The Football League Paper

TIME TO VOTE FOR THE TOP GOALS...

- By Tom Blackett

FANS can play their part in helping to decide the Sky Bet EFL Goal of the Month winners for August.

In the Championsh­ip, the nomination­s are Jacob Murphy (Norwich) v Blackburn, Tom Cairney (Fulham) v Leeds, and Dwight Gayle’s first for Newcastle against Reading.

Murphy picked the ball up, beat his man and rifled a shot into the top right-hand corner from 25 yards. It was his first goal for the club on a successful opening day outing – the Canaries won 4-1.

Cairney allowed Kevin McDonald’s pass from the right wing to roll across his body, before dispatchin­g a curling effort into the bottom left corner of Robert Green’s goal from outside the area.

Gayle lined up a 30-yard free-kick and hit a fierce curling effort into the top left hand corner of Ali AlHabsi’s goal as the Toon Army ran out 4-1 winners.

In League One, the contenders are Mark Marshall (Bradford City) v Coventry, Jay Spearing (Bolton) v Shefield United and Jay Emmanuel-Thomas’ second for Gillingham versus Shrewsbury.

In League Two, the nomination­s are Dan O’Shaughness­y (Cheltenham) v Mansfield, Alex Kiwomya (Crewe) v Newport County and Graham Carey’s second for Plymouth against Mansfield.

Voting is now open on skysports.com. The winners will be announced on Friday.

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