O'Neill is April's manager of the month
Aston Villa manager Martin O’Neill has been named Barclays manager of the month for April.
Villa were unbeaten for the month under the Irishman, who has won the award four times, winning all three of their away games.
Trips to Blackburn, Middlesbrough and Manchester City earned nine points and draws were secured at Villa Park against Everton, Wigan and Portsmouth.
Jim Hytner, from the Barclays Awards Panel, said: “Martin O’Neill has made a terrific impact in his first season back in the Barclays Premiership.
“He’s built a team full of young talent that is becoming increasingly hard to beat, no more so than in April.
“Three successive away wins also demonstrate that his Villa side combines a solid defence with real threat in attack.”
O’Neill last won the award in November 1999 when he was manager at Leicester.
