Joe Marston Medal

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	Ref
NSL
1989–90	Abbas Saad	Sydney Olympic	Marconi Stallions
1990–91	Josip Biskic*	Melbourne Knights	South Melbourne
1991–92	Alex Tobin	Adelaide City	Melbourne Knights
1992–93	Milan Ivanovic*	Adelaide City	Marconi Stallions
1993–94	Alex Tobin	Adelaide City	Melbourne Knights
1995	Steve Horvat	Melbourne Knights	Adelaide City
1996	Andrew Marth	Melbourne Knights	Marconi Stallions
1997	Alan Hunter	Brisbane Strikers	Sydney United
1998	Fausto De Amicis	South Melbourne	Carlton SC
1999	Goran Lozanovski	South Melbourne	Sydney United
2000	Scott Chipperfield	Wollongong Wolves	Perth Glory
2001	Matthew Horsley	Wollongong Wolves	South Melbourne
2002	Ante Milicic	Sydney Olympic	Perth Glory
2003	Simon Colosimo	Perth Glory	Sydney Olympic
2004	Ahmad Elrich*	Parramatta Power	Perth Glory
A-League
2006	Dwight Yorke	Sydney FC	Central Coast Mariners	[1]
2007	Archie Thompson	Melbourne Victory	Adelaide United	[2]
2008	Andrew Durante	Newcastle Jets	Central Coast Mariners	[3]
2009	Tom Pondeljak	Melbourne Victory	Adelaide United	[4]
2010	Simon Colosimo	Sydney FC	Melbourne Victory	[5]
2011	Mat Ryan*	Central Coast Mariners	Brisbane Roar	[6]
2012	Jacob Burns*	Perth Glory	Brisbane Roar	[7]
2013	Daniel McBreen	Central Coast Mariners	Western Sydney Wanderers	[8]
2014	Thomas Broich	Brisbane Roar	Western Sydney Wanderers	[9]
	Iacopo La Rocca*	Western Sydney Wanderers	Brisbane Roar	[10]
2015	Mark Milligan	Melbourne Victory	Sydney FC	[11]
2016	Isaías	Adelaide United	Western Sydney Wanderers	[12]
2017	Daniel Georgievski*	Melbourne Victory	Sydney FC	[13]
2018	Lawrence Thomas	Melbourne Victory	Newcastle Jets	[14]
2019	Miloš Ninković	Sydney FC	Perth Glory	[15]
2020	Rhyan Grant	Sydney FC	Melbourne City	[16]
2021	Nathaniel Atkinson	Melbourne City	Sydney FC	[17]
A-League Men
2022	Aleksandar Prijović	Western United	Melbourne City	[18]
2023	Jason Cummings	Central Coast Mariners	Melbourne City	[19]
2024	Ryan Edmondson	Central Coast Mariners	Melbourne Victory	[20]
2025	Mathew Leckie	Melbourne City	Melbourne Victory	[21]

*Player on the losing team

Multiple winners

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

See also

• John Kosmina Medal
• Johnny Warren Medal
• Mark Viduka Medal
• Michael Cockerill Medal
• Norm Smith Medal
• Clive Churchill Medal

References

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2. "The great Archie Thompson by the numbers". Melbourne Victory. 30 April 2016. Archived from the original on 3 June 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
3. "Jets claim first A-League crown". Brisbane Times . 24 February 2008.
4. "Melbourne Victory win dramatic A-League grand final over Adelaide". Fox Sports . 28 February 2009.
5. "Sydney FC claims second A-League title in tense grand final". The Australian . 21 March 2010.
6. Davidson, John (5 August 2015). "Mat Ryan: Aussie history-maker sets his sights on starting spot". The Roar.
7. Clarke, Laine (22 April 2012). "A-League mistakenly awards Joe Marston medal to Thomas Broich instead of rightful winner Jacob Burns". Fox Sports .
8. 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 .
9. Stannard, Damien (4 May 2014). "Thomas Broich praises teammates after being honoured with Joe Marston Medal". The Courier-Mail .
10. Hassett, Sebastian (5 May 2014). "Wanderers' Iacopo La Rocca takes little comfort from Marston Medal". The Sydney Morning Herald .
11. "Melbourne Victory captain Mark Milligan wins Joe Marston medal". The Guardian . 17 May 2015.
12. Kemp, Emma (1 May 2016). "Isaias awarded Joe Marston Medal". Seven Sport. Archived from the original on 7 May 2016.
13. "Georgievski wins Joe Marston Medal". Nine's Wide World of Sports. 7 May 2017. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
14. Connell, Tim (5 May 2018). "Melbourne Victory claim record fourth A-League title with win over Newcastle Jets". The Guardian .
15. Chadwick, Justin (19 May 2019). "Sydney's Ninkovic wins Joe Marston medal". The Newcastle Herald .
16. McMurtry, Andrew (30 August 2020). "A-League Grand Final 2020: Sydney FC win over Melbourne City off Rhyan Grant's 'nipple'". news.com.au . Retrieved 30 August 2020.
17. Comito, Matthew (27 June 2021). ""It's the proudest moment of my career" - Atkinson caps off comeback story with Joe Marston Medal". A-League . Retrieved 29 June 2021.
18. Lynch, Michael (28 May 2022). "Western force: Aloisi's team down Melbourne City to rule A-League at third attempt". The Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved 28 May 2022. Unsurprisingly, the winner of the Joe Marston Medal for player of the match was Prijovic.
19. Rugari, Vince (3 June 2023). "Cummings gets last laugh as Mariners destroy City to win A-League title". The Sydney Morning Herald .
20. Guelas, Joanna (26 May 2024). "Edmondson stars in ALM grand final to win Joe Marston". FTBL.
21. Comito, Matt (31 May 2025). "Mathew Leckie claims Joe Marston Medal in Socceroos star's crowning A-Leagues moment". A-Leagues.

External links

• Oz Football – NSL Individual Award Winners