Of all the categories in this year’s awards, the most clear cut winner was Rickie Lambert. The barrel chested scouser swept all before him in 2011-12 and how heartening it was to see this 30 year old veteran of Edgeley Park and Spotland so dominate the division. The parallels with Grant Holt have oft been drawn and no wonder – Lambert has every chance of matching the Norwich man’s achievements. 31 goals and four hat tricks have underlined his abilities and he has the knack of rousing the most disillusioned fans from their torpor – Lambert is not so much...
Of all the categories in this year’s awards, the most clear cut winner was Rickie Lambert. The barrel chested scouser swept all before him in 2011-12 and how heartening it was to see this 30 year old veteran of Edgeley Park and Spotland so dominate the division. The parallels with Grant Holt have oft been drawn and no wonder – Lambert has every chance of matching the Norwich man’s achievements. 31 goals and four hat tricks have underlined his abilities and he has the knack of rousing the most disillusioned fans from their torpor – Lambert is not so much...