By Brian Bennett | Photo: Ian Brodie

Connor Thomson claimed the award of top goalscorer when Ashington FC held their presentation evening in the function room at Woodhorn Lane on Saturday night.

And afterwards, the 28 year old – who is on loan from Morpeth Town – could not disguise his delight on several fronts.

Thomson bagged 17 goals, one more than fellow striker Wilson Kneeshaw to lift the award and he said afterwards: “It wasn’t something which I thought about when I joined Ashington but by the end, I had a good idea that I had finished top of the pile. Obviously I wanted to make an impact but to come away as top goalscorer in the time I have been with the club, I’m buzzing about it. I have only been here for six months so to get the award is unusual because some of the other lads have been for the whole of the season.”

Newcastle-born Thomson continued: “It was all about how quickly I gelled and how quickly I fitted into the team and straight away, I struck up a good partnership with Wilson (Kneeshaw). The benefits came from the rest of the lads where they were really putting the ball on a plate for me to put into the back of the net.”

He continued: “All of the players and the staff have been absolutely brilliant with me and consequently I’m absolutely loving my time here. From my point of view, it was all about scoring, assisting and helping the team but the journey which I’ve been on has been nothing short of incredible. We are all good mates – not just on the pitch but off it as well – and the environment in the changing rooms is great.”