Celtic winger Aiden McGeady has followed in the footsteps of former team-mate Shaun Maloney by landing PFA Scotland's SPL Player of the Year and Young Player of the Year awards.

The 22-year-old Republic of Ireland international matched the achievement of Maloney, who achieved the feat two years ago to become the first player to do the double.

McGeady has had an outstanding season for Celtic, who currently lead the Clydesdale Bank Premier League by two points from Rangers having played three more games.

Rangers defender Carlos Cuellar had been strongly fancied to win the SPL player award but lost out to McGeady at the presentations dinner in Glasgow on Sunday night.

Maloney won both top awards while at Celtic, before his move to Aston Villa.

There were three Celtic players in contention for the top award this time, with Scott McDonald and Barry Robson also on the four-man shortlist.

For the young player prize, McGeady finished ahead of Hibernian's Steven Fletcher, Falkirk's Scott Arfield, Kevin McDonald of Dundee and Motherwell's Ross McCormack.

There was a surprise winner of the Manager of the Year prize with Hamilton boss Billy Reid collecting the gong.

Reid, who led Hamilton back into the Scottish Premier League with promotion secured on Saturday, took the award ahead of Walter Smith, who is still in contention to lead Rangers to four trophies this season, and Dundee United's Craig Levein.

Full list of award winners:

SPL player of the year: Aiden McGeady (Celtic)

Young player of the year: Aiden McGeady (Celtic)

Manager of the year: Billy Reid (Hamilton)

First Division player of the year: Graham Dorrans (Livingston)

Second Division player of the year: Allan Russell (Airdrie)

Third Division player of the year: Jonathan Smart (East Fife)

Goal of the season: Merouane Zemmama (for Hibernian v St Mirren, April 5)

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