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The results were announced last night for the the Leeds United Annual Player of the Year Awards. The fans’ awards were decided by the votes of visitors to leedsunited.com.

Leeds United Player of the Year Awards 2007-08

2007/08 Goal of the Season 
Winner: Jermaine Beckford for Leeds United v Hartlepool on 8th Sept 07

2007/08 Fans’ Young Player of the Year 
Winner: Jonny Howson 
Runner-up: Paul Huntington

2007/08 Best Contribution to the Community 
Winner: Casper Ankergren

2007/08 Fans Player of the Year 
Winner: Jermaine Beckford
Runners-up: David Prutton, Jonathan Douglas

2007/08 Players’ Young Player of the Year 
Winner: Jonny Howson 

2007/08 Players’ Player of the Year
Winner: Jermaine Beckford

Goalkeeper Caspar Ankergren was awarded the Contribution to the Community Award. Casper said that if he’d known throwing a lighter at Swindon Town fans would win him an award he would have thrown something heavier! (Or maybe he didn’t!)

Jermaine Beckford, who has already won the League One Player of the Season Award, and is the only Leeds United player in the PFA League One team of the season enjoyed a clean sweep of the Fans’ Player of the Year, the Fans’ Goal of the Year, and the Players’ Player of the Year. Jermaine was last seen leaving the awards dinner heading off to IKEA looking for a new trophy cabinet.

Jonny Howson enjoyed a double win after receiving both the Fans’ Young Player of the Year Award and the Players’ Young Player of the Year Award.

Leeds United will discover on Wednesday 23rd April whether Casper Ankergren faces a fine or ban after pleading guilty to throwing a missile into the Swindon crowd at the end of the League One match at the County ground on 1st March.

The missile was an empty plastic bottle and Casper had faced appalling behaviour from the home fans hence the reason for his request for a personal hearing. I trust common sense will prevail and a fine be imposed rather than punishing Leeds fans again by banning their keeper at this crucial stage of the season.

What are the odds that the Football Association will find a way for a ban to begin during the play-offs? (Mawhinney sits on the board of the FA through his position at the Football League). Or am I being too cynical?