The Player of the Month is an association football award that recognises the player adjudged the best for each month of the season in the Football League Championship, the second tier in English football.
 For sponsorship reasons, since its inception it has been known as the "Coca-Cola Player of the Month" award; Coca-Cola sponsored the Football League since 2004 and the deal ended 2010.
 From the 2010–11 to the 2012–13 season, the Football League was sponsored by NPower, so it was known as the "NPower Player of the Month" award.
 As of the 2013–14 season, the league has been sponsored by Skybet, so it is now the "SkyBet Player of the Month" award.
 The awards are designed and manufactured in the UK by bespoke awards company Gaudio Awards.
Sunderland Association Football Club was founded in 1879 as Sunderland & District Teachers Association Football Club by James Allan.
 They turned professional in 1885.
 Sunderland won their first Football League championship in the 1891–92 season two years after joining the league.
 They won the next Football League First Division on three occasions in four seasons; in 1892, 1893 and 1895, separated by a runner-up spot in 1894.
 In the 1901–02 season, Sunderland won their fifth Football League First Division championship.
 They came close to completing the "league and cup double" in the 1912–13 season, winning the league but losing to Aston Villa in the 1913 FA Cup Final.
 The team's next success came in the 1935–36 season when they won the League Championship and also the Charity Shield.
 They had not won the FA Cup until the 1936–37 season when they defeated Preston North End in the 1937 FA Cup Final.
 Sunderland entered The Football League in 1890 and were not relegated from the top division until the 1957–58 season; a total of 58 seasons in the highest division of England.
 Their next trophy came in the 1973 FA Cup Final as they beat Leeds United 1–0.
 They reached the 1985 Football League Cup Final but finished as runners-up to Norwich City after being beaten 1–0.
 In the 1986–87 season Sunderland were relegated to the Football League Third Division for the first time in their history under the management of Lawrie McMenemy, they however, returned to the second division the following season as champions–their lowest position in the English football league system.
 Their first appearance in the Premier League came in the 1999–2000 season after being promoted as champions from Division One.
 In winning promotion the club gained 105 points, which was a record at the time.
 Sunderland gained just 15 points in the 2005-06 season, which set the record for the lowest number of points in a Premier League season, which has since been eclipsed by Derby County.
The Manager of the Month is an association football award that recognises the manager adjudged best for each month of the season in the Football League Championship, the second tier of English football.
 The recipient is chosen by a panel assembled by the League's sponsor and announced alongside the League One and League Two Manager of the Month awards at the beginning of the following month.
 For sponsorship reasons, since its inception it has been known as the Coca-Cola Manager of the Month award, with the company sponsoring the league from 2004–2010.
 From the 2010–11 season, the league was sponsored by npower and the award has been known as the npower Manager of the Month.
William McIntosh Davies (born 31 May 1964) is a Scottish former professional footballer and manager.
 He won the 2007 Playoffs with Derby County, finished as runners-up in 2005 with Preston North End, and reached the semi-finals in 2006 (Preston), 2010 and 2011 (both with Nottingham Forest).
 He also jointly (with Chris Hughton) holds the record for the most Football League Championship Manager of the Month awards having won two each at Preston and Derby and three at Nottingham Forest.
Clarrie Jordan (20 June 1922 – 24 February 1992) was an English professional footballer who played as a centre forward for Upton Colliery, Doncaster Rovers and Sheffield Wednesday.
 He holds the Doncaster record of 42 league goals scored in one season, and jointly holds the record of scoring in 10 consecutive games in the Football League.
During the 2013–14 football season, Sheffield Wednesday Football Club will compete in three professional football competitions.
 Sheffield Wednesday will compete in the 2013–14 Football League Championship, 2013–14 FA Cup, and the 2013–14 Football League Cup.
 It will be the Owls' second consecutive season in the Football League Championship having secured promotion from League One in the 2011–12 season and then securing Championship safety on the last day of the 2012–13 season.
 The Football League season will kick-off at the beginning of August, along with the League Cup in the same month.
 Meanwhile, with Sheffield Wednesday being within the top two-tiers of the English football league system the club doesn't enter the FA Cup until the beginning of January 2014 where they enter at Round 3 of the competition.
The Manager of the Month is an association football award that recognises the manager adjudged best for each month of the season in the Football League Two, the fourth tier of English football.
 The recipient is chosen by a panel assembled by the League's sponsor and announced alongside The Championship and League One Manager of the Month awards at the beginning of the following month.
 For sponsorship reasons, since its inception it has been known as the Coca-Cola Manager of the Month award, with the company sponsoring the league from 2004 to 2010.
Christopher William Gerard Hughton (born 11 December 1958) is an Irish former professional footballer and current manager of Brighton & Hove Albion.
 In 1979, he became the first mixed race player to represent the Republic of Ireland national team.
Stephen Martin "Steve" Lomas (born 18 January 1974) is a Northern Irish former professional footballer and was most recently manager of Football League Championship club Millwall.
The Manager of the Month is an association football award that recognises the manager adjudged best for each month of the season in the Football League One, the third tier of English football.
 The recipient is chosen by a panel assembled by the League's sponsor and announced alongside The Championship and League Two Manager of the Month awards at the beginning of the following month.
 For sponsorship reasons, since its inception it has been known as the npower Manager of the Month award, with the company sponsoring the league from 2010-2013.

Question: Which Irish former professional footballer and current manager jointly holds the record for the most Football League Championship Manager of the Month awards? 
Answer: Chris Hughton