In what was the biggest vote ever on Clarets Mad, loan player Cahill polled exactly 60% of the vote and left Mitchell Thomas, who had been a clear favourite, trailing some distance behind with less than 24%.
The others, including current captain Frank Sinclair, finished a long way behind Mitchell in second place.
It is difficult to imagine that back in November when Cahill, an untried 18 year-old from Aston Villa, arrived at the Turf in an emergency that he would stay with us for the rest of the season and have such an impact.
He won several player of the season awards, including the one here on Clarets Mad and surely set himself up for a career at the top.
We now move on to see who will win the vote to partner Gary in the centre of the defence. This poll will run until Tuesday after which we will start voting on the midfield positions.
Here we can take a look at the team so far:
