Player of the Season. Mmm let's think about that one....

Ah, blossom on trees. Warmer evenings. Woeful Poppies performances. Slips of paper handed out at the turnstiles. All are heralds that another season is drawing to a close. But, who to vote for as player of the season?

You can't really pick someone who joined the Club part way through the season. This knocks out Dance, Abbey, Hadfield etc etc.

You can't really pick someone who has disappeared for parts of the season. So, out goes the likes of Spencer, JP, Harper, Jennings, Taylor, Thomas etc etc.

You can't really pick someone who no longer plays for us. This means nil points for the likes of Ashikodi, Elding, Green, Fowler etc etc.

You can't really pick someone who has only been on loan with us. Bang goes Heslop, Partridge, Davis etc etc.

Bascially this leaves us with Boucard, Noubissie, Dempster and Roper.

As good a player as Boucard is, I'm still waiting, after 3 seasons, for him to actually hurt the opposition, whilst Noubissie just annoys me for more reasons than I can go into here.

This leaves it down to a straight fight between Dempster and Roper.

With apologies to JD, who has had another sterling season, playing with some awful dross in front of him, we can see no other result but a Player of the Season win for Ropes. He may be one of the least-likely looking footballers ever to grace Rockingham Road, but he is almost never beaten, and popped up with the odd, important goal. You can't ask for much more from a centre half.

Congrats Ropes!