Premier League Manager of the Month First Division resigned from the Football League. These clubs set up a new commercially independent league that negotiated its own broadcast and sponsorship agreements. The Premier League introduced new Manager of the Month and Manager of the Season awards for the 1993–94 season, supplementing the existing Football Writers' Association and Professional Footballers' Association Player of the Year awards. The first Manager of the Month was awarded to Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson for his achievements in August 1993. For the 1994–95 season, the Premier League introduced the Player of the Month award, which is presented alongside the Manager of the
Winter of 1985–86 in Great Britain and Ireland recorded on the 20th at Cairngorm. April 1986 averaged at which is 2.1 °C below the 1961-1990 average and the coldest since 1922. The temperature reached for the first time on April 4, and for the first time on April 26. There was 19 days of snow at Glenlivet. It was also a wetter than average month. Winter of 1985–86 in Great Britain and Ireland The Winter of 1985–86 in Great Britain and Ireland contained two periods of notably cold weather. November 1985 brought an early start to winter with the month being the coldest in the Central England region