Bromley striker, Michael Cheek was crowned League Two’s Player of the Season at the 2025 EFL Awards.
Cheek was crowned League Two’s Player of the Season after a successful first campaign in the EFL with newcomer, Bromley, at 33 years-old in which he managed 24 goals in total – of which 23 goals were scored in the fourth tier and is on course to claim the Golden Boot.
Upon receiving his award, Cheek admitted that he felt “honoured” and “delighted to win the award,” but was delighted to finally play in the EFL at 33 years-old with Bromley who stuck with him after their promotion via last season’s National League Promotion Play-Offs.
Cheek was also named in the League Two Team of the Season to cap an incredible evening for the striker who is enjoying his highest-scoring season as a senior player.
Ravens boss, Andy Woodman however missed out on the League Two Manager of the Season gong to Bradford’s Graham Alexander, although Alexander credited Woodman for his impressive progress with Bromley this season during his winner’s speech.
Nathan Lowe won League Two’s Young Player of the Season award after he scored 18 goals in all competitions across the first half of the season for Walsall, before he was recalled from his loan spell by Stoke in January.
Notts’ County’s George Abbott won Goal of the Season for his volley in a 3-0 away win against Accrington Stanley in January 2025.
Across in the Championship, Sheffield United’s Gustavo Hamer was crowned as Player of the Season after he contributed nine goals and seven assists in a strong season for the midfielder, although the Blades fell short of automatic promotion.
Burnley’s Scott Parker was awarded Championship Manager of the Season after just one campaign in charge of the Clarets who sealed promotion on Easter Monday with a 2-1 win over Sheffield Utd, with the experienced boss having replaced Vincent Kompany who left last summer for Bayern Munich.
Sunderland’s Jobe Bellingham won the Championship’s Young Player of the Season award after another progressive season, in which he scored four goals and created three assists in 39 appearances for the Black Cats who will finish fourth and enter the post-season promotion play-offs.
Within League One, Wycombe Wanderers’ Richard Kone achieved a rare Player of the Season and Young Player of the Season double, having managed 21 goals in 50 appearances across all competitions as the Chairboys missed out on promotion.
Chris Davies was awarded Manager of the Season after he took Birmingham to instant bounce-back promotion and the League One title, in what is his first managerial job after several years as assistant to Brendan Rogers at Liverpool, Celtic and Leicester then one season under Ange Postecoglou at Tottenham.
Sunderland’s Chris Rigg, Exeter’s Jake Richards and Port Vale’s Jack Shorrock were crowned Championship, League One and League Two’s Apprentices of the Season respectively.
Ex centre-back, Curtis Davies was awarded the Sir Tom Finney Award in recognition of his playing career, in which he scored 32 goals across 677 appearances for eight clubs and achieved promotion with Luton and Hull in 2004-05 and 2015-16 seasons respectively.
Neil Warnock received the Contribution to League Football Award in celebration of his 45-year managerial career, during which he managed 15 EFL clubs and is now advisor at Non League’s Torquay United who yesterday (26 April) missed out on automatic promotion to National League on goal difference to Truro City.
Northampton Town were crowned as EFL’s Green Club of the Season for their project tackling food wastage within the local community, from converting leftovers into new creative meals to transforming vegetable peelings into crisps amongst their various activities.
Plymouth walked away with the Community Project Award for their local project which centred on providing support to children with a parent in prison, with view to try and stage early prevention to break the cycle of youth offending.
Full list of winners can be found below.
