Sam Hoskins has been named the Sky Bet League Two Player of the Month for August.
Hoskins did it all in August, scoring five of Northampton’s eight goals from all angles, including an impudent free-kick at Crawley and straight from a corner at Crewe, and set up another with his boundless energy and enthusiasm.
Northampton manager Jon Brady said: “This award is a fantastic recognition of the quality and impact of Sam's performances.
"He is an important member of the squad both on and off the field. He is a senior player in the dressing room, he is a fantastic role model for the younger players to look up to and his performances have shown that he leads by example.
"Sam is a wonderfully loyal servant to the club who is quickly making his way up both the club's all time appearance makers and top goalscorers lists and he fully deserves the accolades his performances are bringing him."
Hoskins said: “We have made a good start to the season as a team and personally I am very proud to pick up the award.
"While I am delighted with my goal tally so far, the team's fortunes are always the most important thing and we are pleased with how things have gone in the first month of the season. Our challenge is to try and continue that progress.
"Personally, I ended last season in decent form and that has carried over in to this season which I am obviously very pleased about."
Sky Sports’ EFL pundit Don Goodman said: “It’s hard to ignore goals, and Sam Hoskins was right amongst them in August, bagging five of Northampton’s eight over the course of the month.
“The Cobblers are nestled nicely in the Play-Off spots at this early stage, and their number seven has been an absolutely key player, who they must keep fit.”
Sky Bet EFL trader Ivor Davies said: “Now entering his eighth full season as a Northampton player Hoskins is well on course to smash his seasonal best tally of 13 goals, with the Cobblers ace netting five times in the month of August.
“All five strikes came on the road, earning a point at Grimsby while braces at Crawley and Crewe followed as Northampton look to put last season’s final day heartbreak firmly behind them.
“Hoskins was a relatively unfancied 40/1 longshot in the top goalscorer market with Sky Bet in the summer but now justifies favouritism at 7/2 after his excellent start to the campaign.”