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Daily Record
26-05-2025
- Sport
- Daily Record
East Fife star Alan Trouten confident he will still be banging the goals in next season at 40
The League Two Player of the Year, from Cambuslang, has enjoyed one of the best seasons of his career in 2024/25 Alan Trouten says a career-best goals total as East Fife sealed promotion to League One proves he can still bang them in next season. Trouten, 39, scored 28 goals in total in 43 games, 22 in League Two, four in the League Cup group stages, and a further two in the play-offs, in wins over Edinburgh City and Annan Athletic. That netted Trouten League Two Player of the Year and Top Goal-scorer as Dick Campbell's side made the step up to the third tier. Trouten, from Cambuslang, said: 'It has been a great season. The big and only probably disappointment was not winning the league, we set out to win it at the start of the season. 'Fair play to Peterhead, I don't think the league table lies, and the best team won it in the end, but I thought it was massive for us to then win the play-offs. 'Usually when somebody does run the eventual league winners so close, they have that dip and they can't get themselves going for the play-offs. 'So I thought to then show that mentality and attitude to win the play-offs, I was extremely proud of myself and the boys to clinch it and win promotion. 'We wanted to win the league, we fell short, but the biggest thing was to get promoted, and we did that in the end. 'When you see the teams in it, I would imagine East Fife will be favourites for relegation – but we saw what Stenhousemuir did last season, they went up and made the play-offs. 'You don't want to put that pressure on you, but it can be done, and you need to set your targets high.' On his incredible goals tally, Trouten said: 'My best ever was when I was at Albion Rovers when I got 28, with 20 being in the league, so I managed to beat my best-ever league total and equalled my overall total. 'I was hoping, as it was getting closer in the last couple of matches, to beat it – and I had a half-decent chance in the Annan game which is still haunting me. 'I thought I should have scored and that would have beat it, and sealed the game, but the main thing was to get the club back to League One. 'It's a good place to be. The club had been relegated the year before I went. In my first season we got to the play-offs but fell short, I don't think we were ready, and last season was a bit up and down with the managerial changes, but we had stability when the gaffer and his coaching staff came in. 'In the first full season under them, we were able to do it.' Trouten turns 40 in November, but has absolutely no doubt that he can still do a job for the Fifers. He said: 'If I didn't have the hunger or desire, or my body was telling me something different... I think I missed one game through injury and that's one of the biggest things that I'm proud of, that what I do away from the pitch allows me to play so many games. 'I imagine I would have been in the top three for minutes at the club, so to do that at my age I think that shows that I'm fit and able to do that again next season. 'I never set myself personal targets. It's not in my make-up, I just want to do as well as I can, and I feel I'm able to do that if my body holds up, and I've been proved correct this season. 'So hopefully it's another successful season for myself and the team.'
Scottish Sun
04-05-2025
- Sport
- Scottish Sun
SPFA Player of the Year awards winners announced as Celtic stars go head-to-head for main prize
The winners are already rolling in as we wait to see who will scoop the big one BEST OF THE BEST BEST OF THE BEST SPFA Player of the Year awards winners announced as Celtic stars go head-to-head for main prize Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) IT'S the football awards season and tonight the prizes will be handed out at the SPFA Player of the Year awards. And the first winners of the evening are already being announced. Sign up for the Celtic newsletter Sign up 4 The successor to Lawrence Shankland as SPFA Player of the Year will be announced tonight Credit: Kenny Ramsay 4 Celtic pair Nicolas Kuhn and Daizen Maeda, the big favourite, are both nominated Credit: Kenny Ramsay 4 Celts skipper Callum McGregor is the third Parkhead hero up for it Credit: Kenny Ramsay 4 Dundee striker Simon Murray rounds off the nominees list Credit: Alamy Three Celtic players are nominated for the main award of Premiership Player of the Year. Daizen Maeda is the hot favourite to scoop the prize, as he leads the assisting charts with 10 and is the joint top scorer with 16 goals. Maeda's Hoops teammate Nicolas Kuhn is also nominated, having been an early favourite to win for his form earlier in the season, before tailing off in 2025. And Callum McGregor completes the hat-trick of Celts nominees, looking to be named Player of the Year for the second time after his win in 2021/22. The fourth and final man up for the award is Dundee hitman Simon Murray, who is level with Maeda for goals and is the main factor keeping the Dens Park side out of the relegation zone. A whole host of prizes are also being dished out, with the first gong of the night going to the League Two Player of the Year. The winner was East Fife's Alan Trouten, the division's top scorer with 23 goals, despite Dick Campbell's side falling into the promotion playoffs and being beaten to the title by Peterhead. The League One Player of the Year did come from that division's champions though. Arbroath coasted to the title ahead of Cove Rangers, and midfielder Fraser Taylor, who led the assist count with 12, was given the nod. The second tier was wrapped up in dramatic fashion on Friday night, and the Championship Player of the Year again went to a man from the newly-crowned champions. Sickening moment Celtic fan mocks Ibrox disaster during Hoops' Old Firm clash against Rangers Brad Spencer got the honour for his work in the Falkirk engine room as they sealed back-to-back promotions and a return to the top flight after 15 years away. Another big prize to be handed out is the SPFA Young Player of the Year award, where Celtic and Rangers have one nominee apiece. Arne Engels was Celts' record signing in the summer and the 21-year-old was put on the shortlist, as was a new arrival for Gers, 22-year-old Hamza Igamane. The other young guns in contention are Motherwell star Lennon Miller, 18, and Hearts' own 18-year-old ace James Wilson. Keep up to date with ALL the latest news and transfers at the Scottish Sun football page
