Shamrock Rovers goalkeeper Alan Manus has been the SSE Airtricity League/Soccer Writers' Association of Ireland Goalkeeper of the Year.
The Rovers stopper topped the voting ahead of second placed Ed McGinty of Sligo Rovers and David Odumosu of Drogheda United.
“Well, I’m a lot older now!”, reflected the Rovers goalkeeper on his latest win, having last won the award 10-years ago.
“I was fortunate to win it back then and I remember saying the standard of goalkeeping was very high in the league and I still think that now” added Mannus.
Mannus played every minute of Rovers’ league season, keeping 13 clean sheets in 18 games as Stephen Bradley’s side won the Premier Division title without losing a game.
The Northern Ireland international also made the crucial save in Rovers’ epic 13-12 penalty shoot-out win over Ilves of Finland in the Europa League qualifiers.
Though one of the elder statesmen of the Rovers team, Mannus says retirement is not currently his thoughts. “I’ll go another year and see how it goes. I’m really enjoying it, I still feel really good and the club have been really good in looking after me.”
