Flamini, Keane and Mascherano Voted The Hardest Working Players In The Premier League

Sportingo Poll Indentifies The Hardest Working Premiership Players According to 8,953 Fans

Sportingo, which empowers sports fans to become expert pundits through creating and sharing opinion, has announced that Mathieu Flamini (Arsenal), Robbie Keane (Tottenham) and Javier Mascherano (Liverpool) have been voted the hardest working players in the Premier League according to nearly 9,000 fans.

With much of the Premiership season played, thousands of online supporters logged onto the Sportingo website to put their vote forward for the hardest working player. Arsenal's Mathieu Flamini came out on top with 1,729 of the votes following a succession of impressive outings this season. A defender, a mid-fielder and a goal scorer, Flamini has been seen covering every inch of the pitch putting in performances that have kept the likes of Gilberto Silva out of the starting eleven.

Tottenham's Robbie Keane came second in the honours with 1,427 of the fans votes. Since playing for Wolves, Coventry, Inter Milan and Leeds, the diligent forward came into his own at Spurs and is a constant inspiration on the field, often seen holding the ball in the centre of the pitch and tackling back to assist his mid-field team mates.

Criticism and disapproval over his contract situation hasn't distracted hard working Javier Mascherano from playing his normal, dynamic football. The talismanic holding mid-fielder gained 1,325 of the votes following some impressive performances in a squad that has been less than impressive on more than one occasion this season.

Sportingo is the world's largest platform for fans to write about sport with over 2,000 registered writers. Fans benefit by having their articles professionally edited and presented to a growing audience of punters who rank and comment on the articles. Sportingo also allows views to be put forward through various interactional exercises including a daily poll - providing the opportunity for fans to set the topical agenda for the sports world.

Ze'ev Rozov, Managing Director of Sportingo commented: "The Sportingo polls are all about real fans setting the agenda and leading the debate in sport. Once again, with 9,000 votes, this poll has been hugely successful, demonstrating that the Sportingo fans recognise the hard work and application of players, as well as the headline grabbing glory. Often the unsung hero, identifying the hardest working players is recognising that they are the engine room of a team and is a tremendous accolade"

The remaining votes where cast as follows:
- Wayne Rooney hasn't had the success of recent seasons but clearly isn't being criticised for a lack of effort with the striker picking up 926 of the fans votes.
- Fifth place falls to another Anfield favourite with Dirk Kuyt claiming 848 of the votes.
- Lee Carsley has been an essential cog in the Everton machine this season gaining the defensive mid-fielder sixth spot with 489 votes.
- Steed Malbranque becomes the second Tottenham player to make the shortlist with 432 of the votes.
- Manchester United front man Carlos Tevez has impressed many with his performances, claiming 368 of the votes.
- The first and only Chelsea player to make the table, defensive rock John Terry grabbed ninth place with 294 of the votes.
- West Ham's Carlton Cole claims tenth following some notable performances for the East Londoners with 182.
- Nigel Reo-Coker claimed eleventh position with and 158 of the votes.
- Defender Richard Dunne is the only Manchester City player to make the cut with 144 of the votes.
- Portsmouth's Sulley Muntari comes in second from last with 97 of the votes.
- Birmingham Fabrice Muamba claimed 36 votes and fourteenth
- Others 498.

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