SFWA awards nominees revealed as NO Rangers players included with Celtic ace lined up for clean sweep
Celtic could extend their lead over Rangers in this winners' category
STAR MEN SFWA awards nominees revealed as NO Rangers players included with Celtic ace lined up for clean sweep
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THE FINALISTS for this year's Scottish Football Writers' Association awards have been revealed.
A total of 12 players and coaches have been shortlisted ahead of the glitzy prize giving that will take place later this month.
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Daizen Maeda with his PFA Scotland Player of the Year trophy
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Celtic forward Daizen Maeda scooped the PFA Scotland Player of the Year award at the weekend and Falkirk boss John McGlynn beat Brendan Rodgers to the Manager of the Year gong.
Both Maeda and McGlynn are among the nominees for this one too.
Maeda is joined on the Player of the Year shortlist by Hoops team mate Callum McGregor, Dundee striker Simon Murray and Hibs defender Nectar Triantis.
With 16 goals apiece, Maeda and Murray lead the Premiership scoring charts while McGregor has enjoyed one of his finest individual seasons in the Hoops with eight goals and four assists.
Triantis has played a vital part in Hibs' revival under David Gray.
It means that despite claiming the Players' Player of the Year and Player of the Year for Rangers, midfielder Nicolas Raskin has been left out of the running.
In the Manager of the Year stakes alongside McGlynn are Hoops manager Rodgers, Hibs boss Gray and Jimmy Thelin of Aberdeen.
Rodgers has steered Celtic to a Premiership and Premier Sports Cup double, and could make it a treble if his team beat Aberdeen in the Scottish Cup final.
Thelin's Dons had a superb start to the season but began to falter around November and it took until February for results to turn in their favour again.
Speaking of turnarounds, the job Gray has done at Easter Road hasn't gone unnoticed.
Kris Boyd explains why Celtic striker Adam Idah and Rangers' Cyriel Dessers are similar players
The former skipper led Hibs on a 17-game unbeaten run - their best since 1948 - before losing to Aberdeen last month, putting them in the driving seat for a Europa League qualifying spot.
For the Young Player of the Year, starlets from three different clubs have made the final list.
Lennon Miller of Motherwell (who won the PFA Scotland equivalent), Bobby Wales and David Watson of Kilmarnock and recent Scotland cap James Wilson from Hearts are the four men up for the award.
The winners will be announced at the annual dinner on May 18.
In its history, Celtic players have won the main award 26 times, with Rangers second with 17 winners.
SFWA AWARDS NOMINEES: IN FULL
Lawrence Shankland of Hearts won the Player of the Year award last year
SFWA Player of the Year
Daizen Maeda (Celtic), Callum McGregor (Celtic), Simon Murray (Dundee), Nectar Triantis (Hibernian)
William Hill Manager of the Year
David Gray (Hibernian), John McGlynn (Falkirk), Brendan Rodgers (Celtic), Jimmy Thelin (Aberdeen)
DoubleTree by Hilton Young Player of the Year
Lennon Miller (Motherwell), Bobby Wales (Kilmarnock), David Watson (Kilmarnock), James Wilson (Hearts)
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