League Managers Association Awards

The League Managers Association Awards is an annual award ceremony in English football, awarded by the League Managers Association. The most prestigious award is the LMA Manager of the Year Award It is presented to a manager from any division for his achievements in the prior season. The award is voted by fellow professional managers and as a result consideration is also given to managers who inherit poor sides or financial difficulties and not only those managers who do not have such financial constraints and have won trophies. On only five occasions has the Premier League winning manager won the award compared with the Premier League Manager of the Year award which has been won on all but three occasions by the league champion.

LMA Manager of the Year

The LMA Manager of the Year Award is voted by fellow managers and the winner can come from any of the four professional leagues. To date only two have come from outside the Premier League, 1997 winner Danny Wilson who guided Barnsley into the Premier League and 2006 winner Steve Coppell who lead Reading to win the Championship. However on only five occasions has the winner of the top flight won the award.

Year	Manager	Nationality	Club	Ref
1994	Kinnear, JoeJoe Kinnear	Republic of Ireland	Wimbledon
1995	Clark, FrankFrank Clark	England	Nottingham Forest
1996	Reid, PeterPeter Reid	England	Sunderland
1997	Wilson, DannyDanny Wilson	Northern Ireland	Barnsley
1998	Jones, DaveDave Jones	England	Southampton
1999	Ferguson, AlexAlex Ferguson	Scotland	Manchester United
2000	Curbishley, AlanAlan Curbishley	England	Charlton Athletic
2001	Burley, GeorgeGeorge Burley	Scotland	Ipswich Town
2002	Wenger, ArsèneArsène Wenger	France	Arsenal
2003	Moyes, DavidDavid Moyes	Scotland	Everton
2004	Wenger, ArsèneArsène Wenger	France	Arsenal
2005	Moyes, DavidDavid Moyes	Scotland	Everton
2006	Coppell, SteveSteve Coppell	England	Reading
2007	Coppell, SteveSteve Coppell	England	Reading
2008	Ferguson, AlexAlex Ferguson	Scotland	Manchester United
2009	Moyes, DavidDavid Moyes	Scotland	Everton
2010	Hodgson, RoyRoy Hodgson	England	Fulham
2011	Ferguson, AlexAlex Ferguson	Scotland	Manchester United

Breakdown of winners

Winners by individual

	Manager Name	Wins	Winning Years
SCO !	Ferguson, AlexAlex Ferguson	3	1999, 2008, 2011
SCO !	Moyes, DavidDavid Moyes	3	2003, 2005, 2009
FRA !	Wenger, ArsèneArsène Wenger	2	2002, 2004
ENG !	Coppell, SteveSteve Coppell	2	2006, 2007
IRL !	Kinnear, JoeJoe Kinnear	1	1994
ENG !	Clark, FrankFrank Clark	1	1995
ENG !	Reid, PeterPeter Reid	1	1996
NIR !	Wilson, DannyDanny Wilson	1	1997
ENG !	Jones, DaveDave Jones	1	1998
ENG !	Curbishley, AlanAlan Curbishley	1	2000
SCO !	Burley, GeorgeGeorge Burley	1	2001
ENG !	Hodgson, RoyRoy Hodgson	1	2010

Winners by nationality

Country	Individuals	Total Wins
ENG !England	6	7
SCO !Scotland	3	7
FRA !France	1	2
IRL !Republic of Ireland	1	1
NIR !Northern Ireland	1	1

Divisional Award Winners

The divisional award winners are voted by a panel.

