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The '''Bristol Rovers Player of the Year''' award has been presented annually to the player voted the best in the preceding season by the fans of [[Bristol Rovers F.C.|Bristol Rovers Football Club]]. The winning player has been awarded a trophy by the Bristol Rovers Supporters club every year since 1983,<ref name "bj2018">Byrne & Jay (2018), p. 323</ref> and in 2018 the Football Club also began naming their own player of the year at an end-of-season awards dinner.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
==Bristol Rovers Supporters' Club player of the year==
The first trophy was presented in 1983, but due to there being little space to engrave the names of any more winners the supporters' club commissioned a new trophy in 2018,<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> which was named the [[Geoff Dunford]] Memorial Trophy in honour of the former football club chairman who had died the previous year.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
{| class=wikitable
!Season!!Player!!Nation!!Position!!Age!!Notes!!Refs
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[1982–83 Bristol Rovers F.C. season|1982–83]] || [[Aidan McCaffery]] || || [[Defender (association football)|Defender]] || style="text-align:center;"| || ||
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[1983–84 Bristol Rovers F.C. season|1983–84]] || [[Brian Williams (footballer, born 1955)|Brian Williams]] || || [[Midfielder]] || style="text-align:center;"| || ||
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[1984–85 Bristol Rovers F.C. season|1984–85]] || [[Tim Parkin]] || || [[Defender (association football)|Defender]] || style="text-align:center;"| || ||
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[1985–86 Bristol Rovers F.C. season|1985–86]] || [[Tim Parkin]] || || [[Defender (association football)|Defender]] || style="text-align:center;"| || First multiple winner ||
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[1986–87 Bristol Rovers F.C. season|1986–87]] || [[Geoff Twentyman Jr.|Geoff Twentyman]] || || [[Defender (association football)|Defender]] || style="text-align:center;"| || ||
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[1987–88 Bristol Rovers F.C. season|1987–88]] || [[Gary Penrice]] || || [[Forward (association football)|Forward]] || style="text-align:center;"| || ||
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[1988–89 Bristol Rovers F.C. season|1988–89]] || [[Nigel Martyn]] || || [[Goalkeeper (association football)|Goalkeeper]] || style="text-align:center;"| || Youngest ever winner ||
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[1989–90 Bristol Rovers F.C. season|1989–90]] || [[Ian Holloway]] || || [[Midfielder]] || style="text-align:center;"| || ||
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[1990–91 Bristol Rovers F.C. season|1990–91]] || [[Carl Saunders (footballer)|Carl Saunders]] || || [[Forward (association football)|Forward]] || style="text-align:center;"| || ||
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[1991–92 Bristol Rovers F.C. season|1991–92]] || [[Carl Saunders (footballer)|Carl Saunders]] || || [[Forward (association football)|Forward]] || style="text-align:center;"| || ||
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[1992–93 Bristol Rovers F.C. season|1992–93]] || [[Gary Waddock]] || || [[Midfielder]] || style="text-align:center;"| || ||
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[1993–94 Bristol Rovers F.C. season|1993–94]] || [[Worrell Sterling]] || || [[Midfielder]] || style="text-align:center;"| || ||
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[1994–95 Bristol Rovers F.C. season|1994–95]] || [[Andy Tillson]] || || [[Defender (association football)|Defender]] || style="text-align:center;"| || ||
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[1995–96 Bristol Rovers F.C. season|1995–96]] || [[Marcus Stewart]] || || [[Forward (association football)|Forward]] || style="text-align:center;"| || ||
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[1996–97 Bristol Rovers F.C. season|1996–97]] || [[Andy Collett]] || || [[Goalkeeper (association football)|Goalkeeper]] || style="text-align:center;"| || ||
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[1997–98 Bristol Rovers F.C. season|1997–98]] || [[Barry Hayles]] || || [[Forward (association football)|Forward]] || style="text-align:center;"| || ||
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[1998–99 Bristol Rovers F.C. season|1998–99]] || [[Trevor Challis]] || || [[Defender (association football)|Defender]] || style="text-align:center;"| || ||
