The Wales international - who had two nominations for the prize - scooped the accolade for his superb effort against Southampton on the final day of the month.
Picking up the ball on the left flank, our no.21 used Juan Mata’s run as a decoy, cut onto his favoured right foot and unleashed a bullet of a strike past the helpless Angus Gunn in the hosts' goal. In case you forgot, here’s a reminder of that phenomenal goal which opened the scoring at St Mary’s…
That goal was up against seven other impressive finishes for the award but, with 48 per cent of the vote, our supporters were in no doubt that James’s piledriver was the best of the lot in August.