Ipswich Town F.C. Player of the Year

Ipswich Town Player of the Year
Sport	Association football
History
First award	1973
Editions	51 (as of 2024)
First winner	Kevin Beattie
Most wins	John Wark; (4 times)
Most recent	Sam Morsy

The Ipswich Town Player of the Year award is voted for annually by Ipswich Town's supporters in recognition of the best overall performance by an individual player throughout the football season. Towards the end of each season, fans are invited to cast their votes for this award either on-line or with one of the volunteers outside the stadium prior to a home game. The winner is the player who polls the most votes. The recipient is awarded a rosebowl trophy, presented at an awards ceremony immediately after one of the last home games of the season.^[1]

The inaugural award was made to Kevin Beattie in 1973 and he retained it the following season. Since then, four other players have won the award on more than one occasion: Terry Butcher and Matt Holland have received the honour twice, goalkeeper Bartosz Białkowski has won it three times, while John Wark has been presented with the award a record four times. Only one winner has gone on to manage the club full-time, George Burley,^[2] who won in 1977, although John Wark did act as joint caretaker-manager of the club with Paul Goddard for three matches in 1994.^[3]

Winners

*	Ipswich Town Hall of Fame Inductee^[4]^[5]^[6]
‡	Player still on the playing staff of the club^[7]

Recipients of the Ipswich Town F.C. Player of the Year
Season	Level^{[nb 1]}	Name^[1]	Position^{[nb 2]}	Nationality	International caps^{[nb 3]}	Notes
1973	1	Kevin Beattie*	Defender	England	9	^{[nb 4]}^[8]
1974	1	Kevin Beattie*	Defender	England	9	^{[nb 5]}^[8]^[9]
1975	1	Colin Viljoen	Midfielder	England	2	^{[nb 6]}
1976	1	Allan Hunter*	Defender	Northern Ireland	53	^{[nb 7]}^[10]
1977	1	George Burley*	Defender	Scotland	11	^[11]
1978	1	Mick Mills*	Defender	England	42	^[8]
1979	1	Arnold Mühren*	Midfielder	Netherlands	23	^{[nb 8]}^[12]
1980	1	Frans Thijssen*	Midfielder	Netherlands	14	^[13]
1981	1	Paul Cooper*	Goalkeeper	England	—
1982	1	Alan Brazil*	Striker	Scotland	13	^[14]
1983	1	Paul Mariner*	Striker	England	35	^[8]
1984	1	Trevor Putney	Midfielder	England	—
1985	1	Terry Butcher*	Defender	England	77	^[8]
1986	1	Terry Butcher*	Defender	England	77	^{[nb 5]}^[8]
1987	2	Romeo Zondervan	Midfielder	Netherlands	1	^{[nb 9]}^[15]
1988	2	Frank Yallop	Defender	Canada	52	^{[nb 10]}^[16]
1989	2	John Wark*	Midfielder	Scotland	29	^[17]
1990	2	John Wark*	Midfielder	Scotland	29	^{[nb 5]}^[17]
1991	2	David Linighan	Defender	England	—
1992	2	John Wark*	Midfielder	Scotland	29	^{[nb 11]}^[17]
1993	1	Mick Stockwell*	Midfielder	England	—
1994	1	John Wark*	Midfielder	Scotland	29	^{[nb 12]}^[17]
1995	1	Craig Forrest	Goalkeeper	Canada	56	^[18]
1996	2	Simon Milton*	Midfielder	England	—
1997	2	Mauricio Taricco	Defender	Argentina	—	^{[nb 13]}
1998	2	Matt Holland*	Midfielder	Republic of Ireland	49	^[19]
1999	2	Jamie Clapham	Defender	England	—	^[20]
2000	2	James Scowcroft	Striker	England	—	^[21]
2001	1	Marcus Stewart	Striker	England	—	^[22]
2002	1	Mark Venus	Defender	England	—	^[23]
2003	2	Matt Holland*	Midfielder	Republic of Ireland	49	^{[nb 5]}^[24]
2004	2	Ian Westlake	Midfielder	England	—	^[25]
2005	2	Shefki Kuqi	Striker	Finland	62	^[26]
2006	2	Fabian Wilnis	Defender	Netherlands	—	^[27]
2007	2	Sylvain Legwinski	Midfielder	France	—	^[28]
2008	2	Jonathan Walters	Striker	Republic of Ireland	54	^[29]
2009	2	Richard Wright	Goalkeeper	England	2	^[30]
2010	2	Gareth McAuley	Defender	Northern Ireland	80	^[31]
2011	2	Jimmy Bullard	Midfielder	England	—	^[32]
2012	2	Aaron Cresswell	Defender	England	3	^[33]
2013	2	Tommy Smith	Defender	New Zealand	50	^[34]
2014	2	Christophe Berra	Defender	Scotland	41	^[35]
2015	2	Daryl Murphy	Striker	Republic of Ireland	32	^[36]
2016	2	Bartosz Białkowski	Goalkeeper	Poland	1	^[37]
2017	2	Bartosz Białkowski	Goalkeeper	Poland	1	^{[nb 5]}^[38]
2018	2	Bartosz Białkowski	Goalkeeper	Poland	1	^{[nb 11]}^[39]
2019	2	Luke Chambers	Defender	England	—	^[40]
2020	3	Not awarded^{[nb 14]}	—	—	—	^[41]
2021	3	James Wilson	Defender	Wales	1	^[42]
2022	3	Wes Burns‡	Midfielder	Wales	6	^[43]
2023	3	Conor Chaplin‡	Forward	England	—	^[44]
2024	2	Sam Morsy‡	Midfielder	Egypt	9	^[45]

Wins by playing position

Ipswich Town F.C. Player of the Year winners by playing position
Position^{[nb 15]}	Number of winners^{[nb 16]}
Goalkeeper	6
Defender	19
Midfielder	17
Striker	8

Wins by nationality

Ipswich Town F.C. Player of the Year winners by nationality
Nationality	Number of winners^{[nb 16]}
England	22
Scotland	7
Ireland	4
Netherlands	4
Poland	3
Northern Ireland	2
Canada	2
Wales	2
Argentina	1
Finland	1
France	1
New Zealand	1
Egypt	1

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