Holland TWTD Player of the Decade - Ipswich Town News
Former skipper Matt Holland has won TWTD’s Player of the Decade Award after polling 34% of more than 800 votes cast. The midfielder beat Marcus Stewart into second place (23%) with Fabian Wilnis in third (13%).
Holland, who last night presented the BBC’s new Late Kick Off show for the first time, spent six years with Town between 1997 and 2003, skippering the side at Wembley in the 2000 play-off final and also during the UEFA Cup-qualifying season which followed.
You can see the full result of our best of the Player of the 2000s poll here. Our latest poll, which can be found on the front page of the site, asks which area of the side most needs strengthening during January.
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