Ebbsfleet midfielder Michael West came home strong in his quest for the Player of the Season award, earning Player of the Month honours for five goals and an average rating of 8.48 in his four appearances in April. The 21 year old has notched a remarkable 21 goals and 21 assists over the course of the season—meaning that he’s been directly responsible for between half and two-thirds of Ebbsfleet’s 77 goals.
Manager of the Month went to Fleetwood Town’s Micky Mellon, who led his team to a late rally for the final play-off spot. The fact that they missed out leaves me thinking maybe he didn’t deserve the nod. I would have given it to Rob Scott of Grimsby Town, who guided the club to fourth place in a tough month.
All eyes turn now to the best of season awards, which should be announced in a few weeks. I’d say West might have just clinched best player with those final few matches, although my boys Shuker and Barnes-Homer are certainly in with a chance. As for best manager, I’m surely the front-runner—given that I won the league with a team that was expected to finish mid-table.
We lost £74,145 last month, which is a pronounced increase on the £44.8K loss from March. That puts us around £610,000 in the red. I wonder how much we get for winning the league, and for TV rights next season. We’ve apparently lost £582,506 so far this season, without me spending a penny on transfer fees. I frankly don’t see the slight increase in attendances and TV money next season overcoming such a shortfall (keeping in mind that our expenditure will be up, too, because of higher wages and scouting costs, if nothing else).
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