Tuesday 6 October 2015 12:03, UK
Sheffield Wednesday midfielder Ross Wallace has been named the PFA Fans’ Player of the Month for August/September in the Sky Bet Championship.
Several fine performances from Wednesday midfielder Wallace, who joined the club from Burnley in the summer, helped the club to a solid 15 points from 10 games, earning him the gong for the second tier.
Reading's Nick Blackman and Fulham's Jamie O'Hara were also on the three-man final shortlist, which was reduced from an initial list including Charlie Austin (QPR), Clayton Donaldson (Birmingham), Ryan Fraser (Ipswich), Tomer Hemed (Brighton), Emyr Huws (Huddersfield), Michael Kean (Burnley), Kike (Middlesbrough), Jordan Rhodes (Blackburn) and Orlando Sa (Reading).
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.
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.
