Sheffield United ace Sydie Peck misses out on prestigious EFL award
The 2026 EFL Awards took place in London on Sunday evening.
Sheffield United midfielder Sydie Peck has missed out on winning the 2025/26 EFL Young Championship Player of the Season award.
Peck, who started United’s 2-0 win over Watford at Vicarage Road on Saturday on the bench, being left out of the starting line-up at Jaïro Riedewald’s expense, was shortlisted for the prestigious award earlier this month alongside Derby County midfielder Bobby Clark, Leicester City ace Jordan James and Stoke City centre-back Ashley Phillips.
The annual EFL Awards were held in London on Sunday evening to celebrate the best of the Championship, League One and League Two this season both on and off the field.
The Championship Young Player of the Season award was founded back in 2022 after the EFL decided to introduce a Young Player of the Season gong for each of three divisions. The Young Player of the Season award, prior to that, used to cover the Championship, League One and League Two as a collective.
Unfortunately for Peck, Leicester loanee James was crowned the winner of the prestigious award, following in the footsteps of the likes of Jobe Bellingham, Brennan Johnson and Alex Scott.
Despite Leicester’s collective struggles this season, James has been a shining light, scoring ten goals and registering four assists in 31 Championship appearances. The Welshman, formerly of Birmingham City, has spent this season on loan at the King Power Stadium from French club Rennes.
James was on the scoresheet home and away for Leicester against the Blades this season, striking in the Foxes’ 3-2 defeat to Chris Wilder’s side at the King Power Stadium in November and in their 3-1 defeat at Bramall Lane on New Year’s Day.
Peck was nominated for the award after a progressive season in United’s midfield. Adding goals and assists to his game, the England Under-21 international has been directly involved in eight goals in 37 Championship outings this term, scoring four goals and registering four assists.