Chesterfield striker wins second award of month

The summer signing from Dutch outfit ADO Den Haag scored four goals in five league games, bagging in wins against Barnet, Shrewsbury Town and Notts County. Although cup matches are not taken into consideration for this particular accolade, the striker also netted in both EFL Trophy and FA Cup clashes against Doncaster Rovers.

Bonis was competing against Oldham Athletic striker Michael Mellon, Bromley defender Idris Odutayo and Spireites-linked Benn Ward of Accrington Stanley for the award but the Spireites forward got the nod from the judging panel of pundit Don Goodman, EFL chief executive Trevor Birch and Sky Bet EFL trader Ivor Davies.

Bonis’ nomination comes after he won the PFA League Two Player of the Month award for December, beating Hakeeb Adelakun of Cheltenham Town, Walsall's Aden Flint, James Gibbons of Cambridge United, Kelly N’Mai of Salford City and Bromley’s Odutayo.

Andy Woodman, of league leaders Bromley, who Chesterfield host on Saturday, won the Sky Bet Manager of the Month for December after the Ravens won five games in a row, which has now extended to seven into January. Cheltenham Town’s Steve Cotterill, Neil Harris of Cambridge United and Salford City’s Karl Robinson were also in the running.