End Of Season Awards 2003/2004 Season
Congratulations to Steve Sidwell and Jamie Ashdown who have taken the 2003/2004 titles in the Hob Nob Anyone? End of Season Awards. Sidwell marched away with the player of the season award with a huge majority and approaching two thirds of the total vote. There were only two players ever in contention to be voted the best player of the season, and runner-up Graeme Murty took almost the rest of the vote - getting towards a third. Both players scored so highly after being consistantly good all season long.
Jamie Ashdown was also a clear winner in the most improved player category. Ashdown was recalled from his loan spell at Second Division Rushden and Diamonds when Marus Hahnemann was ruled out through injury. Ashdown stepped straight into the first team and looked excellent, playing the last ten games of the season despite previously having only made two league starts for the Royals! Ashdown was so impressive that he kept Hahnemann on the bench when he returned from injury. The vote was more shared for most improved player with Dave Kitson also coming from no-where to establish himself as a first team regular by the end of the season. Kitson grabbed over 13% of the vote - just beating Steve Sidwell to the runners-up place. Andy Hughes and Ricky Newman also got a strong share of the vote for their involvement in the second half of the season. Hughes looked a transformed player at full back filling in for Nicky Shorey and Newman played all over the place to fill in for injuries - both players deserve the recognition.
The 2-0 home victory over Alan Pardew's West Ham United stood out for most as the highlight of the season. Reading put in a superb performance to move back into play-off contention with two goals from Dave Kitson doing the damage. The Christmas period was without doubt the time the season all went wrong - thanks to a poor run of results at that time we slipped out of play-off contention and never managed to fully regain the ground.The worst result out of the three straight 0-3 defeats was the home defeat against bottom of the table Wimbledon on boxing day, which was hardly in the Christmas spirit.
Votes were
collected between 29 April 2003 and 11 May 2004.
All result figures are expressed as percentages of the total vote.
| 2003/2004 SEASON - Player of the season award | ||
|
1
|
Steven Sidwell |
61.51% |
|
2
|
Graeme Murty | 28.23% |
|
3
|
Ricky Newman | 2.21% |
|
=4
|
Andy Hughes | 1.42% |
|
=4
|
Dave Kitson | 1.42% |
|
=6
|
Nicky Shorey | 0.95% |
|
=6
|
Ivar Ingimarsson | 0.95% |
|
=6
|
Bas Savage | 0.95% |
|
9
|
Nicky Forster | 0.63% |
| =10 | James Harper | 0.47% |
|
=10
|
John Salako | 0.47% |
| Others | Remainder | |
| 2003/2004 SEASON - Biggest Improvement of the season | ||
|
1
|
Jamie Ashdown | 42.59% |
|
2
|
Dave Kitson | 13.25% |
|
3
|
Steven Sidwell | 13.09% |
|
=4
|
Andy Hughes | 8.52% |
|
=4
|
Ricky Newman | 8.52% |
|
6
|
John Salako | 3.47% |
|
7
|
Graeme Murty | 2.21% |
|
8
|
Bas Savage | 1.74% |
|
9
|
Dean Morgan | 1.58% |
| Others | Remainder | |
| 2003/2004 SEASON - BEST Performance of the Season | ||
|
1
|
West Ham (Home) | 61.83% |
|
2
|
Nottm Forest (Home) | 20.35% |
|
3
|
Sheff Utd (Away) | 4.42% |
|
4
|
Carling Cup: Chelsea (Home) | 2.52% |
|
5
|
Cardiff (Away) | 1.74% |
|
6
|
Sheff Utd (Home) | 1.58% |
|
7
|
Coventry (Away) | 1.42% |
|
8
|
Wigan (Away) | 1.26% |
|
9
|
West Brom (Home) | 0.79% |
| Others | Remainder | |
| 2003/2004 SEASON - WORST Performance of the Season | ||
|
1
|
Wimbledon (Home) | 62.15% |
|
2
|
Rotherham (Away) | 12.62% |
|
3
|
Crystal Palace (Home) | 8.04% |
|
4
|
Sunderland (Away) | 3.00% |
|
5
|
Bradford (Away) | 2.05% |
|
=6
|
Stoke (Away) | 1.26% |
|
=6
|
Rotherham (Home) | 1.26% |
|
=6
|
FA Cup: Preston (Home) | 1.26% |
|
9
|
Watford (Away) | 1.10% |
| 10 | Burnley (Away) | 0.95% |
| Others | Remainder | |
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