Player of the year
1999-2000
As at 15th December 1999
The position at 15th December, with a
significant amount of Derby votes still to be counted is:
Mitchell Thomas 261
Steve Davis 147
Glen Little 141
Andy Payton 125
Paul Cook 125
Paul Crichton 91
Andy Cooke 87
Lenny Johnrose 42
Paul Smith 29
Dean West 21
Micky Mellon 18
Chris Brass 16
Also scored votes:
John Mullin, Graham Branch (11), Tom Cowan (9),
Ronnie Jepson (4), Cornish Pasty at Bristol Rovers (3), Gordon Armstrong, gym troupe at
Bristol Rovers, Alec Gilroy at Bristol City, Bob Blow's new scarf at Reading, the Heads'
grey sweatshirt at Reading, cab driver at Reading, the landlady whose hair was like Tony
Hancock's at Reading, Mike E Benyon's floppy hat at Reading and home to Wycombe (2), Alan
Lee, Mark Robertson, Alec Gilroy's friend at Bristol City, the referee at Bristol Rovers,
Cheese and Onion Pasty at Bristol Rovers, rich Reading fans who can afford to pay £3 for
a cheese sandwich (1).
Mitchell Thomas has not only consolidated his
lead, but has extended it into three figures, scoring a massive 137 votes since the last
mag. Glen Little and Steve Davis have also scored over a hundred in that period and are
now vying for second place, with Andy Payton dropping from his previous second spot to
joint fourth with Andy Cooke.
At the bottom, club captain Gordon Armstrong has
finally got off the mark with a single point at Luton, and quickly followed this up with
another point from the Blackpool home game. However, he still trails Bristol Rovers'
famous Cornish Pasty, which is itself being pressed in the "non-player" award by
Mike E Benyon's floppy hat, likely to score consistently as the weather becomes more
inclement.
Individual men of the match
since the last mag are:
Scunthorpe H Payton (12)
Millwall A Thomas (30), Johnrose (22), Davis (21), Crichton (12)
Cambridge A Davis (17), Thomas (15), Smith (12)
Bristol City H Cook (17), Davis (11)
Barnet A Crichton (27), Little (20), Cooke (16), Cook (11)
Wrexham H Mullin (6)
Luton A Little (24), Cook (18)
Blackpool H Davis (12), Cooke (11)
Rotherham H Little (7)
Reading A Davis (20), Thomas (16), Little (15)
Wigan A Cook (11), Little (9)
High Wycombe H Payton (16), Davis (14), Thomas (13)
Derby County A Thomas (21), Crichton (10)
Ian Wood
November-January 1999-2000