Baggies boss Tony Pulis up for manager of the month award

The duo have been nominated following a month in which the Baggies were unbeaten in four Premier League games and conceded only two goals.

Home wins over Swansea City and Southampton, coupled with draws at Burnley and Sunderland, also helped Albion climb clear of the relegation zone.

Swans boss Garry Monk is one of Pulis' rivals for the manager prize, along with Hull's Steve Bruce and Liverpool's Brendan Rodgers, both of whom like Pulis steered their clubs to unbeaten records in the month.

Foster, who kept three clean sheets in the four games, faces stiff competition meanwhile for the player of the month award from the likes of Spurs striker Harry Kane, who scored four goals in as many games and was subject of calls for an England call-up.

Arsenal's Mesut Ozil, Swansea's Jonjo Shelvey, Hull's Dame N'Doye and Liverpool's Phillippe Coutinho make up the rest of the six nominees.

The eight points collected in February lifted Albion the same distance clear of the bottom three and well placed to secure survival over the season's final three months.

But they have started March with two straight defeats away to rivals Villa in the league and FA Cup with Foster, ironically enough, enduring one of his worst games for the club in the first encounter.

With the game level at 1-1, the 31-year-old keeper hauled down Matt Lowton deep into stoppage time which allowed Christian Benteke to score the winner from the spot.

He was subsequently replaced in goal by Boaz Myhill for last Saturday's cup encounter, which Villa won 2-0.