Coventry City F.C. Player of the Year


The Coventry City player of the year award is voted for annually by Coventry City's supporters, in recognition of the best overall performance by an individual player throughout the football season.
Since the inaugural award was made to Ernie Machin, seven players have won the award twice and one player has won the award three times. Just one winner has gone on to manage the club permanently; that being Gary McAllister - however Steve Ogrizovic, Trevor Peake and Richard Shaw have all been caretaker managers for short periods.

Voting mechanism

This award is voted for by the fans of the club. Toward the end of the season, fans are invited to vote, either by submitting a paper slip to the club's Ricoh Arena offices, or by email or text message, with the winner being the player that polls the most votes. A percentage of the votes from the 'Player of the Month' awards throughout the season also count towards the final votes for Player of the year.

List of winners

SeasonLevelNamePositionPOTY winsYears at club
19681 MF11962–1972
19691 GK11964–1975
19701 FW11967–1970
19711 MF11967–1975
19721 MF11968–1973
19731 MF21967–1975
19741 GK21964–1975
19751 DF11974–1978
19761 MF11972–1981
19771 GK11972–1982
19781 FW11976–1980
19791 DF11976–1980
19801 DF11978–1983
19811 DF11972–1983
19821 DF21972–1983
19831 DF21978–1983
19841 MF11983–1984
19851 FW11983–1986
19861 DF11983–1991
19871 GK11984–2000
19881 FW11987–1991
19891 FW21987–1991
19901 DF11985–1997
19911 FW11990–1993
19921 MF11991–1995
19931 DF11991–1994
19941 DF11992–1994
19951 DF21985–1997
19961 DF11995–2001
19971 FW11994–1998
19981 FW21994–1998
19991 DF11995–2006
20001 MF11996–2000 & 2002–2003
20011 DF11997–2002
20022 MF12000–2002
20032 DF11999–2004
20042 DF12003–2004
20052 MF12003–2011 & 2017–2019
20062 FW11998–2006 & 2010–2013
20072 GK12006–2009
20082 MF12006–2009
20092 MF12008–2011
20102 GK12008–2011
20112 FW12010–2011
20122 DF12010–2012
20133 MF12010–2014 & 2018
20143 FW12009–2014
20153 MF12014–2016
20163 MF12012–2016
20173 FW12013–2017
20184 FW12017–2018
20193 DF12017–
20203 DF12019–
20212

Wins by playing position

PositionNumber of winners
Goalkeeper6
Defender19
Midfielder15
Forward13

Wins by nationality

Footnotes and references