Great Scott’s defiant surge (From York Press)

Great Scott’s defiant surge

9:10am Saturday 31st December 2011 in Diary

SCOTT Kerr has closed the gap at the top of The Press Player of the Year standings to ten points on long-time leader Jason Walker.

Ex-Lincoln City midfielder Kerr collected three points as our man of the match during Boxing Day’s 1-1 draw at Mansfield.

James Meredith (two points) and Chris Smith (one) were also recognised for their efforts as our second and third-highest rated players respectively.

The two Player of the Month bonus points, awarded to the player who received the most man-of-the-match votes from visitors to our website were shared between Matty Blair and Kerr.

That means Blair was the runaway winner of our December competition, finishing nine points clear of nearest rival Jamal Fyfield.

To be in with a chance of presenting the January Player of the Month prize before a City home game, vote for your man of the match from tomorrow’s home game with Mansfield Town online.

The Press Player of the Year standings: Walker 28 points, Kerr 18, Blair 15, Meredith 15, Fyfield 13, Ingham 13, McLaughlin 13, Chambers 12, McGurk 10, Moké 9, Smith 8, Challinor 7, Oyebanjo 6, Boucaud 5, Henderson 1, Parslow 1, Reed 1.

December Press Player of the Month final standings: Blair 16, Fyfield 7, McGurk 6, McLaughlin 5, Meredith 5, Kerr 4, Challinor 1, Chambers 1, Ingham 1, Parslow 1, Smith 1.

Goals: Walker 15, Chambers 8, McLaughlin 8, Blair 7, Reed 6, Challinor 3, Moké 2, Pilkington 2, Ashikodi 1, Boucaud 1, Fyfield 1, Hernderson 1, McGurk 1, own goal 1, Smith 1.

Assists: Chambers 10, McLaughlin 9, Blair 6, Meredith 6, Moké 6, Walker 5, Kerr 4, Pilkington 3, Oyebanjo 2, Potts 2, Challinor 1, Henderson 1, McGurk 1, Reed 1, Smith 1.

Bad boys: McGurk 8 yellow cards; Boucaud, Walker both 1 red, 3 yellow; Smith 5 yellow; Blair and Kerr both 4 yellow; Challinor, McLaughlin, Meredith, Parslow all 3 yellow; Fyfield, Moké, Oyebanjo, Reed all 2 yellow; Ashikodi, Chambers, Ingham all 1 yellow.