The Ipswich Town Player of the Year award is voted for annually by
Ipswich Town
Ipswich Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Ipswich, Suffolk, England. They play in League One, the third tier of the English football league system.
The club was founded in 1878 but did not turn professio ...
's supporters in recognition of the best overall performance by an individual player throughout the
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly ...
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.
The inaugural award was made to
Kevin Beattie
Thomas Kevin Beattie (18 December 1953 – 16 September 2018) was an English footballer. Born into poverty, he played at both professional and international levels, mostly as a centre-half. He spent the majority of his playing career at Ipswich ...
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
Terry Ian Butcher (born 28 December 1958) is an English football manager and former player. He works as an academy coach for Ipswich Town.
During his playing career as a defender, Butcher captained the England national team, winning 77 caps ...
and
Matt Holland
Matthew Rhys Holland (born 11 April 1974) is a former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Holland began his career at West Ham United, having previously been with Arsenal's academy. During his time at West Ham spent time out on ...
have received the honour twice, goalkeeper
Bartosz Białkowski
Bartosz Marek Białkowski (; born 6 July 1987) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Millwall.
He began his career playing in his native Poland, before moving to Southampton in 2006. After six years at Southampton, h ...
has won it three times, while
John Wark
John Wark (born 4 August 1957) is a Scottish former footballer who spent most of his playing time with Ipswich Town. He won a record four Player of the Year awards before becoming one of the four inaugural members of the club's Hall of Fame. W ...
has been presented with the award a record four times. Only one winner has gone on to manage the club full-time,
George Burley
George Elder Burley (born 3 June 1956) is a Scottish former football player and manager. He had a professional career spanning 21 years as a player, making 628 league appearances and earning 11 Scotland caps. His most successful spell came whi ...
, who won in 1977, although John Wark did act as joint caretaker-manager of the club with
Paul Goddard for three matches in 1994.
Winners
Wins by playing position
Wins by nationality
See also
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:Ipswich Town F.C. players
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Ipswich Town F.C.#Current squad
Footnotes
References
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Players of the Year
Ipswich Town F.C. Players of the Year
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