SEAN Newton has won The Press Player of the Month for March award with one game still left to play.

The 30-year-old defender has an unassailable lead of ten points over nearest rival Macaulay Langstaff as the third month of the year comes to a close at Guiseley tomorrow afternoon.

Newton picked up a point towards the standings as our third-highest rated performer during Tuesday night’s 3-3 draw at FC United of Manchester.

The Press’ man-of-the-match award in that game went to Macaulay Langstaff and he finished top of our Twitter poll too to receive a maximum five points towards the standings.

Scott Burgess (two points) was also recognised as our third-highest rated performer.

During last weekend’s 2-2 home draw to Boston, The Press points went to Jon Parkin (three), Newton (two) and Kallum Griffiths (one).

Newton went on to collect the most man-of-the-match votes from our online poll to receive an extra two bonus points.

The Press Player of the Year standings: Bartlett 27, Burrow 27, Griffiths 25, Newton 19, Wright 14, Moke 11, York 11, Ferguson 10, Heslop 9, Parkin 9, Penn 9, Tait 9, Bray 8, Burgess 8, Langstaff 8, Kempster 7, Mirfin 5, Allan 4, Bencherif 4, Davis 4, Agnew 3, Digie 3, Dyer 3, Harris 3, Law 3, McLaughlin 3, Hawkins 2, McAughtrie 1, Parslow 1.

The Press Player of the Month standings for March: Newton 15, Langstaff 5, Burgess 4, Parkin 3, Kempster 2, Bencherif 1, Ferguson 1, Griffiths 1.

Goals: Burrow 17, Langstaff 8, Newton 5, Wright 5, Kempster 4, York 4, Bencherif 3, Parkin 3, Ferguson 2, Harris 2, Moke 2, Tait 2, Bray 1, Burgess 1, Griffiths 1, Hawkins 1, Heslop 1.

Assists: Burrow 11, Harris 6, Langstaff 5, Parkin 5, Ferguson 4, Law 4, Wright 4, Bray 3, Griffiths 3, York 3, Bartlett 2, Allan 1, Agnew 1, Bencherif 1, Digie 1, Dyer 1, Hawkins 1, Heslop 1, Kempster 1, McLaughlin 1, Moke 1, Newton 1, Tait 1.

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