Shamrock Rovers' Gary Twigg was revealed as the Footballer of the year at the annual awards banquet of the Professional Footballers' Association/Ford in Dublin on Sunday.

Twigg picked up the prestigious award in his debut season in the FAI League of Ireland as a result of his consistently good performances for Shamrock Rovers. He topped the League of Ireland scoring charts with 24 goals.

The members of the PFAI also made awards in vario9us other categories and selected Premier Division and First Division teams on the basis of performances throughout the season.

They also selected an "Overseas Player of the Year" and Ireland's international team's captain and record goalscorer, Robbie Keane, was a winner here.

Mr. Eddie Murphy of Ford Ireland was present to make the presentations to the following winners:

PFAI FORD PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Gary Twigg (Shamrock Rovers)

PFAI FORD FIRST DIVISION PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Ronan Finn (UCD)

PFAI YOUNG PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Conor Powell (Bohemian FC)

PFAI REFEREE OF THE YEAR
Alan Kelly

PFAI IRISH OVERSEAS PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Robbie Keane (Tottenham Hotspur)

PFAI MERIT AWARD
Gerry Harris (Cork City)

PFAI FORD PREMIER DIVISION TEAM OF THE YEAR
Brian Murphy (Bohemian FC)
Pat Sullivan (Shamrock Rovers)
Brian Shelley (Bohemian FC)
Ken Oman (Bohemian FC)
Conor Powell (Bohemian FC)
Chris Turner (Dundalk)
Gary Deegan (Bohemian FC)
Joseph Ndo (Bohemian FC)
Sean O'Connor (Shamrock Rovers)
Gary Twigg (Shamrock Rovers)
Raffaele Cretaro (Sligo Rovers)

PFAI FORD FIRST DIVISION TEAM OF THE YEAR
Dean Delaney (Shelbourne)
Kenny Browne (Waterford United)
Alan Carey (Waterford United)
Evan McMillan (UCD)
Brian Shortall (UCD)
Shaun Williams (Sporting Fingal)
Ronan Finn (UCD)
David McAllister (Shelbourne)
Conan Byrne (Sporting Fingal)
Graham Cummins (Waterford United)
Stephen O'Flynn (Limerick)

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