St Mirren star, Stevie Mallan, has bagged the IRN-BRU Golden Balls Award for his phenomenal performance in his the Buddies semi-final win over The New Saints to reach the IRN-BRU Cup final.
It's the second ginger accolade in just over a week for the Saints midfielder, who caused a social media stir when he was presented at the final whistle with his special IRN-BRU Cup Man of the Match award as part of the live semi-final TV broadcast.
The clip of Mallan receiving a special bottle of ginger was soon uploaded on to social media and viewed more than 500,000 times with some supporters even describing it as the 'Greatest Man of the Match Award' ever.
Fans of the IRN-BRU Cup have now awarded Mallan with another celebratory bottle of ginger to add to his collection. His silky performance captured the imagination of supporters who voted for him via a Twitter poll @IrnBruFootball to win the award beating Tony Andreu from Dundee United, securing 52 per cent of the overall votes.
On receiving the IRN-BRU Cup Golden Balls Award, Mallan said: "We're delighted to have put in a great second half performance to beat a tough TNS side, and we're all looking forward to playing in the IRN-BRU Cup final.
It was hilarious that receiving the bottle of IRN-BRU for a man of the match award trended on Twitter and I'm delighted to add another Golden Balls Award to my collection.
Adrian Troy, Marketing Director at IRN-BRU, said: "Stevie put in a phenomenal performance in the semi-final and thoroughly deserved the now legendary man of the match award. Clearly, the fans thought he loved the bottle of IRN-BRU so they decided he deserved another with the Golden Balls Award. If he is wants to add a third bottle to his collection, he'll have to show he is made from girders in the final."
