I thought he deserved a post to himself.
The 2010/11 WSFFL Player of the Season is Claymore Athletic's Branislav Ivanovic. The Serbian racked up 20 contributions (four goals, 16 clean sheets) to just edge out Carlos Tevez.
Ivanovic joined Claymore for an eye-watering £9,000,000 in February 2008 but he didn't break into Clive's first team until the following season.
The 2008/9 season was not the most productive either with the defender only clocking up three cleans and spending much of the winter of the sidelines. Ivanovic was being linked with a move to Fiorentina during the January transfer window but the rumours came to nothing.
2009/10 was the Serb's breakthrough year as he notched 12 clean sheets and became a fixture in the Claymore team. He also finished just behind Wayne Rooney in Clive's Player of the Season honours.
Ivanovic also scooped the league's Defender of the Season award (naturally!) and he told the co-ordinator: "It is good news for me, it is a very big step for me in my career and I want to try to help Claymore win trophies".
Congratulations to the 27 year-old who follows in the footsteps of these previous winners:
2009/10 - Frank Lampard (Boston Rock) - 21 goals
2008/09 - Nemanja Vidic - (Fred West LG XI) - three goals, 19 cleans
2007/08 - Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Muppets) - 27 goals
More award stuff over the next week or so.
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