Boss Mick McCarthy has been named the SkyBet Manager of the Month for September and Tyrone Mings the Player of the Month. Town took 13 points from a possible 15 during an unbeaten month and moved from 19th in the table to fifth.

“I’m thrilled to win this award and it’s great to see the gaffer be named as Manager of the Month too,” Mings told the club website.

“It shows how well we are doing as a team and credit must go to all of my teammates too, as it’s a joint effort.

“We’ve had a good month, which included some long trips in midweek to Wigan and Sheffield Wednesday, so I have to praise the supporters too.

“Obviously I’m delighted to win the award and hopefully we can continue to push on after the international break.”

The Blues left-back, who was the subject of a rebuffed Crystal Palace offer in the summer and has been linked with Chelsea and Arsenal since then with claims today that the Gunners may make a move in January, was up against Ben Marshall of Blackburn, Blackpool keeper Joe Lewis and Norwich frontman Cameron Jerome for the gong.

David McGoldrick was the last Town man to win the Player of the Month award, in October 2013.

McCarthy becomes the first Town boss to carry off the Manager of the Month award since Joe Royle in November 2004, having been up against fellow nominees Aitor Karanka of Middlesbrough, Charlton’s Bob Peeters and Derby’s Steve McClaren.

The current Town boss, who while with Sunderland was coincidentally amongst the nominees to lose out to Royle, has picked up the award three times with his previous clubs, once with Wearsiders and twice with Wolves, most recently in November 2008.

“Tyrone has been excellent for us,” added Manager of the Month McCarthy. “Crystal Palace made a big offer for him before the transfer window closed but we want him here for the long term.

“He’s a young, exciting player who has made a lot of progress in his time here and it’s great to see that get noticed with this award for him.

“We’ve acknowledged that as a club too, which is why we offered him a long term deal. He’s done great.”

Neither Mings nor McCarthy are at the club to receive their awards so managing director Ian Milne accepted them on their behalf.

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SteddyJ added 08:47 - Oct 10 GET IN!! Just shows how good our team has been this season and I really do believe that we could get promotion this season. COYB!! #Believe
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Guthrum added 08:49 - Oct 10 Wahey! Great stuff!
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carsey added 08:51 - Oct 10 Bugger!! Not saying they don't deserve the awards but now we face the curse of the manager of the Month.
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brassy added 08:52 - Oct 10 well done both of you its great the club are looking upwards for a change rather than over our shoulders, onwards and upwards,COYB.
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ian_marshall added 08:54 - Oct 10 Really pleased with this, let's hope we get get more bums on seats now for the Blackburn game! UTT
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Brazils_Hair added 09:00 - Oct 10 This is really good: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/ipswich-town/11139021/Ipswich-Un
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pennblue added 09:05 - Oct 10 Tyrone, you are a fast learner. I was there watching Kieron Gibbs last night, and he is not in your league sunshine!
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BlueandTruesince82 added 09:06 - Oct 10 Right everyone grab salt, lemmon juice, chalk and some whisky. Get to the local park draw a large circle of salt and within that trace a chalk outline of your RIGHT hand. Stand on it spin round 3 times add 4 squeezes of lemmon juice to your jack, down it then hop on the spot 9 times whilst singing raindrops keep falling on my head. If we AĹL do that the curse should be negated

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brittaniaman added 09:12 - Oct 10 Well done the two Ms, McCarthy and Mings for the awards, it is a great step forward for ITFC. to be recognised again after all those years in the doldrums !!!!!!1
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wkj added 09:30 - Oct 10 Two great people earning 2 great awards... who would have thought 3 seasons ago a Town Manager or player would win anything? People say MM has not bought the most excitment to town, to which I reply, I am pretty bloody excited by stories like this. On a light hearted note, I had to put my glasses on for that photo... looked like a Spurs logo on his shirt at first glance.
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Fat_Boy_Tim added 09:56 - Oct 10 Great news, well done both of you. Happy town fan here!
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Fat_Boy_Tim added 09:58 - Oct 10 Oh a please no-one forget to pop another book on top of Keane's autobiography if you are in Waterstone's, Tesco's etc... :)
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wkj added 10:02 - Oct 10 @Fat_Boy_Tim; I think the book would look good next to a cook book all about prawn sandwhiches
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dalinghooblue added 10:05 - Oct 10 How to get over the Manager of the Month curse. Send MM on loan to Norwich for one game. Congrats to both. Well deserved.
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Surco72 added 10:12 - Oct 10 Fully deserved to both , well done Mick and Tyrone . Think Manager of month curse is fabrication looking at who won them last year Dyche, Pearson, McClaren and Rosler all seemed to do ok for after they received them
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scooterblue added 10:17 - Oct 10 What odds on a Rhodes hat trick next week then.
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Lightningboy added 10:19 - Oct 10 Well done both..hopefully the dreaded manager of the month curse doesn't strike though!
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Simonds92 added 10:24 - Oct 10 Hopefully a double award voids all curses! Well done to both
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itfcserbia added 10:44 - Oct 10 10 years without a "manager of the month" - wow! just wow!
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pazelle added 10:53 - Oct 10 Great stuff! When's Mick announced as the greatest living yorkie?
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Pessimistic added 10:55 - Oct 10 Nice piece of work both of you and as Tyrone MIngs said this was a team effort and his modesty should serve as an example to Roy Keane about looking outside the box.
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petermorris added 12:20 - Oct 10 No need to worry - we've been Manager Cursed enough. We survived The Dark Lord so technically not legible for any further manager suffering of any type.
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StowTractorBoy added 13:12 - Oct 10 Great to be back on the map again after so long. Also got one over the budgies. Congratulations to both and long may it continue. Be good if we could get a decent attendance against Blackburn to urge on the boys.
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bohslegend added 13:57 - Oct 10 Fully deserved. Onwards and upwards!
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bennettrdblue added 14:31 - Oct 10 Great to see people do now were Ipswich is after all. Be very happy if at the end of the season we are still getting top manager awards.
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