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Championship season awards
- Updated: May 12, 2016
It was another thrilling season in the Championship as the race for promotion went down to the wire.
But who was the player of the season? Who was the best manager? And who was the biggest disappointment?
Sky Sports’ Football League pundit Don Goodman hands out his individual accolades…
Manager of the season: Sean Dyche (Burnley)
After relegation from the Premier League last season, Dyche led Burnley back up at the first attempt. The Clarets won the division and finished the season with a 23-match unbeaten run stretching back to Boxing Day.
GOODMAN’S VERDICT: “The sheer organisation, discipline, will to win and character to score late goals and salvage points as well as their ability to turn defeats into draws and draws into wins. That’s why he’s won.
“He is a motivator and he has motivated a squad that has been relegated to bounce back at the first attempt. They are only the 19th club to do it. That’s how hard it is.
“Chris Hughton has run him extremely close but I don’t think Burnley are the best team in the Championship, and yet they have won the league. That’s why I think Sean Dyche is the manager of the season.
“Other candidates would include Aitor Karanka, for bouncing back from the disappointment of last year, and Neil Warnock – it was like he waved a magic wand at Rotherham. But Dyche tips it.”
Player of the season: Adam Clayton (Middlesbrough)
An integral player for Boro as they finished second in the league, Clayton was named in the Championship Team of the Season. Boro boss Aitor Karanka recently said he is the best midfielder in the division and has taken his game to another level.
GOODMAN’S VERDICT: “You could look at Andre Gray and Joey Barton at Burnley or Brighton’s Anthony Knockaert, who has made a team that struggled to score into the joint-top scorers in the division.
“There are a lot of candidates, but every time I did a Middlesbrough game, I gave Adam Clayton man of the match. I don’t think many people would pick him because a lot of …
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