Title for Wolves would be icing on the cake for Ebanks-Blake
Mar 31 2009 by Lisa Smith, Birmingham Post
Sylvan Ebanks-Blake admits he is delighted to have won two top accolades at the annual Football League Awards but admits the silverware he really wants is the Coca-Cola Championship League trophy because that means Wolverhampton Wanderers’ will have been promoted to the top flight.
The 23-year-old striker was awarded the FourFourTwo Championship Player of the Year award and the Mitre Goal 2008 Award for his blistering strike against Charlton Athletic earlier in the season.
Unfortunately a nagging calf strain meant that Ebanks-Blake was unable to attend the glittering awards ceremony at London’s Grosvenor Hotel on Sunday evening in person.
The awards, which came on his birthday, will now take pride of place alongside the Championship’s Golden Boot award he won last year with 23 goals.
He is expecting to keep that prize for yet another season after finding the back of the net 24 times so far during this current campaign under Mick McCarthy.
Ebanks-Blake said: “Having won Goal of Year as well and still being in the running for the Golden Boot up to now has made this a very good year.
“But the most important one is still out there,” he said. “Getting promoted and Wolves winning the title is what I’d like more than anything.”
The former Plymouth Argyle striker explained: “Picking up the individual accolades is great but without getting too greedy it’s the promotion that we all really want.
“There are still six games remaining and a lot can change in that time so we need to stay focused.
“If we win our games we can control what we do and hopefully that will get us there.”
The England Under-21 star will miss tonight’s international friendly with France at Nottingham Forest’s City Ground.
He is though expected to be fit for his next big challenge – Wolves’ trip to St Andrew’s to take on fellow promotion chasers Birmingham City on Monday night in what will be a gripping six-pointer as well as a Birmingham-Black Country derby.
