JAMES Forrest last night became the sixth Celtic player in a row to be voted PFA Scotland’s Player of the Year.
The 27-year-old winger pipped team-mate Callum McGregor and Rangers pair Alfredo Morelos and Ryan Kent at the annual dinner in Glasgow organised by the players’ union.
Forrest won his eighth championship medal at the weekend and has another superb season for both club and country scoring 17 goals for Celtic over 52 appearances.
But Forrest was not there to collect his trophy as the Celtic players, crowned champions for an eighth year in a row at Aberdeen on Saturday, were at a club break in Dublin.
Young Player of the Year was Ryan Kent of Rangers. The last time the Ibrox club won any PFA award was in 2010. Steve Clarke of Kilmarnock won Manager of the Year as voted by his peers.
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Championship winner was veteran Queen of the South goal-scorer Stephen Dobbie who has scored 42 goals in 40 games, despite his club finding themselves in a relegation play-off having finished second bottom of the division.
League One was won by Arbroath’s Bobby Linn and Blair Henderson of Edinburgh City took the award for League Two.
Morelos did take home a trophy, he won goal of the season for a strike in his side’s 4-2 win at Pittodrie, while Dr John MacLean, who has worked with the SFA for years, was given a Special Merit award.
The nominees for the categories were: Player of the Year Callum McGregor, James Forrest (both Celtic), Ryan Kent, Alfredo Morelos (both Rangers)
Young Player of the Year David Turnbull, Jake Hastie (both Motherwell), Ryan Kent (Rangers), Lewis Ferguson (Aberdeen)
Manager of the Year Steve Clarke (Kilmarnock), Jim Goodwin (Alloa), Dick Campbell (Arbroath), Stevie Ferguson and Stuart Kettlewell (Ross County)
Championship Player of the Year Steven Dobbie (Queen of the South), Lawrence Shankland (Ayr United), Pavel Sfranko (Dundee United), Billy McKay (Ross County)
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