The Long List for the 2026 Grundon Waste Management Berkshire Football Awards is ready!
Football in Berkshire’s judging panel will be busy this weekend turning it into a Short List (and if you’d like to be among the first to know about it you’ll need to subscribe to our newsletter here) which will be released around 2pm on Monday 18th May.
So why a Long List? While not everyone can make the Short List, we wanted to make sure people knew they’d been thought of – that someone had taken the time to tell us about them – so we’ve published every name below in each category they were nominated.
The Short List, when it is released, will see four nominees in each category, and those will go forward to the awards night at Double Barrelled Brewery in Reading on Wednesday 10th June. Tickets will go on sale at the same time the Short List is published.
Please note: The Long List is presented as is. Age and eligibility checks will take place before publication of the Short List. We did not want any nominee to be excluded from the Long List.
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One final thing, we know a lot of you love to screenshot the list and share it on your social platforms, this is brilliant but we’d just ask if you could include a link back to this original article when you do. Thank you!
Match Day Experience
Sponsor Rural Pie Co
- Binfield
- Burnham FC
- Hungerford Town FC
- Kintbury Rangers
- Windsor & Eton
- Yateley United
Supporter of the Season
Sponsor Supporters Trust at Reading
- Adrian Scott
- Angie & Rickie French
- Christopher Dawson
- Eloise Berry-Hargreaves
- Graham Kay
- Great Park Crew
- Jane McLean
- JJ Crosby
- Neil and Katie Bridgland
- Olivier Mruk
- Paul East
- Reading City Ground Hoppers
Volunteer of the Season (Senior Club)
Sponsor Supporters Trust at Reading
- Andrew Clemens
- Gary Wade
- Luke Bishop
- Mark Lemm
- Martin Brailli
- Matt Beech
- Oscar Crowley
- Paul Gutteridge
- Pete and Anne Stevens
- Rich Pascoe
- Ryan Sheehan
- Stuart Gould
- Stuart Ive
Volunteer of the Season (Junior Club)
Sponsor TeamFeePay
- Jason Elwell
- Martin and Hazel Bingham
- Matt Winch
- Matthew Haines
- Michael Campbell
- Mitch Noble
- Phil Rees
- Rob Hayward
Grounds Team of the Season
Award available to Sponsor – enquire here
- Lewis Clements and George Gould
- Lewis Pike, Martin Smith, Andy Cotton and Luke Beard
- Mark Lemm and Luke Howroyd
- Matt Moss
- Scott Osler
Best Photographer
Sponsor Zapkam Sportswear
- Andrew Batt
- Andy Wicks
- Brian Baggaley
- Clive Parker
- Daisy Spiers
- Darren Woolley
- Jay Harvey
- John Leakey
- Libby Clark
- Lucie Croft
- Mel Povey
- Neil Graham
- Ryan Young
- Sinead Thompson
- Tony Spencer
- Trevor Smith
Goal of the Season
Sponsor XLFC
- Harry Hamblin
- Jordi Ebanda
- Lauren Smaje
- Luke Maze
- Luke Phillips
- Nathan Connolly
- Sandro Kamara
- Tyra Wilson
Best Website
Sponsor With Flair Agency
- Binfield
- Burghfield FC
- Burnham FC
- Finchampstead Football Club
- Mortimer FC
- Reading City
- Reading FC Women
- Reading YMCA
- Windsor & Eton
Best Content Creator
Sponsor XLFC
- Andrew Clemens
- Brian Baggaley
- Caversham United
- Codie Tracey
- Harry McBain
- Jack Prendiville
- Jason Collie
- Josh Le Beigge
- Latore Meyers-Preddie – Versa Tv
- Luke Howroyd
- Mel Povey
- Reading City Media Team
- Ryan Sheehan
- Windsor & Eton
- Wokingham Town Media Team
Best Individual Event
Award available to Sponsor – enquire here
- Caversham United – Sunday League Day
- Kenny Clarke
- Reading FC Women Community Day
- Retro Day at Maidenhead United
- Siren 5s
- Tadley-Calleva vs Weymouth
- Thames Vallley Sunday League Cup Finals 2026
- Wokingham Town 150th Anniversary
Football Writer of the Season
Award available to Sponsor – enquire here
- Ade Gomm
- Binfield
- Neal Jeffs
- Neil Maskell
- Peter Matthews
- Simeon Pickup
- Steve Jinman
- Vinny WHUFC
- Warren Carter
Physio of the Season
Award available to Sponsor – enquire here
- Craig Butler
- Darcey Young & Olivia Mansell
- Elisha Timms
- Hasan Baig
- Klaudia Owczarek
- Meg Bryan
- Paige Ryan-Swanston
- Teagan-Christine Brown
Manager of the Season (Women’s Game)
Award available to Sponsor – enquire here
- Andy Cox
- Cathy Corr
- Dave Kitson
- Dave Senior
- Shai Humphries
- Stewart Gray
Manager of the Season (Men’s Game)
Sponsor Complete Coaching
- Adam Hopkins
- Calvin Grainger
- Carl Davies
- Darryl Jelly & Mitch Cooper
- David Butler
- Devonn Reid
- Joe Lawler
- Joel Ainscough
- Jordan Blake
- Lee Ovens & Daniel Rapley
- Ollie Wagstaff
- Philip Burden & Steve Turner
- Rob Webb
- Ryan Peters
- Tom Savage
Referee of the Season
Sponsor ‘The Sports Official’s Journal’ by Stuart Carrington – out in June
- Dave Fisher
- Ethan Stacey
- Juliette Forgham
- Katie Bridgland
- Lola Pollard
- Stuart Marsh
Young Player of the Season (Female)
Sponsor Procision Football Academy
- Bailey Gray
- Catherine McIlroy
- Ellie Szekeres
- Izzy Folkard
- Kezia Browning
- Liberty Dieppe
- Lily Noon
- Lucy Giles
- Molly McKeever
- Ruby Huggins
- Sophie Butler
- Tilly Baigent
Young Player of the Season (Male)
Sponsor Procision Football Academy
- Aaron Peprah-Baah
- Archie Simpson
- Ashton Burden
- Cameron Squires
- Elijah Kaninda
- Ethan Mosdell
- Harris Doran
- Kiyan Newton
- Luke Phillips
- Sam Lynskey
- Shaquille Johnson
- Shyon Dennis
Player of the Season (Female)
Sponsor Grundon Waste Services
- Aaliayh Charles
- Caitlin Kemp
- Emily House
- Emma Martin
- Holly Robinson
- Joanna Liddell
- Lauren Smaje
- Nikhita Sangha
Player of the Season (Male)
Sponsor Grundon Waste Services
- Cameron Clark
- Harry Green
- Harry Hamblin
- Harvey Rackley-Hayes
- Liam Dulson
- Luke Polding
- Matt Berry-Hargreaves
- Sean Moore
- Sheldon Wright
- Tiago Moreno
The Darrell Freeland Award for Service to the Local Game is selected by the Football in Berkshire team.
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One final thing, we know a lot of you love to screenshot the list and share it on your social platforms, this is brilliant but we’d just ask if you could include a link back to this original article when you do. Thank you!
