ANTONIO CONTE, THE man who brought Chelsea to their fifth Premier League win this year, went home with two awards at the League Managers Awards last night.
The Italian was awarded manager of the year and Premier League manager of the year for bringing the title back to Stamford Bridge.
The Blues finished the year with a record 30 Premier League wins, after finishing 10th last year.
Conte is still on for a double in his first year in England too, with the FA Cup final next Saturday against Arsenal.
The former Italy manager is the second Italian in a row to win the award, after Claudio Ranieri won last year.
Former Irish international Chris Hughton was also named Championship manager of the year, having brought Premier League promotion to Brighton & Hove Albion.
Hughton won the award once before, after guiding Newcastle to promotion back in 2010. Brighton finished second to Newcastle in this year’s Championship.
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Sheffield United’s Chris Wilder was named the League One Manager of the Year for the second year in a row after earning 100 points with the Blades this year, while former Sligo Rovers boss Paul Cook earned the League Two award for his work with Portsmouth.
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@Jamie: When he has 4 he is special until then Judas is the special one !
@Jamie: Why not try and congratulate one of your own first Alan before you troll . Well done Chris Hughton !!
Yes, he has done well, but I think he can only truly be judged next year. The advantage of only playing once a week was incredible. With that, and not sustaining any major injuries, no team in the league made less changes to its starting 11 week in week out. So, luck definitely had its part to play.
@William Boland: still done amazing especially if they win FA cup. I think not playing Europe did help but clubs like Liverpool didn’t play in Europe and they didn’t treat
Threaten to win anything this season.. so massive credit to Conte..
Conte deserves the award for turning Chelsea around and making them into the formidable force, the real challenge starts next season, with champions league included