Pictures and video: West Brom's first award
West Brom star Joleon Lescott insists he has enjoyed his first season at the Hawthorns despite the Baggies' season of struggle.
Lescott, who won the club's first end-of-season award yesterday, has relished a return to regular first-team action after moving in the summer from Manchester City.
The 32-year-old said: "I enjoy playing. That's what I came here to do.
"As a club and a team we had an ambition and a goal to stay in the league and that's still ongoing, but there's no substitute for playing football regularly.
"There have been ups and downs but our end goal hasn't changed and if we hit those it's an achievement.
"The club's ambition is to be a long-standing Premier League team and this season would be their sixth in a row in the Premier League, which would be an achievement in itself.
"If we can sign a new calibre of player in the summer then, hopefully, we can progress."
Lescott was named player of the season yesterday by the disabled section of the West Bromwich Albion Supporters' Club, who held their annual open day at the Hawthorns.
Around 65 disabled fans watched their heroes train from the stands before being treated to lunch and mingling with players, who posed for pictures and signed autographs for the fans and their relatives.
Lescott received his trophy from seven-year-old fan Harry Mitchell and said: "Any award is a good award. Whenever anyone recognises what I'm trying to do on the pitch, I'm grateful for it."
