JON Parkin has won The Press Player of the Month award for December.

The 35-year-old forward scooped the final prize for 2016 after finishing three points ahead of nearest rival Yan Klukowski.

Simon Lappin, meanwhile, picked up three points towards the final standings after collecting our man-of-the-match accolade during the 1-0 Boxing Day win at North Ferriby.

The other Press points went to Aarran Racine (two) and Klukowski (one) as our second and third-highest rated players respectively.

Parkin and Sean Newton shared the two bonus points available to the winners of our Twitter man-of-the-match poll.

The Press Player of the Year standings: Letheren 22, Whittle 18, Connolly 16, Heslop 13, Brodie 12, Kamdjo 10, Flinders 8, Fry 8, Klukowski 8, Higgins 7, Newton 7, Lappin 6, Felix 5, Galbraith 5, Rooney 5, Parkin 4, Holmes 3, Murphy 3, Clappison 2, Dixon 2, Racine 2, Wright 2, Cooper 1, Nti 1, Oyebanjo 1, Rzonca 1, Simpson 1, Walton 1.

The December Press Player of the Month standings: Parkin 8, Klukowski 5, Newton 4, Lappin 3, Moke 3, Murphy 3, Holmes 2, Racine 2, Fry 1, Letheren 1.

Goals: Brodie 7, Connolly 3, Heslop 3, Fry 2, Klukowski 2, Own Goal 2, Fenwick 1, Galbraith 1, Kamdjo 1, Murphy 1, Nti 1, Parkin 1, Racine 1, Rzonca 1, Wright 1.

Assists: Connolly 6, Rooney 4, Felix 2, Galbraith 2, Klukowski 2, Whittle 2, Wright 2, Cooper 1, Fry 1, Heslop 1, Higgins 1, Holmes 1, Murphy 1, Newton 1, Parkin 1.

Bad boys: Brodie nine yellow cards; Rooney eight yellow; Higgins five yellow; Heslop one red, three yellow; Fry four yellow; Nti one red, two yellow; Fenwick, Whittle, Wright all three yellow; Connolly, Kamdjo, Klukowski, Newton all two yellow; Moke one red; Clappison, Dixon, Galbraith, Johnson, Letheren, McDaid, Parkin, Murphy, Racine, Thompson all one yellow.