GOLDEN BOOT-CHASING TOMMY Lonergan of Waterford has won the SSE Airtricity/Soccer Writers Ireland Player of the Month award for July. The in-form striker and ex-Fleetwood Town loanee has helped Waterford maintain their unbeaten run over the month under review, and was a landslide winner after a nationwide poll. Also on the shortlist were Sam Todd of Bohemians, John McGovern of Shamrock Rovers, and Lonergan’s RSC team-mate John Mahon. “We are definitely on a good run of form and we have been building on this momentum since Graham (Coughlan) came into the club,” said Lonergan after accepting his first such award. Lonergan, who had a record transfer bid from Derry City rejected by Waterford recently, will be in FAI Cup action against Athlone Town this weekend.