SPL Trivia: Winners of both Player and Young player of the month awards

Andy Webster has won two Player of the Month awards and a Young Player of the Month award.SNS Group

The SPL's Player of the Month award has been handed out to the top performer in the division since August 2000, with Andy McLaren the first recipient

The Young Player of the Month award followed the season afterwards, with Stephen Hughes of Rangers the first winner in August 2001.

Since that point we've had 65 different winners of the young award and 80 different recipients of the Player of the Month award. For this week's trivia we're looking at the players who have picked up both awards at some point in their career.

So, who are the nine individuals to have won both accolades?

Aiden McGeady The Spartak Moscow winger won three Player of the Month awards in the SPL while at Celtic. The Irishman won in December 2004, November 2007 and February 2008. He also picked up four Young Player of the Month awards, winning in March 2005, November 2005 and back-to-back wins in August and September 2006.

Andy Webster The Hearts defender holds the honour of winning monthly awards with two different sides, taking home the YPOTM in April 2003 and POTM in September 2005 while in his first spell at Hearts. He also won a POTM award in November 2009 whilst at Dundee United.

Charlie Mulgrew The newest addition to the list, Mulgrew won a YPOTM award while on loan at Dundee United, way back in February 2006. He has since won two POTM awards at Celtic, in February and April 2012.

Darren Barr The defender was crowned YPOTM for December 2006 and won the full POTM award in March 2008, both while at Falkirk.

Derek Riordan Riordan is the most decorated player on this list when it comes to monthly awards. The St Johnstone forward won the YPOTM award in April, September, November and December 2004, January and May 2005. He also won the full POTM award in September 2009.

Kris Boyd The SPL's all-time top scorer won two young player of the month awards whilst at Kilmarnock, in August 2002 and January 2003. He won one POTM in November 2005 while still at Rugby Park, before picking up two more in January 2006 and December 2009 while at Rangers.

Lee Miller Lee Miller is another man who has won both awards while at different clubs. The Carlisle striker won YPOTM while at Hearts in February and April 2005 and graduated to win the full POTM award while at Aberdeen in December 2008.

Liam Miller The Irish midfielder won his YPOTM award while he was at Celtic, getting the acclaim for his fine performances in October 2003. He then won the full POTM award at Hibernian in October 2009.

Steven Naismith Naismith has picked up a host of awards throughout his SPL career. The Scotland forward won three YPOTM awards while at Kilmarnock, in August 2005, January 2006 and March 2007. He also won two POTM awards, in March 2005 while at Rugby Park and October 2010 while at Rangers.

**Those who didn't...* A couple of interesting points came up with regards some of the players who didn't actually make the list. David Goodwillie has won two SPL Young Player of the Year awards, but has never picked up the same monthly award. Equally, Shaun Maloney has never won the Player of the Month award, but won Player of the Year in 2005/06.

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