Supporter of the Season Shield

Nominate your Supporter of the Season for 2025/26

Last Season saw Martin Lacey crowned Supporter of the Year and now we are looking for your nominations for this Season’s award.

Who do you think has gone the extra mile, maybe this Season or maybe over the past few Seasons?

Let us know below;-

      Each year, the Supporters Club Executive Committee decide who is to be named the ‘Supporter of the Season’. 

      This has been awarded since 1990 to the supporter or supporters who have gone ‘that extra mile’.

      Details of the inaugural shield, the Tom Verrall Shield and the current Mark Barton Memorial Shield are below.

      A new shield was presented for the first time in 2022 to the memory of Mark Barton who was a stalwart of the Supporters Club Executive Committee for many years.

      There is also a full list of all the winners below.

      Our 2024/25 Supporter of the Season, Martin Lacey. Photo credit: Mary Newman

      1990 till 2003 - The Shield

      Inaugurated in 1990, each recipient received a shield to mark their achievement and a keepsake. 

      Our first winner back then was Sateesh Khanna  who subsequently won the award again in 2009/10. Sateesh is still a regular at Grosvenor Vale and a constant from the Lower Mead days who has contributed a lot over the years.

      Sateesh also played for SFC Wealdstone in their early days.

       

      Shield awarded to our first winner in 1989/90

      2003 till 2021 - Tom Verrall Shield

      In 2003, the ‘Tom Verrall Shield’ was instigated for the ‘Supporter of the Season’ to retain for a year. This new shield was named in honour of the inaugural WFCSC Secretary and who was later President.

      Tom was instrumental in forming the Wealdstone Football Club Supporters Club back in 1958 and as mentioned above was the inaugural Secretary, a post he held for seven years.

      Some of the winners also received a platter to commemorate their award.

      Tom Verrall
      Platter awarded to winners
      Tom Verrall Shield

      2022 - The Mark Barton Memorial Shield

      In 2022 Ray Corner, pictured below became the first winner of the Award

      Our 2022/23 Supporter of the Season Steve 'Hughie' Marshall being presented with the Mark Barton Memorial Shield by Mark Randall. Photo credit: Jon Taffel

      Full list of winners

      The list of recipients of Supporter of the Season are listed below:

      • 1989/90 – Sateesh Khanna
      • 1990/91 – Neale Harvey
      • 1991/92 – Jim Wiseman
      • 1992/93 – Paul Fruin
      • 1993/94 – Nick Woolford
      • 1994/95 – Gordon Howland
      • 1995/96 – Val Shearer
      • 1996/97 – Paul Fruin
      • 1997/98 – Jim Burrows
      • 1998/99 – John Jeffreson
      • 1999/00 – Dan Helen
      • 2000/01 – John Willard
      • 2001/02 – Miriam Goodman
      • 2002/03 – Ken Wiggins
      • 2003/04 – Mike Fishman
      • 2004/05 – Lewis Sheppard
      • 2005/06 – Not Awarded
      • 2006/07 – Alan Hill
      • 2007/08 – Mike Kane
      • 2008/09 – Peter John-Baptiste
      • 2009/10 – Sateesh Khanna
      • 2010/11 – Neil Rands
      • 2011/12 – Adam Williams
      • 2012/13 – Mark Hyde
      • 2013/14 – Peter Edwards
      • 2014/15 – Graham Jones
      • 2015/16 – Tony Platt
      • 2016/17 – Martin & Syl Allen
      • 2017/18 – Neil Tobin
      • 2018/19 – David Jones
      • 2019/20 – David Reader
      • 2020/21 – Gordon Thomson
      • 2021/22 – Ray Corner
      • 2022/23 – Steve ‘Hughie’ Marshall
      • 2023/24 – Roger Slater
      Our 2021/22 Supporter of the Season Ray Corner being presented with the Mark Barton Memorial Shield by Nick Symmons. Photo credit: Adam Williams
      Our 2023/24 Supporter of the Season Roger Slater. Photo credit: Adam Edwards
      Howard Krais presenting the Shield in 2011/12 to Adam Williiams
      Terry Hissey presenting the Shield in 2019/20 to Dave Reader. Photo credit: Samantha Evans
      Our 2020/21 Supporter of the Season Gordon Thomson being presented with Tom Verrall Shield by our President Nick Dugard. Photo credit: Adam Wiliams
      Our 2022/23 Supporter of the Season Steve 'Hughie' Marshall