Championship - Preston's Irvine wins monthly gong

Eurosport - Thu, 07 May 14:06:00 2009

Preston boss Alan Irvine has won the Championship Manager of the Month Award for April.

FOOTBALL Alan Irvine Preston NE manager Championship 2008/2009 - 0

Irvine guided North End to three wins, a draw and a defeat in five games in April to help secure a coveted play-off berth.

He beat off competition from Wolves' Mick McCarthy, Burnley's Owen Coyle and Birmingham boss Alex McLeish to land the award.

Irvine told Sky Sports News: "We finished the season very, very well after it looked as though we looked as though we were just about to miss out on the play-offs.

"Having been in contention for almost all of the season, it would have been a big disappointment to miss out.

"But fortunately results went for us in the end and we did our own job, which was the most important thing."

PA Sport

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  1. manager of the month curse in the play-offs unlucky ­ preston

    From David, on Thu 7 May 9:20PM

  2. Irvine is twice the manager Davies is, twice the man­ and will gain infinately more success in his management­ career than the poison dwarf will ever achieve.

    Irvine­ - the new ginger messiah! (fair enough hes not as­ ginger as Moyes but there is abit of ginger somewhere­ in those eye brows)!

    From Stu R, on Thu 7 May 5:42PM

  3. he dessives it

    From Angela, on Thu 7 May 5:26PM

  4. It must have been close with Billy Davies last 6­ results being 3 x wins and 3 x draws.
    Come on you reds

    From denwisey, on Thu 7 May 2:21PM
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