Trippier receives North East Football Writers' Association Player of the Year award

Kieran Trippier was presented with the North East Football Writers' Association Player of the Year award for 2022 at a star-studded ceremony at Ramside Hall Hotel, Golf and Spa on Sunday evening.

The England international is the 44th recipient of the award - previously won by the likes of Alan Shearer, Kevin Keegan, Les Ferdinand, Shay Given and Peter Beardsley as well as Bruno Guimarães, Fabian Schär, Jamaal Lascelles and Matt Ritchie - following a superb year which saw Trippier inspire his team to a top-four finish and the Carabao Cup final last season.

It was a far cry from when he first joined the club from Atletico Madrid in January 2022, with the Magpies in the Premier League's bottom three. Trippier was Eddie Howe's first signing at St. James' Park and he has become a standard-bearer for the team with his leadership on and off the pitch.

More to follow.