AKPOM WINS THE CHAMPIONSHIP PLAYER OF THE SEASON AWARD.

Middlesbrough striker, Chuba Akpom has been named Sky Bet Championship Player of the Season at the EFL Awards.

Akpom, who was rewarded for a terrific season that has seen him score 29 goals in 38 games, 28 coming from 33 league starts, will become the first Boro player to scoop the Golden Boot since John Hickton bagged 25 during the 1970/71 Second Division season.

Akpom has already claimed the gong as the first Boro man to hit 20 league goals since Bernie Slaven in 1989/90.

The former Arsenal man set a new Sky Bet Championship high for successive home strikes when he scored his ninth against Hull City at the Riverside in midweek.

Meanwhile, Burnley handler and former Manchester City skipper Vincent Kompany won the Manager of the Season award.