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GREAT IVAN BAGS PRIZE THANKS TO GOAL SPREE

EFL AWARDS
By John Lyons

WINNER: Brentford striker Ivan Toney

IVAN Toney has made a blistering start at Brentford – and now it’s been rewarded with the Sky Bet Championship Player of the Month award for October.
The former Peterborough hitman plundered eight goals in six games, showcasing his positioning and poaching instincts, bravery in the air and underrated link-up play.
The modest 24-year-old said: “It is my job to score goals and I’ve come to a club where the striker gets a lot of chances. “I am thankful to the players around me because they are puttin...

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