Ronwen Williams is chasing history. Image: Sundowns website
Williams MUST win Footballer of the Season award
Ronwen Williams should be awarded the PSL Footballer of the Season award if you consider the players that he is going up against.
Ronwen Williams is chasing history. Image: Sundowns website
Ronwen Williams should be awarded the PSL Footballer of the Season award if you consider the players that he is going up against.
The Premier Soccer League (PSL) has announced the nominees for the 2022/23 PSL Awards and it must be Williams’ award.
He set the record for the most clean sheets in a PSL season during yet another successful campaign for Sundowns. He was part and parcel of the team’s success as they won game after game thanks to the rock in between the sticks.
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The top prize will be contested with teammate Teboho Mokoena (Mamelodi Sundowns) and Monnapule Saleng (Orlando Pirates).
Saleng isn’t even the top scorer in the league, so he shouldn’t come into the equation.
The prestigious PSL Footballer of the Season award, which is voted for by the 16 Premier Division Head Coaches.
Saleng and Williams have also been nominated for the DStv Premiership Players’ Player of the Season category together with Mamelodi Sundowns captain Themba Zwane.
It could be a rare goalkeeping double for Williams if sanity prevails.
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The virtual awards ceremony will be broadcasted LIVE on the SuperSport PSL channel (202) and SABC 1 on Sunday, 28 May 2023 at 20:00.
In the DStv Premiership Coach of the Season category, SuperSport United’s Gavin Hunt will be up against Rhulani Mokwena (Mamelodi Sundowns), and Jose Riveiro (Orlando Pirates).
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The nominees for the MTN8 Last Man Standing are Monnapule Saleng, Miguel Timm (both Orlando Pirates), and AmaZulu FC midfielder George Maluleka. Youngsters Shandre Campbell (SuperSport United), Relebohile Ratomo (Orlando Pirates), and Luphumlo Sifumba (Cape Town City) were nominated for the DStv Diski Challenge Player of the Season category.
For the Nedbank Cup categories, the Stellenbosch FC pair of Olwethu Makhanya and Devin Titus together with Dondol Stars goalkeeper Sphamandla Gumede have been nominated for the Nedbank Cup Most Promising Player of the Tournament while Edwin Gyimah (Sekhukhune United), Iqraam Rayners (Stellenbosch FC), and Miguel Timm (Orlando Pirates) will be vying for the Nedbank Cup Player of the Tournament prize.
