Supporters Club Player of the Year Aaron Cresswell is confident he can have an even better 2012/13 season. Left-back Cresswell is pleasantly surprised to have made so many senior appearances, never mind collect the fans’ accolade, in his first season at Portman Road following last summer’s move from Tranmere.
Cresswell, 22, said: "It was a long, up and down season. We had some bad results but we also had some good ones, and from a personal point of view it was obviously a great honour to be named Player of the Year.
"When I first arrived here last June, if someone had said to me that I would go on to play 46 games I wouldn’t have believed them. I never expected it would happen so naturally I am very happy with the way things have turned out.”
Cresswell missed the last-day victory at Doncaster with a hamstring injury he picked up in the home defeat by Millwall the previous week but it has not turned out to be as serious as first feared.
He added: "I had a scan and it only showed up a little tear. If there is a good time to be injured I suppose this is it. I could have missed a few games but it’s only one and at least I have plenty of time now to recover.
"I am sure I will be well and truly ready to start pre-season training with the rest of the lads and I can sense that everybody is already looking forward to the new season.
"As I said, it was a season of ups and downs. But we only lost four of our last 19 games, which is top six form, and that run has given us plenty of confidence to take with us into the new season. We all know what is needed — we need to find more consistency.”