RAITH Rovers manager Jimmy Nicholl has scooped Scotland's Manager of
the Year award. And Rangers' Brian Laudrup has completed a double as the
Scottish Professional Footballers Association Players' Player of the
Year.
Nicholl has been voted Bell's League Championship Manager of the Year
after having steered Raith to a remarkable Coca-Cola Cup and first
division championship double.
The 38-year-old player-manager was nominated by the Press while Danish
player Laudrup was named top man by his fellow professionals after
already winning the Scottish Football Writers' Player of the Year title.
His Rangers team-mate Charlie Miller was named as Young Player of the
Year by the SPFA, with Raith striker Stephen Crawford the top man in the
first division.
Morton captain Derek McInnes took the second-division award and
Forfar's David Bingham earned the third-division trophy.
The awards were presented last night at a special dinner in Glasgow by
Lord Macfarlane, chairman of United Distillers, although Laudrup was
unable to attend.
Falkirk manager Jim Jefferies took the premier-division managerial
award, while Morton's Allan McGraw and Forfar's Tommy Campbell took the
managers' honours in divisions two and three respectively.
Bell's League Championship/SPFA Players' Player of the Year -- Brian
Laudrup (Rangers).
Manager of the Year -- Jimmy Nicholl (Raith Rovers).
Young player -- Charlie Miller (Rangers).
First-division player -- Stephen Crawford (Raith).
Second-division player -- Derek McInnes (Morton).
Third-division player -- David Bingham (Forfar).
Premier-division manager -- Jim Jefferies (Falkirk).
Second-division manager -- Allan McGraw (Morton).
Third-division manager -- Tommy Campbell (Forfar).
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