KYLE Letheren has extended his lead at the top of The Press Player of the Year leaderboard to nine points.

The City keeper (pictured below) was our second-highest rated performer during Tuesday’s 2-1 FA Trophy semi-final, first-leg triumph over Lincoln, receiving two points in the process to open up a bigger gap to nearest rival Alex Whittle.

Vadaine Oliver – The Press man of the match – collected three points towards the standings and Aidan Connolly (one) was also rewarded as our third-highest rated performer.

At Sutton, our star man Dan Parslow (three), Simon Heslop (two) and Yan Klukowksi (one) saw their efforts recognised.

Oliver picked up the two Player of the Month bonus points on offer after topping our Twitter man-of-the-match poll against Lincoln, while Klukowski earned that honour for the Sutton game.

The Press Player of the Year standings: Letheren 33, Whittle 24, Newton 19, Heslop 18, Connolly 17, Parslow 13, Brodie 12, Klukowski 12, Oliver 12, Parkin 11, Kamdjo 10, Flinders 8, Fry 8, Lappin 8, Higgins 7, Felix 5, Galbraith 5, Morgan-Smith 5, Rooney 5, Holmes 4, Racine 4, Bencherif 3, Murphy 3, Clappison 2, Dixon 2, Wright 2, Cooper 1, Nti 1, Oyebanjo 1, Rzonca 1, Simpson 1, Walton 1.

The Press Player of the Month for March standings: Oliver 10, Klukowski 3, Parslow 3, Heslop 2, Letheren 2, Parkin 2, Connolly 1, Newton 1.

Goals: Brodie 7, Parkin 7, Connolly 4, Heslop 4, Morgan-Smith 4, Oliver 4, Klukowski 3, Fry 2, Newton 2, Own Goals 2, Fenwick 2, Galbraith 1, Kamdjo 1, Lappin 1, Murphy 1, Nti 1, Racine 1, Rooney 1, Rzonca 1, Wright 1.

Assists: Connolly 6, Newton 5, Parkin 4, Rooney 4, Oliver 4, Klukowski 3, Felix 2, Galbraith 2, Heslop 2, Moke 2, Morgan-Smith 2, Parslow 2, Whittle 2, Wright 2, Cooper 1, Fenwick 1, Fry 1, Higgins 1, Holmes 1, Murphy 1, Racine 1.

Bad boys: Rooney ten yellow cards; Brodie nine yellow; Heslop one red, six yellow; Fenwick, Higgins both five yellow; Parkin one red, three yellow; Fry, Newton, Oliver all four yellow; Nti one red, two yellow; Bencherif, Klukowski, Whittle, Wright all three yellow; Connolly, Kamdjo both two yellow; Holmes, Moke both one red; Clappison, Dixon, Galbraith, Johnson, Lappin, Letheren, McDaid, Morgan-Smith, Murphy, Racine, Thompson all one yellow.