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Player who didn’t miss a minute

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Will Norris and Abu Kamara were the only two players to feature in all 46 of Pompey’s League One title-winning games.

Goalkeeper Norris started (and finished) every single game, while Norwich loanee Kamara started 38 and came off the bench in the other eight matches.

Centre-half Conor Shaughness­y started 45 matches, only missing the opening day draw with Bristol Rovers.

In all, 29 players appeared for the title winners – ranging from Norris’ 4,140 minutes to Tom Mcintyre’s 54 minutes.

Pompey League One apps: Will Norris 46, Conor Shaughness­y

45, Colby Bishop 40(plus

4 as a sub), Abu Kamara

37(9), Marlon Pack 37(1),

Joe Rafferty 36, Paddy Lane 35(7), Sean Raggett 30(8), Joe Morrell 26(1), Connor Ogilvie 23, Jack Sparkes 22(16), Alex Robertson 20(3), Regan Poole 14, Christian Saydee 12(24), Gavin Whyte 12(17), Myles Peart-harris 10(2), Owen Moxon 8(7), Callum Lang

9(3), Kusini Yengi 7(19), Zak Swanson 7(5), Tom Lowery 7(2), Terry Devlin 6(13), Tino Anjorin 5(7), Anthony Scully 3(3), Ryley Towler 3(3), Josh Martin 2(6), Lee Evans 2(2), Ben Stevenson 1(3), Tom Mcintyre 1.

*Abu Kamara led the way with Pompey assists, with 10 – only four players in League One registered more, a table led by Derby’s Nathaniel Mendez-laing (16).

Assists: Kamara 10, Pack 9, Lane 7, Sparkes 6, Robertson 4, Rafferty 4, Saydee 3, Bishop 3, Whyte 3, Shaughness­y 2, Lang 1, Ogilvie 1, Morrell 1, Raggett 1.

*Jack Sparkes’ booking at Lincoln on the final day saw him end with 11 yellows – only nine players were cautioned more often in League One, a list headed by Bolton’s George Thomason (14).

Bookings: Sparkes 11, Pack 8, Robertson 8, Kamara 7, Rafferty 7, Morrell 7, Lane 7, Poole 5, Norris 5, Saydee 5, Bishop 4, Shaughness­y 4, Raggett 4, Peart-harris 4, Lang 3, Ogilvie 3, Moxon 4, Scully 2, Lowery 3, Swanson 2, Yengi 2, Towler 2, Whyte 1, Martin 1, Evans 1.

*Joe Morrell picked up two of Pompey’s four red cards in 2023/24 – ex-fratton Park loanee Steve Seddon (Burton, 3) was the only third-tier player dismissed more often.

Red cards: Morrell 2, Rafferty 1, Mcintyre 1.

*Will Norris’s clean sheet at Lincoln on the final day was Pompey’s 19th in League One in 2023/24. Pompey’s 41 goals conceded was bettered only by runners-up Derby (37) and Lincoln (40).

League One clean sheets: Derby

22, Lincoln 19, Pompey 19, Stevenage 19, Blackpool 18.

 ?? ?? Ever-present Will Norris preserves another clean sheet by saving a penalty on the final day of the season at Lincoln
Ever-present Will Norris preserves another clean sheet by saving a penalty on the final day of the season at Lincoln

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