper, Brent Fisher, Jason Hayne, Ian Hogg, Russell Kamo, Tom Lancaster, Adam McGeorge, Tim Myers, Allan Pearce, Jason Rowley, Jacob Spoonley, Seule Soromon


ASB Premiership Team of the Decade, 2004-5 - 2013-14
Danny Robinson (Waitakere United & Waikato FC); James Pritchett (Auckland City), Ivan Vicelich (Auckland City), Danny Hay (Waitakere United), Ian Hogg (Auckland City, Waitakere United & Hawkes Bay United); Chris Bale (Waitakere United, Team Wellington & Auckland City), Albert Riera (Auckland City), Aaron Clapham (Canterbury United); Roy Krishna (Waitakere United & Auckland City), Keryn Jordan (Waitakere United & Auckland City), Benjamin Totori (Youngheart Manawatu & Waitakere United)

Substitutes:  Ross Nicholson (Auckland City & Youngheart Manawatu); Ben Sigmund (Auckland City & Canterbury United); Jake Butler (Waitakere United); Allan Pearce (Waitakere United); Grant Young (Auckland City)

Coach:  Allan Jones
Player of the Decade:  Keryn Jordan


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