Bristol Rovers F.C. Player of the Year

The Bristol Rovers Player of the Year award has been presented annually to the player voted the best in the preceding season by the fans of Bristol Rovers Football Club. The winning player has been awarded a trophy by the Bristol Rovers Supporters club every year since 1983,[1] and in 2018 the Football Club also began naming their own player of the year at an end-of-season awards dinner.[2]

Bristol Rovers Supporters' Club player of the year

The first trophy was presented in 1983, but due to there being little space to engrave the names of any more winners the supporters' club commissioned a new trophy in 2018,[3] which was named the Geoff Dunford Memorial Trophy in honour of the former football club chairman who had died the previous year.[4]

SeasonPlayerNationPositionAgeNotesRefs
1982–83Aidan McCaffery EnglandDefender24
1983–84Brian Williams EnglandMidfielder27
1984–85Tim Parkin EnglandDefender26
1985–86Tim Parkin EnglandDefender27First multiple winner
1986–87Geoff Twentyman EnglandDefender27
1987–88Gary Penrice EnglandForward23
1988–89Nigel Martyn EnglandGoalkeeper21Youngest ever winner
1989–90Ian Holloway EnglandMidfielder26
1990–91Carl Saunders EnglandForward25
1991–92Carl Saunders EnglandForward26
1992–93Gary Waddock Republic of IrelandMidfielder30
1993–94Worrell Sterling EnglandMidfielder28
1994–95Andy Tillson EnglandDefender28
1995–96Marcus Stewart EnglandForward22
1996–97Andy Collett EnglandGoalkeeper22
1997–98Barry Hayles JamaicaForward25
1998–99Trevor Challis EnglandDefender22
1999–2000Andy Thomson EnglandDefender25
2000–01Steve Foster EnglandDefender25
2001–02Scott Howie ScotlandGoalkeeper29First non-English-born winner
2002–03Vitālijs Astafjevs LatviaMidfielder31First non-UK-born winner
2003–04Kevin Miller EnglandGoalkeeper34Oldest ever winner
2004–05James Hunt EnglandMidfielder27
2005–06Richard Walker EnglandForward27
2006–07Steve Phillips EnglandGoalkeeper28
2007–08Stuart Campbell ScotlandMidfielder29
2008–09Rickie Lambert EnglandForward25
2009–10Stuart Campbell ScotlandMidfielder31
2010–11Stuart Campbell ScotlandMidfielder32First three-time winner
2011–12Danny Woodards EnglandDefender27
2012–13Michael Smith Northern IrelandDefender23
2013–14Michael Smith Northern IrelandDefender24
2014–15Tom Parkes EnglandDefender22
2015–16Matty Taylor EnglandForward25
2016–17Ollie Clarke EnglandMidfielder24[5]
2017–18Ellis Harrison WalesForward23[6]
2018–19James Clarke EnglandDefender28[7]

Notes:

  • Footballing nationality is defined as the national team the player has represented at senior or youth level, or the player's country of birth where they have never played for a national team.
  • Age shown is the players age at the beginning of the season during which they won the player of the year award.
  • All winners from 1983 to 2018 are from Byrne & Jay (2018).[1]

Players who have won more than once

Four players have won the award on more than one occasion. The record for most wins belongs to Stuart Campbell, who was player of the year in 2008, 2010 and 2011, while three other players have won the award twice.

PlayerNationalityNumber of wins
Stuart Campbell Scotland3
Tim Parkin England2
Carl Saunders England2
Michael Smith Northern Ireland2

Number of wins by nationality

NationNumber of wins
 England27
 Scotland4
 Northern Ireland2
 Jamaica
 Latvia
 Republic of Ireland
 Wales
1

Number of wins by position

PositionNumber of wins
Goalkeeper5
Defender13
Midfielder10
Forward9

Bristol Rovers Football Club Player of the Year

Bristol Rovers Football Club held their inaugural end of season awards dinner in 2018, where they presented their own player of the year award. This went to midfielder Liam Sercombe.

SeasonPlayerNationPositionAgeNotesRefs
2017–18Liam Sercombe EnglandMidfielder27[8]
2018–19Ollie Clarke EnglandMidfielder26[9]

Comparison of Supporters' Club and Football Club winners

SeasonSupporters' Club winnerFootball Club winner
2017–18 Ellis Harrison Liam Sercombe
2018–19 James Clarke Ollie Clarke

References

  1. Byrne & Jay (2018), p. 323
  2. "End of Season Awards". Bristol Rovers Football Club. 19 April 2018. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  3. "Player of the Year awards". Bristol Rovers Supporters Club. 14 April 2018. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  4. "Ex-Bristol Rovers chairman Geoff Dunford dies at the age of 66". BBC News. 21 October 2017. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  5. Vittles, Jack (16 May 2017). "YOUR Bristol Rovers player of the year revealed". Bristol Post. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  6. "Presentation Evening". Bristol Rovers Supporters Club. 29 April 2018. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  7. "Supporters Club". The Pirate. Vol. 2019/20 no. 3. Bristol Rovers Football Club. 10 August 2019. p. 48.
  8. Taylor, Laurence (26 April 2018). "Liam Sercombe on Ellis Harrison being a 20-goal striker, being Bristol Rovers player of the year and next season's target". Bristol Post. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  9. Evely, John (10 April 2019). "Bristol Rovers 2019 awards RECAP: updates from the end of season event". BristolLive. Retrieved 11 April 2019.

Bibliography

  • Byrne, Stephen; Jay, Mike (2018). Bristol Rovers Players' Who's Who. Bristol: Mike Jay.
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