Blues boss hails his sporting stars

The Blues - 4-1 winners over Lincoln United in the Buildbase FA Trophy on Saturday and up to fifth in the league - were named on Friday as the winners of the newly sponsored FWP Architecture Fair Play Awards in EVO-STIK League South alongside Matlock Town in the top flight and South Shields in EVO-STIK League North.

To earn the fair play accolade and lead the over fair play table from Belper Town and Alvechurch in second and third spot respectively, Baker's side collected six cautions in seven outings to post a disciplinary score of 0.86 and an overall average after the first two months of the season of 1.00.

The Blues host Kettering in the next round and Baker, pictured, told fans on Monday: “It's nice to win the fair play award and it’s very good for the players – no suspensions are as important as the award itself."

Thanks to the new sponsorship of the Frank Whittle Partnership (FWP), the EVO-STIK League's 68 clubs are in the running for a share in more than £5,000 in prize money that the Northern Premier League hands out annually to the season’s overall fair play winners to promote sportsmanship and fair play and back the Football Association's ongoing Respect campaign.

As in previous campaigns, the winners in each division will collect £1,000 with the runners-up banking £500 and the third placed clubs £250 each.

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