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Nuno and Mavropanos win September Championship awards

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Nuno Espírito Santo and Konstantinos Mavropanos have won the Championship's September Manager and Player of the Month awards. West Ham won four and drew one of its five league games that month, scoring 18 goals. Mavropanos scored four times.

No-Guff Summary

  • Nuno won September's Championship Manager of the Month award and Mavropanos won the player award.
  • West Ham took 13 points from five unbeaten league games that month, scoring 18 goals.
  • Mavropanos scored four times and helped the team keep two clean sheets.
Development Updated

BBC reports September awards confirmed for Nuno and Mavropanos

The September awards double is no longer just a tip. The BBC reports that Nuno Espírito Santo has won the Championship Manager of the Month award and Konstantinos Mavropanos the Player of the Month award. That confirms the outcome The West Ham Way had attributed to ExWHUEmployee before the announcement.

West Ham won four and drew one of their five league games in September, scoring 18 goals and moving to second in the table. Mavropanos scored four times and helped them keep two clean sheets. Quoted by the BBC, he credited the award to the team's work and said it could have gone to any of his team-mates.

Sources

  • BBC (opens in a new tab) — Reports that Nuno Espirito Santo and Konstantinos Mavropanos won the Championship’s September manager and player of the month awards, respectively.
  • West Ham Blog (opens in a new tab) — Reports that Nuno Espírito Santo and Konstantinos Mavropanos were named the Championship’s Manager and Player of the Month for September, highlighting West Ham’s results during the month.
  • West Ham World (opens in a new tab) — Reports that Nuno Espírito Santo and Konstantinos Mavropanos won the Championship Manager and Player of the Month awards for September, respectively.
  • West Ham Official (opens in a new tab) — Reports that Nuno Espírito Santo and Dinos Mavropanos won the EFL Championship Manager and Player of the Month awards for September 2026, with comments from both.
  • The Stacey West (opens in a new tab) — Reports that Nuno Espírito Santo won September’s Championship Manager of the Month award and that Konstantinos Mavropanos received the Player of the Month award.
  • Knees up Mother Brown (opens in a new tab) — Reports Konstantinos Mavropanos was named Championship Player of the Month for September, after scoring four goals in five West Ham league matches. It also notes Nuno Espírito Santo’s Manager of the Month award.
  • Knees up Mother Brown (opens in a new tab) — Reports that Nuno Espírito Santo won the Sky Bet Championship Manager of the Month award for September, after West Ham collected 13 points from five unbeaten matches.
  • The League Paper (opens in a new tab) — Reports that West Ham’s Konstantinos Mavropanos won the Sky Bet Championship Player of the Month award for September, after scoring four goals in five games.