Joe Marston Medal

The Joe Marston Medal is an A-League award given to the player of the match in the A-League 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
2007 Archie Thompson Melbourne Victory Adelaide United
2008 Andrew Durante Newcastle Jets Central Coast Mariners
2009 Tom Pondeljak Melbourne Victory Adelaide United
2010 Simon Colosimo Sydney FC Melbourne Victory
2011 Mat Ryan* Central Coast Mariners Brisbane Roar
2012 Jacob Burns* Perth Glory Brisbane Roar
2013 Daniel McBreen Central Coast Mariners Western Sydney Wanderers
2014 Thomas Broich Brisbane Roar Western Sydney Wanderers
Iacopo La Rocca* Western Sydney Wanderers Brisbane Roar
2015 Mark Milligan Melbourne Victory Sydney FC
2016 Isaías Adelaide United Western Sydney Wanderers
2017 Daniel Georgievski* Melbourne Victory Sydney FC
2018 Lawrence Thomas Melbourne Victory Newcastle Jets
2019 Miloš Ninković Sydney FC Perth Glory
2020 Rhyan Grant Sydney FC Melbourne City
2021 Nathaniel Atkinson Melbourne City Sydney FC
A-League Men
2022 Aleksandar Prijović Western United Melbourne City
2023 Jason Cummings Central Coast Mariners Melbourne City
*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