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Joe Marston Medal

Association football accolade

Summary

Association football accolade

The Joe Marston Medal is an A-League Men award given to the player of the match in the A-League Men 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

Season/Year	Player	Club	Opponent
1989–90	AUS Abbas Saad	Sydney Olympic	Marconi Stallions
1990–91	AUS Josip Biskic*	Melbourne Knights	South Melbourne
1991–92	AUS Alex Tobin	Adelaide City	Melbourne Knights
1992–93	AUS Milan Ivanovic*	Adelaide City	Marconi Stallions
1993–94	AUS Alex Tobin	Adelaide City	Melbourne Knights
1995	AUS Steve Horvat	Melbourne Knights	Adelaide City
1996	AUS Andrew Marth	Melbourne Knights	Marconi Stallions
1997	AUS Alan Hunter	Brisbane Strikers	Sydney United
1998	AUS Fausto De Amicis	South Melbourne	Carlton SC
1999	AUS Goran Lozanovski	South Melbourne	Sydney United
2000	AUS Scott Chipperfield	Wollongong Wolves	Perth Glory
2001	AUS Matthew Horsley	Wollongong Wolves	South Melbourne
2002	AUS Ante Milicic	Sydney Olympic	Perth Glory
2003	AUS Simon Colosimo	Perth Glory	Sydney Olympic
2004	AUS Ahmad Elrich*	Parramatta Power	Perth Glory
2006	TRI Dwight Yorke	Sydney FC	Central Coast Mariners
2007	AUS Archie Thompson	Melbourne Victory	Adelaide United
2008	AUS Andrew Durante	Newcastle Jets	Central Coast Mariners
2009	AUS Tom Pondeljak	Melbourne Victory	Adelaide United
2010	AUS Simon Colosimo	Sydney FC	Melbourne Victory
2011	AUS Mat Ryan*	Central Coast Mariners	Brisbane Roar
2012	AUS Jacob Burns*	Perth Glory	Brisbane Roar
2013	AUS Daniel McBreen	Central Coast Mariners	Western Sydney Wanderers
2014	GER Thomas Broich	Brisbane Roar	Western Sydney Wanderers
ITA Iacopo La Rocca*	Western Sydney Wanderers	Brisbane Roar
2015	AUS Mark Milligan	Melbourne Victory	Sydney FC
2016	ESP Isaías	Adelaide United	Western Sydney Wanderers
2017	MKD Daniel Georgievski*	Melbourne Victory	Sydney FC
2018	AUS Lawrence Thomas	Melbourne Victory	Newcastle Jets
2019	SRB Miloš Ninković	Sydney FC	Perth Glory
2020	AUS Rhyan Grant	Sydney FC	Melbourne City
2021	AUS Nathaniel Atkinson	Melbourne City	Sydney FC
2022	SRB Aleksandar Prijović	Western United	Melbourne City
2023	AUS Jason Cummings	Central Coast Mariners	Melbourne City
2024	ENG Ryan Edmondson	Central Coast Mariners	Melbourne Victory
2025	AUS	Melbourne City	Melbourne Victory

: *Player on the losing team

Multiple winners

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

References

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(28 February 2009). "Melbourne Victory win dramatic A-League grand final over Adelaide". [[Fox Sports (Australia).
(21 March 2010). "Sydney FC claims second A-League title in tense grand final". [[The Australian]].
Davidson, John. (5 August 2015). "Mat Ryan: Aussie history-maker sets his sights on starting spot". The Roar.
Clarke, Laine. (22 April 2012). "A-League mistakenly awards Joe Marston medal to Thomas Broich instead of rightful winner Jacob Burns". [[Fox Sports (Australia).
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 (Australia).
Stannard, Damien. (4 May 2014). "Thomas Broich praises teammates after being honoured with Joe Marston Medal". [[The Courier-Mail]].
Hassett, Sebastian. (5 May 2014). "Wanderers' Iacopo La Rocca takes little comfort from Marston Medal". [[The Sydney Morning Herald]].
(17 May 2015). "Melbourne Victory captain Mark Milligan wins Joe Marston medal". [[The Guardian]].
Kemp, Emma. (1 May 2016). "Isaias awarded Joe Marston Medal". [[Seven Sport]].
(7 May 2017). "Georgievski wins Joe Marston Medal". [[Nine's Wide World of Sports]].
Connell, Tim. (5 May 2018). "Melbourne Victory claim record fourth A-League title with win over Newcastle Jets". [[The Guardian]].
Chadwick, Justin. (19 May 2019). "Sydney's Ninkovic wins Joe Marston medal". [[The Newcastle Herald]].
McMurtry, Andrew. (30 August 2020). "A-League Grand Final 2020: Sydney FC win over Melbourne City off Rhyan Grant's 'nipple'". [[news.com.au]].
Comito, Matthew. (27 June 2021). ""It's the proudest moment of my career" - Atkinson caps off comeback story with Joe Marston Medal". [[A-League]].
Lynch, Michael. (28 May 2022). "Western force: Aloisi's team down Melbourne City to rule A-League at third attempt". [[The Sydney Morning Herald]].
Rugari, Vince. (3 June 2023). "Cummings gets last laugh as Mariners destroy City to win A-League title". [[The Sydney Morning Herald]].
Guelas, Joanna. (26 May 2024). "Edmondson stars in ALM grand final to win Joe Marston". FTBL.
Comito, Matt. (31 May 2025). "Mathew Leckie claims Joe Marston Medal in Socceroos star's crowning A-Leagues moment". A-Leagues.

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