STAR DUBLIN MIDFIELDER Brian Fenton has been named Footballer of the Year at the GAA-GPA PwC All-Stars tonight.
Fenton, who plays his club football with Raheny, was outstanding for Jim Gavin’s side this year as they made it four All-Ireland titles in-a-row, beating Tyrone in the final.
The 25-year-old saw off stiff competition from team-mates Ciaran Kilkenny and Jack McCaffrey to become the first Dublin man to scoop the accolade since the latter did so in 2015.
Mayo duo Lee Keegan and Andy Moran landed the honour in 2016 and 2017 respectively.
Fenton becomes the fifth Dublin footballer to claim the award; joining a superb group of players in McCaffrey, Bernard Brogan (2010), Alan Brogan (2011) and Michael Darragh MacAuley (2013).
Fenton is one of seven Dublin players to feature on the 2018 All-Star football team, adding to his prior recognitions in 2015 and 2016.
The award of Footballer of the Year was voted on by his peers and Fenton was presented with the silverware at the ceremony at Dublin’s Convention Centre tonight.
Comhghairdeas le David Clifford @Kerry_Official, PwC GAA/GPA Peileadóir Óg na Bliana 2018 #PwCAllStars pic.twitter.com/fD6KkIgocj
— The GAA (@officialgaa) November 2, 2018
Earlier, Kerry and Fossa star David Clifford was named Young Footballer of the Year ahead of Dublin’s Brian Howard and Tyrone’s Michael McKernan.
Clifford enjoyed a glittering debut year with the Kingdom seniors, finishing as second top-scorer from play in the All-Ireland SFC with 3-15 to his name in five games.
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Hope he gets a run in the 1st team soon enough. Koop obviously rates him very highly.
@Daniel Donovan: Klopp*
To be honest even though what the young lad has achieved is a credit to himself and his family ,I’d be holding back on these articles to give the lad a chance.theres no doubt he’s living the dream but he’s not there yet.
@james lee: exactly… get back to us when he gets 20 league appearances under his belt… fair play to him all the same I hope he makes it
Classif jounral to make any sort of an Irish sportsperson talents back to the GAA when it has no relevance #somereporting
@Gavin O’Donovan: It’s a human interest story. This is common with celebrities. Plenty of coverage of Harrison Ford’s piloting. Nothing to do with his acting… Masterson is a nuanced human being beyond his football. The fact he’s good at gaelic is part of that. Get over it.
@Alan J. McKenna: well said Alan
He can make the bench for Liverpool but not the Irish u21 team. Something wrong someplace
Time will tell. If he handles the ball, shoots over the bar, injects veterinary hormones and gets involved in handbags on the pitch every 10 minutes for LFC then he’s probably a GAA player.
Good man Gerry Kearns. fair play to the young lad hope makes it .
You would wonder what professional sporting careers some of the top GAA players in the country would have if they played a different sport. Some might say it’s a wasted talent
@Alana: may not make it in other sports
@bmul: did you read the article ? Niall Quinn, Kevin Moran, Zebo, Tomás O Leary the list is endless of players who played GAA and made it as pro athletes in other sports.
“If he was playing chess”