The trophy is named 'The Barry Butler memorial trophy' after the club captain who was killed in a car accident on 9 April 1966 and is voted for by the club's supporters.

       Year     Winner

1967     Terry Allcock

1968     Hugh Curran

1969     Ken Foggo

1970     Duncan Forbes

1971     Ken Foggo

1972     Dave Stringer

1973     Kevin Keelan

1974     Kevin Keelan

1975     Colin Suggett

1976     Martin Peters

1977     Martin Peters

1978     John Ryan

1979     Tony Powell

1980     Kevin Bond

1981     Joe Royle

1982     Greg Downs

1983     Dave Watson

1984     Chris Woods

1985     Steve Bruce

1986     Kevin Drinkell

1987     Kevin Drinkell

1988     Bryan Gunn

1989     Dale Gordon

1990     Mark Bowen

1991     Ian Culverhouse

1992     Robert Fleck

1993     Bryan Gunn

1994     Chris Sutton

1995     Jon Newsome

1996     Spencer Prior

1997     Darren Eadie

1998     Matt Jackson

1999     Iwan Roberts

2000     Iwan Roberts

2001     Andy Marshall

2002     Gary Holt

2003     Adam Drury

2004     Craig Fleming

2005     Darren Huckerby

2006     Gary Doherty

2007     Darren Huckerby

2008     Dion Dublin

2009     Lee Croft