The Ipswich Town Player of the Year award is voted for annually by Ipswich Town's supporters in recognition of the best overall performance by an individual player throughout the football season. Towards the end of each season, fans are invited to cast their votes for this award either on-line or with one of the volunteers outside the stadium prior to a home game. The winner is the player who polls the most votes. The recipient is awarded a rosebowl trophy, presented at an awards ceremony immediately after one of the last home games of the season.[1]
Sport | Association football |
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History | |
First award | 1973 |
Editions | 51 (as of 2024) |
First winner | Kevin Beattie |
Most wins | John Wark (4 times) |
Most recent | Sam Morsy |
The inaugural award was made to Kevin Beattie in 1973 and he retained it the following season. Since then, four other players have won the award on more than one occasion: Terry Butcher and Matt Holland have received the honour twice, goalkeeper Bartosz Białkowski has won it three times, while John Wark has been presented with the award a record four times. Only one winner has gone on to manage the club full-time, George Burley,[2] who won in 1977, although John Wark did act as joint caretaker-manager of the club with Paul Goddard for three matches in 1994.[3]
Winners edit
* | Ipswich Town Hall of Fame Inductee[4][5][6] |
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‡ | Player still on the playing staff of the club[7] |
Wins by playing position edit
Position[nb 15] | Number of winners[nb 16] |
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Goalkeeper | 6 |
Defender | 19 |
Midfielder | 17 |
Striker | 8 |
Wins by nationality edit
Nationality | Number of winners[nb 16] |
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England | 22 |
Scotland | 7 |
Ireland | 4 |
Netherlands | 4 |
Poland | 3 |
Northern Ireland | 2 |
Canada | 2 |
Wales | 2 |
Argentina | 1 |
Finland | 1 |
France | 1 |
New Zealand | 1 |
Egypt | 1 |
See also edit
Footnotes edit
- ^ The official "Level" of competition in the structure of the English league system.
- ^ For a full description of positions see Football Positions.
- ^ If blank, uncapped at full international level.
- ^ Beattie was the inaugural winner of the award.
- ^ a b c d e Second award.
- ^ Viljoen was born in South Africa.
- ^ Hunter was the first non-English winner.
- ^ Mühren became the first winner from outside the United Kingdom.
- ^ Zondervan was born in Suriname.
- ^ Yallop was born in England.
- ^ a b Third award.
- ^ Fourth award.
- ^ Taricco was the first non-European winner.
- ^ No Player of the Year award was given due to the Coronavirus outbreak resulting in the early curtailment of the 2019–20 season, and the cancellation of the Supporters' Club annual event.
- ^ Stockwell and Zondervan have been classed as midfielders.
- ^ a b Multiple winners are counted multiple times.