Former Hibs’ star ‘Super’ John McGinn has been named Aston Villa Player of the Year by both supporters and fellow players.
The 24-year-old midfielder who spent three years at Hibs, helping the club to a Scottish Cup win and promotion from the Championship was presented with the awards during a ceremony held on Wednesday night at Villa Park.
The Scottish internationalist became a major fan favourite since joining in a £2.75million move last summer, following in the footsteps of Des Bremner who won the European Cup with the club and Alex Cropley who won the League Cup. He has been a driving force in Villa’s late season charge up the Championship table to claim a play-off spot, playing 40 of Aston Villa’s 45 games in the league scoring six goals and providing 10 assists. Aston Villa and Hibs fans, including some ex-players, were quick to congratulate him on social media.
John graduated from Telford College in 2010 with an HNC in Practical Journalism and since then he worked for the North Edinburgh News, The Southern Reporter, the Irish News Review and The Edinburgh Reporter. In addition he has been published in the Edinburgh Evening News and the Hibernian FC Programme.
