Disability teams celebrate at end of season awards

Players in attendance were from the pan-disability Ability Counts teams and the impairment specific teams, including the Cerebral Palsy, hearing impaired, Down’s Syndrome and Powerchair sides.

Celebrations included a welcome from Head of Community Steve Cuss, an end of season summary from the different coaches and a question-and-answer session with four special guests from the club's under-18s side.

Noah Crisp, Mack Allan, Harry Redknapp and Ollie Eagle answered the players questions about what it’s like being a footballer, their daily training routines and their ambitions for the future, before handing out the trophies and awards.

Amongst all the individual awards, there was also recognition for three team achievements of the season. Two awards went to the senior pan-disability teams as the senior blacks won their league and the 11-a-side team won the plate. 

The third team achievement makes club history, as the Powerchair team finished third in The WFA Premiership team of the season.

Speaking after the awards evening, Head of Community Steve Cuss spoke with afcb.co.uk: “It was a special evening bringing all of our teams together to celebrate a successful season. 

“Congratulations to all the players and thank you to Noah, Ollie, Mack and Harry for presenting the awards.”

Full list of award winners:

• Ability Counts Under 12 Reds Players' Player – Hayden Green
• Ability Counts Under 12 Reds Player of the Season – Edward Allen
• Ability Counts Under 12 Blacks Players' Player – Brodie Talbot-Davis
• Ability Counts Under 12 Blacks Player of the Season – Joshua Agass
• Ability Counts Under 16 Reds Players' Player – Kian Mitchell
• Ability Counts Under 16 Reds Player of the Season – Finley Smith
• Ability Counts Under 16 Blacks Players' Player – Noah Feltham
• Ability Counts Under 16 Blacks Player of the Season – James Scammell
• Ability Counts 11-a-side Players' Player – Joel Davidson
• Ability Counts 11-a-side Player of the Season – Harry Dyke
• Ability Counts 5-a-side Players' Player – Connor Thomas
• Ability Counts 5-a-side Player of the Season – Lewis Finch
• Cerebral Palsy Players' Player – Cairo Bowden 
• Cerebral Palsy Player of the Season – Marcus Pidgley 
• Hearing impaired Player’s Player – Harry Sherman
• Hearing impaired Player of the Season – Andrew Coker
• Down’s Syndrome Players' Player – Shaun Gartshore
• Down’s Syndrome Player of the Season – Archie Gorman
• Powerchair Players' Player – Jack Ewins
• Powerchair Player of the Season – Chris King
• Powerchair most improved player – James Hillier