Antonio Conte Named LMA And Premier League Manager Of The Year

Chelsea boss Antonio Conte won the top two prizes at the League Managers’ Association’s annual awards evening.

The Italian becomes only the third non-British winner of the prestigious award after Claudio Ranieri was honoured for guiding Leicester to the title last year and Arsenal’s Arsene Wenger claimed the accolade in 2002 and 2004.

Brighton manager Chris Hughton won the Championship award after guiding his side to promotion while Sheffield United’s Chris Wilder and Portsmouth’s Paul Cook claimed the respective League One and Two awards.

The LMA marked their 50th Manager of the Year award with the presentation of the Sir Alex Ferguson Trophy to “the manager who has made the greatest use of the resources available in the current campaign.”