he Award categories have been created to reward both teams and individuals critical to the success of today’s football clubs on and off the pitch.
Community Scheme – Project of the Year
Entries for this category should show evidence of:
- Why was the project devised in the first place, including evidence of local need and relevance
- Local partners involved in the project
- Challenges and obstacles encountered along the way
- Impact and success of project, including statistical information and soft outcomes
- What makes your project stands out from the rest?
- At least one reference from any partners involved in the project
- Other contributions worthy of recognition
- What are the future plans, if any, for the project?
Community Scheme of the Year
Entries should show evidence of:-
- General background of scheme, including number of staff involved, annual turnover, etc
- Overall aim and objectives and/or strategy of scheme
- What is the impact of your work on your local community
- Relationship with the Club
- Range of programmes/schemes run by the scheme
- Partnerships involved with the community scheme
- What would you say is your biggest/best achievement this year?
- Reference from at least one partner involved in the scheme
- Other contributions worthy of recognition
- What makes your community scheme stand out from the rest?
Best Club Marketing Campaign
There will be two Awards presented for this category, one for the Premier League and one for the other professional football leagues.
Entries should show evidence of:
- Clearly defined objectives
- Integration with other marketing activities, short and long-term (evidence of the use of new media would be advantageous)
- Campaign performance and management
- Creativity, design and innovation
- Achievement of objectives
We should stress that it is the campaign that is the focus not the Club’s marketing overall.
Best Club Sponsorship
There will be two Awards presented for this category, one for the Premier League and one for the other professional football leagues.
Entries should show evidence of:
- Appropriateness/fit between partners
- Clearly defined objectives
- Integration with other marketing activities, short and long term
- Campaign performance and management
- Creativity, design and innovation in the campaign itself
- Achievement of objectives
Most Innovative non Match-day use of a Football Ground
Entries should show evidence of:-
- Original thinking
- Evidence of success
- Evidence of sales impact
- Value for money (if applicable)
The accent is on the clever, innovative and best use of resources within conferencing, events, commercial activities etc.
Northwest Professional Service to Football
This Award is targeted at professional services, who contribute to the success of professional football locally. Entries should show evidence of:-
This Award is targeted at Professional Services businesses,
who contribute to the success of professional football locally.
Entries should show evidence of:-
- Genuine and sustained support for football in the region through either backing specific clubs or more general support for the game
- Excellence in the service/s they have provided
- Innovation
- Best use of resources
- Outstanding team work in their own operations and with the club(s) with which they have worked
- Clear links between their goals, strategies and deliverables and those of professional football in the Northwest
Northwest Business Service to Football
This Award is targeted at businesses (excluding professional services) who contribute to the success of
professional football locally.
Entries should show evidence of:-
- Genuine and sustained support for football in the region through either backing specific clubs or more general
- support for the game
- Excellence in the service/s they have provided
- Innovation
- Best use of resources
- Outstanding team work in their own operations and with the club(s) with which they have worked
- Clear links between their goals, strategies and deliverables and those of professional football in the
- Northwest
Goal of the Year
To be voted for on the night
Northwest Female Footballer of the Year
To be nominated by a panel of experts, winner to be announced on the night.
Northwest Manager of the Year
To be nominated by a panel of experts, winner to be announced on the night.
Lifetime Contribution to Northwest Football
To be nominated by a panel of experts, winner to be announced on the night.
The following football playing related categories below are adjudicated by the harshest of critics – the public.
Player of the Year – Premier League
Player of the Year – Championship
Player of the Year – League 1
Player of the Year – League 2
Player of the Year – Blue Square
