JJ Hooper wins PFA Fans' Player of the Month award for April
Friday 6 May 2016 11:32, UK
Port Vale forward JJ Hooper has been named the PFA Fans' Player of the Month for April in Sky Bet League One.
Hooper enjoyed a fine April, scoring three goals as Port Vale picked up nine points from a possible 15.
The 22-year-old earned 49.8 per cent of the public vote to beat Millwall's Steve Morison (25.9 per cent) and March winner, Wigan striker Will Grigg (24.3 per cent), who both made the final three-man shortlist.
That list was reduced from an initial 12-man shortlist which included Luke Williams (Scunthorpe), Billy Sharp (Sheffield United), Curtis Main (Oldham), Andy Butler (Doncaster), Adam Hammill (Barnsley), Michael Jacobs (Wigan), Wes Burns (Fleetwood), Lucas Akins (Burton) and Tony McMahon (Bradford).
Every month throughout the English football season fans will have the opportunity to vote on skysports.com for the player they think has performed best in the 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 Professional Game Match Officials, and Malcolm Clarke, chairman of the Football Supporters Federation, as well as the winning fan from each month.
