Toone overcame stiff competition from Phallon Tullis-Joyce and Maya Le Tissier, who came second and third respectively in the fan vote, after a year where the Reds qualified for the Champions League and reached another Adobe Women’s FA Cup final.
It has at times been a difficult campaign on a personal level for Ella, who suffered the loss of her father Nick in early September, just days before his 60th birthday.
“There’s a big hole in my heart that can never be filled but all I can do now is continue to make you proud,” wrote Ella, who bravely featured for the Reds in our season-opener at Old Trafford just two weeks later.