Muckian to Markey - A complete history of Drogheda United's SWI Player of the Month winners
Drogheda United's midfield maestro has won the award for the first time in his career, marking just the 15th occasion in the 53-year history of the award a Drog has claimed the prize.
Forty-eight years have passed since Martin Donnelly first won the Soccer Writers Association of Ireland (SWAI) Player of the Month award, the first Drogheda United man to claim it five years after it was introduced in 1971. This week, Darragh Markey became the latest Drog to be honoured with the monthly accolade - deservedly and belatedly so.
But what of the 11 other men who have earned that title (now the SWI Player of the Month after the association underwent a name change) in the colours of Drogheda United over the years? Let’s take a - reverse chronological - walk down memory lane….