(Nominations each week include Premier League, EFL Championship, EFL League One, EFL League Two fixtures)
The League Managers Association’s panel, comprising of LMA Chairman Martin O’Neill OBE, Jess Creighton, Les Ferdinand MBE, Sir Alex Ferguson CBE, Barry Fry, Chris Hughton, Mick McCarthy, Stuart Pearce MBE, Clare Tomlinson, Carla Ward, and Rachel Yankey OBE has determined that the Everest Men’s Performance of the Week Award should go to AFC Bournemouth for their performance against Arsenal on Saturday 11th April.
Andoni Iraola will receive the Everest Men’s Performance of the Week trophy.
Match Report
Goals from Junior Kroupi and Alex Scott saw AFC Bournemouth claim another famous 2-1 win against Premier League leaders Arsenal at Emirates Stadium on Saturday.
A repeat scoreline of last season’s victory in North London extended to 12 games the Cherries’ unbeaten run – their longest since the club first won promotion to the top flight in 2015.
Another memorable milestone for the visitors saw Kroupi become only the second teenager in history to score ten goals in his first season in the Premier League.
He matched a feat achieved by Coventry City’s Robbie Keane in 2000 when he fired home at the far post after Adrien Truffert’s deflected cross had fallen for him.
Although Viktor Gyökeres levelled from a hotly-disputed penalty awarded for handball against Ryan Christie ten minutes before half-time, Scott silenced the Emirates with a sublime finish in the 74th minute.
Read more here: https://www.afcb.co.uk/news/2026/april/11/match-report-v-brentford/
