Scarborough Athletic’s Jono Greening wins National League North Manager of the Month award

The league explained their decision to choose Greening as the top boss: “You can slip cigarette papers between four or five clubs at the top of the Vanarama National League North.

"So you get a measure of just how difficult it was for our panel to settle on the December big winners!

“In the end, it was decided that Scarborough Athletic manager Jonathan Greening just could not be ignored.

“He is playing a huge part in the rebirth of a club who are very much alive and kicking again - and in a year of almost non-stop highs, they ended 2022 in fitting style.

“They finished it third, just two points off top spot with a game in hand after their promotion in the summer - leaving the tipsters who called a struggle eating their words.

“The Seadogs saw off two fellow promotion contenders, inflicting only a second League defeat since October on Darlington as they also beat Peterborough Sports.

“Only two sides have taken all three points from their trip to Southport in the first half of this season, so a 1-1 draw is a much better result than it looks on the surface.

“But it was the brilliant Boxing Day win over the Quakers that really got everyone talking.

“Home comforts always help. At the turn of the year, only Chester had beaten Scarborough in front of their own fans in a league match since 21 November 2021.

“The Manager of the Month has the Seadogs soaring!”