Joe the gold

The polls are now open for Ulster Footballer of the Year – so click here to cast your vote for Joe Gormley.

The Cliftonville striker – who won the award in 2014 – has been shortlisted alongside Coleraine trio Chris Johns, Jamie McGonigle and Stephen O’Donnell, plus Crusaders pair Billy Joe Burns and Gavin Whyte.

Gormley’s double against Loughgall last Saturday and midweek opener against Ballymena United took his tally to 29 goals for the season and you can do your bit to help the Reds frontman by voting for him as your Ulster Footballer of the Year right now.

The 28-year-old became the sixth Cliftonville player to take the accolade when he assumed the mantle from Solitude team mate Liam Boyce four seasons ago.

The Club’s all-time top scorer Kevin McGarry was the first ever winner of the crown in 1951, with Bobby Carlisle (1984), Marty Tabb (1998) and Chris Scannell (2009) completing the Reds’ representation on the roll of honour.