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[1999–2000 Bristol Rovers F.C. season|1999–2000]] || [[Andy Thomson (English footballer)|Andy Thomson]] || || [[Defender (association football)|Defender]] || style="text-align:center;"| || ||
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[2000–01 Bristol Rovers F.C. season|2000–01]] || [[Steve Foster (footballer, born 1974)|Steve Foster]] || || [[Defender (association football)|Defender]] || style="text-align:center;"| || ||
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[2001–02 Bristol Rovers F.C. season|2001–02]] || [[Scott Howie]] || || [[Goalkeeper (association football)|Goalkeeper]] || style="text-align:center;"| || First non-English-born winner ||
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[2002–03 Bristol Rovers F.C. season|2002–03]] || [[Vitālijs Astafjevs]] || || [[Midfielder]] || style="text-align:center;"| || First non-UK-born winner ||
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[2003–04 Bristol Rovers F.C. season|2003–04]] || [[Kevin Miller (footballer)|Kevin Miller]] || || [[Goalkeeper (association football)|Goalkeeper]] || style="text-align:center;"| || Oldest ever winner ||
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[2004–05 Bristol Rovers F.C. season|2004–05]] || [[James Hunt (footballer)|James Hunt]] || || [[Midfielder]] || style="text-align:center;"| || ||
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[2005–06 Bristol Rovers F.C. season|2005–06]] || [[Richard Walker (footballer, born 1977)|Richard Walker]] || || [[Forward (association football)|Forward]] || style="text-align:center;"| || ||
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[2006–07 Bristol Rovers F.C. season|2006–07]] || [[Steve Phillips (footballer, born 1978)|Steve Phillips]] || || [[Goalkeeper (association football)|Goalkeeper]] || style="text-align:center;"| || ||
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[2007–08 Bristol Rovers F.C. season|2007–08]] || [[Stuart Campbell (footballer)|Stuart Campbell]] || || [[Midfielder]] || style="text-align:center;"| || ||
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[2008–09 Bristol Rovers F.C. season|2008–09]] || [[Rickie Lambert]] || || [[Forward (association football)|Forward]] || style="text-align:center;"| || ||
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[2009–10 Bristol Rovers F.C. season|2009–10]] || [[Stuart Campbell (footballer)|Stuart Campbell]] || || [[Midfielder]] || style="text-align:center;"| || ||
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[2010–11 Bristol Rovers F.C. season|2010–11]] || [[Stuart Campbell (footballer)|Stuart Campbell]] || || [[Midfielder]] || style="text-align:center;"| || First three-time winner ||
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[2011–12 Bristol Rovers F.C. season|2011–12]] || [[Danny Woodards]] || || [[Defender (association football)|Defender]] || style="text-align:center;"| || ||
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[2012–13 Bristol Rovers F.C. season|2012–13]] || [[Michael Smith (footballer, born 1988)|Michael Smith]] || || [[Defender (association football)|Defender]] || style="text-align:center;"| || ||
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[2013–14 Bristol Rovers F.C. season|2013–14]] || [[Michael Smith (footballer, born 1988)|Michael Smith]] || || [[Defender (association football)|Defender]] || style="text-align:center;"| || ||
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[2014–15 Bristol Rovers F.C. season|2014–15]] || [[Tom Parkes]] || || [[Defender (association football)|Defender]] || style="text-align:center;"| || ||
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[2015–16 Bristol Rovers F.C. season|2015–16]] || [[Matty Taylor (footballer, born 1990)|Matty Taylor]] || || [[Forward (association football)|Forward]] || style="text-align:center;"| || ||
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[2016–17 Bristol Rovers F.C. season|2016–17]] || [[Ollie Clarke]] || || [[Midfielder]] || style="text-align:center;"| || || <ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[2017–18 Bristol Rovers F.C. season|2017–18]] || [[Ellis Harrison]] || || [[Forward (association football)|Forward]] || style="text-align:center;"| || || <ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
|}
'''Notes:'''
* Footballing nationality is defined as the national team the player has represented at senior or youth level, or the player's country of birth where they have never played for a national team.
* Age shown is the players age at the beginning of the season during which they won the player of the year award.
