Richie Smallwood named Rotherham player of the year
Monday 27 April 2015 15:28, UK
Rotherham midfielder Richie Smallwood has been named the club's player of the year.
The 24-year-old, who joined from Middlesbrough in August after a successful loan spell last season, has been the stand-out player in the Millers' Sky Bet Championship campaign, starting the last 30 games.
Smallwood, who has scored one goal, hopes the best moment of the season is still to come as the Millers aim to achieve safety by beating Reading on Tuesday night.
He said: "I am over the moon, I am quite honoured to get the award and hopefully I can build on it.
"There have been a few highlights, I think the main one is still to come, hopefully it will come on Tuesday.
"I have enjoyed the wins, but the main highlight will be when we get over the line. I have loved every minute of it, I knew what a great club it was from last season, I knew we had the quality to stay in the division.
"Hopefully I have repaid the manager with the performances over this season."
Skipper Craig Morgan, who is out of contract in the summer, has been named as the players' player of the season while Jonson Clarke-Harris has won the goal of the season award for his strike in the 2-1 win over Leeds in October.
