Footballers from across Scotland's four senior leagues have cast their votes and it will be the first time in 23 years that the main award will go to a player from a club other than Celtic or Rangers.Aberdeen's Jim Bett was the last non-Old Firm player to collect the accolade in 1989-90. Celtic's Charlie Mulgrew collected the main prize last year.Higdon, 29, leads the Scottish Premier League scoring charts and has 25 goals in all competitions, while Griffiths, 22, has matched that number in his second season on loan at Easter Road from Wolves.Griffiths is also up for young player of the year, with Celtic's Wanyama and Dundee United duo Stuart Armstrong and Gary Mackay-Steven.Shinnie, 23, has 15 goals from midfield and his sparkling form has won him a summer move to Birmingham City under freedom of contract.Lennon added: "I have no idea what way the voting goes but you can't tell me that Forster, Wanyama, Commons, Kelvin Wilson and Hooper weren't in the forefronts of people's minds when the votes were made. It's ridiculous.Lennon, whose side were crowned Scottish Premier League champions at the weekend, said the omission "beggared belief" after his squad also made the League Cup semi-final, reached the final of the Scottish Cup, and beat Barcelona on the way to reaching the last 16 of the Champions League.
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