Let's Meet Your Manager Of The Month Winners!
Dean Brennan, Calum McIntyre and Chris Agutter have been recognised for a flying start to the New Year with the Manager of the Month awards.
Barnet boss Brennan has been crowned the National League’s top boss for the second time in two months, and follows his November accolade with another.
The north west London club look to be leaving nothing to chance this season after years of play-off misery.
They want to avoid the end-of-season lottery all together this time and as the title race heats up, the Bees are keeping their cool. They ended the month four points clear of anyone else at the summit, albeit having played more games.
They had another four weeks to remember, beating Southend United, Maidenhead and Hartlepool, and had the better of their draws at Forest Green Rovers and Eastleigh.
Unbeaten at home so far this season, they have dropped just six points from 15 games at the Hive and have scored more than anyone else in the division. Things are looking good at the other end of the pitch, ending the month on a run of four straight clean sheets.
Chester were just being cheeky when they tweeted us with details of where to send Calum McIntyre’s Manager of the Month award.
Our panel didn’t need much convincing. After all, the club started 2025 eight points off the top of the National League North table, sitting down in 11th place.
They ended it top of the pile, a point clear of second-placed Scunthorpe United.
Nobody came near to the super Seals in January as they scored 18 goals across seven games, with wins against Buxton, Leamington, Alfreton, Spennymoor, Scarborough Athletic and Radcliffe last month.
Wise beyond his years, 31-year-old manager McIntyre has a bright future.
Worthing fans were wondering what next this summer. They had just lost the National League South Promotion Final - and then weeks later manager Adam Hinshelwood, star striker Ollie Pearce and left-back Joe Felix all to York City.
There was little fanfare when Chris Agutter was appointed, and the low-key approach appears to have worked.
In perhaps of the closest title races anywhere in the world at the minute, Worthing ended January top of the pile, achieved by toppling in-form Boreham Wood in a championship chase for the ages.
In January they played three of the sides around them and went unbeaten, and also thrashed Torquay United 5-1 in the FA Trophy.
They’re right in the mix in the race you just cannot call!
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