Skipper takes Emirates plaudits

Last updated : 13 March 2009 By Tony Scholes
Steven Caldwell
His performance saw him win both the man of the match vote here and also the player ratings on the message board.

Caldwell polled just under a third of the vote for the man of the match with 32.9% and that was comfortably in front of Robbie Blake who came second with 22.7% of the vote. Christian Kalvenes, who went into the game having scored the winner at Blackpool, came third with 10.5% of the vote.

The player ratings brought in different players into the top three but Caldwell was again the winner with a rating of 7.89 out of 10. It was a close call between second and third, but in the end goalkeeper Brian Jensen recorded a rating of 7.38 to take second place whilst Caldwell's defensive partner Clarke Carlisle came third with a rating of 7.33 out of 10.

Caldwell wins six points towards the Player of the Year whilst there are two points each for Blake and Jensen with both Carlisle and Kalvenes winning one point.

The points have taken Caldwell into sixth place but right at the top Martin Paterson's lead is looking less and less secure. Blake is now just two points behind him with Jensen only a further two points behind.

The current table

63: Martin Paterson
61: Robbie Blake
59: Brian Jensen
54: Chris Eagles
50: Chris McCann
46: Steven Caldwell
44: Wade Elliott & Stephen Jordan
36: Graham Alexander
32: Michael Duff
25: Clarke Carlisle
19: Kevin McDonald
18: Steven Thompson
12: Rhys Williams
9: Russell Anderson & Christian Kalvenes
5: Joey Gudjonsson
1: Jay Rodriguez