Vital Rotherham’s Player Of The Year

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Vital Rotherham’s Player Of The Year has gone to Joe Newell for the second year in a running.

Joe joined the Millers in 2015 from Peterborough on a three-year deal and has made one hundred and eighteen appearances scoring fifteen goals. This season his appearance tally was forty-five his eight goals all coming in the league. In April the twenty-five-year-old midfielder/winger signed an extension to his contract which keeps him at the New York Stadium until the summer of 2019.

Joe was voted Vital Rotherham’s Man of the Match in our game away at Wimbledon in October, at home to Shrewsbury the following month, away against Bristol Rovers at the start of December, against Doncaster Rovers at home in February, in April away at Charlton and in the home win over Fleetwood and he was joint Man of the Match earlier this month at home to Blackpool.

Man Of The Month Votes
August – Kieffer Moore
September – Kieffer Moore
October – Ryan Williams
November – David Ball
December – Semi Ajayi
January – Anthony Forde
February – JOE NEWELL
March – Matty Palmer
April – JOE NEWELL
May* – Marek Rodak

* We decided that having a vote for our game at Wembley was probably too difficult for us Millers fans – everyone deserved the award!

After every league and cup game we had a vote and this is how the table finished –

1. NEWELL
2. MOORE
3. VAULKS
4. TOWELL
5. DAVID BALL
6. WILLIAMS
7. AJAYI
8. RODAK
9. TAYLOR
10. FORDE
11. IHIEKWE
12. EMMANUEL
13. FRECKLINGTON
14. POTTER
15. WOODS
16. PROCTOR
16. SMITH
18. CLARKE-HARRIS
18. MATTOCK
18. PALMER
21. O’DONNELL
22. CUMMINGS
23. PRICE
23. YATES
24. BRAY
24. HINDS
14. PURRINGTON

Joe actually got thirty-one more votes than Moore in second place.

Thanks to everyone who took part in our Man of the Match votes.

WELL DONE JOE!

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