Dundalk quartet shortlisted for awards as Crawley is named Press Officer of the Year

Dundalk FC manager Stephen Kenny and players Richie Towell and Pat Hoban have all been shortlisted for the 2014 SSE Airtricity / Soccer Writers’ Association of Ireland’s Personality of the Year award.

The prestigious awards will be presented at the SSE Airtricity / SWAI Annual Banquet in Dublin’s Conrad Hotel on Friday January 9th 2015 with the trio up against St Patrick’s Athletic manager Liam Buckley (last year’s winner), Cork City boss John Caulfield and Pat’s striker Christy Fagan.

Meanwhile, goalkeeper Peter Cherrie – who has since departed Oriel Park – has been shortlisted once again for the Goalkeeper of the Year award. He will be up against last year’s winner, Brendan Clarke of St Pat’s, and Cork City’s Mark McNulty.

The last Dundalk player or manager to win the Personality of the Year award was Peter Hanrahan in 1991 while no Lilywhites goalkeeper has ever won the Goalkeeper of the Year prize.

Dundalk have already scooped one award though with the club’s Media Officer Darren Crawley being named in the SSE Airtricity / SWAI Press Officer of the Year last night.

Dundalk trio in running for SWAI awards tonight

Dundalk manager Stephen Kenny

Dundalk manager Stephen Kenny and midfielder Richie Towell will battle it out tonight for the Airtricity/SWAI Personality of the Year award.

The coveted prize will be awarded at the annual Soccer Writers’ Association of Ireland awards banquet in the Conrad Hotel in Dublin.

The pair were pivotal to Dundalk’s best season in years and will go head to head with Roddy Collins, Liam Buckley, Killian Brennan and Anthony Flood for the prize.

The last time a current Dundalk player won the award was in 1991 when Peter Hanrahan scooped the award. Terry Eviston also won the award in 1988.

Other previous winners from Dundalk include the late Tommy McConville (1982) and Jim McLaughlin (1979).

Meanwhile, Dundalk goalkeeper Peter Cherrie has also been nominated for the Airtricity/SWAI Goalkeeper of the Year award. He will be up against Gary Rogers of Sligo Rovers and Brendan Clarke of St Patrick’s Athletic.

Dundalk trio shortlisted for SWAI awards

Richie Towell was the Airtricity / SWAI Player of the Month for August

Dundalk manager Stephen Kenny and midfielder Richie Towell have both been nominated for the Airtricity/SWAI Personality of the Year award.

The coveted prize will be awarded at the annual Soccer Writers’ Association of Ireland awards banquet in the Conrad Hotel in Dublin on January 10^th.

The pair were pivotal to Dundalk’s best season in years and will go head to head with Roddy Collins, Liam Buckey, Killian Brennan and Anthony Flood for the prize.

The last time a current Dundalk player won the award was in 1991 when Peter Hanrahan scooped the award. Terry Eviston also scooped the award in 1988.

Other previous winners from Dundalk include the late Tommy McConville (1982) and Jim McLaughlin (1979).

Meanwhile, Dundalk goalkeeper Peter Cherrie has also been nominated for the Airtricity/SWAI Goalkeeper of the Year award. He will be up against Gary Rogers of Sligo Rovers and Brendan Clarke of St Patrick’s Athletic.

The shortlist was unveiled at last night’s SWAI Christmas drinks in Dublin at which Dundalk’s Darren Crawley missed out on the Press Officer of the Year award to St Patrick’s Athletic’s Colman Hanley.

The club also missed out on the Club Website of the Year prize to Limerick FC, which had significant input from former Lilywhites PRO Keith Wallace.