Tuesday 3 November 2015 14:05, UK
Sheffield Wednesday striker Fernando Forestieri has been named the PFA Fans’ Player of the Month for October in the Sky Bet Championship.
It's been a fine month for Wednesday during which they've remained unbeaten and picked up 12 points on their rise to eighth in the Championship.
Forestieri, who joined the club from Watford in the summer, put in a number of fine performances, scoring three goals on his way to the award for the second tier.
Derby's Chris Martin and Brentford's Alan Judge were also on the three-man final shortlist, which was reduced from an initial list including Andre Gray (Burnley), Benik Afobe (Wolves), Demarai Gray (Birmingham City), Jay Emmanuel-Thomas (QPR), Jordan Rhodes (Blackburn), Lewis Dunk (Brighton), Michael Hector, Nick Blackman (both Reading) and Tom Ince (Derby County).
Every month, throughout the English football season, fans will have the opportunity to vote on skysports.com for who they think has been the best player in the Barclays Premier League, Sky Bet Championship, Sky Bet League One and Sky Bet League Two, after Sky Sports teamed up with the PFA to be the digital platform for the Awards.
Before the vote opens each month, an expert panel will produce a shortlist of contenders. Fans will then be able to vote for the player they think deserves the award.
The panel includes Sky Sports football pundits Paul Merson, Ian Holloway and Peter Beagrie.
That trio will be joined by Mike Riley, general manager of the Professional Game Match Officials, and Malcolm Clarke, chairman of the Football Supporters Federation, as well as the winning fan from each month.
