It’s fair to say that competition has been incredibly tough following a phenomenal campaign for Eddie Howe’s side but, in his first full season at St. James’ Park, it’s England international Trippier who’s taken the honour.

The defender – a beacon of consistency throughout the season – played his 44th game of 2022/23 against Brighton four days ago, putting in a typically relentless display and providing two assists. Part of the Premier League’s second meanest backline, alongside Fabian Schär, Sven Botman and Dan Burn – with Nick Pope between the sticks – Trippier has missed less than 80 minutes of top-flight action this term.

He could yet pick up another big award before the summer, having been nominated for the Premier League’s own Player of the Season gong.

We’ve added Trippier’s name to the list of the club’s previous winners, which we’ve published in full below.

1975/76 Alan Gowling1976/77 Micky Burns1977/78 Irving Nattrass1978/79 Peter Withe1979/80 Alan Shoulder1980/81 Kevin Carr1981/82 Mick Martin1982/83 Kevin Keegan1983/84 Kevin Keegan1984/85 Peter Beardsley1985/86 Peter Beardsley1986/87 Paul Goddard1987/88 Paul Gascoigne1988/89 John Hendrie1989/90 Mick Quinn1990/91 John Burridge1991/92 Gavin Peacock1992/93 Lee Clark1993/94 Andy Cole1994/95 Barry Venison1995/96 Darren Peacock1996/97 Steve Watson1997/98 David Batty1998/99 Alan Shearer1999/00 Alan Shearer2000/01 Shay Given2001/02 Nobby Solano2002/03 Alan Shearer2003/04 Olivier Bernard2004/05 Shay Given2005/06 Shay Given2006/07 Nicky Butt2007/08 Habib Beye2008/09 Sébastien Bassong2009/10 José Enrique2010/11 Fabricio Coloccini2011/12 Tim Krul2012/13 Davide Santon2013/14 Mike Williamson2014/15 Daryl Janmaat2015/16 Rob Elliot2016/17 Ciaran Clark2017/18 Jamaal Lascelles2018/19 Salomón Rondón2019/20 Martin Dúbravka2020/21 Callum Wilson2021/22 Joelinton2022/23 Kieran Trippier