Coaches, Players, Football Administrators Commend LBA Awards.

Nigerian League football players, coaches and football administrators have commended the organisers of league Bloggers Awards for considering it necessary to recognize the nation’s league players with an award.

The awards which was conceived to recognize and celebrate outstanding football players in the Nigerian Premier League took place on Sunday at the Etal Hotel and Halls, Lagos, featured twelve categories.

The League Bloggers Awards according to one of its founders, George Akpayen an online publisher, said the awards debuted in 2009 as Naija Premier League online Awards and since January, 2012, the LBA has celebrated Player/Manager of the month Awards.

Andrew Abalogun of ABS F.C won the Rookie of the year award; Theophilus Afelokhai of Kano Pillars grabbed the Best Goalkeeper award.

Tamen Medrano, a Cameroonian and Sunshine star player, won the Best Foreigner award, Gabriel Adigwe, was adjudged as the Best Referee award just as 3SC of Ibadan picked the Best Designed club Jersey.