Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has won his second League Managers Association (LMA) Performance League award of the season.
Ferguson scooped the first LMA quarterly award of the campaign and has now landed the third quarter award for January-March 2007
It’s just reward for steering United to a six-point lead in the Barclays Premiership and reaching the quarter finals of the Champions League and semi finals of the FA Cup.
Two managers from League Two flew the flag in second and third spots in the awards – powered by ProZone. Stockport’s Jim Gannon finished runner-up behind Ferguson, with Rochdale’s Keith Hill in third.
Ferguson said: “It is a great honour to win this award for a second time.
“The efforts of our players and all our coaching staff has been fantastic this season and this award is for their collective efforts.”
Ferguson received the award at United’s training ground (today Wednesday) from former Manchester United and England star Bryan Robson.
Chief Executive John Barnwell said: “It is a great achievement to win one award in a season but the fact that Sir Alex has now won two demonstrates the tremendously high standards he is setting for our profession on a consistent basis.
“Sir Alex richly deserves the award for the tremendous results which he has produced for United.
“I am also delighted to see two managers from League Two filling second and third places.
“Our unique awards are designed to reward and reflect success by managers at all levels of the professional game and Jim and Keith are both doing marvellous jobs with Stockport and Rochdale.
Under the unique points-scoring system which is managed by official LMA partners ProZone, managers collect points for victories, draws, clean sheets and goals scored.
The third quarter awards covered the period from January to early March.
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