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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 England Ernie Machin MF 1 1962–1972
1969 1 England Bill Glazier GK 1 1964–1975
1970 1 Scotland Neil Martin FW 1 1967–1970
1971 1 Scotland Willie Carr MF 1 1967–1975
1972 1 England Ernie Hunt MF 1 1968–1973
1973 1 Scotland Willie Carr MF 2 1967–1975
1974 1 England Bill Glazier GK 2 1964–1975
1975 1 England Graham Oakey DF 1 1974–1978
1976 1 Scotland Tommy Hutchison MF 1 1972–1981
1977 1 Scotland Jim Blyth GK 1 1972–1982
1978 1 Scotland Ian Wallace FW 1 1976–1980
1979 1 Scotland Bobby McDonald DF 1 1976–1980
1980 1 Scotland Gary Gillespie DF 1 1978–1983
1981 1 England Danny Thomas DF 1 1972–1983
1982 1 England Danny Thomas DF 2 1972–1983
1983 1 Scotland Gary Gillespie DF 2 1978–1983
1984 1 England Nick Platnauer MF 1 1983–1984
1985 1 England Terry Gibson FW 1 1983–1986
1986 1 England Trevor Peake DF 1 1983–1991
1987 1 England Steve Ogrizovic GK 1 1984–2000
1988 1 Scotland David Speedie FW 1 1987–1991
1989 1 Scotland David Speedie FW 2 1987–1991
1990 1 England Brian Borrows DF 1 1985–1997
1991 1 Scotland Kevin Gallacher FW 1 1990–1993
1992 1 England Stewart Robson MF 1 1991–1995
1993 1 England Peter Atherton DF 1 1991–1994
1994 1 Republic of Ireland Phil Babb DF 1 1992–1994
1995 1 England Brian Borrows DF 2 1985–1997
1996 1 England Paul Williams DF 1 1995–2001
1997 1 England Dion Dublin FW 1 1994–1998
1998 1 England Dion Dublin FW 2 1994–1998
1999 1 England Richard Shaw DF 1 1995–2006
2000 1 Scotland Gary McAllister MF 1 1996–2000 & 2002–2003
2001 1 Republic of Ireland Gary Breen DF 1 1997–2002
2002 2 England David Thompson MF 1 2000–2002
2003 2 Bosnia and Herzegovina Muhamed Konjić DF 1 1999–2004
2004 2 England Stephen Warnock DF 1 2003–2004
2005 2 Republic of Ireland Michael Doyle MF 1 2003–2011 & 2017–2019
2006 2 England Gary McSheffrey FW 1 1998–2006 & 2010–2013
2007 2 England Andy Marshall GK 1 2006–2009
2008 2 Republic of Ireland Jay Tabb MF 1 2006–2009
2009 2 Iceland Aron Gunnarsson MF 1 2008–2011
2010 2 Republic of Ireland Keiren Westwood GK 1 2008–2011
2011 2 Jamaica Marlon King FW 1 2010–2011
2012 2 Republic of Ireland Richard Keogh DF 1 2010–2012
2013 3 England Carl Baker MF 1 2010–2014 & 2018
2014 3 England Callum Wilson FW 1 2009–2014
2015 3 Scotland Jim O'Brien MF 1 2014–2016
2016 3 Scotland John Fleck MF 1 2012–2016
2017 3 Wales George Thomas FW 1 2013–2017
2018 4 Scotland Marc McNulty FW 1 2017–2018
2019 3 Scotland Dominic Hyam DF 1 2017–
2020 3 England Fankaty Dabo DF 1 2019–
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Wins by playing position

Position Number of winners
Goalkeeper 6
Defender 19
Midfielder 15
Forward 13

Wins by nationality

Nationality Number of winners
England England 26
Scotland Scotland 17
Republic of Ireland Ireland 6
Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina 1
Iceland Iceland 1
Jamaica Jamaica 1
Wales Wales 1

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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)