Rooney wins club award treble
It's the second time he's won the award, as voted for by United fans around the world, following his original success in 2006.
He won by a landslide this year, receiving 83 per cent of the votes cast on ManUtd.com. Patrice Evra and Antonio Valencia were in second and third place respectively.
Rooney is the first Englishman to be named United's Player of the Year since Teddy Sheringham in 2001. Should he retain it in 2011, he'll become only the second man to win it three times, emulating Cristiano Ronaldo (2004, 2007 and 2008).
Wayne's club accolade completes a personal Player of the Year hat-trick for this season, after his peers in the PFA and the nation's top football journalists in the FWA also made him their top man for 2009/10.
He also won a hat-trick of club awards on Tuesday night, collecting the Players' Player of the Year accolade from Sir Alex Ferguson and also the Goal of the Season trophy for his strike on the counter-attack against Arsenal on 31 January.
"I was a bit surprised I got Goal of the Season," Wayne told MUTV. "To win both the players’ and fans’ Player of the Year is a great feeling and it’s something I’m very proud of.”
Also on the night, defender Ritchie de Laet won the Denzil Haroun Reserve Player of the Year. De Laet saw some first team action in December when most of the starting back four were out with injury. In second and third were Magnus Eikrem and Oliver Gill (son of United financial chief, David Gill).
U-18 striker Will Keane was named the Jimmy Murphy Young Player of the Year. He beat out Nicky Ajose and Scott Wootton. The U-18s won the regional championship earlier in the day against Everton, and will play a semi-final against Arsenal this week.
Okay, I voted for Wayne Rooney and Ritchie de Laet. But I voted for Michael Owen's last minute clincher against City for the goal of the year. I guess two out of three isn't bad. I tossed and turned about voting for Valencia for player of the year. But I couldn't count out Rooney for scoring his fantastic 34 goals. Wazza, Evra, and Valencia were most deserving to be in the top three this year!
For some inexplicable reason I wasn't able to upload any of the photos of Rooney with his trophy haul. Oh well. Congratulations Wazza, Ritchie, and Will! Well done!
UPDATE: HERE ARE THE PHOTOS!
Jimmy Murphy Young Player of the Year Award recipient, Will Keane (U-18s)
Denzil Haroun Reserves Player of the Year Award recipient, Ritchie de Laet
You probably know this guy...Wayne Rooney
Matt Busby Player of the Year Award
Players' Player of the Year Award (voted by his colleagues)
Goal of the Year Award (vs. Arsenal)
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