Paul Tisdale is EFL’s League 2 August Manager of the Month
After being nominated 11 times for the EFL manager of the month award, Paul Tisdale finally gets to win it!
A great month for the Club and it’s fans saw Exeter finish August top of League 2 after wins over Cambridge United, Lincoln City, and Cheltenham Town plus a draw at Swind0n Town. A deserved acknowledgement by the EFL.
Tisdale said:-
11th time lucky! The team and I had thought we may have a chance of winning this time but considered maybe it would never actually happen. Nonetheless we are grateful to have been chosen for this award and receive it knowing that the players who have performed in August have been ably supported by a committed larger squad and support staff.
George Burley chairs the Sky Bet Manager of the Month judging panel. He said:-
Exeter City remained unbeaten for the first month of the
season, winning three of their four games. Paul is the longest serving manager in the EFL and Exeter will be hoping to persuade him to sign a new contract as there are sure to be lots of clubs looking at his situation. They had a poor start last season but after this excellent month they will be hoping to keep their performances going.
Sky Sports’ EFL pundit Don Goodman and former Exeter player added:-
What a difference a year makes in football and for Paul Tisdale and his Exeter City side. The
Grecians stood by their manager after a wretched start to last season, despite widespread calls for him to leave the role he inherited way back in June 2006. And that decision looks fully vindicated after an impressive August which ended with Tisdale’s troops sitting pretty at the summit of Sky Bet League Two taking 10 points from their opening four fixtures.
Sky Bet Football Trading Manager Mikey Mumford said:
After Wembley heartbreak in May and the sale of star forward Ollie Watkins, the St James Park club have made an impressive start and Tisdale looks like being rewarded for his fine efforts with a new contract and he will have aspirations of going up automatically after falling at the final flight last time around.