Nominations now open for Fans' Player of the Year award

The Awards, now in their 8th Year, take place on April 7th and alongside the Managers and Team of the Year picks for the three divisions and NPL Academy, the fans will once again be picking for their winner

Last year's award was claimed by South Shields' Julio Arca who joined Dale Hopson, Karl Hawley, Robbie Dale, Stephen Thompson, Ryan Kendall and Cheyenne Dunkerly as recipients of the award

An NPL Show spokesperson said: “We have seen the League start to become evident amongst the world of Football with Social Media and the national papers now starting to pay attention to the talent on display in the EVO-STIK League, but even more so this season the standards set by the players are high and every season I feel sorry for the short listers in picking the Final 5 players, this season I feel the fans are going to have the same issue! This season’s winner will have had to prove themselves as the worthy winner."

The Voting process is now open, this season returning to the Social Media Platforms for fans to pick their favourite stars

HOW TO NOMINATE A PLAYER

Fans may nominate up to THREE players to be put forward for the Supporters award, however they may only nominate a maximum of ONE player per club

Players who have played for TWO clubs in a season count as playing for both.

Nominations are to be made via the following methods

FACEBOOK – Posts to the Specific Thread on the League’s Social Media Page.
TWITTER – In a Post using the #NPLSPOTS Hashtag. Any post not using this Hashtag will not be counted
INSTAGRAM –Commenting on the Post with the rules picture

For the 2018/19 season due to previous abuse there will be no Email nominations accepted

Nominations are now open and will be accepted up to 10pm on Sunday 24th February.

The Nominated players will then be passed onto the shortlist committee made up fans from every member club in the league, along with selected media outlets operating in the League

The Final FIVE players will be announced on the NPL Show on Friday 8th March. before the final vote.

Any player from the EVO-STIK Northern Premier League may be nominated for the Supporters Player Award providing they meet the following criteria:

1 – The Player must be fully registered to play in the Northern Premier League and not be Dual Registered as the secondary club in a dual registration. The player must be eligible to play First Team Football* for the club during the 2018/19 season

2 – Players cannot be nominated if they are at a club on a Youth Loan, Work Experience, Trial or Short Term Loan (excluding from another EVO-STIK Northern Premier League Club in the latter case). Players on Long Term Loan are eligible for the award providing that they are at the club for the duration of the Voting Process (unless from another EVO-STIK Northern Premier League).

3 –Players in the NPL Academy League are eligible for nominations, providing they have completed 3 First Team matches* of which 1 appearance must be in a League Game. The Player will also be eligible for nominations if they received the “Bowland Brewery Player of the Month” award between August and February.

4 – Players who have been suspended by the FA for Non-Footballing reasons or are under investigation and/or serving/served suspensions during the 2018/19 season for offences that bring the game into disrepute are Ineligible for the award.

5 – Players may not nominate for themselves or any player at their own club. Players who have played for more than 1 EVO-STIK Northern Premier League club cannot vote for any player from the clubs they have played First Team Football* for

*First Team Football is deemed as the following contests:
The EVO-STIK Northern Premier League
The Emirates FA Challenge Cup
The Buildbase FA Trophy
The INTEGRO League Challenge Cup