A highly exciting opening month of the new npower League Two season has come to a close with the announcement of the nominees for the season's first Player of the Month award.

The four nominees are:
Mark Ellis - Torquay United
Wesley Thomas - Cheltenham Town
Ian Dunbavin - Accrington Stanley
Adam Le Fondre - Rotherham United

Torquay United have been in fine form this season with an unblemished record of four wins from four games in npower League Two. The results have been built on the platform of a rock solid defence of which Mark Ellis has been a consistent and stand out performer. With only one goal conceded in four games, the whole defence should be credited.

Wesley Thomas of Cheltenham Town has been in razor sharp form scoring five goals in his four appearances for the club this year. He has been consistently on the score sheet for the Robins this month and fans will be looking for his goals to lead them towards a much better season this time round.

Adam Le Fondre is another player with his shooting boots firmly on. His five goals in four games, including four against Cheltenham Town in a 10 goal thriller, ensuring that he finished on the winning side. A proven goalscorer, the Millers will hope that he can keep firing them up the table.

Accrington Stanley have been rock solid in defence and have not conceded any goals in the first four fixtures of the npower League 2 season. Their stopper Ian Dunbavin has been key to this making a number of outstanding stops on his way to four consecutive clean sheets in the league.

The winner of the award will be announced on Thursday 9th September and presented with the new npower Player of the Month trophy.