Folkestone Invicta Player of the Year Awards 2024/25

We held our End of Season Awards Presentation following Easter Monday’s win against Lewes at the Alcaline Stadium.

Players for both our Men’s and Women’s senior teams, friends, families and supporters packed The Dugout Sports Bar to see a number of prizes dished out.

Supporter of the Year

Supporter of the year was awarded to Neil Morris.

Womens’ Awards

Folkestone Invicta Women captain Izzy Janser took home the Opposition’s Player of the Season award. Following each match our opposition selected a player of the match for the Invicta team, with Izzy winning on 10 out of 21 occasions.

Folkestone Invicta Women captain Izzy Janser presented with her Opposition’s Player of the Year award by manager Mark Janser.

Hayley Turrell took home the award for Folkestone Invicta Women’s Top Goalscorer, with 38 goals. Hayley scored a hat-trick in their historic opening fixture at the Alcaline Stadium against Mersham Sports Club and has not stopped scoring since!

Hayley Turrell presented with the award for Folkestone Invicta Women’s Top Goalscorer, 38 goals so far this season with 2 games remaining.

Goalkeeper Aaliyah Singh took home the Players’ Player of the Year award, as voted for by her teammates. Aaliyah has kept 9 clean sheets throughout the season, and scored 1 goal.

Folkestone Invicta Women’s Aaliyah Singh presented with the Players’ Player of the Year award by manager Mark Janser.

Folkestone Invicta Women Young Player of the Year award went to forward Chloe Lloyd. Chloe joined the club ahead of Folkestone Invicta Women’s inaugural season, and has formed a potent partnership to top scorer Hayley Turrell to fire Invicta to the SECWFL Kent Division 2 East title, with 29 goals to her name.

Chloe Lloyd presented with her Folkestone Invicta Women Manager’s Player of the Year award by manager Mark Janser.

The final Folkestone Invicta Women’s award was the Supporters’ Player of the Year, voted for online. Top scorer Hayley Turrell took the award with 13.1% of the vote.

Hayley Turrell presented with Folkestone Invicta Women’s Supporters’ Player of the Season award by manager Mark Janser.

One final award went to winger Nyah Commons who took the Women’s Young Player of the Year award, but unfortunately wasn’t able to join us on the day. Congratulations to Nyah who has 7 goals in 20 appearances this season.

Congratulations to all the players and coaching staff who have had a fantastic season for Folkestone Invicta Women, and we hope they can go on to make it even better when they travel to Maidstone United’s Gallagher Stadium to take on Lydd Town Ladies in the SECWFL Kent Divisional Cup Final on Thursday 15th May.

Folkestone Invicta Men

The men’s award kicked off with the Invicta TV Goal of the Season which went to Dan Smith for his 2nd strike against Dover Athletic in August. After opening the scoring inside 2 minutes, Dan headed home a Jamie Mascoll free kick to give Invicta a 3-1 lead with 12 minutes to play.

Dan Smith presented with his Invicta TV Goal of the Season award by manager Jay Saunders.

Dan smith’s double that night at Dover were the first of 19 goals this season that saw him take home the award for Top Goalscorer. Dan’s tally includes 2 hat-tricks, both at the Alcaline Stadium.

Dan Smith presented with his award for Folkestone Invicta Men’s Top Goalscorer by manager Jay Saunders

The Young Player of the Year award went to left back Frankie Morgan. The 23 year old made 40 appearances throughout the season having joined from Isthmian South East side Sheppey United last summer.

Left back Frankie Morgan presented with his Young Player of the Year trophy by 1st Team Manager Jay Saunders.

Midfielder Amadou Kassaraté was voted Players’ Player of the Year by his teammates. Amadou joined Invicta in late August, was sent off on his debut before scoring the first of 8 goals just 2 days later in a 2-1 win away at Hastings United. Amadou made 40 appearances throughout the season, bettered only by Jonny Henly (44) and Gavin Hoyte (45).

Amadou Kassaraté presented with the Players’ Player of the Year award by manager Jay Saunders

The final award was the Folkestone Invicta Men’s Supporters’ Player of the Year award, voted for both online and by supporters at our final 2 home games of the season. Dan Smith took the award with 17.1% of the vote.