Roy O’Donovan is your Newcastle Jets Hyundai A-League 2018/19 Golden Boot winner.
The 34-year-old has bagged 11 goals in his 19 matches this season following his delayed start to the season due to suspension.
It took until Round 9 for Jets fans to finally see the Irishman in action, and just one more match for him to bag his first of the season in Round 10 against Adelaide United.
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He went on to score ten more over the course of the season – two in the following two matches against Brisbane and Melbourne City.
The lethal striker followed that up with a double against the Wanderers in a wet Western Sydney at the beginning of February, taking advantage twice from twelve yards out.
O’Donovan scored the sealer in the mid-February win over Melbourne City, and pulled one back against the Central Coast Mariners in the RAAF Round derby.
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Roy grabbed one in each of his following matches against the Wellington Phoenix and Western Sydney Wanderers, the first a poacher’s effort and the second a delightfully placed finish into the far corner.
The number 9 finished his season’s tally with a double in that big 6-1 win over Brisbane Roar to take his total to 11 – becoming just the fifth Jet to surpass double figures in a single Hyundai A-League season.
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O’Donovan’s goals this season have taken him to 20 in total for the Club, which makes him second on the Hyundai A-League scoring charts for the Jets – only Joel Griffiths (34) is ahead of him.
