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Gillingham FC POTY Winners

 

The Gillingham Football Club Player of the Year Award was first introduced in the 1968/69 season, during Basil Hayward's managerial reign.

It is voted for by the club's supporters during the closing stages of a campaign, with the winner typically being presented a trophy during an End of Season Awards event.

A string of famous players have won the award over the years, with Paul Smith winning a record of four POTY accolades, a feat which is yet to be matched by anybody else.

Brian Yeo, the club's record scorer to date, won the very first award in 1969 with goalkeeper John Simpson winning the next two. Steve Bruce, who went on to win several trophies with Manchester United, won the Gills award in 1980, before repeating the achievement in 1982.

Terry Cochrane, Tony Cascarino and Steve Lovell have all been voted "Player of the Year," with Andy Hessenthaler winning his first trophy in 1997. The aforementioned Smith was the recipient in 1998, 2001, 2002 and 2005. 

More recently, Bradley Dack got his hands on the trophy in 2016 with Glenn Morris and Conor Masterson winning the last two votes.

 

YearPlayer
1968-69Brian Yeo
1969-70John Simpson
1970-71John Simpson
1971-72Alan Wilks
1972-73Dick Tydeman
1973-74George Jacks
1974-75Damien Richardson
1975-76David Shipperley
1976-77David Shipperley
1977-78John Overton
1978-79Mark Weatherley
1979-80Steve Bruce
1980-81Andy Ford
1981-82Steve Bruce
1982-83Mark Weatherley
1983-84Peter Shaw
1984-85Terry Cochrane
1985-86Mel Sage
1986-87Tony Cascarino
1987-88Steve Lovell
1988-89Gavin Peacock
1989-90Alan Walker
1990-91Harvey Lim
1991-92Paul Clark
1992-93Richard Green
1993-94Richard Green
1994-95Steve Banks
1995-96Jim Stannard
1996-97Andy Hessenthaler
1997-98Paul Smith
1998-99Robert Taylor
1999-00Andy Hessenthaler
2000-01Paul Smith
2001-02Paul Smith
2002-03Nyron Nosworthy
2003-04Danny Spiller
2004-05Paul Smith
2005-06Jason Brown
2006-07Andrew Crofts
2007-08Simon Royce
2008-09Simon King
2009-10Andy Barcham
2010-11Cody McDonald
2011-12Danny Jackman
2012-13Adam Barratt
2013-14Stuart Nelson
2014-15John Egan
2015-16Bradley Dack
2016-17Josh Wright
2017-18Mark Byrne
2018-19Barry Fuller
2019-20Connor Ogilvie
2020-21Kyle Dempsey
2021-22Stuart O'Keefe
2022-23Glenn Morris
2023-24Conor Masterson

Conor Masterson's consistent high-level performances throughout the 2023/24 campaign earned him the most recent POTY Award.