Anyone ever been to the end of season dinner?

[eastie]

I went to a couple of them years ago in the Holte Suite when John Gregory was in charge. They were good nights actually. Like Chico said, you could mingle with the players after the awards were given out, there was a Miss Aston Villa contest and Glen Tilbrook played at one of them which was a bit of a thrill.

Was it a fish dish clamps - if so were you pulling mussels from a shell?

Was Jools Holland there ?

He missed out due to traffic jams 'up the junction'.

[Clampy]

I went to a couple of them years ago in the Holte Suite when John Gregory was in charge. They were good nights actually. Like Chico said, you could mingle with the players after the awards were given out, there was a Miss Aston Villa contest and Glen Tilbrook played at one of them which was a bit of a thrill.

Was it a fish dish clamps - if so were you pulling mussels from a shell?

Was Jools Holland there ?

Afraid not Dan, otherwise i'd have been Tempted to say hello.

[Dave Clark Five]

The events on Broad St afterwards were even more embarrassing.

Will you be there  tonight jon?

Afraid not, Eastie.

[PeterWithesShin]

Lowton wins goal of the season.

Benteke the players' young player and Brad the player of the season.

[Dave Cooper please]

Cor argue with any of those.

[PeterWithesShin]

Supporters' young player is Andi. 2nd place Benteke, 3rd Baker.

[PeterWithesShin]

And apparently nearly £19K raised tonight for Acorns.

[PeterWithesShin]

Terrace trophy goes to Brad. 2nd Andi, 3rd Benteke. The fans results are a tad surprising I think. Andi over Benteke?

[PeterWithesShin]

Brad Guzan was the big winner at Villa end-of-season awards dinner - scooping the Players' Player and Supporters' Player of the Year prizes.

Guzan earned top recognition from his team-mates as well as the claret and blue faithful, picking up the two main awards at the glittering ceremony in the Holte Suite.

Meanwhile, top goalscorer Christian Benteke collected Players' Young Player of the Year, with Andreas Weimann winning the Supporters' Young Player of the Year vote.

Matt Lowton's wonder-strike against Stoke City was the unanimous choice for Goal of the Season.

There was also a special award for Villa's U19 side who were crowned champions of Europe by winning the NextGen Series last month.

Guzan pipped Andreas Weimann to the Terrace Trophy for Supporters' Player of the Year after winning six man-of-the-match votes this season.

The American goalkeeper also finished runner-up in man-of-the-match polls on five occasions.

Weimann edged the Supporters' Young Player poll with 51% of the votes, ahead of Benteke in second with 44% and Nathan Baker in third with 3%.

Lowton's stunning volley against Stoke received 83% of the votes for Goal of the Season, ahead of Weimann's strike in the win at Liverpool [10%] and the Austrian's goal against Manchester United [2%].

AWARD WINNERS 2012-13

Players' Player of the Year - Brad Guzan
Terrace Trophy - Brad Guzan
Players' Young Player of the Year - Christian Benteke
Supporters' Young Player of the Year - Andreas Weimann
Goal of the Season - Matt Lowton v Stoke City
Special recognition - NextGen Series team

TERRACE TROPHY FINAL TABLE

Brad Guzan - 33pts
Andreas Weimann - 30pts
Christian Benteke - 26pts
Charles N'Zogbia - 18pts
Ashley Westwood - 17pts

[Ger Regan]

Terrace trophy goes to Brad. 2nd Andi, 3rd Benteke. The fans results are a tad surprising I think. Andi over Benteke?

Utterly bonkers IMO.

[Lizz]

And apparently nearly £19K raised tonight for Acorns.

Good.

[PeterWithesShin]

Terrace trophy goes to Brad. 2nd Andi, 3rd Benteke. The fans results are a tad surprising I think. Andi over Benteke?

Utterly bonkers IMO.

I think it's based on MOTM votes through the season rather than a player vs player vote, which makes more sense. The fan young player is a vote though and struggling to see Andi over Benteke, as good as Andi has been this season.

[Dave]

Terrace trophy goes to Brad. 2nd Andi, 3rd Benteke. The fans results are a tad surprising I think. Andi over Benteke?

Utterly bonkers IMO.

Not as bonkers as the rankings in that 'Terrace Trophy' thing.

N'Zogbia our fourth best player ahead of Westwood, Lowton, Gabby et al?

Anything that gives results like that should probably be changed.

[not3bad]

And apparently nearly £19K raised tonight for Acorns.

Good.

Sounds like a good night all round.

[BC54 VFC]

I can't understand why it says in the fourth sentence that Matt Lowton's goal (at Stoke) was the unanimous choice, yet in the ninth sentence it says that it only polled 83% of the votes. This simply doesn't make sense.