Blake takes last match award

Robbie Blake - best player at Palace

Such was the poor quality of the performance that the ratings were very low and that allowed Blake to collect the three points with a rating as low as 6.73 out of 10. Goalkeeper Brian Jensen, who couldn't be blamed in any way for the heavy defeat, took second place and his rating at 6.09 was only just above the 6 for an average performance.

Youngster Alex MacDonald, making just his second substitute appearance in the first team, did enough in twenty minutes on the pitch to secure the third place although his rating of 5.91 was as low as we've been for a third place.

The same three players took the top three places in the man of the match poll, that is once the nonsensical votes for Clarke Carlisle had been removed. Again it was Blake in first after he polled 36.5% of the vote. MacDonald was second with 14.6% and 10.4% secured third place for Brian Jensen.

Wade Elliott had already secured our Player of the Year award but with his disappointing form in the last few weeks of the season the lead in the end was just four points with Robbie getting into second place ahead of Carlisle. By the end of the season they were well ahead of anyone else.

The final table

81: Wade Elliott
77: Robbie Blake
72: Clarke Carlisle
41: Kyle Lafferty
39: David Unsworth
36: Alan Mahon
34: Jon Harley & James O'Connor
28: Chris McCann
25: Brian Jensen & Gabor Kiraly
24: Andy Gray
19: Steven Caldwell & Andrew Cole
14: Ade Akinbiyi
13: Joey Gudjonsson & John Spicer
5: Graham Alexander
3: Michael Duff, Alex MacDonald & Stanislav Varga
2: Mark Randall & Wayne Thomas
1: Stephen Jordan