February's fair play trio unveiled!

The trio were named on Thursday as February's fair play kings in the EVO-STIK League Premier, EVO-STIK League North and EVO-STIK League South divisions respectively.

Thanks to the new sponsorship of the Frank Whittle Partnership (FWP) for the NPL's historic 50th anniversary season, the clubs are now in the running for a share of more than £5,000 in prize money the Northern Premier League hands out annually to the campaign's overall fair winners to promote sportsmanship and fair play while backing 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. The most sporting club with the lowest disciplinary score across the EVO-STIK League's three divisions will also be presented with the Peter Swales President's Cup by FWP representatives at June's annual awards night in Blackpool.

All three of February's winners topped the fair tables generated by a totting up of red and yellow cards divided by the number of fixtures clubs have played each month. Clubs must play at least four league games to be eligible for the monthly honours and where tied on points, marks awarded by referees for behaviour in the technical area by managers and coaches are taken into account.

Lancaster City and Scarborough Athletic are no strangers to this season's newly sponsored Frank Whittle Partnership Fair Play Awards having collected the monthly accolades in December and January respectively.

The Dolly Blues under the guidance of manager Phil Brown having been topping the top flight's fair play tables for long periods this season and continue to lead the way after collecting four cautions in six outings over the last four weeks to hold on to spot with a disciplinary average of 0.67 and a season to date score of 0.83. Witton Albion are up to second with Nantwich Town close behind in third with City leading the way across the entire NPL as the competition's best behaved club.

Scarborough Athletic and manager Steve Kittrick showed their sporting side while battling for promotion in EVO-STIK League North in January to collect the monthly accolade at the Flamingo Land Stadium previously. The Seadogs picked up where they left off to be unveiled as the division's best behaved side in consecutive months on Thursday by posting a disciplinary score of 0.75.

The Seadogs are still second in the division's overall fair play stakes with a score of 1.13 behind title rivals South Shields on 1.10 after collecting three cautions in four outings. The nearest rivals to the pair are now Trafford after they climbed into third spot with a score of 1.61.

Ian Long's Alvechurch side are looking forward to being honoured for the first time this season at Lye Meadow while battling for promotion in EVO-STIK League South. Up to second behind runaway leaders Basford United, Alvechurch topped February's fair play tables with a score of 0.83 for their five cautions in six matches.

They also top the season to date table after climbing over previous leaders Leek Town on 1.21 with a current score of 1.20. Corby Town are now up to third in the closest race for one of the three divisional accolades thanks to the Steelmen's season to date average of 1.22.

Preston-based FWP stepped up their support for the EVO-STIK League for the milestone anniversary season to build on their 10 years of work as existing sponsors and partners. As well as backing the EVO-STIK League's fair play mission on the pitch, the sponsors are rolling out a series of initiatives off it for all 68 clubs.

Focusing on stadium development, they include an online survey of the needs of clubs and regular updates on the latest industry news and schemes. Representatives from member clubs are also getting the chance to meet up with FWP's experts throughout the campaign at regional meetings and other events including June's annual showcase for sponsors and partners before the end of season awards night at Blackpool's Hilton Hotel.

To view the latest Fair Play tables click on the 'League Info' button on the home page and then 'Press Releases' under the 'Downloads' tab.

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