Championship Manager of the Season
Daniel Farke (Leeds United)
Regis Le Bris (Sunderland)
Scott Parker (Burnley)
Chris Wilder (Sheffield United)
Championship Player of the Season
Gustavo Hamer (Sheffield United)
Dan James (Leeds United)
James Trafford (Burnley)
League One Manager of the Season
Chris Davies (Birmingham City)
Nathan Jones (Charlton Athletic)
Phil Parkinson (Wrexham)
Richie Wellens (Leyton Orient)
League One Player of the Season
Tomoki Iwata (Birmingham City)
Davis Keillor-Dunn (Barnsley)
Richard Kone (Wycombe Wanderers)
League Two Manager of the Season
Graham Alexander (Bradford City)
Darren Moore (Port Vale)
Mat Sadlier (Walsall)
Andy Woodman (Bromley)
League Two Player of the Season
Michael Cheek (Bromley)
Nathan Lowe (First half of season at Walsall, now at Stoke City)
Luke Molyneux (Doncaster Rovers)
Championship Young Player of the Season
Jobe Bellingham (Sunderland)
Shea Charles (Sheffield Wednesday)
CJ Egan-Riley (Burnley)
League One Young Player of the Season
Louie Barry (First half of season at Stockport County, now at Hull City)
Tyler Bindon (Reading)
Richard Kone (Wycombe Wanderers)
League Two Young Player of the Season
George Abbott (Notts County)
Nathan Lowe (First half of season at Walsall, now at Stoke City)
Bobby Pointon (Bradford City)
Championship Apprentice of the Season
Ronan Kpakio (Cardiff City)
Chris Rigg (Sunderland)
Souleymane Sidibe (Stoke City)
League One Apprentice of the Season
Jake Richards (Exeter City)
Kofi Shaw (Bristol Rovers)
Luca Whitney (Shrewsbury Town)
League Two Apprentice of the Season
Botan Ameen (Swindon Town)
Sebastian Auton (Grimsby Town)
Jack Shorrock (Port Vale)
EFL Club Employee
Jeremy Austin (Morecambe)
Ian Darler (Cambridge United)
Alan Knight (Portsmouth)
EFL Fan Engagement Award
Cardiff City – 125th Anniversary Celebration
Huddersfield Town – Engaging the Older Generation
Portsmouth – Fratton Park Fan Zone
EFL Diversity Award
Charlton Athletic – RWB Day
Leyton Orient – Punjabi O’s
Rotherham United – United For Communities
EFL Green Award
Blackburn Rovers – Sustainable Learning Conference
Carlisle United – Komatsu Climate Heroes
Northampton Town – Cobblers tackle food waste
EFL Community Club of the Season
Norwich City
Rotherham United
Fleetwood Town
EFL Community Project of the Season
Plymouth Argyle – ACTing with Children
Charlton Athletic – CATC Youth Engagement Vehicles
Port Vale – Baby Bank
EFL Player in the Community
Jack Stacey (Norwich)
Taylor Moore (Bristol Rovers)
Joseph Olowu (Doncaster Rovers)
Contribution to League Football
Neil Warnock
Goal of the Season
George Abbott (Notts County)
Sir Tom Finney Award
Curtis Davies
Sky Bet Championship Team of Season
James Trafford (Burnley), Jayden Bogle (Leeds), CJ Egan-Riley (Burnley), Maxime Esteve (Burnley), Harrison Burrows (Sheffield United), Ao Tanaka (Leeds), Jobe Bellingham (Sunderland), Dan James (Leeds), Gustavo Hamer (Sheffield United), Borja Sainz (Norwich), Josh Sargent (Norwich)
Sky Bet League One Team of Season
Sam Tickle (Wigan), Ryan Barnett (Wrexham), Max Cleworth (Wrexham), Christoph Klarer (Birmingham City), Lloyd Jones (Charlton), Alex Cochrane (Birmingham City), Lewis Bate (Stockport County), Tomoki Iwata (Birmingham City), Kwame Poku (Peterborough), Davis Keillor-Dunn (Barnsley), Richard Kone (Wycombe Wanderers)
Sky Bet League Two Team of Season
Owen Goodman (AFC Wimbledon), Connor Barrett (Walsall), Taylor Allen (Walsall), Connor Hall (Port Vale), Denver Hume (Grimsby), Richard Smallwood (Bradford City), Luke Molyneux (Doncaster Rovers), Jack Payne (Colchester United), Alassana Jatta (Notts County), David McGoldrick (Notts County), Michael Cheek (Bromley)
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