Pompey striker tops Football League's match-winning chart

By The Newsroom
Published 11th May 2018, 16:00 BST
Updated 8th Jun 2018, 06:11 BST
Brett Pitman. Picture: Joe PeplerBrett Pitman. Picture: Joe Pepler
Brett Pitman. Picture: Joe Pepler
Brett Pitman enjoyed a superb maiden season at Pompey.

The striker netted 25 goals in all competitions, becoming the first player since Svetoslav Todorov in the 2002-03 campaign to break the 20-goal barrier.

And if it wasn’t for Pitman’s heroics, the Blues would have finished closer to the League One drop zone than the play-offs.

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Throughout this season, the former AFC Bournemouth marksman netted six match-winning league goals – the joint-highest in the Football League, along with Accrington’s Billy Kee.

The 30-year-old bagged more crucial strikes than Spurs and England striker Harry Kane, Norwich midfielder James Maddison, Shrewsbury’s Stefan Payne, Uche Ikpeazu from Cambridge United, former Blues loanee Marc McNulty – now at Coventry – and Grimsby’s Mitch Rose (all five).

It total, Pitman grabbed Kenny Jackett’s men 18 points.

Take away his strikes and