Six Pompey footballs in a row: one for each win in the Club's six game winning streak which came to an end against Bristol City (A) on 9th March, 1-2. The six wins were:
Doncaster Rovers (A) 2-0 (Kitson, Ward)
Barnsley (H) 1-0 (Kanu)
Crystal Palace (H) 1-0 (Nugent)
Ipswich Town (A) 2-0 (Nugent, Cotterill)
Scunthorpe United (H) 2-0 (Kitson, Mokoena)
Sheffield United (H) 1-0 (Hreidarsson)
Each win of course came with a clean sheet but I couldn't find six of those!
Pompey didn't concede a goal for 636 minutes, goalkeeper Jamie Ashdown beating a post-war League record held by Peter Mellor.
Somebody had actually lined up nine footballs in a row but I guess I was being a bit too optimistic thinking I'd ever get to use that! A bit of clever digital trimming was required.
Pompey's run of minutes without conceding was ended by Bristol City's Albert Adomah. The previous player to score against Pompey was Derby County's Steve Davies on 5th February in the 1-1 draw at Fratton Park. They were both pretty good goals and that's what it takes these days - own goals aside - to get past Pompey's defence.
The defeat against Bristol City brought Pompey back down to earth. They have an opportunity to get back to winning ways and clean sheets on Saturday 12th March against 20th placed Middlesbrough at Fratton Park, 3PM kick-off.
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