Thursday 26 November 2015 14:47, UK
The contenders for the first PFA Fans' Player of the Month Awards of the season can be revealed by Sky Sports.
Manchester United new boy Anthony Martial heads the stellar list from the Barclays Premier League, alongside Manchester City stars David Silva and Vincent Kompany, who have helped their side to the top of the table during the first two months of the season.
Fierce competition for the award is sure to come from Leicester winger Riyad Mahrez - who has scored five goals in six Premier League games - and Dimitri Payet, whose three goals and two assists have lifted West Ham to third in the table.
The competition is just as stiff in the Sky Bet Football League, with Charlie Austin (QPR), Adam Armstrong (Coventry City) and Kemar Roofe (Oxford United) all featuring in the shortlists compiled by the expert panel of judges.
Now, you can have your say and vote for the player in each division who you think deserves the first accolades of the new season.
Every month, throughout the English football season, fans will have the opportunity to vote on skysports.com for who they think has been the best player in each of the Barclays Premier League, Sky Bet Championship, Sky Bet League One and Sky Bet League Two, after Sky Sports teamed up with the PFA to be the digital platform for the Awards.
Before the vote opens each month, an expert panel will produce a shortlist of contenders. Fans will then be able to vote for the player they think deserves the award.
One voting fan in each division, who is a resident in the UK or Ireland, will win the chance (subject to terms and conditions) to meet and present the award to each PFA Fans' Player of the Month. And that's not all - one of the winners will join the experts on the following month's shortlisting panel.
The panel includes Sky Sports football pundits Paul Merson, Ian Holloway and Peter Beagrie. That trio will be joined by Mike Riley, general manager of the Professional Game Match Officials, and Malcolm Clarke, chairman of the Football Supporters Federation, as well as the winning fan from each month.
The shortlists for the first awards of the season have been announced and the following are in contention:
Premier League
Andre Ayew (Swansea City)
Bafetimbi Gomis (Swansea City)
Odion Ighalo (Watford)
Vincent Kompany (Manchester City)
Riyad Mahrez (Leicester City)
Anthony Martial (Manchester United)
Dimitri Payet (West Ham)
Graziano Pelle (Southampton)
David Silva (Manchester City)
Jamie Vardy (Leicester City)
Callum Wilson (Bournemouth)
Ashley Williams (Swansea)
Championship
Charlie Austin (QPR)
Nick Blackman (Reading)
Clayton Donaldson (Birmingham)
Ryan Fraser (Ipswich)
Tomer Hemed (Brighton)
Emyr Huws (Huddersfield)
Michael Kean (Burnley)
Kike (Middlesbrough)
Jamie O'Hara (Fulham)
Jordan Rhodes (Blackburn)
Orlando Sa (Reading)
Ross Wallace (Sheffield Wednesday)
League One
Adam Armstrong (Coventry City)
Stuart Beavon (Burton)
Nathan Cameron (Bury)
Devante Cole (Bradford)
Bradley Dack (Gillingham)
Abdenasser El Khayati (Burton)
Jamie Jones (Colchester)
Paddy Madden (Scunthorpe)
Sam Mantom (Walsall)
George Moncur (Colchester)
Romaine Sawyers (Walsall)
Billy Sharp (Sheffield United)
League Two
Nicky Adams (Northampton Town)
Adebayo Akinfenwa (AFC Wimbledon)
Graham Carey (Plymouth Argyle)
Barry Corr (Cambridge United)
Jamie Devitt (Morecambe)
Jabo Ibehre (Carlisle)
Jake Jervis (Plymouth Argyle)
Craig Mackail-Smith (Luton)
Tom Nichols (Exeter City)
Kemar Roofe (Oxford United)
Jay Simpson (Leyton Orient)
Josh Windass (Accrington Stanley)
After the final weekend of league action, an even shorter list of leading contenders will be announced, however voting will remain open until Monday, October 5.
The winner will be announced after the round of fixtures on October 3.
Have your say NOW - vote at www.skysports.com/pfafanvote
To be eligible for the prize, voters must be 18 or over and be a resident of UK or ROI. Travel costs are not included as part of the prize. Click here to read the full terms and conditions.
