November 2009

The Johnstone’s Paint Trophy has celebrated the fourth year of its sponsorship with the Football League by calling on supporters to vote for their favourite players who are currently wearing the number four jersey for their clubs.

Thousands of Leeds United fans flocked to the trophy’s official website to vote for their summer loan signing from Coventry - making him the official Johnstone’s Paint Trophy’s Fab Four Footballer.

The midfield general was easily the most popular left back amongst Johnstone’s Paint Trophy supporters, polling around 1,500 votes, and he received a magnum of champagne on behalf of Johnstone’s on Thursday October 29, at Leeds United’s training ground.

Micky said: “I’d like to thank the Leeds fans who voted me their favourite number four.

“When I came here and was given the number four shirt, I knew it wasn’t just a normal shirt.

“It’s an honour and a privilege to wear it and I hope to do the team proud while wearing it, both in the league and this competition.

“I’d like to thank the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy for this novel award as well. It is a competition we want to do well in and we all look forward to the area quarter finals.”

Lifelong Leeds fan Dani Bambrook of Leeds, was picked at random as the winning fan to present the bubbly and she also received a replica Leeds United shirt, signed by Michael Doyle.

Johnstone’s Paint Trophy sponsorship manager Teresa Hardwick said that Doyle’s popularity came as no surprise, after watching his performances for Leeds during the start of the season, as well as some impressive displays for parent club Coventry City last season.

She said: “We launched this online initiative because we wanted to commemorate our fourth year of sponsorship in a fun way.

“We thought it would be nice to see which number four player was the most popular amongst Johnstone’s Paint Trophy fans, and Michael was a resounding winner, beating other talented number four players including Nicky Bailey at Charlton and Adam Bolder at Millwall.

Leeds United and Michael tackle Grimsby Town in the area quarter finals on Tuesday November 10th. Tune into Sky Sports at 7.45pm for live coverage of the game.

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