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- Updated: April 27, 2016
Celtic’s Leigh Griffiths, Aberdeen’s Jonny Hayes and Dundee duo Kane Hemmings and Greg Stewart have been nominated for PFA Scotland Player of the Year 2015/16.
Jason Cummings, John McGinn, Barrie McKay and Kieran Tierney are up for Scotland’s Young Player of the Year gong.
We take a closer look at all the nominees for this year’s top prizes.
PFA Scotland Player of the Year nominations
Leigh Griffiths – Celtic (striker)
The 25-year-old Edinburgh born striker continued the form he picked up in the second half of last season and has blown the competition out the water in this campaign’s scoring charts.
Griffiths has scored 38 goals in 50 appearances in all competitions, 29 of them in the Scottish Premiership.
He is just six goals off equalling the record tally by a Celtic player in one league season with four games left to play. Brian McClair and Henrik Larsson hold the accolade with 35 goals in a top-flight season in Scotland.
Griffiths would have to score 15 times in his final four ties of the season to match Larsson’s club record of 53 goals in all competition’s in one season.
Jonny Hayes – Aberdeen (winger)
Aberdeen’s Premiership title challenge may have ebbed away in recent weeks, but the consistent performances of Jonny Hayes has certainly been a key factor in their push up until now.
The Republic of Ireland born winger has laid on 10 assists and scored 5 goals this campaign, including a stunning opener in Aberdeen’s win over Celtic in February.
At 28 Hayes made his international debut as a substitute in Ireland’s friendly win over Switzerland in March. He then came off the bench again just days later in his country’s draw with Slovakia.
Having been a constant in Derek McInnes’ team he has a real chance of being selected in Martin O’Neill’s squad for the Euros.
Kane Hemmings – Dundee (striker)
The former Rangers front-man is the first half of Dundee’s representation on this year’s awards list. For a club who failed in their primary goal (finishing in the top-6 of the Premiership) to get two nominations is an indication of how well these players have performed throughout 2015/16.
The link-up shown between Hemmings and fellow nominee Greg Stewart has drawn particular praise.
Scoring over twenty goals in any league is enough to spark …
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