LMA awards: Sheffield United's Chris Wilder named manager of the year
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Sheffield United manager Chris Wilder has been named LMA manager of the year and Championship manager of the year.
Wilder guided Sheffield United to a second-placed finish in the Championship table, securing promotion to the Premier League next season.
Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola, Liverpool's Jurgen Klopp and Norwich's Daniel Farke were also shortlisted for the main prize.
Sir Alex Ferguson and England manager Gareth Southgate presented the award.
Guardiola was named Premier League manager of the year after his Manchester City side finished a point above Liverpool to win back-to-back top-flight titles.
Liverpool boss Klopp was shortlisted for that award too, alongside Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino and Wolves' Nuno Espirito Santo.
Lincoln's Danny Cowley won the League Two award and Luton's Mick Harford, who took over in mid-season for the remainder of the campaign, won the League One award.
Tottenham's Karen Hills won the Women's Championship award after gaining promotion to the top tier, while Arsenal's Joe Montemurro picked up the Women's Super League prize after a title-winning season.
Pat Godbold, who has been involved at Ipswich in various roles for 65 years, was given the LMA Service to Football award at the event in London.
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League Champions is enough for the Canaries and there's the small matter of the Premier League to concentrate on now - Farke knows he'd done a truly exceptional job and so do we.
Congrats Chris Wider......
Has no option of throwing stupid money at buying players, but I don't think he would anyway
he doesn't look to buy Players from France / Italy / Spain / Germany / Uruguay etc. his first stop is League 1 & lower end Championship Mis-fits, that suit his strange system.
The club has not risked bankruptcy, 5th lowest budget.
He's done it HIS WAY
Fantastic
There is no justification of any kind to claim Norwich 'bought' the title
Using this HYS to rabbit on about PL managers and get one over on other PL teams shows how ignorant so many of you are.
Chris Wilder is Sheffield United through and through and has the club in his DNA. He has had an outstanding season and when it got to the business end of the season United stepped up. They will be a refreshing addition to the PL as indeed will Wilder who so down to earth.
Wilder has done a great job, as has Farke. Both deserve praise.
Besides... I'm sure Farke himself would rather win the league than manager of the season!