Colchester United F.C. Player of the Year

Colchester United Football Club is an English association football club based in Colchester, Essex that currently competes in Football League One. The Colchester United Player of the Year award is voted for annually by Colchester United's supporters to name a player who has been the club's best performer over the course of a campaign.^[1]

Mike Walker won the award three times, in 1980, 1981 and 1982, and was also the first to win the award in consecutive seasons. Six other players won the award twice since the inaugural award in 1965.^[2]

Three players who won the award later went on to manage the club, including Steve Wignall,^[3] Mike Walker^[4] and Steve Whitton.^[5]

Key

Description Player Colchester United Hall of Fame inductee[6] Apps Appearances. Player (X) Number of times a player has won the award. List of winners Season Level[1] Name[2] Position Nationality Apps[2] Goals[2] Ref 1964–65 3 Ames, PercyPercy Ames Goalkeeper  England 30 0 [7][8] 1965–66 4 Hall, BrianBrian Hall Defender  England 50 11 [9][10] 1966–67 3 Forbes, DuncanDuncan Forbes Defender  Scotland 49 1 [11][12] 1967–68 3 Trevis, DerekDerek Trevis Midfielder  England 51 4 [13][14] 1968–69 4 Hall, BrianBrian Hall (2) Defender  England 50 6 [15][16] 1969–70 4 Jones, KenKen Jones Midfielder  England 28 16 [17][18] 1970–71 4 Crawford, RayRay Crawford Forward  England 55 31 [19][20] 1971–72 4 Cook, MickyMicky Cook Defender  England 40 1 [21][22] 1972–73 4 Mahon, MickMick Mahon Midfielder  England 48 12 [23][24] 1973–74 4 Harford, RayRay Harford Defender  England 48 2 [25][26] 1974–75 3 Froggatt, JohnJohn Froggatt Forward  England 54 18 [27][28] 1975–76 3 Smith, LindsayLindsay Smith Defender  England 45 6 [29][30] 1976–77 4 Dowman, SteveSteve Dowman Defender  England 42 12 [31][32] 1977–78 3 Leslie, SteveSteve Leslie Midfielder  England 49 3 [33][34] 1978–79 3 Wignall, SteveSteve Wignall Defender  England 51 4 [35][36] 1979–80 3 Walker, MikeMike Walker Goalkeeper  Wales 54 0 [37][38] 1980–81 3 Walker, MikeMike Walker (2) Goalkeeper  Wales 52 0 [39][40] 1981–82 4 Bremner, KevinKevin Bremner Forward  Scotland 46 24 [41][42] 1982–83 4 Walker, MikeMike Walker (3) Goalkeeper  Wales 50 0 [43][44] 1983–84 4 Wignall, SteveSteve Wignall (2) Defender  England 45 10 [45][46] 1984–85 4 Chamberlain, AlecAlec Chamberlain Goalkeeper  England 54 0 [47][48] 1985–86 4 Osborne, RogerRoger Osborne Midfielder  England 38 1 [49][50] 1986–87 4 Hedman, RudiRudi Hedman Defender  England 54 5 [51][52] 1987–88 4 Hill, ColinColin Hill Defender  Northern Ireland 30 1 [53][54] 1988–89 4 Hill, ColinColin Hill (2) Defender  Northern Ireland 52 1 [55][56] 1989–90 4 Marmon, NealeNeale Marmon Defender  England 22 4 [57][58] 1990–91 5 Barrett, ScottScott Barrett Goalkeeper  England 51 0 [59][60] 1991–92 5 Smith, NickyNicky Smith Midfielder  England 55 11 [61][62] 1992–93 4 Roberts, PaulPaul Roberts Defender  England 50 1 [63][64] 1993–94 4 Kinsella, MarkMark Kinsella Midfielder  Ireland 48 10 [65][66] 1994–95 4 Whitton, SteveSteve Whitton Forward  England 44 13 [67][68] 1995–96 4 Kinsella, MarkMark Kinsella (2) Midfielder  Ireland 54 9 [69][70] 1996–97 4 Fry, ChrisChris Fry Midfielder  Wales 54 8 [71][72] 1997–98 4 Wilkins, RichardRichard Wilkins Midfielder  England 43 5 [73][74] 1998–99 3 Greene, DavidDavid Greene Defender  Ireland 46 8 [75][76] 1999–2000 3 Greene, DavidDavid Greene (2) Defender  Ireland 32 1 [77][78] 2000–01 3 Stockwell, MickMick Stockwell Midfielder  England 52 11 [79][80] 2001–02 3 Duguid, KarlKarl Duguid Midfielder  England 45 5 [81][82] 2002–03 3 Brown, SimonSimon Brown Goalkeeper  England 29 0 [83][84] 2003–04 3 White, AlanAlan White Defender  England 46 1 [85][86] 2004–05 3 Baldwin, PatPat Baldwin Defender  England 46 0 [87][88] 2005–06 3 Brown, WayneWayne Brown Defender  England 45 3 [89][90] 2006–07 2 Cureton, JamieJamie Cureton Forward  England 46 24 [91][92] 2007–08 2 Jackson, JohnnieJohnnie Jackson Midfielder  England 48 7 [93][94] 2008–09 3 Hammond, DeanDean Hammond Midfielder  England 47 5 [95][96] 2009–10 3 Williams, BenBen Williams Goalkeeper  England 49 0 [97][98] 2010–11 3 Perkins, DavidDavid Perkins Midfielder  England 41 1 [99][100] 2011–12 3 Odejayi, KayodeKayode Odejayi Forward  Nigeria 47 5 [101][102] 2012–13 3 Ibehre, JaboJabo Ibehre Forward  England 31 8 [103][104] 2013–14 3 Eastman, TomTom Eastman Defender  England 39 2 [105][106] 2014–15 3 Eastman, TomTom Eastman (2) Defender  England 51 1 [107][108] 2015–16 3 Gilbey, AlexAlex Gilbey Midfielder  England 42 5 [109] 2016–17 4 Dickenson, BenBen Dickenson Forward  England 39 12 [110] Wins by playing position Position Players Total Goalkeeper 6 8 Defender 15 21 Midfielder 16 16 Forward 8 8 Wins by nationality Nationality Players Total  England 37 40  Ireland 2 4  Wales 2 4  Northern Ireland 1 2  Scotland 2 2  Nigeria 1 1 Notes 1. ^ : The official "Level" of competition in the structure of the English league system. 2. ^ : Appearances and goals from the season the player won the award, including appearances and goals in The Football League and play-offs, Football Conference, FA Cup, Football League Cup, Associate Members Cup/Football League Trophy, FA Trophy, Conference League Cup and Watney Cup. 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