Ashlee Withers nominated for a Berkshire Football Award in the category of x.. Nominations are open until Monday 27th May 2024
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Ashlee Withers is up for a Berkshire Football Award in the category of Young Player of the Season (Female).
The nomination we received for the award said: “Teenager Ashlee has captained Maidenhead United Women’s Development in their inaugural season in the FA Women’s National League Reserve South East Division and the tenacious defender has proven a true leader as the team have graduated from an uncertain start to being a truly competitive team in their division.
“The fledgling United team had a difficult start to their first ever season, losing their opening ten FAWNL South East & Central Reserve Division matches – a difficult period illuminated by an impressive League Cup run which displayed the potential and character of the team led by Withers.
“Ashlee – who has also played successfully this season for Procision Reading and Laurel Park – scored her first ever MUWFC goal in the League Cup tie against Cheltenham and has already twice won MUWFC Development Player of the Month, selected by her coaches. Ashlee has started 16 of the team’s 19 matches so far this season, with only injury keeping her out of matches.
“Her coaches remain impressed with her dedication, her ability to motivate her team-mates, her sunny disposition and her hard-tackling style. Her reading of the game improves every week in an improving side which has – at the time of writing – won two and drawn one of their last six games.”
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Agree that Owen Armstrong should be up for the Supporter of the Season award? Or do you have someone else in mind? Let us know in the nomination form below:
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Scroll down to the bottom of this article for the nomination form. Before you do that though, here’s what the judging panel are looking for when choosing the shortlist.
What’s the story? Tell us exactly why the person or place should be considered. We hate to get all ‘X Factor journey’ on you but the more detail you can include, the better we can argue for your nominee for the short list.
The sort of details we love to see include things like player awards, goals, clean sheets and any other significant contributions to the footballing community – obviously within the 2025/26 season.
We’ll publish all the nominees for the Berkshire Football Awards as we receive them.
You can view all the 2025 nominees so far here.6
Want to know who’s previously won what at the Berkshire Football Awards? There’s a big long page with all the previous winners here.
Nominations will be open until midnight on Sunday 10th May 2026.
The Long List will be published on Friday 15th May and the Short List on Monday 18th May at midday.
Once the nomination window has closed, the nominations in each category will be put before a panel of over 20 judges for a decision, the top four announced online and the winners at the awards night on Wednesday 10th June.
We will accept nominations for people out of area, the only prerequisite is that the reason for nomination is that it must be because of an affiliation with a club we cover on Football in Berkshire (a full list is at the bottom of this page). We will present certificates and a trophy to the winners.
What’s next? Look out for the Long List of all the nominations which will be published here and across all our channels by midday on Friday 15th May 2026.
The Short List for each category will then be published at midday on Monday 18th May 2026. At that point, tickets will be made available to attend the awards night at Double-Barrelled Brewery in Reading on the evening of Wednesday 10th June 2026. If you’d like notification of when tickets are available, sign up to our newsletter here.
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