Swindon Town star Cork's Aaron Drinan League Two Player of Season

Swindon Town striker Aaron Drinan has been crowned as League Two Player of the Season as recognition of the momentous season he has enjoyed.

Having found the back of the net 22 times in League Two this season, with two games to still add to that total, and 28 across all competitions, this has been a scarcely believable season for the Irish striker, having scored 38 goals in his whole career up to this point.

He has been the leading light in Swindon’s attack and helped propel them into promotion contention through his ruthless finishing.

Drinan also featured in the League Two Team of the Season, the only Swindon player to be voted into that.

Speaking after winning the award, Drinan said: "My goals are down to the team putting chances on a plate for me, and I've been lucky enough to take them.

"It's been up and down for us to be honest, but we are hanging on in there, and we'll keep going until the end.

"Words can't describe playing under Ian Holloway, every day is a different story."

Drinan becomes the third Swindon player to have been voted as League Two Player of the Season, after Matt Ritchie in the 2011/12 season and Eoin Doyle in 2019/20.

The striker has been transformed this season, which is especially impressive as he missed the final three months of last season with a posterior cruciate ligament injury, and had to prove his fitness to Holloway during the off-season by videoing himself running to earn a new contract.

Having been more of a foil to Harry Smith last year, he has stepped into the spotlight this time around, and explained in February how his game had changed.

He said: “I always knew there was something in there. In my first year at Leyton Orient, I finished on 16 [goals] and got five or six assists, so I always knew the contributions were there.

“I have a bit more understanding of where to be on the pitch. I am definitely picking up better positions, especially when lads are in wide areas.

“I suppose it is a shift in mentality where I want to score more goals. I have been looking at certain things as to why I have not been scoring as much.

“I think it is down to myself, and then with the coaches, they have been saying, ‘Stay between the posts, you don’t have to do those sorts of unselfish runs all the time.’”