December Standings
Origin story:
The brainchild of The Purple Boot, is largely inspired by a series of calamities cascading in my own brain, but also by two tangible factors – the first is the European Golden Shoe – aka – the European Golden Boot. This award is presented to the leading goalscorer in Football league matches across the top divisions of every European national league; in recent years that's basically meant handing it to Messi and Ronaldo who have been wreaking havoc through porous Spanish defences for what seems like an eternity.
The trophy, sculpted in the shape of a football boot, hence the imaginative title of the trophy, began life in the 1967–68 season, originally known as the – Soulier d'Or, which translates from the French – Golden Shoe or Boot.
There is a formula that weighs this in favour of rewarding performances in the highest ranked leagues and that is something we have tried to mirror in our version with graded points for different Tiers of competition, whilst still recognising achievements at all levels.
In our next post in January 2020, I will introduce you to further insights about this very special award... but before that keep an eye out for our Purple Boot – 12 Days of Purple, Half Term Reports on all our Clubs starting from Boxing Day with American Football...
Who will lift the Boot that stomps on all other boots at Sports Awards 2020?
It is incredibly close, but these guys below are most certainly in the running –
Here are the latest 'Purple Boot' Leaderboards.
- The Purple Boot – Top 10
- The Purple Boot – Club Leaders
Ladies and Gentlemen... I give you our Champions!
The Top 10
| POSITION | SPORTS CLUB | PLAYER | PURPLE BOOT POINTS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cricket | Molly Beadle | 606 |
| 2 | Cricket | Aryan Gupta | 594 |
| 3 | American Football | Sam Hassan | 585 |
| POSITION | SPORTS CLUB | PLAYER | PURPLE BOOT POINTS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Lacrosse | Lexi Smith | 577 |
| 5 | Netball | Annabelle Couchman | 556 |
| 6 | Futsal | Argemiro Sassa | 553 |
| 6 | Futsal | Tonye Sotonye | 553 |
| 8 | Squash | Elliot Dowling | 551 |
| 9 | Futsal | Marwan Kisserwan | 545 |
| 10 | Netball | Eleanor Hayes | 544 |
Club leaders
| SPORTS CLUB | PLAYER | PURPLE BOOT POINTS |
|---|---|---|
| American Football | Sam Hassan | 585 |
| Archery | N/A | N/A |
| Archery | Hannah Barnard | 325 |
| Badminton | Tom Wood | 528 |
| Basketball | Leah Parcell | 466 |
| Cricket | Molly Beadle | 606 |
| Cycling | N/A | N/A |
| Fencing | N/A | N/A |
| Football (Men’s) | Louie Gilpin | 425 |
| Football (Women’s) | Sharna Capel-Watson | 402 |
| Futsal | Argemiro Sassa/ Tonye Sotonye | 553 |
| Golf | Dan Colman | 505 |
| Hockey | Eleanor Skinner | 398 |
| Lacrosse | Lexi Smith | 577 |
| Netball | Annabelle Couchman | 556 |
| Rowing | Antonia Painter | 270 |
| Rugby (Men’s) | Jake Dodd | 181 |
| Rugby (Women’s) | Carrie Whymark | 371 |
| Sailing | Chloe Barr | 315 |
| Squash | Elliot Dowling | 551 |
| Swimming | Jamie Robertson | 480 |
| Tennis | James Wright | 327 |
| Ultimate Frisbee | Tom White/ Cameron Lewis | 343 |
| Volleyball | Ana Periera-Bastos | 387 |
*Our MVP is decided from player performances in fixtures where our clubs perform over the course of the week. To keep up to date of performances, make sure you check out our sports club blog. We post weekly in our Wednesday BUCS Round Up and our Weekend Wash Up.
Footnote:
The MVP Formula to cross pollinate statistical information across a range of sports is a closely guarded secret and has taken a team of scientists decades to construct in a top secret base in the Alps.
The whereabouts of these scientists is currently unknown…