Well thats the FA for you

[Nette]

Bath City’s hat-trick hero Scott Partridge has won the FA Cup Player of the Round. He is the third player to join the prestigious ‘Team of the FA Cup’, guaranteeing him more FA Cup glory as a VIP guest at The FA Cup final next May and a half-time introduction to the crowd.

 

Scott, who scored all three goals in Bath City’s 3 - 0 win over Brockenhurst in the FA Cup Third Qualifying Round, gained 41 per cent of the 23,954 votes cast in what turned out to be an unusual and controversial on-line poll at www.thefa.com

 

During the week of voting The FA was aware of supporters using a simple script to vote for the same player multiple times. To ensure the poll fairly reflected the votes of all supporters, a total of 116,308 votes were identified as being cast via a script and were discounted from the final result. Scott eventually won by a margin of 4,281 votes from his nearest challenger, Worksop Town's Chris Cleary.

 

Scott said, "I am delighted to have won the award. It’s really nice to know that my performance was appreciated by so many people and that they took the time to go on line and vote for me. It’s disappointing that some unfair voting seemed to have been taking place but I am really pleased that I won in the end. I am now looking forward to the final in May."

 

Scott was one of six FA Cup Second Qualifying round heroes short-listed for the Player of the Round award, run in partnership with UMBRO, after he was nominated by The Daily Telegraph football writer Ricky George.

 

In the race for second place Worksop Town’s Chris Cleary gained 23 per cent of the vote, marginally beating Vauxhall Motors’ goalkeeper, Tim Dittmer who received 19 per cent. Hornchurch’s Wayne Purser and Liversedge’s Paddy Gaughan both ended with 6 per cent while Lymington and New Milton’s Michael Jackson received 5 per cent.

 

Scott has won £1000 worth of UMBRO football kit and equipment for a local school, club or organisation of his choice. He will also be presented with an engraved silver salver.

 

The Team of The FA Cup will comprise Player of the Round winners from the First Qualifying Round to the Semi Final. Last year’s team included five non-league players as well as Premiership stars Jose Antonio Reyes, Freddie Ljungberg and Bruno Cheyrou.

[NotTheRealSteveWest]

What a load of BLX!

[Nette]

I do not think they investigated that sombody was deleting the votes for Purser at the same time..

 

Never mind there is always the next round <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

[Lord]

So fecking what, come on Urchins we've got bigger fish to fry this season. All Bath will get out of this season is some two bob player getting an award for player of the round, big deal. The sports eqipment that a local school in our area could have won on the back of the player of the round award would have been vandalised in five minutes flat by the local chavs anyway! I think a championship medal will be a better reward for Pursey!

[The Monk]

I'm sure Purser is delighted not to be lumbered with a grands worth of Umbro gear...I know I would be...