* All winners from 1983 to 2018 are from Byrne & Jay (2018).<ref name "bj2018"/>
===Players who have won more than once===
Four players have won the award on more than one occasion. The record for most wins belongs to [[Stuart Campbell (footballer)|Stuart Campbell]], who was player of the year in 2008, 2010 and 2011, while three other players have won the award twice.
{| class=wikitable
!Player!!Nationality!!Number of wins
|-
| [[Stuart Campbell (footballer)|Stuart Campbell]] || || style="text-align:center;"|3
|-
| [[Tim Parkin]] || || style="text-align:center;"|2
|-
| [[Carl Saunders (footballer)|Carl Saunders]] || || style="text-align:center;"|2
|-
| [[Michael Smith (footballer, born 1988)|Michael Smith]] || || style="text-align:center;"|2
|}
===Number of wins by nationality===
{| class=wikitable
!Nation!!Number of wins
|-
|||style="text-align:center;"|26
|-
|||style="text-align:center;"|4
|-
|||style="text-align:center;"|2
|-
|<br><br><br>||style="text-align:center;"|1
|}
===Number of wins by position===
{| class=wikitable
!Position!!Number of wins
|-
|[[Goalkeeper (association football)|Goalkeeper]]||style="text-align:center;"|5
|-
|[[Defender (association football)|Defender]]||style="text-align:center;"|12
|-
|[[Midfielder]]||style="text-align:center;"|10
|-
|[[Forward (association football)|Forward]]||style="text-align:center;"|9
|}
==Bristol Rovers Football Club Player of the Year==
Bristol Rovers Football Club held their inaugural end of season awards dinner in 2018, where they presented their own player of the year award. This went to midfielder [[Liam Sercombe]].
{| class=wikitable
!Season!!Player!!Nation!!Position!!Age!!Notes!!Refs
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[2017–18 Bristol Rovers F.C. season|2017–18]] || [[Liam Sercombe]] || || [[Midfielder]] || style="text-align:center;"| || || <ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
|}
==Comparison of Supporters' Club and Football Club winners==
{| class=wikitable
!Season!!Supporters' Club winner!!Football Club winner
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|[[2017–18 Bristol Rovers F.C. season|2017–18]] || [[Ellis Harrison]] || [[Liam Sercombe]]
|}
==References==
==Bibliography==
*
[[Category:Bristol Rovers F.C.|Player of the Year]]
[[Category:Lists of association football players by club in England]]
==Bristol Rovers Supporters' Club player of the year==
The first trophy was presented in 1983, but due to there being little space to engrave the names of any more winners the supporters' club commissioned a new trophy in 2018,<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> which was named the [[Geoff Dunford]] Memorial Trophy in honour of the former football club chairman who had died the previous year.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
{| class=wikitable
!Season!!Player!!Nation!!Position!!Age!!Notes!!Refs
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[1982–83 Bristol Rovers F.C. season|1982–83]] || [[Aidan McCaffery]] || || [[Defender (association football)|Defender]] || style="text-align:center;"| || ||
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[1983–84 Bristol Rovers F.C. season|1983–84]] || [[Brian Williams (footballer, born 1955)|Brian Williams]] || || [[Midfielder]] || style="text-align:center;"| || ||
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[1984–85 Bristol Rovers F.C. season|1984–85]] || [[Tim Parkin]] || || [[Defender (association football)|Defender]] || style="text-align:center;"| || ||
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[1985–86 Bristol Rovers F.C. season|1985–86]] || [[Tim Parkin]] || || [[Defender (association football)|Defender]] || style="text-align:center;"| || First multiple winner ||
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[1986–87 Bristol Rovers F.C. season|1986–87]] || [[Geoff Twentyman Jr.|Geoff Twentyman]] || || [[Defender (association football)|Defender]] || style="text-align:center;"| || ||
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[1987–88 Bristol Rovers F.C. season|1987–88]] || [[Gary Penrice]] || || [[Forward (association football)|Forward]] || style="text-align:center;"| || ||
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[1988–89 Bristol Rovers F.C. season|1988–89]] || [[Nigel Martyn]] || || [[Goalkeeper (association football)|Goalkeeper]] || style="text-align:center;"| || Youngest ever winner ||
