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 and Jack Butland are the only other players to have once the award more than once. There have been 13 different nationalities to have won the award.
Position | Number of winners |
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Goalkeeper | 8 |
Defender | 19 |
Midfielder | 15 |
Forward | 6 |
Nationality | Number of winners |
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England | 28 |
Wales | 3 |
Republic of Ireland | 3 |
Iceland | 2 |
Belarus | 1 |
Belgium | 1 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 |
France | 1 |
Germany | 1 |
Gibraltar | 1 |
Nigeria | 1 |
Northern Ireland | 1 |
Scotland | 1 |
Senegal | 1 |
South Korea | 1 |
South Africa | 1 |
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