Craig Herbert was the big winner of the night at the Rugby Town FC annual presentation evening on Sunday, scooping three of the main awards after a tense overall season for the club.

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	Club captain Craig Herbert was the big winner on the evening collecting the Players' Player, Manager's Player and the Vice Presidents' awards

Valley's Club Captain topped the votes for both the Players' and the Vice Presidents' Player of the Year Award, and also received the nomination from his boss Rod Brown. 2007-08 was a particularly testing season for Herbert, following the sad loss of his father Pat at the start of the campaign. Pat had been a regular and well-liked visitor to Butlin Road over the years, and his illness and subsequent death meant Craig missed most of the pre-season.

Despite this, he put in another consistent season at the heart of the Town defence, and also took charge of the side on a caretaker basis between Billy Jeffrey's departure and Brown's arrival - remaining unbeaten in his three games at the helm.

Club Director Mike Yeats thanked everybody involved - the players, the management & coaching staff, officials, volunteers and supporters - for their efforts towards maintaining the club's vital status in the Premier Division of the Southern League.

Manager Brown also acknowledged the contribution of his backroom team, as well as the abilities and effort shown by his side - especially over the last couple of months of the season, where a run of only two defeats from the final nine games ensured Valley were safe from relegation.

In fact this fine end to the campaign ultimately lifted the club up into 15th place with 51 points - their best performance since returning to this level of the non-league pyramid four seasons ago.

Looking forward to the future, Brown said : "We can confidently look ahead to the future now. It was vitally important that we stabilised things this season after the change in manager, but hopefully we can make some real progression next time round."

He continued : "I truly believe that this club has real potential. We have got probably the best facility now in the BGBLP, and especially if we can get the town and the local business community behind us - we can take this club forward."

"The fans have been great ever since I arrived here. They were particularly important in the last but one game at Brackley, and hopefully we can harness that and build on it for next season too."

"The spirit in the dressing room is really good now. Hopefully we can strengthen the squad in one or two areas over the close season, and take the momentum we have built up in these last set of games into the new campaign."

First Team Awards
Manager's Player of the Year	Craig Herbert
Players' Player of the Year	Craig Herbert
Vice Presidents' Player of the Year	Craig Herbert
Kit Dand Memorial Supporters' Player of the Year	Delroy Gordon
Call-A-Car Player of the Year	Tom Breward
Media Star Man	Tom Breward
John Hillier Shield	Chris Wells (1st Team Coach)
Golden Boot	David Stone
Special Award	Mark Edge
Special Award	David Kolodynski

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	All of the winners celebrate
	Craig Herbert won the Vice Presidents' Player of the Season - his first of three award wins
	Craig also claimed the Players' Player and Manager's Player
	Defender Delroy Gordon was awarded with the Kit Dand Memorial Supporters' Player of the Year
	Tom Breward was a double winner with the Call-a-Car Player of the Year and the Media Star Man for the season
	David Stone won the golden boot award for the second time with 15 goals
	Director Mike Yeats (left) and President Pete Kilvert (right)
	Keith Metcalfe (left) is thanked for his continued efforts with help throughout the season
	Tony Mann (left) is acknowledged for his help with the away travel and Call-a-Car awards
	Veronica and Doug Wilkins were awarded with the 'Family of the Year' award
	RT Supporters' Club volunteers Digby & Jean Berry helped the club with the Sunday morning Car Boots
	Carl Barnes was the recipient of the Clubman of the Year award for the second year in a row
	Young players David Kolodynski (left) and Mark Edge (right) were awarded Special Contribution prizes
	Tristan Kabongo won both awards for the Reserve side
	Sean Castleton won the Youth Players' Player and Youth Supporters' Player
	Nathan Thomas won the Youth Loyalty Award
	Dale Stradling won the Youth Manager's Player award