SIMON Heslop has moved up to second on The Press Player of the Year leaderboard.

The 31-year-old midfielder is in pursuit of Kallum Griffiths at the top of the standings having collected two points as our second-highest rated performer during the 2-1 win at Southport.

He also picked up the two bonus Player of the Month points after receiving the most man-of-the-match votes in our Twitter poll to become Jordan Burrow’s closest challenger in that contest.

The other Press points were shared out between our man-of-the-match Tom Allan (three) and third-highest rated performer Burrow.

The Press Player of the Year standings: Griffiths 11, Heslop 9, Burrow 8, Tait 7, Bartlett 6, Newton 6, Parkin 6, Wright 5, Allan 4, Ferguson 4, Penn 4, Langstaff 3, Moke 3, York 3, Harris 2, Law 2, McAughtrie 1.

The Press Player of the Month standings for October: Burrow 6, Heslop 4, Allan 3, Bartlett 3, Wright 3, Ferguson 2, Law 1, Harris 1, Parkin 1.

Goals: Burrow 5, Langstaff 4, Parkin 3, Newton 2, Tait 2, Wright 2, York 2, Ferguson 1, Harris 1, Heslop 1, Moke 1, Assists: Burrow 5, Ferguson 3, Harris 3, Parkin 3, Langstaff 2, Law 2, Bartlett 1, Griffiths 1, Heslop 1, Newton 1, Tait 1, Wright 1.

Discipline: Heslop five yellow cards; Wright four yellow; Bencherif, Law both two yellow; Penn one red; Allan, Ferguson, Griffiths, Kempster, Langstaff, McAughtrie, Newton, Tait all one yellow.