Southampton F.C. Player of the Season

Founded in 1885 as St Mary's YMA,[1] they became a professional club in 1891,[2] and co-founded the Southern League in 1894.

[19] In recent years, the club has also presented its own Player of the Season award, alongside other end-of-season accolades.

However, no awards were presented by the club for the men's 2022-23 season as the side was relegated from the Premier League.

[20] Tino Livramento received the President's Choice Award, while Dominic Ballard won Scholar of the Year.

[21] Kayla Rendell was named Fans' Player of the Season, Laura Rafferty was awarded Goal of the Season for a looping strike against Lewes that won the Saints their first ever point in the Barclays Women’s Championship.

Flynn Downes is the most recent winner of the Southern Daily Echo Player of the Season award.
1978 winner Alan Ball is the only player to have won the award and gone on to manage the club (from 1994 to 1995).
Kevin Keegan won the award in 1981–82, the same year he won the PFA Players' Player of the Year award.
Peter Shilton was the first goalkeeper to win the award, the first player to win it twice, and the first player to win it in two consecutive seasons.
To date, Matt Le Tissier is the only player to receive the accolade on three occasions (in 1990, 1994 and 1995).