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[1989–90 Bristol Rovers F.C. season|1989–90]] || [[Ian Holloway]] || || [[Midfielder]] || style="text-align:center;"| || ||
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[1990–91 Bristol Rovers F.C. season|1990–91]] || [[Carl Saunders (footballer)|Carl Saunders]] || || [[Forward (association football)|Forward]] || style="text-align:center;"| || ||
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[1991–92 Bristol Rovers F.C. season|1991–92]] || [[Carl Saunders (footballer)|Carl Saunders]] || || [[Forward (association football)|Forward]] || style="text-align:center;"| || ||
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[1992–93 Bristol Rovers F.C. season|1992–93]] || [[Gary Waddock]] || || [[Midfielder]] || style="text-align:center;"| || ||
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[1993–94 Bristol Rovers F.C. season|1993–94]] || [[Worrell Sterling]] || || [[Midfielder]] || style="text-align:center;"| || ||
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[1994–95 Bristol Rovers F.C. season|1994–95]] || [[Andy Tillson]] || || [[Defender (association football)|Defender]] || style="text-align:center;"| || ||
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[1995–96 Bristol Rovers F.C. season|1995–96]] || [[Marcus Stewart]] || || [[Forward (association football)|Forward]] || style="text-align:center;"| || ||
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[1996–97 Bristol Rovers F.C. season|1996–97]] || [[Andy Collett]] || || [[Goalkeeper (association football)|Goalkeeper]] || style="text-align:center;"| || ||
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[1997–98 Bristol Rovers F.C. season|1997–98]] || [[Barry Hayles]] || || [[Forward (association football)|Forward]] || style="text-align:center;"| || ||
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[1998–99 Bristol Rovers F.C. season|1998–99]] || [[Trevor Challis]] || || [[Defender (association football)|Defender]] || style="text-align:center;"| || ||
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[1999–2000 Bristol Rovers F.C. season|1999–2000]] || [[Andy Thomson (English footballer)|Andy Thomson]] || || [[Defender (association football)|Defender]] || style="text-align:center;"| || ||
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[2000–01 Bristol Rovers F.C. season|2000–01]] || [[Steve Foster (footballer, born 1974)|Steve Foster]] || || [[Defender (association football)|Defender]] || style="text-align:center;"| || ||
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[2001–02 Bristol Rovers F.C. season|2001–02]] || [[Scott Howie]] || || [[Goalkeeper (association football)|Goalkeeper]] || style="text-align:center;"| || First non-English-born winner ||
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[2002–03 Bristol Rovers F.C. season|2002–03]] || [[Vitālijs Astafjevs]] || || [[Midfielder]] || style="text-align:center;"| || First non-UK-born winner ||
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[2003–04 Bristol Rovers F.C. season|2003–04]] || [[Kevin Miller (footballer)|Kevin Miller]] || || [[Goalkeeper (association football)|Goalkeeper]] || style="text-align:center;"| || Oldest ever winner ||
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[2004–05 Bristol Rovers F.C. season|2004–05]] || [[James Hunt (footballer)|James Hunt]] || || [[Midfielder]] || style="text-align:center;"| || ||
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[2005–06 Bristol Rovers F.C. season|2005–06]] || [[Richard Walker (footballer, born 1977)|Richard Walker]] || || [[Forward (association football)|Forward]] || style="text-align:center;"| || ||
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[2006–07 Bristol Rovers F.C. season|2006–07]] || [[Steve Phillips (footballer, born 1978)|Steve Phillips]] || || [[Goalkeeper (association football)|Goalkeeper]] || style="text-align:center;"| || ||
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[2007–08 Bristol Rovers F.C. season|2007–08]] || [[Stuart Campbell (footballer)|Stuart Campbell]] || || [[Midfielder]] || style="text-align:center;"| || ||
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[2008–09 Bristol Rovers F.C. season|2008–09]] || [[Rickie Lambert]] || || [[Forward (association football)|Forward]] || style="text-align:center;"| || ||
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[2009–10 Bristol Rovers F.C. season|2009–10]] || [[Stuart Campbell (footballer)|Stuart Campbell]] || || [[Midfielder]] || style="text-align:center;"| || ||
