Ex-Blue Drinan Wins League Two Award
Monday, 20th Apr 2026 15:00

Former Town striker Aaron Drinan was named the Sky Bet League Two Player of the Season at last night’s EFL Awards.

Drinan, 27, has scored 28 times for Swindon during 2025/26, goals which should see the Robins into the play-offs.

“My goals are down to the team putting chances on a plate for me and I’ve been lucky enough to take them,” the Irishman said.

“It’s been up and down for us to be honest, but we are hanging on in there and we’ll keep going until the end.

“Words can’t describe playing under [manager] Ian Holloway, every day is a different story.”

Drinan joined the Blues from Waterford in January 2018 and went on to make eight starts and 16 sub appearances, scoring once, before departing in Paul Cook’s 2021 Demolition Man summer.

The former Irish U21 international, who spent time on loan with Sutton United, back at Waterford, Ayr and in Sweden with GAIS while with the Blues, joined Leyton Orient following his Town exit, then joined Swindon in February 2024.

One-time Blues academy youngster Omar Sowumni, 30, was also named in the League Two select XI following his season with current division leaders Bromley.

The only Town player nominated at the awards was January signing Ryan Doherty, 17, who was shortlisted for the League One Apprentice of the Season gong having been with Stevenage in the first half of the campaign, but lost out to Burton Albion’s Sulyman Krubally of Burton Albion.

In the Championship, Coventry’s Frank Lampard was named Manager of the Season, summer Town target Hayden Hackney of Middlesbrough the Player of the Season and Leicester’s Justin James the Young Player of the Season.

The Championship Team of the Season featured another Town target, Carl Rushworth, who has spent the season on loan at Coventry from Brighton, his Sky Blues teammate Milan van Ewijk, Millwall’s Tristan Crama, Callum Doyle of Wrexham, Swansea’s Josh Tymon, Matt Grimes, also of Coventry, Hackney, Millwall’s Femi Azeez, a player the Blues bid for in January, Stoke’s Sorba Thomas, Coventry’s Haji Wright and Swansea’s Zan Vipotnik.

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Gforce added 17:32 - Apr 20 It just shows our squad/team is not as strong as we think it is,when we can't get a single player in the team of the year.
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armchaircritic59 added 18:19 - Apr 20 Gforce, no doubt about it many of us were/are wrong and looking at the ratings on a site like FotMob, only confirms it. Unless something else is also responsible. I'll leave that to others to debate.
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londonben added 18:31 - Apr 20 Or maybe it suggests we have a strong squad who have all contributed without any one player particularly standing out. Clarke is third top scorer in the league with 15 and we have three others in double figures. Matusiwa had been immense after a slow start, oshea has been superb, Taylor has got better and better. Philogene was unplayable at times before his injury.
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Bazza8564 added 19:08 - Apr 20 How can the recognition of a player we forgot ever existed create an argument about our current strength. WTF cares about EFL team of the year when we are pushing for the PL again????
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armchaircritic59 added 19:09 - Apr 20 londonben a fair and considered point, something else to throw into a debate. I will throw another one. Considering what we paid for some of our closest contenders, maybe better was expected?
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armchaircritic59 added 19:28 - Apr 20 Bazza, I don't particularly, but as just occasionally I enjoy poking a bear (!) it's interesting to see others opinions. I'm sure if we get promoted no one would care if all our players came bottom of a poll, I wouldn't. If we don't that might be something rather different.
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BaaBaaBlue added 06:39 - Apr 21 Dont think any of our players have been quite consistent enough for this. Can't see any Southampton players either.. arguably having a better season than us now.
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