Kowloon Cricket Club

Football is one of the most popular sections in the KCC with more than 250 junior and youth players and about 100 senior players taking part in football training, matches and other events over the course of a season. Social football started at KCC in the early 1970s and the section was formally established in 1994, when the KCC entered a team in the Yau Yee League, Hong Kong's leading amateur football competition. The team worked its way up the divisions and in 2000 did the “treble”, winning the Yau Yee League First Division Championship, Cup and 6-a-side tournament. A second team, the Dragons entered the League in 2000, securing promotion to the First Division in 2005. In September 2009 the two teams were re-organised into the KCC Dragons and the KCC Knights.

Permanent trophies and recent recipients

The James Down Trophy for Junior Footballer of the Year
06/07 Toby Down
07/08 Toby Down
08/09 Ross White
09/10 Barton Leung
10/11 Mervyn McKinley
11/12 Jake Smith
13/14 Gabriella (Lella) Lee

KCC U16s Players’ Player
11/12 Avkit Bumb

KCC U15s Players’ Player
10/11 Chris Jensen
11/12 Krishna Nainani

The Mike Kennedy Trophy for The Most Improved Player
94/95 Michael Tung
95/96 Dominick Siddle
96/97 Justin Sandford
97/98 Jeremy Gill
98/99 Mike Shakespeare
99/00 Andrew Barnes
00/01 Dharam Mirpuri
01/02 Dwight Yang
02/03 Richard Goulden
03/04 Alan Mait
04/05 Boris Kam
05/06 Mathew Brectel
06/07 Humphrey Flowerdew
07/08 Richard Edge
08/09 Noah Ward
09/10 Antonio Castano
10/11 Martin Rigby
11/12 Keith Miu
12/13 Phillip Clamp
13/14 Gautam Daswani

The Mike Trayford Trophy for Young Player of the Year
03/04 Amro Abbas 04/05 David Tang
05/06 Matthew Nuttal
06/07 Mark Szeliga
07/08 Mark Szeliga
08/09 Ben Goodridge
09/10 Toby Down
10/11 Michael Wu
11/12 Toby Down
12/13 Krishna Nainani

KCC Knights Leading Goal Scorer
09/10 Vivien Kangah Kangah
10/11 Chris De Laiglesia
11/12 Cian McNamara
12/13 Bennis Wong
13/14 Hin Mok

The Matthew Wake Trophy - KCC Dragons Leading Goal Scorer
09/10 Paul Crompton
10/11 Jason Trenberth
11/12 Paul Crompton
12/13 Chris Pickles
13/14 Derek Huang

The Tony Smith Shield for KCC Royals Player of the Year
07/08 Malcolm Leigh
08/09 Ravi Sujanani
09/10 Matthew Wake
10/11 Geoff Ho
11/12 Joe Fahy
12/13 Stephen Gibbins
13/14 Adrian Townson

The KCC Social Player of the Year
11/12 Dave Christmas
12/13 Anthony Garreau
13/14 Gary Luttrell

The Mike Kennedy Trophy for KCC Knights Player of the Year
09/10 Noah Ward
10/11 Jason Jayem
11/12 Aaron Re’em
12/13 Ricco Chan
13/14 Nikhil Narwani

The Shyam Nainani Trophy for KCC Dragons Player of the Year
00/01 Tony Slack
01/02 Vijay Sharma
02/03 David Townshend
03/04 Steve Baldock
04/05 Frankie Ferreira & Dharam Mirpuri
05/06 Ashgar Ali
06/07 Frankie Ferreira
07/08 Kevin Toong
08/09 Chris Pickles
09/10 Paul Crompton
10/11 Richard Young
11/12 Luca Merlone
12/13 Paolo Giannelli
13/14 Anthony Garreau

The Nigel Sandford Chairman's Award
98/99 Mike Trayford
99/00 David Hadcroft
00/01 John DeBono
01/02 Jim Down
02/03 Shyam Nainani
03/04 Jim Down
04/05 Shyam Nainani
05/06 Antony Smith
06/07 Antony Smith
07/08 Malcolm Leigh
08/09 Jonathan McKinley
09/10 James Gough
10/11 Chris Pickles
11/12 James Gough
12/13 Antony Smith
13/14Paul McGunnigle

The KCC Royals Top Scorer Award
11/12 Sam Trayford
12/13 Sam Trayford
13/14 Luca Merlone

Following the September 2009 re-organisation of the Yau Yee teams, the following trophies were retired (they are shown on the web-site as an historical record):

The Ken Wallis Trophy for KCC Leading Goal Scorer
94/95 John DeBono
95/96 Matthew Wake
96/97 Damon Giles
97/98 Stephen Pomfret
99/00 Stephen Pomfret
00/99 Matthew Wake
01/02 Matthew Wake
02/03 Matthew Wake
03/04 Amro Abbas
04/05 Matthew Wake
05/06 Matthew Wake
06/07 Marcel Sossnowski
07/08 James Stroud
08/09 James Stroud

The KCC Player of the Year Trophy - Presented by Mike Kennedy
94/95 Tony Slack
95/96 Matthew Wake
96/97 Andrew Laxton
97/98 Stephen Pomfret
98/99 Haytham Abbas
99/00 Philip Millward
00/01 Tony Smith
01/02 Philip Millward
02/03 Anton Xavier
03/04 Jonathan McKinley
04/05 Iain Clark
05/06 Jonathan McKinley
06/07 Marcel Sossnowski
07/08 James Stroud
08/09 Steve Rigby

The Dragon's Trophy for Leading Goal Scorer
00/01 Vijay Sharma
01/02 Sean Wilkins
02/03 Hassan Del
03/04 Deepak Bellani
04/05 Faizul Hassan
05/06 Ali Mohammad
06/07 Deepak Bellani
07/08 Hassan Del
08/09 Chris Pickles