Last week we kicked off the voting for our Player Of The Season here.
The official Player Of The Season is announced on Awards Night held at the Fairfield Halls in Croydon on Tuesday evening. The new kits from new supplier Macron will also be revealed on the night.
We thank you all for taking the time to vote in the past week and we are now pleased to reveal the top three in reverse order.
- In 3rd with 12% of the vote is is our no nonsense central defender Damien Delaney
- In 2nd with 20% of the vote is our safe hands goalkeeper that is Julian Speroni
- But the outright winner of the award this season with 46% of the vote is none other than full time full back and part time midfielder Joel Ward
Congratulations to Joel who becomes the second player to scoop the award after Mile Jedinak last season. He has been a crucial part of a team that has fought tooth and nail to achieve Premier league safety. Here are some statistics on our deserved winner:
- Signed from Portsmouth in May 2012 for £400k
- Came through the Portsmouth youth academy and made his full debut in August 2009 against Hereford United
- Had a stint on loan at Bournemouth appearing more than 20 times and scoring one goal
- Played for Portsmouth around 89 times and scored six goals
- Premier League appearances so far this season 34
- Premier League assists so far this season 1
- Premier League bookings so far this season 3
- Shots per game ratio 0.5
- Pass success percentage 75%
- Aerial duels won per game 2.1
