RUSSELL PENN is in pole position for The Press' March Player of the Month award.

The City captain is one point ahead of Michael Coulson ahead of this afternoon's final fixture of the month at home to Burton.

Penn received two points towards the contest as our second-highest rated player during Tuesday's 1-0 win against Torquay at Bootham Crescent with our man-of-the-match Lanre Oyebanjo (three points) and third highest-rated player Nick Pope (one) also recognised for their efforts.

Former Cheltenham midfielder Penn also picked up the two bonus points available towards the standings having polled the most man-of-the-match votes for last weekend's 1-0 triumph at Portsmouth from visitors to our www.yorkpress.co.uk website or followers of the @daveflettpress Twitter account.

The Press points from that game went to Coulson (three), Adam Reed (two) and Ben Davies (one).

Pope, meanwhile, topped our online and Twitter man-of-the-match poll for the Torquay game.

To be in with a chance of presenting The Press Player of the Month for March with a framed photograph at Bootham Crescent, vote for your man of the match from today’s game.

The Press Player of the Year standings: Lowe 29 points, Carson 26, Oyebanjo 22, Fletcher 21, McGurk 18, McCombe 14, O’Neill 14, Coulson 12, Brobbel 11, Montrose 11, Jarvis 9, Penn 9, Pope 8, Parslow 8, Davies 7, Ingham 7, Smith 7, Bowman 5, Chambers 5, Clay 4, Reed 3, Hayhurst 2, Puri 2, Whitehouse 2, Kettings 1.

The Press Player of the Month for March standings: Penn 9, Coulson 8, Carson 6, Lowe 6, McCombe 6, Oyebanjo 3, Pope 3, Reed 3, Davies 2, Hayhurst 2.

Goals: Fletcher 13, Jarvis 9, Bowman 8, Carson 5, Coulson 4, Brobbel 3, McCombe 3, Own goals 2, Hayhurst 1, McGurk 1, Montrose 1, O’Neill 1.

Assists: Coulson 7, Bowman 6, Carson 6, O’Neill 5, Brobbel 3, Fletcher 3, Hayhurst 3, Jarvis 3, Oyebanjo 3, Clay 2, Davies 2, McGurk 2, Smith 2, Cresswell 1, Fyfield 1, Ingham 1, Montrose 1.

Bad boys: Montrose ten yellow cards; Oyebanjo seven yellow; Whitehouse six yellow; Carson five yellow; Bowman two red, two yellow; O’Neill, Lowe, Smith all four yellow; Davies, McGurk, Penn all three yellow; Cresswell one red, one yellow; Coulson, Fyfield, Hayhurst, Jarvis, McCombe, Platt, Reed all two yellow; Chambers, Clay, Parslow all one yellow.