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[2010–11 Bristol Rovers F.C. season|2010–11]] || [[Stuart Campbell (footballer)|Stuart Campbell]] || || [[Midfielder]] || style="text-align:center;"| || First three-time winner ||
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[2011–12 Bristol Rovers F.C. season|2011–12]] || [[Danny Woodards]] || || [[Defender (association football)|Defender]] || style="text-align:center;"| || ||
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[2012–13 Bristol Rovers F.C. season|2012–13]] || [[Michael Smith (footballer, born 1988)|Michael Smith]] || || [[Defender (association football)|Defender]] || style="text-align:center;"| || ||
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[2013–14 Bristol Rovers F.C. season|2013–14]] || [[Michael Smith (footballer, born 1988)|Michael Smith]] || || [[Defender (association football)|Defender]] || style="text-align:center;"| || ||
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[2014–15 Bristol Rovers F.C. season|2014–15]] || [[Tom Parkes]] || || [[Defender (association football)|Defender]] || style="text-align:center;"| || ||
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[2015–16 Bristol Rovers F.C. season|2015–16]] || [[Matty Taylor (footballer, born 1990)|Matty Taylor]] || || [[Forward (association football)|Forward]] || style="text-align:center;"| || ||
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[2016–17 Bristol Rovers F.C. season|2016–17]] || [[Ollie Clarke]] || || [[Midfielder]] || style="text-align:center;"| || || <ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[2017–18 Bristol Rovers F.C. season|2017–18]] || [[Ellis Harrison]] || || [[Forward (association football)|Forward]] || style="text-align:center;"| || || <ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
|}
'''Notes:'''
* Footballing nationality is defined as the national team the player has represented at senior or youth level, or the player's country of birth where they have never played for a national team.
* Age shown is the players age at the beginning of the season during which they won the player of the year award.
* All winners from 1983 to 2018 are from Byrne & Jay (2018).<ref name "bj2018"/>
===Players who have won more than once===
Four players have won the award on more than one occasion. The record for most wins belongs to [[Stuart Campbell (footballer)|Stuart Campbell]], who was player of the year in 2008, 2010 and 2011, while three other players have won the award twice.
{| class=wikitable
!Player!!Nationality!!Number of wins
|-
| [[Stuart Campbell (footballer)|Stuart Campbell]] || || style="text-align:center;"|3
|-
| [[Tim Parkin]] || || style="text-align:center;"|2
|-
| [[Carl Saunders (footballer)|Carl Saunders]] || || style="text-align:center;"|2
|-
| [[Michael Smith (footballer, born 1988)|Michael Smith]] || || style="text-align:center;"|2
|}
===Number of wins by nationality===
{| class=wikitable
!Nation!!Number of wins
|-
|||style="text-align:center;"|26
|-
|||style="text-align:center;"|4
|-
|||style="text-align:center;"|2
|-
|<br><br><br>||style="text-align:center;"|1
|}
===Number of wins by position===
{| class=wikitable
!Position!!Number of wins
|-
|[[Goalkeeper (association football)|Goalkeeper]]||style="text-align:center;"|5
|-
|[[Defender (association football)|Defender]]||style="text-align:center;"|12
|-
|[[Midfielder]]||style="text-align:center;"|10
|-
|[[Forward (association football)|Forward]]||style="text-align:center;"|9
|}
==Bristol Rovers Football Club Player of the Year==
Bristol Rovers Football Club held their inaugural end of season awards dinner in 2018, where they presented their own player of the year award. This went to midfielder [[Liam Sercombe]].
{| class=wikitable
!Season!!Player!!Nation!!Position!!Age!!Notes!!Refs
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[2017–18 Bristol Rovers F.C. season|2017–18]] || [[Liam Sercombe]] || || [[Midfielder]] || style="text-align:center;"| || || <ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
|}
==Comparison of Supporters' Club and Football Club winners==
{| class=wikitable
!Season!!Supporters' Club winner!!Football Club winner
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|[[2017–18 Bristol Rovers F.C. season|2017–18]] || [[Ellis Harrison]] || [[Liam Sercombe]]
|}
==References==
==Bibliography==
*
[[Category:Bristol Rovers F.C.|Player of the Year]]
[[Category:Lists of association football players by club in England]]
November 23, 2018 at 05:59AM
