Phil Parkinson has been voted Internet Player of the season for the second season in a row by a huge majority. Parky took the top spot with over 60% of the vote, with Caskey far behind with 24% of the votes. Caskey was also a clear second with plenty of other players sharing the minority of the vote. Scott Howie also did really well following a shakey start to the season to claim third spot in the player of the season and to deservedly win the biggest improvement of the season award with Darren Caskey again featuring in second place.

There were a lot of reservations about Tommy Burns' signings so far. A large percentage couldn't name a good signing, but in the end Grant Brebner narrowly won from Chris Casper. With both players fading out badly towards the end of the season Graeme Murty, who hasn't put a foot wrong, wasn't far behind in third place. If the season had gone on a bit longer and Murty hadn't suffered from injury so much he'd have probably walked the award.

Despite the doom and gloom of the past season, Reading fans remain extremely upbeat about next season. Almost two thirds of fans think we'll either go straight up automatically or reach the play offs for a shot at promotion. Meanwhile less than a single percent think we'll be relegated this time next season. The pressure is on even more for Burns' next season - fans are clearly expecting big things.

565 votes were submitted, using the website form, during the last week of April and first week of May 1999.

1998-99 Player of the season award
1.	Phil Parkinson	60.2%
2.	Darren Caskey	23.7%
3.	Scott Howie	4.4%
=4.	Linvoy Primus	2.1%
=4.	Martin Williams	2.1%
6.	Grant Brebner	2.0%
7.	Chris Casper	1.0%
=8.	Andy Bernal	0.3%
=8.	Carl Asaba	0.3%
=8.	Kingsley Royal	0.3%
=11.	Ian Richardson (Notts Co.)	0.2%
=11.	Graeme Murty	0.2%
=11.	Ray Houghton	0.2%
=11.	Byron Glasgow	0.2%
=11.	Mass Sarr	0.2%
	No answer	Remainder

 

1998-99 Biggest Improvement of the season
1.	Scott Howie	36.1%
2.	Darren Caskey	28.1%
3.	Byron Glasgow	12.9%
4.	Martin Williams	7.8%
5.	Stuart Gray	5.8%
6.	Phil Parkinson	1.1%
7.	Jim McIntyre	0.9%
=8.	Linvoy Primus	0.7%
=8.	The Stadium!	0.7%
10.	Grant Brebner	0.5%
11.	Carl Asaba	0.3%
=12.	Andy Bernal	0.2%
=12.	Ray Houghton	0.2%
=12.	The Bloke on the turnstile	0.2%
=12.	Becoming an FA Academy	0.2%
=12.	The number of suffering fans	0.2%
	No answer	Remainder

 

Tommy Burns' Best Signing
1.	Grant Brebner	27.6%
2.	Chris Casper	22.1%
3.	Graeme Murty	20.4%
4.	Scott Howie	9.6%
5.	Andy McLaren	2.7%
6.	Keith Scott	2.0%
7.	Tony Barras	1.8%
8.	Mass Sarr	1.0%
9.	You must be joking, etc, etc	0.9%
=10.	Stuart Gray	0.7%
=10.	McKeever	0.7%
=12.	Kingsley Royal	0.3%
=12.	Evers	0.3%
=14.	Grant Brebner	0.2%
=14.	Andy Gurney	0.2%
=14.	Van der Kwaak	0.2%
=14.	Parkie's New Contrack	0.2%
=14.	An Englishman	0.2%
=14.	Packie Bonner	0.2%
=14.	Jim McIntyre	0.2%
	No answer / None	Remainder

 

Next Season - Where Will We Finish?
1.	Play-Offs	42.3%
2.	Top Two	21.2%
3.	Mid Table	12.6%
4.	Just missing out on the play offs	11.7%
5.	Don't Know	9.2%
6.	Close to Relegation	2.3%
7.	Relegation	0.7%

 

1998-99 - Best Performance of the Season
1.	Stoke City (Home, League)	22.5%
2.	Stoke City (Away)	16.5%
3.	Wrexham (Home)	11.1%
4.	Bournemouth (Away)	8.3%
5.	Luton (Home)	8.1%
6.	Bournemouth (Home)	7.9%
7.	Preston North End (Home)	5.1%
8.	Fulham (Home)	4.0%
9.	Manchester City (Away)	3.4%
10.	Wycombe Wanderers (Away)	2.4%
11.	Walsall (Away)	1.2%
=12.	Manchester City (Home)	0.3%
=12.	Wycombe Wanderers (Home)	0.3%
=12.	Stoke City (Home, FA Cup)	0.3%
=12.	Sheffield Wednesday (Home, Friendly)	0.3%
=16.	Northampton (Away)	0.2%
=16.	Lincoln (Home)	0.2%
=16.	Notts County (Home)	0.2%
=16.	Burnley (Away)	0.2%
=16.	Gilkes Testimonial	0.2%
=16.	Part timers in Holand	0.2%
=16.	The Band	0.2%
	No answer / None	Remainder

Results for worst signing and worst performance of the season are still being counted and will appear shortly!

Many thanks to John, Suzanne and Katie for counting all the many zillion votes.

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