Watford boss Gianfranco Zola wins the Championship Manager of the Month award

9:40am Friday 15th March 2013 in Sport

Picture: Alan Cozzi / Watford FC Picture: Alan Cozzi / Watford FC

Gianfranco Zola says he would like to share his February Championship Manager of the month award with his assistant head coaches Giancarlo Corradini and Dodo Sormani and his players.

The Hornets were unbeaten last month; winning four games and drawing against promotion-rivals Crystal Palace.

It is Zola’s first individual award in management and the Italian said: “It is very nice and I appreciate it. Ideally I would like to share it with my assistants and the players.

“I got it thanks to them. They appreciate it but it will now be back to business.”

The winner of the award was decided by former Charlton Athletic boss Alan Curbishley, Football League chief operating officer Andy Williamson, League Managers Association deputy CEO Olaf Dixon and Katy Thomas, npower's partnerships and sponsorships manager.

Comments(18)

lockerbiehornet says...
9:45am Fri 15 Mar 13

Zola for pope!!!

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PeteBogHorrorHornet says...
9:46am Fri 15 Mar 13

Well done sir. Let's just hope that we have gone through the MoM jinx already.

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Ronny oh Ronny Ronny says...
9:46am Fri 15 Mar 13

Never in doubt, now lets push on and he can win manager of the year too!

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jasonwatford says...
9:46am Fri 15 Mar 13

Now lets start to play that free flowing football we love

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endean2 says...
9:56am Fri 15 Mar 13

3 points are a must tomorrow, no slip ups as its getting tight up there.

We will miss Almunia badly as that experience is vital in close games,
Bond ok but very much one for the future, no droppsy at Barnsley!

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BigRussMalta says...
10:23am Fri 15 Mar 13

Well done Mr Zola,now push the lads more than ever for the remainder of the season !!!

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Harrydownunder says...
10:29am Fri 15 Mar 13

Congrats gianfranco, well deserved!

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Bringe says...
10:34am Fri 15 Mar 13

Oh no! the MOM curse! that's us relegated then :0

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JohnnyHornet says...
10:40am Fri 15 Mar 13

Well done GFZ well deserved, But I hear Hollowhead has called a press conference to underline the fact it was our " illegal " loanee's than robbed him of the award, F'in retard.

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Bush Hornet says...
10:44am Fri 15 Mar 13

Well worthy of it. Congratulations. No need for superstitious mumbo jumbo curse talk. A man of Zola's quality won't let a little accolade throw him off course. Onwards and upwards

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Holly68 says...
11:00am Fri 15 Mar 13

Blip or curse ended last week 3 points tomorrow

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WessexLad says...
11:33am Fri 15 Mar 13

Well deserved, and typical of the man that he shares the credit. COYH!

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WessexLad says...
11:36am Fri 15 Mar 13

No charge for his "12 men" comment following the Blackpool game? The FA/FL must have agreed with him!

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JohnnyHornet says...
12:02pm Fri 15 Mar 13

WessexLad wrote:
No charge for his "12 men" comment following the Blackpool game? The FA/FL must have agreed with him!
The silence from the FL on all matters is disturbingly quiet.Another bunch of retards.

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Larrythe Loafer 'Orn says...
12:08pm Fri 15 Mar 13

Well done FZ and the team. Hollowhead (great name tag) is only moaning AGAIN beacuse his loanee KV scored a hatrick and his other Man U loanee set him up twice. Talk about a loan system he is the guy who sells a player that is so important they wont let him leave. What a total d***head

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the jesterwestport says...
3:56pm Fri 15 Mar 13

not a big surprise 3 pionts 2 moro pls

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AMP4WFC says...
4:15pm Fri 15 Mar 13

Well deserved...... but then again: WE already knew that.....
Best of luck with tomorrow and the rest of the campaign.

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stevyweavy says...
5:50pm Fri 15 Mar 13

Well as Zola does the unexpected all the time expect us to go on a winning run now he has won the award instead of the norm that has beset other Watford managers when they have won this award in the past. COYH!!!!”

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