The Stoke City Player of the Year award is an award presented to the

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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 The Bet365 Stadium (stylised as ''bet365 Stadium'') is an All-seater stadium, all-seater Association football, football stadium in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England and the home of EFL Championship club Stoke City F.C., Stoke City. The stad ...

or the King's Hall in

Stoke-on-Trent Stoke-on-Trent (often abbreviated to Stoke) is a city and Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area in Staffordshire, England, with an area of . In 2019, the city had an estimated population of 256,375. It is the largest settlement ...

. The inaugural award was made to

Howard Kendall Howard Kendall (22 May 1946 – 17 October 2015) was an English footballer and manager. Kendall joined Preston North End as an apprentice and stayed with the club when he turned professional. He was a runner-up in the 1964 FA Cup with Preston, ...

in 1978. Peter Fox has won the award a record three times, Mickey Thomas and

Jack Butland Jack Butland (born 10 March 1993) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for club Manchester United, on loan from Crystal Palace. Butland began his career with Birmingham City, and made his debut in the Football League ...

are the only other players to have once the award more than once. There have been 13 different nationalities to have won the award.

Key

* denotes multiple recipients in the same season * Player (X) denotes the number of times a player has won the award

Player of the Year winners

Wins by playing position

Wins by nationality

References

External links

Stoke City Player of the Year
at stokecityfc.com {{Lists of football players in England Players Association football player of the year awards by club in England Association football player non-biographical articles