JON Parkin is in contention for his second Press Player of the Month award of the season.

The 35-year-old’s virtuoso display in the 5-3 win over Southport earned him five points towards the standings, having been named our man of the match and topping our online Twitter poll.

Parkin (pictured below) took the December honours and now only trails Vadaine Oliver by three points going into the final two fixtures of the month.

The other Press points against Southport went to Amari Morgan-Smith (two) and Sean Newton (one) as our second and third-highest rated performers.

During last weekend’s 1-1 draw at Lincoln, The Press points were handed to Simon Heslop (three), Sean Rooney (two) and Kyle Letheren (one).

Rooney collected the two Player of the Month bonus points for topping the internet poll.

The Press Player of the Year standings: Letheren 34, Whittle 24, Heslop 21, Newton 20, Connolly 17, Parkin 14, Parslow 13, Brodie 12, Klukowski 12, Oliver 12, Kamdjo 10, Flinders 8, Fry 8, Lappin 8, Higgins 7, Morgan-Smith 7, Rooney 7, Felix 5, Galbraith 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, Parkin 7, Heslop 5, Rooney 4, Klukowski 3, Letheren 3, Parslow 3, Morgan-Smith 2, Newton 2, Connolly 1.

Goals: Parkin 9, Brodie 7, Morgan-Smith 5, Oliver 5, Connolly 4, Heslop 4, Fenwick 3, Klukowski 3, Newton 3, Fry 2, Own Goals 2, Galbraith 1, Kamdjo 1, Lappin 1, Murphy 1, Nti 1, Racine 1, Rooney 1, Rzonca 1, Wright 1.

Assists: Connolly 7, Parkin 6, Newton 5, Oliver 4, Rooney 4, Klukowski 3, Morgan-Smith 3, Felix 2, Galbraith 2, Heslop 2, Moke 2, Parslow 2, Whittle 2, Wright 2, Bencherif 1, Cooper 1, Fenwick 1, Fry 1, Higgins 1, Holmes 1, Muggleton 1, Murphy 1, Racine 1.

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