Ipswich chiefs walk out of EFL Awards after controversy as ceremony turns awkward
PLYMOUTH boss Steven Schumacher landed the League One manager of the season gong at the EFL Awards on Sunday.
And that did not go down well with Ipswich.
Seconds after Schumacher was announced the winner, everyone on the Tractor Boys’ table at the London bash left the room and went home.
Plymouth are currently top of the League One table on 95 points after last night’s 2-0 win over Bristol Rovers.
But there are two games to go – and Ipswich are just one point behind after a 3-0 win at Barnsley.
Both teams look set for automatic promotion to the Championship.
But the result clearly annoyed the Portman Road clan at Grosvenor House in London as gaffer Kieran McKenna was overlooked.
McKenna is excelling in his first senior management role after spells with Tottenham and Manchester United’s academies.
He worked as the assistant for Jose Mourinho, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Ralf Rangnick but made the switch to Suffolk in December 2021.
McKenna is enjoying a fine first full campaign and picked up the EFL’s League One manager of the month award for March.
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Schumacher collected the gong in September and October while Barnsley’s Michael Duff has three.
Ipswich did, however, have some success at the end-of-season gala.
Conor Chaplin and Leif Davis were both named in the League One team of the season.
But Cameron Humphreys was pipped to the young player of the year by Plymouth’s Bali Mumba.
Ipswich’s five players nominated for awards were in attendance in the capital alongside CEO Mark Ashton and COO Luke Werhun as well as the club’s media team.