No Poku party at EFL Awards night as Peterborough United star fails to make a League One shortlist

By Alan Swann

Published 16th Apr 2025, 11:51 BST

Kwame Poku in action for Posh against Birmingham City at Wembley last weekend. Photo David Lowndes.

Peterborough United star Kwame Poku has been left off the shortlist for the EFL League One Player of the Year prize.

The Posh star has presumably been omitted because he missed three months of the season with a hamstring injury. The winger has still scored 12 goals and been credited with 8 assists. Only five other League One players have made 20 goal contributions this season and all have played more games than Poku, who won back-to-back player-of-the-month League One prizes in September and October.

Those nominated for an award won by Posh skipper Harrison Burrows last season are Tomoki Iwata of champions Birmingham City, Davis Keillor-Dunn of Barnsley and Richard Kone of Wycombe Wanderers.

The manager-of-the-season nominations for League One are Chris Davies (Birmingham), Nathan Jones (Charlton Athletic), Phil Parkinson (Wrexham) and Richie Wellens (Leyton Orient).

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