JAKE Wright has moved up to fourth place in The Press Player of the Year contest.

The ex-Harrogate striker was our man of the match during the 4-0 win against Darlington on New Year’s Day to earn three points towards the standings.

Wright was also rewarded with two points as The Press’ second-highest rated performer during last weekend’s 2-1 defeat at Blyth.

The other points against Darlington went to Jordan Burrow (two) and Hamza Bencherif (one), while the efforts of David Ferguson (three) and Macaulay Langstaff (one) were also recognised at Blyth.

Wright and Ferguson both received additional two Player of the Month points after topping the respective Darlington and Blyth man-of-the-match online polls.

The Press Player of the Year standings: Bartlett 26, Burrow 19, Griffiths 19, Wright 13, Moke 11, Heslop 9, Penn 9, Tait 9, Bray 8, Ferguson 7, Newton 7, Parkin 6, York 6, Langstaff 5,Allan 4, Davis 4, Digie 3, Dyer 3, Harris 3, Hawkins 2, Law 2, Bencherif 1, McAughtrie 1, Parslow 1.

The Press Player of the Month standings for January: Wright 5, Burrow 2, Bencherif 1.

The Press Player of the Month final standings for December: Bartlett 15, Bray 6, Burrow 5, Ferguson 5, Moke 5, Dyer 4, Griffiths 4, Wright 4, York 3, Davis 2, Harris 1, Langstaff 1, Parslow 1.

Goals: Burrow 13, Langstaff 5, Wright 5, Newton 3, Parkin 3, Bencherif 2, Ferguson 2, Harris 2, Moke 2, Tait 2, York 2, Bray 1, Hawkins 1, Heslop 1.

Assists: Burrow 7, Harris 5, Ferguson 3, Langstaff 4, Law 4, Parkin 3, Bray 3, Bartlett 2, Griffiths 2, Wright 2, Allan 1, Agnew 1, Digie 1, Dyer 1, Hawkins 1, Heslop 1, Newton 1, Tait 1, York 1.

Discipline: Wright eight yellow cards; Heslop seven yellow cards; Bencherif, Griffiths, Newton all four yellow; Tait one red, two yellow; Davis, Moke both three yellow; Law two yellow; Penn one red, one yellow; Bray one red; Allan, Ferguson, Hawkins, Kempster, Langstaff, McAughtrie, York all one yellow.