ON-LOAN Doncaster defender Jon Maloney has moved up to joint third in the Evening Press Player of the Year standings.

Maloney, who has only been at KitKat Crescent nine weeks, is also the current leader of the Preston and Duckworth Jewellers and Evening Press Player of the Month award for March.

The 19-year-old defender picked up three points towards both competitions by being our man of the match in the 2-1 defeat to Exeter.

He also collected another Player of the Month point for sharing the fans' nomination after finishing level in our readers' poll with Dave Merris who also received a point.

Darren Dunning (two points) and Paul Groves (one) were our second and third-highest rated players respectively.

To be in with a chance of presenting next month's award and winning a Tissot watch, don't forget to e-mail your top man in any of City's games throughout March to dave.flett@ycp.co.uk or you can drop in your selection at our 76-86 Walmgate offices.

Current Evening Press Player of the Year standings: Merris 24 points, Groves 20, Dunning 17, Bishop 17, Maloney 17, Stockdale 16, Donovan 15, Paul D Robinson 14, Porter 13, Pearson 10, Brass 8, Davies 7, McGurk 7, Paul Robinson 7, Stewart 6, Yalcin 6, Grant 4, Davis 3, Nogan 3, Webster 3, Law 2, Arthur 1, Crichton 1, Staley 1.

Preston and Duckworth Jewellers and Evening Press Player of the Month for March latest standings: Maloney 6, Donovan 5, Dunning 2, Merris 2, Groves 1.

Updated: 11:25 Saturday, March 12, 2005