Cork is top man at the Stadium of Light

It was a three way contest with Cork coming out on top in both. He polled 24.3% of the man of the match vote, just ahead of goalkeeper Brian Jensen whose share was 21.5%. In third place was substitute Steven Thompson, who came on at half time for Martin Paterson and scored the Burnley goal.

It was the same top three in the player ratings and again it was Cork on top with a rating of 7.79 out of 10. Again, behind him were Jensen and Thompson and this time these two could not be separated and both had ratings of 7.14 out of 10.

Cork wins six points towards the Clarets Mad Player of the Year, Jensen gets four points and there are three for Thompson.

The points take Brian Jensen into fourth place in the table, and Cork moves up to eighth despite his limited number of games.

Again the points don't affect the top of this the table with Chris Eagles now on the verge of becoming the player of the year. Steven Fletcher, the only player able to pass him, is currently twelve points behind him.

The Current Table

65: Chris Eagles
53: Steven Fletcher
40: Andre Bikey
38: Brian Jensen
35: Tyrone Mears
26: Clarke Carlisle
25: Michael Duff
23: Jack Cork
21: Kevin McDonald
18: Stephen Jordan
17: David Nugent
16: Martin Paterson
15: Graham Alexander
14: Wade Elliott
12: Robbie Blake
9: Leon Cort
8: David Edgar
6: Fernando Guerrero
5: Chris McCann & Steven Thompson
4: Danny Fox & Joey Gudjonsson
2: Diego Penny
1: Steven Caldwell