Coventry City F.C. Player of the Year

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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
	1	Ernie Machin	MF	1	1962–1972
	1	Bill Glazier	GK	1	1964–1975
	1	Neil Martin	FW	1	1967–1970
	1	Willie Carr	MF	1	1967–1975
	1	Ernie Hunt	MF	1	1968–1973
	1	Tommy Hutchison	MF	1	1972–1980
	1	Bill Glazier	GK	2	1964–1975
	1	Tommy Hutchison	MF	2	1972–1980
	1	Tommy Hutchison	MF	3	1972–1980
	1	Jim Blyth	GK	1	1972–1982
	1	Ian Wallace	FW	1	1976–1980
	1	Bobby McDonald	DF	1	1976–1980
	1	Ian Wallace	FW	2	1976–1980
	1	Gary Gillespie	DF	1	1978–1983
	1	Danny Thomas	DF	1	1972–1983
	1	Gary Gillespie	DF	2	1978–1983
	1	Nick Platnauer	MF	1	1983–1984
	1	Terry Gibson	FW	1	1983–1986
	1	Trevor Peake	DF	1	1983–1991
1986–87	1	Steve Ogrizovic	GK	1	1984–2000
	1	David Speedie	FW	1	1987–1991
	1	David Speedie	FW	2	1987–1991
	1	Brian Borrows	DF	1	1985–1997
1990–91	1	Kevin Gallacher	FW	1	1990–1993
1991–92	1	Stewart Robson	MF	1	1991–1995
1992–93	1	Peter Atherton	DF	1	1991–1994
1993–94	1	Phil Babb	DF	1	1992–1994
1994–95	1	Brian Borrows	DF	2	1985–1997
1995–96	1	Paul Williams	DF	1	1995–2001
1996–97	1	Dion Dublin	FW	1	1994–1998
1997–98	1	Dion Dublin	FW	2	1994–1998
1998–99	1	Richard Shaw	DF	1	1995–2006
1999–00	1	Gary McAllister	MF	1	1996–2000 & 2002–2003
2000–01	1	Gary Breen	DF	1	1997–2002
2001–02	2	David Thompson	MF	1	2000–2002
2002–03	2	Muhamed Konjić	DF	1	1999–2004
2003–04	2	Stephen Warnock	DF	1	2003–2004
2004–05	2	Michael Doyle	MF	1	2003–2011 & 2017–2019
2005–06	2	Gary McSheffrey	FW	1	1998–2006 & 2010–2013
2006–07	2	Andy Marshall	GK	1	2006–2009
2007–08	2	Jay Tabb	MF	1	2006–2009
2008–09	2	Aron Gunnarsson	MF	1	2008–2011
2009–10	2	Keiren Westwood	GK	1	2008–2011
2010–11	2	Marlon King	FW	1	2010–2011
2011–12	2	Richard Keogh	DF	1	2010–2012
2012–13	3	Carl Baker	MF	1	2010–2014 & 2018
2013–14	3	Callum Wilson	FW	1	2009–2014
2014–15	3	Jim O'Brien	MF	1	2014–2016
2015–16	3	John Fleck	MF	1	2012–2016
2016–17	3	George Thomas	FW	1	2013–2017
2017–18	4	Marc McNulty	FW	1	2017–2018
2018–19	3	Dominic Hyam	DF	1	2017–
2019–20	3	Fankaty Dabo	DF	1	2019–
2020–21	2	Callum O'Hare	MF	1	2019–

Wins by playing position[]

Wins by nationality[]

Nationality	Number of winners
England	27
Scotland	17
Republic of Ireland	6
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1
Iceland	1
Jamaica	1
Wales	1

Other awards[]

Season	Level	Goal of the Season	Goal reference	Young Player of the Season	Community Player of the Season
2007–08	2	unknown		Leon Best	unknown
2008–09	2	David Bell	vs Doncaster Rovers	Ben Turner	Aron Gunnarsson
2009–10	2	David Bell		Jordan Clarke	Clinton Morrison
2010–11	2	Gary McSheffrey		Lukas Jutkiewicz	Carl Baker
2011–12	2	Jordan Clarke	vs Cardiff City	Cyrus Christie	Gaël Bigirimana
2012–13	3	Franck Moussa	vs MK Dons	Cyrus Christie	William Edjenguélé
2013–14	3	Franck Moussa	vs Preston North End	Conor Thomas	Conor Thomas
2014–15	3	Jim O'Brien	vs Walsall	Matthew Pennington	Réda Johnson
2015–16	3	Adam Armstrong	vs Millwall	Adam Armstrong	Sam Ricketts
2016–17	3	Ben Stevenson	vs MK Dons	George Thomas	George Thomas
2017–18	4	Maxime Biamou	vs Cheltenham Town	Tom Bayliss	Chris Stokes
2018–19	3	Jordy Hiwula	vs Fleetwood Town	Bright Enobakhare	Jack Grimmer
2019–20	3	Liam Walsh	vs Rochdale	Liam Walsh	Jordan Shipley
2020–21	2	Gustavo Hamer	vs Watford	Callum O'Hare	Liam Kelly

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