Town boss Kieran McKenna and keeper Vaclav Hladky have respectively been nominated for the Sky Bet EFL Manager and Player of the Month awards for October.

McKenna, who carried off the September Manager of the Month gong, saw the Blues through October with a 100 per cent record from their four matches.

The Northern Irishman is up against his friend and former Manchester United colleague Michael Carrick, who is in charge at Middlesbrough, Enzo Maresca, manager of Championship leaders Leicester City, who also enjoyed a perfect month, and Southampton’s Russell Martin.

Hladky kept clean sheets of two of Town’s October games but also played a part in a number of goals with his ability on the ball gaining as many plaudits as his handling and shot-stopping.

The Czech faces competition from Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (Leicester City), Perry Ng (Cardiff City) and Crysencio Summerville (Leeds United).

The judging panel for the awards, the winners of which will be announced on Friday morning, are former Barnsley manager Danny Wilson, Sky Sports’ EFL expert Don Goodman and Sky Bet EFL trader Ivor Davies.

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Europablue added 08:13 - Nov 9 KM won't win again just because Carrick did an excellent job in October. Hladky should definitely get it!
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Karlosfandangal added 08:41 - Nov 9 KM will get nominated for many more of these and will win many more Hladky more pleased for as he has waited patiently for his chance over the last couple of years and has taken it. Has played really well this season
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TractorCam added 08:44 - Nov 9 Maresca and Carrick got 100% records with an extra game, so they will both be ahead of McKenna, incredible really. hladky fully deserves the player award. Outrageous if he doesn't, but how often do you see keepers win these things? I remember similar with Walton last year.
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Brazils_Hair added 09:48 - Nov 9 Hladky - great work by him. May end up being player our player of the season at this rate. Fell a little sorry for Walton, but its a team game. Hope he gets the award. McKenna - if he carries on like this and sticks with us, there is a good chance that we may build him a statue one day! If he doesn't win it this month, there will be other months.
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Jugsy added 09:50 - Nov 9 Vas totally deserves this. So many of the team came from the previous regime, doubly impressive that McKenna didn't bring a lot of these guys in and is getting phenomenal performances out of them.
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dirtydingusmagee added 10:23 - Nov 9 been brilliant, certainly taken his chance .
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JewellintheTown added 09:03 - Nov 10 Announced: https://www.efl.com/news/2023/november/10/see-the-sky-bet-championship-manager-a Manager of the Month Enzo Maresca (Leicester City) Player of the Month Crysencio Summerville (Leeds United) :(
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