Ipswich Town F.C. Player of the Year

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Ipswich Town Player of the Year
Sport Association football
History
First award1973
Editions51 (as of 2024)
First winner Flag of England.svg Kevin Beattie
Most wins Flag of Scotland.svg John Wark
(4 times)
Most recent Flag of Egypt.svg Sam Morsy

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]

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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

Kevin Beattie was the inaugural winner of the award. Kevin Beattie.jpg
Kevin Beattie was the inaugural winner of the award.
John Wark has won the award four times, the most of any Ipswich Town player. John Wark at Portman Road.jpg
John Wark has won the award four times, the most of any Ipswich Town player.
Fabian Wilnis, winner for the 2005-06 season, with the trophy. Fabian POTY.jpg
Fabian Wilnis, winner for the 2005–06 season, with the trophy.
Bartosz Bialkowski won the award in three consecutive seasons from 2016 to 2018. BartoszBialkowskiBarIps1 (cropped).jpg
Bartosz Białkowski won the award in three consecutive seasons from 2016 to 2018.
*Ipswich Town Hall of Fame Inductee [4] [5] [6]
‡Player still on the playing staff of the club [7]
Recipients of the Ipswich Town F.C. Player of the Year
SeasonLevel [nb 1] Name [1] Position [nb 2] Nationality International
caps [nb 3] 		Notes
1973 1 Kevin Beattie* Defender Flag of England.svg  England 9 [nb 4] [8]
1974 1 Kevin Beattie* Defender Flag of England.svg  England 9 [nb 5] [8] [9]
1975 1 Colin Viljoen Midfielder Flag of England.svg  England 2 [nb 6]
1976 1 Allan Hunter* Defender Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland 53 [nb 7] [10]
1977 1 George Burley* Defender Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 11 [11]
1978 1 Mick Mills* Defender Flag of England.svg  England 42 [8]
1979 1 Arnold Mühren* Midfielder Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 23 [nb 8] [12]
1980 1 Frans Thijssen* Midfielder Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 14 [13]
1981 1 Paul Cooper* Goalkeeper Flag of England.svg  England —
1982 1 Alan Brazil* Striker Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 13 [14]
1983 1 Paul Mariner* Striker Flag of England.svg  England 35 [8]
1984 1 Trevor Putney Midfielder Flag of England.svg  England —
1985 1 Terry Butcher* Defender Flag of England.svg  England 77 [8]
1986 1 Terry Butcher* Defender Flag of England.svg  England 77 [nb 5] [8]
1987 2 Romeo Zondervan Midfielder Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1 [nb 9] [15]
1988 2 Frank Yallop Defender Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 52 [nb 10] [16]
1989 2 John Wark* Midfielder Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 29 [17]
1990 2 John Wark * Midfielder Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 29 [nb 5] [17]
1991 2 David Linighan Defender Flag of England.svg  England —
1992 2 John Wark * Midfielder Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 29 [nb 11] [17]
1993 1 Mick Stockwell * Midfielder Flag of England.svg  England —
1994 1 John Wark * Midfielder Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 29 [nb 12] [17]
1995 1 Craig Forrest Goalkeeper Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 56 [18]
1996 2 Simon Milton * Midfielder Flag of England.svg  England —
1997 2 Mauricio Taricco Defender Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina — [nb 13]
1998 2 Matt Holland * Midfielder Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland 49 [19]
1999 2 Jamie Clapham Defender Flag of England.svg  England — [20]
2000 2 James Scowcroft Striker Flag of England.svg  England — [21]
2001 1 Marcus Stewart Striker Flag of England.svg  England — [22]
2002 1 Mark Venus Defender Flag of England.svg  England — [23]
2003 2 Matt Holland * Midfielder Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland 49 [nb 5] [24]
2004 2 Ian Westlake Midfielder Flag of England.svg  England — [25]
2005 2 Shefki Kuqi Striker Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 62 [26]
2006 2 Fabian Wilnis Defender Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands — [27]
2007 2 Sylvain Legwinski Midfielder Flag of France.svg  France — [28]
2008 2 Jonathan Walters Striker Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland 54 [29]
2009 2 Richard Wright Goalkeeper Flag of England.svg  England 2 [30]
2010 2 Gareth McAuley Defender Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland 80 [31]
2011 2 Jimmy Bullard Midfielder Flag of England.svg  England — [32]
2012 2 Aaron Cresswell Defender Flag of England.svg  England 3 [33]
2013 2 Tommy Smith Defender Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 50 [34]
2014 2 Christophe Berra Defender Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 41 [35]
2015 2 Daryl Murphy Striker Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland 32 [36]
2016 2 Bartosz Białkowski Goalkeeper Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1 [37]
2017 2 Bartosz Białkowski Goalkeeper Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1 [nb 5] [38]
2018 2 Bartosz Białkowski Goalkeeper Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1 [nb 11] [39]
2019 2 Luke Chambers Defender Flag of England.svg  England — [40]
2020 3Not awarded [nb 14] ——— [41]
2021 3 James Wilson Defender Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 1 [42]
2022 3 Wes Burns ‡ Midfielder Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 6 [43]
2023 3 Conor Chaplin ‡ Forward Flag of England.svg  England — [44]
2024 2 Sam Morsy ‡ Midfielder Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 9 [45]

Wins by playing position

Ipswich Town F.C. Player of the Year winners by playing position
Position [nb 15] Number of
winners [nb 16]
Goalkeeper6
Defender19
Midfielder17
Striker8

Wins by nationality

Ipswich Town F.C. Player of the Year winners by nationality
NationalityNumber of
winners [nb 16]
Flag of England.svg  England 22
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 7
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 4
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 4
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 3
Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland 2
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 2
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 1
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1
Flag of France.svg  France 1
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 1

See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The official "Level" of competition in the structure of the English league system.
  2. ↑ For a full description of positions see Football Positions.
  3. ↑ If blank, uncapped at full international level.
  4. ↑ Beattie was the inaugural winner of the award.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 Second award.
  6. ↑ Viljoen was born in South Africa.
  7. ↑ Hunter was the first non-English winner.
  8. ↑ Mühren became the first winner from outside the United Kingdom.
  9. ↑ Zondervan was born in Suriname.
  10. ↑ Yallop was born in England.
  11. 1 2 Third award.
  12. ↑ Fourth award.
  13. ↑ Taricco was the first non-European winner.
  14. ↑ 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.
  15. ↑ Stockwell and Zondervan have been classed as midfielders.
  16. 1 2 Multiple winners are counted multiple times.

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