Eagles pips Fletcher to title

Last updated : 18 May 2010 By Tony Scholes
Chris Eagles
Chris Eagles - Clarets Mad Player of the Year 2009/10
Eagles looked to be well on the way to the title but Fletcher came back with outstanding performances against Liverpool and Birmingham, and then came very close to picking up points in the last game of the season against Spurs.

Our last update was after the 2-1 defeat at Sunderland and even more prominent than Fletcher in the last three games were loan midfielder Jack Cork and Martin Paterson with Cork getting maximums in the first two of those games.

Again Liverpool he was man of the match with 44.5% of the vote. Fletcher came second with 15.5% whilst Michael Duff took third place with 10.4% of the vote. In the player ratings, it was the same top two. Cork won it with a rating of 7.88 out of 10, Fletcher was second with 7.48 and Paterson took third place with a rating of 7.32 out of 10.

In the last away game at Birmingham it was again Cork as top man. He claimed 41.3% of the man of the match vote with Paterson in second place with 16.1% and Fletcher winning 14.2% of the vote to take third place. Cork's player rating was 7.86 and behind him were Fletcher (7.23) and Paterson (7.18).

The comeback against Spurs saw Paterson claiming a maximum. He polled 40.0% of the man of the match vote. Again Cork was in the points with 20.9% taking second place whilst Andre Bikey finished third with 20.7% of the vote.

Paterson's player rating of 8.53 was enough to see him take first place there too. Bikey was second with a rating of 8.33 and Cork came third with 7.98.

Eagles in the end was just five points ahead of Fletcher who then had a 17 point lead over third place Bikey, and he takes the Clarets Mad Player of the Year Title that was won last season by Robbie Blake.

Final Table 2009/10

65: Chris Eagles
60: Steven Fletcher
43: Andre Bikey
38: Jack Cork & Brian Jensen
35: Tyrone Mears
26: Clarke Carlisle, Michael Duff & Martin Paterson
21: Kevin McDonald
18: Stephen Jordan
17: David Nugent
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

Clarets Mad Player of the Year Winners

2001/02: Arthur Gnohere
2002/03: Graham Branch
2003/04: Robbie Blake
2004/05: Gary Cahill
2005/06: Ade Akinbiyi
2006/07: Eric Djemba-Djemba
2007/08: Wade Elliott
2008/09: Robbie Blake
2009/10: Chris Eagles