Archie Gray completed a clean sweep of Tottenham’s end-of-season awards on Friday afternoon after a small group of supporters came to Hotspur Way to present the 20-year-old with his physical trophies. Gray won the OSC Player of the Season award, the One Hotspur Player of the Season award and the Junior One Hotspur Player of the Season award.
The fan reaction caps a season in which Gray, an England under-21 international and former Leeds United starlet, made 34 appearances in all competitions ahead of Sunday’s final game of the season against Everton. He scored the winner in a victory at Crystal Palace on 28 December and added another goal in February, when Tottenham lost 2-1 at home to Newcastle United.
The awards were decided by polls run among all three supporter groups after a gruelling campaign, and Gray’s haul points to how strongly he connected with the fan base in his first season. He was used in a variety of roles during the campaign, and that adaptability became part of the case for why supporters backed him across the board.
For Tottenham, the message from Friday afternoon was simple: Gray did not just have a promising season, he had one that supporters felt deserved every available prize. With one more league match left against Everton, the clean sweep has already turned his debut campaign into a clear success in the eyes of the stands.
