Joe Marston Medal

The Joe Marston Medal is an A-League award given to the player of the match in the A-League Grand Final each year. Introduced in 1990, previously the award was also given to the best player in the National Soccer League grand final. The medal is named after Joe Marston, who played for Australia national association football team in the 1950s and was a member of the Preston North End side that played in the 1954 FA Cup Final.

List of winners

NSL
Season/Year Player Club Opponent
1989–90 Abbas Saad Sydney Olympic Marconi Stallions
1990–91 Josip Biskic* Melbourne Knights South Melbourne
1991–92 Alex Tobin Adelaide City Melbourne Knights
1992–93 Milan Ivanovic* Adelaide City Marconi Stallions
1993–94 Alex Tobin Adelaide City Melbourne Knights
1995 Steve Horvat Melbourne Knights Adelaide City
1996 Andrew Marth Melbourne Knights Marconi Stallions
1997 Alan Hunter Brisbane Strikers Sydney United
1998 Fausto De Amicis South Melbourne Carlton SC
1999 Goran Lozanovski South Melbourne Sydney United
2000 Scott Chipperfield Wollongong Wolves Perth Glory
2001 Matthew Horsley Wollongong Wolves South Melbourne
2002 Ante Milicic Sydney Olympic Perth Glory
2003 Simon Colosimo Perth Glory Sydney Olympic
2004 Ahmad Elrich* Parramatta Power Perth Glory

A-League
Year Player Club Opponent Ref.
2006 Dwight Yorke Sydney FC Central Coast Mariners [1]
2007 Archie Thompson Melbourne Victory Adelaide United [2]
2008 Andrew Durante Newcastle Jets Central Coast Mariners [3]
2009 Tom Pondeljak Melbourne Victory Adelaide United [4]
2010 Simon Colosimo Sydney FC Melbourne Victory [5]
2011 Mat Ryan* Central Coast Mariners Brisbane Roar [6]
2012 Jacob Burns* Perth Glory Brisbane Roar [7]
2013 Daniel McBreen Central Coast Mariners Western Sydney Wanderers [8]
2014 Thomas Broich Brisbane Roar Western Sydney Wanderers [9]
Iacopo La Rocca* Western Sydney Wanderers Brisbane Roar [10]
2015 Mark Milligan Melbourne Victory Sydney FC [11]
2016 Isaías Adelaide United Western Sydney Wanderers [12]
2017 Daniel Georgievski* Melbourne Victory Sydney FC [13]
2018 Lawrence Thomas Melbourne Victory Newcastle Jets [14]
2019 Miloš Ninković Sydney FC Perth Glory [15]
2020 Rhyan Grant Sydney FC Melbourne City [16]
*Player on the losing team

Multiple winners
Medals Player Team Seasons
2 Alex Tobin Adelaide City 1991–92, 1993–94
2 Simon Colosimo Perth Glory / Sydney FC 2002–03, 2010

See also

References
  1. "The A-League's overseas A-listers". FIFA. 15 September 2012.
  2. "The great Archie Thompson by the numbers". Melbourne Victory. 30 April 2016.
  3. "Jets claim first A-League crown". Brisbane Times. 24 February 2008.
  4. "Melbourne Victory win dramatic A-League grand final over Adelaide". Fox Sports. 28 February 2009.
  5. "Sydney FC claims second A-League title in tense grand final". The Australian. 21 March 2010.
  6. Davidson, John (5 August 2015). "Mat Ryan: Aussie history-maker sets his sights on starting spot". The Roar.
  7. Clarke, Laine (22 April 2012). "A-League mistakenly awards Joe Marston medal to Thomas Broich instead of rightful winner Jacob Burns". Fox Sports.
  8. Habashy, Angela (21 April 2013). "Daniel McBreen keen to extend stay with Central Coast as a dream season ends in grand final glory". Fox Sports.
  9. Stannard, Damien (4 May 2014). "Thomas Broich praises teammates after being honoured with Joe Marston Medal". The Courier-Mail.
  10. Hassett, Sebastian (5 May 2014). "Wanderers' Iacopo La Rocca takes little comfort from Marston Medal". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  11. "Melbourne Victory captain Mark Milligan wins Joe Marston medal". The Guardian. 17 May 2015.
  12. Kemp, Emma (1 May 2016). "Isaias awarded Joe Marston Medal". Seven Sport. Archived from the original on 7 May 2016.
  13. "Georgievski wins Joe Marston Medal". Nine's Wide World of Sports. 7 May 2017. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  14. Connell, Tim (5 May 2018). "Melbourne Victory claim record fourth A-League title with win over Newcastle Jets". The Guardian.
  15. Chadwick, Justin (19 May 2019). "Sydney's Ninkovic wins Joe Marston medal". The Newcastle Herald.
  16. McMurtry, Andrew (30 August 2020). "A-League Grand Final 2020: Sydney FC win over Melbourne City off Rhyan Grant's 'nipple'". news.com.au. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
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