Welsh club bosses up for honour
Dave Jones and Roberto Martinez have been nominated for January's manager of the month award in the Championship.
The Welsh club bosses have been short-listed for the honour alongside Ipswich Town chief Jim Magilton and QPR manager Paulo Sousa.
Martinez's Swans are 14 games unbeaten while Jones' Cardiff are unbeaten in 13 games and both are chasing a Championship play-off spot.
The winner will be announced on Thursday, 5 February.
don't give it to paulo it's the kiss of death that award,let the sheep munchers have it.
Martinez wins Championship award
Swansea City manager Roberto Martinez has won the Championship manager of the month award for January.
Martinez guided the Swans to wins over promotion chasers Reading, Burnley and Preston, picking up 10 points from 12 after drawing with Southampton.
Swansea are ninth in the Championship and unbeaten in the league in 12 games.
"This sort of recognition after 24 years that we haven't been in this level shows how far we have come as a football club," said Martinez.
"January was a very good month in terms of results and performances and we have a great challenge to carry on these standards until the end of the season.
"It means a lot to the football club. I take it in the name of the staff, the board and the supporters."
Martinez guided Swansea to the Championship last May in his first full season as a manager, ending a 24-year absence in English football's second tier for the Welsh club.
Cardiff boss Dave Jones, Ipswich's Jim Magilton and new QPR manager Paulo Sousa were the other contenders for the award.
