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Oxford United’s Matt Bloomfield, Tonda Eckert of Southampton, West Brom interim boss James Morrison and Coventry’s Frank Lampard have all been nominated for the March Championship manager of the month award.
Bloomfield led Oxford to seven points from their four games last month to give them hope of avoiding relegation from the Championship, while Eckert’s Southampton went unbeaten in March – and won at leaders Coventry.
Morrison was handed the
Southampton’s Tonda Eckert has won the Championship’s manager of the month award for February.
Saints took 13 points from a possible 15 as they went unbeaten last month, finishing with successive wins over QPR and Sheffield Wednesday to move into play-off contention.
Eckert was appointed Southampton’s permanent head coach in December having been in interim charge when Will Still was sacked at the start of November.
He has won 12
Alan Browne, Charlie Hughes, Sam Smith and Caleb Taylor are the nominees for January’s Championship player of the month award.
Browne has come back into favour under Kim Hellberg at Middlesbrough and has been deployed at right wing-back as well as in central midfield.
The 30-year-old Republic of Ireland international helped Boro to five wins in January, scoring in the 4-0 home wins over Southampton and Preston and scoring one
Leicester City midfielder Jordan James will be out for at least month after suffering a hamstring injury in their midweek draw at Wrexham.
The Wales international has scored four times in his last six games for the Foxes and nine goals overall this season.
He had to go off after 41 minutes at the Racecourse Ground and Leicester have also lost Oliver Skipp for Saturday’s home game against Oxford United
Sheffield United striker Patrick Bamford has won the English Football League’s player of the month award for December.
Bamford scored four goals across the Blades’ six Championship games in December, including a double in their thrilling 5-3 defeat against Wrexham.
“I’m really happy. I’m surprised, I guess, a little bit because I wasn’t ever thinking about any individual awards and that was the least of my priorities when coming in,
Ipswich boss Kieran McKenna has hailed his team’s “quality and resilience” after being named Championship manager of the month for December.
Town won four of their seven games last month, including a 2-0 victory away to leaders Coventry City, and were beaten only once.
“This award is credit to everyone involved with the team and also the supporters, because it was a really challenging December with lots of games and
Ipswich boss Kieran McKenna, Watford’s Javi Gracia, Sergej Jakirovic of Hull City and Swansea head coach Vitor Matos have been nominated for the Championship’s manager of the month award for December.
McKenna has moved Ipswich into the top three and within two points of second-placed Middlesbrough after taking 14 points from their seven games last month, which included two wins over leaders Coventry.
Watford reappointed Gracia as head coach in
Sheffield United striker Patrick Bamford and Norwich forward Jovon Makama have been nominated for the Championship’s player of the month award for December along with Preston goalkeeper Daniel Iversen and Leicester midfielder Bobby De Cordova-Reid.
Bamford signed an 18-month contract with Sheffield United earlier this month having initially joined on a short-term deal in November.
The 32-year-old has scored six goals in 11 appearances for the Blades, including four in