Year	Premier League / Premiership			Championship / Division One			League One / Division Two			League Two / Division Three
		Manager	Club		Manager	Club		Manager	Club		Manager	Club
1994	SCO !	Feguson, AlexAlex Feguson	Manchester United							NIR !	O'Neill, MartinMartin O'Neill	Wycombe Wanderers
1995	SCO !	Dalglish, KennyKenny Dalglish	Blackburn Rovers	SCO !	Rioch, BruceBruce Rioch	Bolton Wanderers	ENG !	Fry, BarryBarry Fry	Birmingham City	SCO !	Duncan, JohnJohn Duncan	Chesterfield
1996	SCO !	Feguson, AlexAlex Feguson	Manchester United	NIR !	O'Neill, MartinMartin O'Neill	Leicester City	ENG !	McMahon, SteveSteve McMahon	Swindon Town	WAL !	Pulis, TonyTony Pulis	Gillingham
1997	SCO !	Feguson, AlexAlex Feguson	Manchester United
1998	FRA !	Wenger, ArseneArsene Wenger	Arsenal
1999	SCO !	Feguson, AlexAlex Feguson	Manchester United	ENG !	Reid, PeterPeter Reid	Sunderland	SCO !	Moyes, DavidDavid Moyes	Preston North End	ENG !	Graydon, RayRay Graydon	Walsall
2000	SCO !	Feguson, AlexAlex Feguson	Manchester United	ENG !	Curbishley, AlanAlan Curbishley	Charlton Athletic	SCO !	Moyes, DavidDavid Moyes	Preston North End	ENG !	Hollins, JohnJohn Hollins	Swansea City
2001	SCO !	Burley, GeorgeGeorge Burley	Ipswich Town	FRA !	Tigana, JeanJean Tigana	Fulham	ENG !	Moore, RonnieRonnie Moore	Rotherham Town	ENG !	Adams, MickeyMickey Adams	Brighton & Hove Albion
2002	FRA !	Wenger, ArseneArsene Wenger	Arsenal	ENG !	Megson, GaryGary Megson	West Bromwich Albion	ENG !	Taylor, PeterPeter Taylor	Brighton & Hove Albion	SCO !	Sturrock, PaulPaul Sturrock	Plymouth Argyle
2003	SCO !	Ferguson, AlexAlex Ferguson	Manchester United	ENG !	Redknapp, HarryHarry Redknapp	Portsmouth	ENG !	Jewell, PaulPaul Jewell	Wigan Athletic	ENG !	Smith, DenisDenis Smith	Wrexham
2004	FRA !	Wenger, ArseneArsene Wenger	Arsenal	NIR !	Worthington, NigelNigel Worthington	Norwich	SCO !	Sturrock, PaulPaul Sturrock	Plymouth Argyle	ENG !	Penney, DaveDave Penney	Doncaster Rovers
2005	POR !	Mourinho, JoseJose Mourinho	Chelsea	IRE !	McCarthy, MickMick McCarthy	Sunderland	ENG !	Newell, MikeMike Newell	Luton Town	ENG !	Tilson, SteveSteve Tilson	Southend United
2006	POR !	Mourinho, JoseJose Mourinho	Chelsea	ENG !	Coppell, SteveSteve Coppell	Reading	ENG !	Tilson, SteveSteve Tilson	Southend United	ENG !	Simpson, PaulPaul Simpson	Carlisle United
2007	SCO !	Feguson, AlexAlex Feguson	Manchester United	IRE !	Keane, RoyRoy Keane	Sunderland	ENG !	Slade, RussellRussell Slade	Yeovil Town	NIR !	Wilson, DannyDanny Wilson	Hartlepool United
2008	SCO !	Feguson, AlexAlex Feguson	Manchester United	ENG !	Mowbray, TonyTony Mowbray	West Bromwich Albion	ESP !	Martinez, RobertoRoberto Martinez	Swansea City	ENG !	Turner, GrahamGraham Turner	Hereford Town
2009	SCO !	Feguson, AlexAlex Feguson	Manchester United	IRE !	McCarthy, MickMick McCarthy	Wolverhampton Wanderers	SCO !	Feguson, DarrenDarren Feguson	Peterborough United	ENG !	Tisdale, PaulPaul Tisdale	Exeter City
2010	ENG !	Redknapp, HarryHarry Redknapp	Tottenham Hotspur	IRE !	Hughton, ChrisChris Hughton	Newcastle United	SCO !	Lambert, PaulPaul Lambert	Norwich City	ENG !	Hill, KeithKeith Hill	Rochdale
2011	SCO !	Feguson, AlexAlex Feguson	Manchester United	SCO !	Lambert, PaulPaul Lambert	Norwich City	URU !	Poyet, GusGus Poyet	Brighton & Hove Albion	IRE !	Sheridan, JohnJohn Sheridan	Chesterfield

Winners by individual

The following managers have won two or more divisional awards.

	Manager Name	Premier League / Premiership	Championship / Division One	League One / Division Two	League Two / Division Three	Total
SCO !	Ferguson, AlexAlex Ferguson	10				10
FRA !	Wenger, ArseneArsene Wenger	3				3
POR !	Mourinho, JoseJose Mourinho	2				2
ENG !	Redknapp, HarryHarry Redknapp	1	1			2
IRE !	McCarthy, MickMick McCarthy		2			2
SCO !	Lambert, PaulPaul Lambert		1	1		2
NIr !	O'Neill, MartinMartin O'Neill		1		1	2
SCO !	Moyes, DavidDavid Moyes			2		2
SCO !	Sturrock, PaulPaul Sturrock			1	1	2
ENG !	Tilson, SteveSteve Tilson			1	1	2

Special Merit award

Also referred to as Service to Football Award.

Decade	Country	Name	LMA's notes on win
2002	ENG !England	Robson, BobbyBobby Robson
2004	ENG !England	Howe, DonDon Howe	Service to youth coaching
2006	ESP !Spain	Benítez, RafaelRafael Benítez	Champions League win in first season at Liverpool
2007	ENG !England	Gradi, DarioDario Gradi	Long service to Crewe Alexandra
2009	SCO !Scotland	Ferguson, AlexAlex Ferguson	2008 Champions League win, Club World Cup win and third league title in a row.
2010	ENG !England	McClaren, SteveSteve McClaren	Winning the Dutch Eredvise with FC Twente, their first championship in their 45 year history.
2011	SCO !Scotland	Ferguson, AlexAlex Ferguson	Surpassing 2000 competitive games and becoming Manchester United's longest serving Manager

Manager of the Decade Award

Decade	Country	Name
1990s	SCO !Scotland	Ferguson, AlexAlex Ferguson
2000s	SCO !Scotland	Moyes, DavidDavid Moyes

External links

• League Managers Association