Coventry City F.C. Player of the Year

The Coventry City player of the year award is voted for annually by Coventry City's supporters, in recognition of the best overall performance by an individual player throughout the football season.

Since the inaugural award was made to Ernie Machin, seven players have won the award twice and one player has won the award three times. Just one winner has gone on to manage the club permanently; that being Gary McAllister[1] - however Steve Ogrizovic, Trevor Peake and Richard Shaw have all been caretaker managers for short periods.

Voting mechanism

This award is voted for by the fans of the club. Toward the end of the season, fans are invited to vote[2], either by submitting a paper slip to the club's Ricoh Arena offices, or by email or text message, with the winner being the player that polls the most votes. A percentage of the votes from the 'Player of the Month' awards throughout the season also count towards the final votes for Player of the year.

List of winners

  Coventry City F.C. Hall of Fame inductee[3][4]

Season Level Name Position POTY wins Years at club
1968 1 Ernie MachinMF11962–1972
1969 1 Bill GlazierGK11964–1975
1970 1 Neil MartinFW11967–1970
1971 1 Willie CarrMF11967–1975
1972 1 Ernie HuntMF11968–1973
1973 1 Willie CarrMF21967–1975
1974 1 Bill GlazierGK21964–1975
1975 1 Graham OakeyDF11974–1978
1976 1 Tommy HutchisonMF11972–1981
1977 1 Jim BlythGK11972–1982
1978 1 Ian WallaceFW11976–1980
1979 1 Bobby McDonaldDF11976–1980
1980 1 Gary GillespieDF11978–1983
1981 1 Danny ThomasDF11972–1983
1982 1 Danny ThomasDF21972–1983
1983 1 Gary GillespieDF21978–1983
1984 1 Nick PlatnauerMF11983–1984
1985 1 Terry GibsonFW11983–1986
1986 1 Trevor PeakeDF11983–1991
1987 1 Steve OgrizovicGK11984–2000
1988 1 David SpeedieFW11987–1991
1989 1 David SpeedieFW21987–1991
1990 1 Brian BorrowsDF11985–1997
1991 1 Kevin GallacherFW11990–1993
1992 1 Stewart RobsonMF11991–1995
1993 1 Peter AthertonDF11991–1994
1994 1 Phil BabbDF11992–1994
1995 1 Brian BorrowsDF21985–1997
1996 1 Paul WilliamsDF11995–2001
1997 1 Dion DublinFW11994–1998
1998 1 Dion DublinFW21994–1998
1999 1 Richard ShawDF11995–2006
2000 1 Gary McAllisterMF11996–2000 & 2002–2003
2001 1 Gary BreenDF11997–2002
2002 2 David ThompsonMF12000–2002
2003 2 Muhamed KonjićDF11999–2004
2004 2 Stephen WarnockDF12003–2004
2005 2 Michael DoyleMF12003–2011 & 2017–2019
2006 2 Gary McSheffreyFW11998–2006 & 2010–2013
2007 2 Andy MarshallGK12006–2009
2008 2 Jay TabbMF12006–2009
2009 2 Aron GunnarssonMF12008–2011
2010 2 Keiren WestwoodGK12008–2011
2011 2 Marlon KingFW12010–2011
2012 2 Richard KeoghDF12010–2012
2013 3 Carl BakerMF12010–2014 & 2018
2014 3 Callum WilsonFW12009–2014
2015 3 Jim O'BrienMF12014–2016
2016 3 John FleckMF12012–2016
2017 3 George ThomasFW12013–2017
2018 4 Marc McNultyFW12017–2018
2019 3 Dominic HyamDF12017–
2020 3 Fankaty DaboDF12019–
2021 2

Wins by playing position
PositionNumber of winners
Goalkeeper6
Defender19
Midfielder15
Forward13

Wins by nationality
NationalityNumber of winners
England26
Scotland17
Ireland6
Bosnia and Herzegovina1
Iceland1
Jamaica1
Wales1

Footnotes and references
  1. "McAllister appointed Coventry manager". The Irish Times. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  2. "NEWS: Player of the season vote now open". www.ccfc.co.uk. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  3. "Coventry City Hall of Fame". Coventry City Football Club Official Site. Archived from the original on 22 July 2012. Retrieved 17 October 2009.
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 6 July 2015. Retrieved 20 January 2016.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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