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 F.C. side that played in the 1954 FA Cup Final.

List of winners

Year	Player	Club	Opponent
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
1994–95	Steve Horvat	Melbourne Knights	Adelaide City
1995–96	Andrew Marth	Melbourne Knights	Marconi Stallions
1996–97	Alan Hunter	Brisbane Strikers	Sydney United
1997–98	Fausto De Amicis	South Melbourne	Carlton SC
1998–99	Goran Lozanovski	South Melbourne	Sydney United
1999–00	Scott Chipperfield	Wollongong Wolves	Perth Glory
2000–01	Matthew Horsley	Wollongong Wolves	South Melbourne
2001-02	Ante Milicic	Sydney Olympic	Perth Glory
2002–03	Simon Colosimo	Perth Glory	Sydney Olympic
2003–04	Ahmad Elrich*	Parramatta Power	Perth Glory

Year	Player	Club	Opponent
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
2014	Iacopo La Rocca*	Western Sydney Wanderers	Brisbane Roar
2015	Mark Milligan	Melbourne Victory	Sydney FC

*Player on the losing team

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