Shoot!’s Championship Awards (December)

Manager of the Month: Chris Hughton (Brighton & Hove Albion)

Photo: Mark Leech / Offside.

Hughton was controversially sacked by Newcastle United after guiding them back into the Premier League, but now, surely has a wry smile on his face as his Brighton team sit just ahead of the Magpie’s in this season’s hunt for promotion to the top-flight.

The Seagulls opened the month with a draw against struggling Cardiff City, but a win over fellow promotion hopefuls Leeds United kick-started a run that saw them win all of their final four league games in 2016.

They ended the year eight points clear of third-placed Reading and you wouldn’t bet against them clinching the Championship title come May.

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