JON Parkin continues to enjoy a 16-point gap at the top of The Press Player of the Year standings.

Skipper Sean Newton is still the nearest challenger to City’s 24-goal top scorer, although fourth-placed Aidan Connolly was the biggest mover on the leaderboard last weekend following his man-of-the-match display during the 2-1 win at Darlington.

That honour earned him three points towards the standings.

The rest of the Press points went to Amari Morgan-Smith (two) and Alex Pattison (one) as our second and third-highest rated players respectively.

Pattison also collected the two Player of the Month bonus points on offer after topping our Twitter man-of-the-match poll.

The Press Player of the Year standings: Parkin 31, Newton 15, Law 14, Connolly 13, Parslow 10, Worsnop 10, Almond 9, Bencherif 9, Moke 9, Whittle 9, Morgan-Smith 8, Pattison 8, Heslop 6, Ferguson 4, Bartlett 3, Rankine 3, Rowe 3, Martin 2, Burn 1, Smith 1.

The Press Player of the Month standings for January: Pattison 6, Connolly 3, Parkin 3, Ferguson 2, Morgan-Smith 2.

Goals: Parkin 24, Newton 5, Morgan-Smith 4, Heslop 3, Almond 2, Connolly 2, Parslow 2, Rankine 2, Felix 1, Ferguson 1, Law 1, Martin 1, Moke 1, Own Goal 1, Rowe 1.

Assists: Almond 7, Newton 6, Connolly 5, Parslow 5, Morgan-Smith 4, Parkin 4, Gray 3, Law 3, Martin 3, Whittle 3, Ferguson 2, Bencherif 1, Felix 1, Heslop 1, Moke 1, Peacock-Farrell 1, Worsnop 1.

Bad boys: Rowe five yellow; Bencherif one red, three yellow; Heslop one red card, two yellow; Newton, Wharton, Worsnop all two yellow; Ferguson one red; Burn, Connolly, Gray, Law, Smith, Whittle all one yellow.