Brentford F.C. Player of the Year

Brentford Football Club is an English professional football club based in Brentford, Hounslow, London. Between 1897 and 1920, the first team competed in the London League, Southern League and Western League.^[2] Since 1920, the first team has competed in the Football League, the Premier League and other nationally and internationally organised competitions.^[2] All players who have been awarded the club's Supporters' Player of the Year and Players' Player of the Year awards are listed below.

Background[edit]

The Brentford Supporters' Player of the Year award is chosen by members of the Brentford Supporters Club and was first presented to full back Ken Coote at the end of the 1961–62 season.^[3] The award has been presented annually since, with the exception of the 1967–68 and 1968–69 seasons. The presentation is traditionally made in May each year at the Big Red Ball awards dinner, with the winner receiving the Cyril Tyler Cup.^[4] Bob Booker was the first winner of the current cup, in 1983.^[5]

The Brentford Players' Player of the Year award is chosen by the members of that season's first team squad and was first presented to goalkeeper Chic Brodie at the end of the 1969–70 season. The award has not been presented with such regularity as the Supporters' Player of the Year award and midfielder Jackie Graham has received the trophy more than any other player, on three occasions.^[6]

Players who won both awards in a single season are Michael Allen, Bob Booker, Peter Gelson, Terry Hurlock, Alan Judge, Chris Kamara, Pat Kruse, Neal Maupay, Andrew McCulloch, Keith Millen, Christian Nørgaard, Gary Phillips and Danis Salman. Terry Evans is the only player to win both awards twice.

Key[edit]

Playing positions[edit]

Player of the Year winners[edit]

Season	Name	Nationality	Position	Name	Nationality	Position	Other awards	Ref.
	Supporters' Player of the Year			Players' Player of the Year
1961–62	Ken Coote	England	FB	Not awarded			―	[3]
1962–63	Micky Block	England	OR				―	[7]
1963–64	Mel Scott	England	WH				―
1964–65	Chic Brodie	Scotland	GK				―
1965–66	Chic Brodie	Scotland	GK				―	[8]
1966–67	John Docherty ♦	Scotland	OF				―	[9]
1969–70	Bobby Ross	Scotland	FW	Chic Brodie	Scotland	GK	―
1970–71	Bobby Ross	Scotland	FW	Alan Nelmes	England	CB	―	[10]
1971–72	John O'Mara	England	FW	Jackie Graham	Scotland	MF	O'Mara was named as Gallaghers Divisional Footballer of the Year.[11]	[10]
1972–73	Peter Gelson	England	CB	Paul Bence	England	MF	―	[10]
1973–74	Peter Gelson	England	CB	Peter Gelson	England	CB	―	[10]
1974–75	Steve Sherwood	England	GK	Jackie Graham	Scotland	MF	―	[10]
1975–76	Michael Allen	England	FB	Michael Allen	England	FB	―	[10]
1976–77	Gordon Sweetzer	Canada	FW	Jackie Graham	Scotland	MF	―	[10]
1977–78	Andrew McCulloch	England	FW	Andrew McCulloch	England	FW	―	[10]
1978–79	Jim McNichol	Scotland	CB	Len Bond	England	GK	―	[10]
1979–80	Pat Kruse	England	CB	Pat Kruse	England	CB	―	[10]
1980–81	Terry Hurlock	England	MF	Terry Hurlock	England	MF	―	[12]
1981–82	Stan Bowles	England	MF	Alan Whitehead	England	CB	―	[12]
1982–83	Bob Booker	England	MF	Bob Booker	England	MF	―	[12]
1983–84	Chris Kamara	England	MF	Chris Kamara	England	MF	―	[12]
1984–85	Danis Salman	England	FB	Danis Salman	England	FB	―	[12]
1985–86	Gary Phillips	England	GK	Gary Phillips	England	GK	―	[12]
1986–87	Andy Sinton	England	MF	Gary Phillips	England	GK	―	[12]
1987–88	Andy Sinton	England	MF	Roger Joseph	England	RB	Joseph was named in the Third Division PFA Team of the Year.[13]	[12]
1988–89	Terry Evans	England	CB	Terry Evans	England	CB	―	[12]
1989–90	Terry Evans	England	CB	Terry Evans	England	CB	―	[12]
1990–91	Graham Benstead	England	GK	Graham Benstead	England	GK	―	[14]
1991–92	Keith Millen	England	CB	Keith Millen	England	CB	―	[14]
1992–93	Billy Manuel	England	LB/MF	Not awarded			―	[14]
1993–94	Kevin Dearden	England	GK				―	[14]
1994–95	Jamie Bates	England	CB				―	[14]
1995–96	Robert Taylor	England	FW				―	[14]
1996–97	Barry Ashby	England	CB				―	[14]
1997–98	Carl Hutchings	England	MF				―	[14]
1998–99	Darren Powell	England	CB				―	[14]
1999–00	Martin Rowlands	Republic of Ireland	MF				―	[14]
2000–01	Gavin Mahon	England	MF/CB				―
2001–02	Ívar Ingimarsson	Iceland	CB				―	[15]
2002–03	Paul Smith	England	GK				―	[16]
2003–04	Jay Tabb	Republic of Ireland	AM/LW				―	[16]
2004–05	Sam Sodje	Nigeria	CB	Michael Turner	England	CB	―	[17]
2005–06	Michael Turner	England	CB	Not awarded			―	[18]
2006–07	Jo Kuffour	England	FW				―	[19]
2007–08	Matthew Heywood	England	CB				―	[5]
2008–09	Sam Wood	England	LW/LB				―	[20]
2009–10	Leon Legge	England	CB				―	[21]
2010–11	Richard Lee	England	GK				―	[22]
2011–12	Jonathan Douglas	Republic of Ireland	DM				―	[23]
2012–13	Clayton Donaldson	Jamaica	FW	Harlee Dean *	England	CB	―	[4]
				Simon Moore *	England	GK
2013–14	Alan McCormack	Republic of Ireland	RB/DM	Tony Craig	England	CB/LB	McCormack was also named in the League One Team of the Year.[24]	[25]
2014–15	Toumani Diagouraga	France	DM	Alex Pritchard *	England	AM	―	[26]
2015–16	Alan Judge	Republic of Ireland	AM	Alan Judge	Republic of Ireland	AM	Judge was also named in the Championship PFA Team of the Year and the Football League Team of the Year.	[27]
2016–17	Harlee Dean *	England	CB	Ryan Woods *	England	CM	―	[28]
2017–18	Ryan Woods *	England	CM	Romaine Sawyers *	Saint Kitts and Nevis	AM	―	[29]
2018–19	Neal Maupay ‡	France	FW	Neal Maupay ‡	France	FW	―	[1]
2019–20	Saïd Benrahma *	Algeria	W	Ollie Watkins *	England	FW/W	Benrahma was named in the Championship PFA Team of the Year.[30] Watkins was named as the Championship Player of the Year and in the Championship PFA Team of the Year.[30][31]	[32]
2020–21	Ivan Toney ‡	England	FW	Not awarded			Toney was named in the Championship Team of the Year and in the Championship PFA Team of the Year.[33]	[34]
2021–22	Christian Nørgaard ‡	Denmark	DM	Christian Nørgaard ‡	Denmark	DM		[35]
2022–23	Ben Mee ‡	England	CB	Ivan Toney ‡	England	FW		[36]

Other Player of the Year winners[edit]

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