Stoke City F.C. Player of the Year

Current holder of the award, Lee Grant

The Stoke City Player of the Year award is an award presented to the Stoke City fans' player of the season. Towards the end of each season, fans are invited to cast their votes for this award. The winner is generally announced at an end-of-season awards dinner at either the Bet365 Stadium or the King's Hall in Stoke-on-Trent.[1]

The inaugural award was made to Howard Kendall in 1978. Peter Fox has won the award a record three times, Mickey Thomas is the only other player to have once the award more than once. There have been 13 different nationalities to have won the award.

Player of the Year winners

2011 winner Robert Huth.
Belgian defender Carl Hoefkens won the 2006 award.
Winger Matthew Etherington won the award in 2010.
Academy product James O'Connor won the award in 2000.
Year Name Nationality Position
1978Howard Kendall EnglandMF
1979Mike Doyle EnglandDF
1980Alan Dodd EnglandDF
1981Peter Fox EnglandGK
1982Peter Fox EnglandGK
1983Mickey Thomas WalesMF
1984Steve Bould EnglandDF
1985Sammy McIlroy Northern IrelandMF
1986Keith Bertschin EnglandFW
1987Lee Dixon EnglandDF
1988Steve Parkin EnglandDF
1989Chris Kamara EnglandDF
1990Peter Fox EnglandGK
1991Mickey Thomas WalesMF
1992Wayne Biggins EnglandFW
1993Mark Stein South AfricaFW
1994Ian Cranson EnglandMF
1995Lárus Sigurðsson IcelandDF
1996Ray Wallace & Mark Prudhoe EnglandDF & GK
1997Andy Griffin EnglandDF
1998Justin Whittle EnglandDF
1999Kevin Keen EnglandMF
2000James O'Connor IrelandMF
2001Brynjar Gunnarsson IcelandMF
2002Wayne Thomas EnglandDF
2003Sergei Shtanuk BelarusDF
2004Ade Akinbiyi NigeriaFW
2005Clint Hill EnglandDF
2006Carl Hoefkens BelgiumDF
2007Danny Higginbotham EnglandDF
2008Liam Lawrence IrelandMF
2009Abdoulaye Faye[2]  SenegalDF
2010Matthew Etherington[3]  EnglandMF
2011Robert Huth[4]  GermanyDF
2012Peter Crouch[5] EnglandFW
2013Asmir Begović[6] Bosnia and HerzegovinaGK
2014Ryan Shawcross[7] EnglandDF
2015Steven N'Zonzi[8] FranceMF
2016Jack Butland[9] EnglandGK
2017Lee Grant[10] EnglandGK

Wins by playing position

Position Number of winners
Goalkeeper 7
Defender 18
Midfielder 11
Forward 5

Wins by nationality

Nationality Number of winners
 England 26
 Iceland 2
 Ireland 2
 Wales 2
 Belarus 1
 Belgium 1
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1
 France 1
 Germany 1
 Nigeria 1
 Northern Ireland 1
 Senegal 1
 South Africa 1

References

  1. ↑ "Live Coverage Of The Awards Dinner". Stoke City F.C. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
  2. ↑ "Faye wins twice at Stoke awards". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
  3. ↑ "Matthew Etherington named Stoke's player of the year". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
  4. ↑ "Robert Huth named Stoke City's player of the year". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
  5. ↑ "Crouch Bags Hat-Trick Of Awards". Stoke City F.C. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
  6. ↑ "Asmir Begovic sweeps the board at club awards night". The Sentinel. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
  7. ↑ "Stoke City: Ryan Shawcross is voted club's player of the year". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
  8. ↑ "Nzonzi Steals The Show". Stoke City. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
  9. ↑ "Jack Butland leads the way at awards night". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
  10. ↑ "Lee Grant cleans up at Stoke City player-of-the-year awards". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
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