Sheffield United's Paul Heckingbottom makes his point as he doubles up as Championship manager of the month and Bradford City's Andy Cook is League Two player for September

Heckingbottom was one of two Yorkshire winners, with Bradford City's Andy Cook chosen as League Two's player for September.

But Blades goalkeeper Wes Foderingham missed out to former Barnsley striker Carlton Morris as the Championship player of the month and Heckingbottom let everyone know what he thought of that in his own subtle way.

The former Leeds United and Barnsley manager has now won both awards so far this season. Having included 23 backroom staff on his official photo for August’s, this time he surrounded himself with his players, but gave one special prominence.

"We've had a picture done of it with Wes holding it because Wes for me has been fantastic,” he said.

"They could have nominated all our back five and Wes to win us those three games away from home and keep three clean sheets, it's really big, especially thinking about the changes we've made to the team and the difficulties we've faced. The team's shown real good character to get those results."

Despite getting upset on his goalkeeper’s behalf, Heckingbottom insisted his award was not that significant.

"We don't need the attention, the pats on the back, we just want the three points and we know we're going to get stronger and stronger,” he said.

"You can get through the season and finish top without one if you are consistent and have the right number of wins. You don't have to win every game in a month, not win for a couple of months, then win every game in another month, we want to try and keep the consistency we've seen so far.

"I'm not bothered if we don't get another but win enough games during the months to keep getting the points we need."

Cook's award was no surprise either. Only Leeds-born Erling Haaland has more goals for an English league club this season, with Cook scoring five in four matches in September. His penalty against Harrogate Town has since taken him to 12 for the campaign.

“It is an honour to take the award after what was a really good month for myself and us as a club on the field,” said Cook.

“Of course, it is always a joy to get on the scoresheet, and it is great to have kept up my decent run of form through the early parts of the season, but the goals also meant a lot in getting us some crucial results, which is the most important thing.

“To have been able to celebrate five goals in the space of three games last month with our supporters both home and away was really special, and has helped us climb the table quite nicely over the past six weeks or so.

“It has really given me an appetite for more, and I just want to keep scoring goals and helping the team as we work towards our aims for the season.”

Ex-Doncaster Rovers midfielder and manager Richie Wellens matched Heckingbottom’s feat in winning both manager’s awards in League Two. Wellens takes his Leyton Orient side to Doncaster on Saturday.

Ex-Bradford defender Steven Schumacher won the League One manager's prize for his work with table-topping Plymouth Argyle.