The four Hearts nominees for Scottish Football Writers' awards

Derek McInnes and Lawrence Shankland are among the Hearts nominees <i>(Image: Andrew Milligan)</i>
Derek McInnes and Lawrence Shankland are among the Hearts nominees (Image: Andrew Milligan)
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Heart of Midlothian have four nominees for the Scottish Football Writers' Awards.

The SFWA have today released the nominees for their various awards and Hearts are well represented after excellent seasons from both the mens' and womens' teams.

The nominees for the SFWA Player of the Year award are exactly the same as for the PFA Scotland award, meaning Lawrence Shankland and Claudio Braga are in the running along with Motherwell pair Elijah Just and Tawanda Maswanishe.

For the WIlliam Hill Manager of the Year prize, Derek McInnes is shortlisted along with the Steelmen's Jens Berthel Askou, Falkirk's John McGlynn and Martin O'Neill of Celtic.



The Young Player of the Year candidates are Findlay Curtis, on loan at Kilmarnock from Rangers, Falkirk's Barney Stewart, Luke Graham of Dundee and Andrew Tod of Dunfermline.

Onto the SWPL, and Hearts' Georgia Timms is shortlisted along with Lee Gibson of Glasgow City, Celtic's Maria McAneny and Katie Wilkinson of Rangers.

No Hearts Women players are in for the Young Player of the Year, which will be contested by Lisa Forrest of Glasgow City and Rangers' Mia McAulay, Jodi McLeary and Laura Berry.

Braga will be looking to do the double after winning the PFA Scotland Player of the Year, voted for by is peers.

While McInnes could make it a treble after scooping the Glen's Premiership Manager of the Season and the PFA award.

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