In the week she celebrated her 22nd birthday, Grace Clinton has received the belated gift of being named Manchester United Women’s Player of the Month for March.
The midfielder was the supporters’ choice in a tightly contested poll after a standout month, during which she scored the sixth and seventh goals of a breakout season in her United career.
Clinton’s latest contributions to the Reds’ impressive campaign to date were recognised with a majority 34 per cent of all fan votes on ManUtd.com and in the United App, ensuring she would narrowly pip fellow nominees Elisabeth Terland (33%) and Leah Galton (32%) to the prize.
Clinton’s latest contributions to the Reds’ impressive campaign to date were recognised with a majority 34 per cent of all fan votes on ManUtd.com and in the United App, ensuring she would narrowly pip fellow nominees Elisabeth Terland (33%) and Leah Galton (32%) to the prize.
Since returning to the club on the back of winning last season’s PFA Women’s Young Player of the Year award while on loan at Tottenham, Grace has gone from strength to strength and been integral to a term that sees the Reds entering the run-in fighting for Champions League football.
Our no.8 – signed from Everton in the summer of 2022 – made her debut for the club on the opening day of the campaign and has now featured in 22 of our 25 matches across all competitions, including all five during her award-winning March.
Clinton helped the Reds to beat Leicester in the WSL and Sunderland in the FA Cup, as well as starting our sole loss of the five at Liverpool, before netting in the league wins over Aston Villa and Everton to round out the month on a high.
The long-range nature of her brilliant strike away to Villa means it’s sure to be a strong contender to win the team’s Goal of the Season accolade come the summer, while her close-range flick against Everton ensured she scored in both our league victories over her former club in 2024/25.
Our no.8 – signed from Everton in the summer of 2022 – made her debut for the club on the opening day of the campaign and has now featured in 22 of our 25 matches across all competitions, including all five during her award-winning March.
Clinton helped the Reds to beat Leicester in the WSL and Sunderland in the FA Cup, as well as starting our sole loss of the five at Liverpool, before netting in the league wins over Aston Villa and Everton to round out the month on a high.
The long-range nature of her brilliant strike away to Villa means it’s sure to be a strong contender to win the team’s Goal of the Season accolade come the summer, while her close-range flick against Everton ensured she scored in both our league victories over her former club in 2024/25.
Only Terland (11) has more United goals this season than Clinton, who now has three Player of the Month trophies to show for her campaign to date, having previously won the same award in September and October.
February’s winner Terland scored two goals of her own in March while third-placed Galton got three and an assist, providing strong competition that Grace was able to edge out in order to complete a commendable hat-trick.
Thank you to everyone who voted.
February’s winner Terland scored two goals of her own in March while third-placed Galton got three and an assist, providing strong competition that Grace was able to edge out in order to complete a commendable hat-trick.
Thank you to everyone who voted.