any idea who won player of the year

in the 78/79 season?

If so, also who won it in 68/69 and each year before that? as many as anybody knows would be very helpful.

TIA

 

mick McCarthy was player of the year in 1979. Our first player of the year was Johnny Evans in 1970

 

fantastic thanks. that explains the gap in my stats then. however, I had McCarthy winning it in 78 as well? is that true?

here's what i have:

1995/1996 Arjan De Zeeuw
1994/1995 Danny Wilson
1993/1994 Neil Redfearn
1992/1993 Gary Fleming
1991/1992 Mark Smith
1990/1991 Brendan O'Connell
1989/1990 Steve Agnew
1988/1989 Paul Furtcher
1987/1988 Paul Cross
1986/1987 Stuart Gray
1985/1986 Clive Baker
1984/1985 Clive Baker
1983/1984 Andy Rhodes
1982/1983 Ronnie Glavin
1981/1982 Trevor Aylott
1980/1981 Mick McCarthy
1979/1980 Ronnie Glavin
1978/1979
1977/1978 Mick McCarthy
1976/1977 Brian Joicey
1975/1976 Kenny Brown
1974/1975 Bobby Doyle
1973/1974 Mick Butler
1972/1973 Eric Winstanley
1971/1972 Barry Murphy
1970/1971 Les Lea
1969/1970 Johnny Evans

 

Some of the those that have won it this century are an embarrassment to that list.

Hugo Colace. Good grief.

 

At the end of the 78/79 season, when we got promoted from the Fourth Division, there were four runaway leaders of the POTY poll. Allan Clarke, Alan Little, Derek Bell and Mick McCarthy were in contention. The trophy went to McCarthy for the second successive year, with Little coming second.
I know all this for certain because I happen to have my scrapbooks and programmes going right back to the 1960s all over my living room floor at the moment and I have just read the Chronicle piece reporting the promotion celebrations.
This was a tremendous season all round, and there were over 21,000 in the ground to see us beat Grimsby in the last home game. We finished fourth to go up - top four were Reading, Grimsby, Wimbledon, Barnsley. Happy days!!

 

Full list with a bit of detail here

 

fantastic stuff people thanks very much.