ADAM Bartlett has won the first Press Player of the Month award in 2018.

The 31-year-old keeper, pictured below, finished one point ahead of nearest challenger Aidan Connolly to claim the January honours.

David Ferguson picked up three points towards the final standings as our man of the match in last weekend’s 2-0 defeat at Stockport.

The other Press points from the Edgeley Park clash were shared between Jonny Burn (two) and Adriano Moke (one) as our second and third-highest rated performers respectively.

Connor Brown, meanwhile, received the two Player of the Month bonus points available towards the contest after collecting the most man-of-the match votes from our Twitter poll.

The Press Player of the Year standings: Parkin 31, Connolly 16, Newton 16, Law 14, Moke 13, Bartlett 10, Parslow 10, Worsnop 10, Almond 9, Bencherif 9, Whittle 9, Morgan-Smith 8, Pattison 8, Ferguson 7, Heslop 7, Burn 4, Rankine 3, Rowe 3, Correia 2, Martin 2, Smith 1.

The Press Player of the Month standings for January: Bartlett 9, Connolly 8, Moke 6, Pattison 6, Ferguson 5, Burn 3, Parkin 3, Brown 2, Correia 2, Morgan-Smith 2, Heslop 1, Newton 1.

Goals: Parkin 25, Newton 7, Morgan-Smith 5, Burn 3, Connolly 3, Heslop 3, Almond 2, Moke 2, Parslow 2, Rankine 2, Correia 1, Felix 1, Ferguson 1, Law 1, Martin 1, Own Goal 1, Rowe 1.

Assists: Newton 8, Almond 7, Connolly 6, Parslow 5, Heslop 4, Law 4, Morgan-Smith 4, Parkin 4, Gray 3, Martin 3, Whittle 3, Ferguson 2, Moke 2, Bencherif 1, Correia 1, Felix 1, Peacock-Farrell 1, Worsnop 1.

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