Langstaff wins Our Game Player of the Year prize

Free-scoring Macaulay Langstaff is no stranger to personal accolades and described the Our Game Player of the Year award as 'the icing on the cake' of a memorable season. The forward helped fire the Magpies back to the Football League with his record-breaking tally of 42 goals, made all the more remarkable by the fact none came from the spot. Ad He scooped his latest prize at the Non-League Paper's National Game Awards, in association with Isuzu, 10 days after County's dramatic penalty shootout victory over Chesterfield in the National League play-off final.

Football‘A wealth of knowledge and experience!’ – Schmadtke joins Liverpool as new sporting director2 HOURS AGO «I always say that personal accolades are the icing on the cake of team success,» said Langstaff. «We have gained promotion and I have gained some personal accolades along the way, so it has been a great season. »I am really honoured to win the Our Game Player of the Year award.

I see the players that are here, they are top players and top professionals. «It has been an incredible season and to win this award means a lot.» Having signed from Gateshead for £50,000 last summer, Langstaff shattered the club record set by Tom Keetley which had stood for 92 years. The Magpies went toe-to-toe with Wrexham in a titanic tussle for the title and though they eventually finished second on 107 points, Langstaff was delighted to get the job done in the play-offs.

He added: «It has been a bit of a rollercoaster and to finish it off with promotion is obviously unbelievable. »To win it at Wembley in a penalty shootout, I don't think there is a better way to win it. «It is going to be a season I look back on for years to come.