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GK – Adam Davies (Barnsley)

Davies has kept 12 clean sheets for Barnsley – the most outside the Championship’s top 10 – in a series of performances accompanied by now-customary match-saving stops.

The 24-year-old was also given international recognition for the first time this season, as he was called up to the Wales squad in October.

Barnsley manager Paul Heckingbottom believes he “could be one of the best goalkeepers the club has ever seen”.

But he shouldn’t stop there.

RB – Mark Connolly (Crawley)

His style is not pretty, nor is he one of the most technically gifted footballers, but Connolly is effective.

The 25-year-old will throw himself in front of anything or anyone and has executed multiple last-ditch challenges and goal line clearances this term.

While there are few players he would be able to beat in a foot race, there are even fewer that would outmuscle him in a tackle.

CB – Peter Clarke (Oldham)

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Strugglers Oldham are just three points above the relegation zone, but would even deeper in the muck and mire without their defence.

The Latics have conceded just 38 goals this season – the fourth-fewest in League One – and club-captain Clarke has been integral to that.

The tough-tackling defender, who signed from Bury in summer, has played the typical lower-league centre back role to perfection – gobbling up high balls and relishing 50-50 challenges.

CB – Matty Pearson (Accrington)

Pearson set the tone for his season with a last-minute winner against local rivals Burnley in the EFL Cup second round, which sealed the biggest win in Accrington’s history.

That composed finish came in a man-of-the-match performance and he has continued to be Stanley’s best performer.

The centre-back has also netted eight goals this season and is just five behind top scorer Billy Kee.

LB – Stephen Warnock (Wigan)

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It’s been a difficult return to the Championship for Wigan, but Warnock has emerged as one of the few positives.

Despite being pedestrian in style, the former Liverpool full-back has barely put a foot wrong.

That he had played every minute of competitive action until picking up an 85th-minute injury against Bristol City two weeks ago is testament to his consistency.

Without his steady presence, they would be in much deeper trouble.

CM – Luke Berry (Cambridge)

With strikers Barry Corr, Adam McGurk and Uche Ikpeazu all floundering, Cambridge have been indebted to Berry.

Employed in a more attacking role, the marauding midfielder has made light work of League Two’s defences and netted 17 goals – just six fewer than top scorer John Marquis.

Unsurprisingly, his profitable year has attracted envious glances from further up the pyramid.

But with two years remaining on his contract, suitors will have to spend big to prise him away from the Abbey Stadium.

CM – Matthew Taylor (Northampton)

This veteran midfielder never stops.

Having dropped down to League One after Burnley were promoted last season, it would have been reasonable to think his career was winding up.

But with 12 assists and eight goals, he looks far from done.

And with five of his strikes coming from set pieces, plus an audacious long-range winner against Port Vale two games ago, neither is his left foot.

RW – Helder Costa (Wolves)

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Having originally joined on loan from Benfica, Wolves ended up breaking their transfer record on Costa – splashing out £13m.

He has been worth every penny.

With 11 goals and eight assists, the Portuguese Under-23 international is both the highest scorer and top provider at Molineux.

After supplying him with a goal in their 3-1 win against Fulham on Saturday, David Edwards admitted that Wolves were “so lucky” to have him.

With the Premier League’s big boys sniffing around, they might not do for much longer.

LW – Ricky Holmes (Charlton)

With dwindling attendances, middling results and fan protests, there’s been very little for Charlton fans to cheer this season.

But in Holmes, they have one of the Football League’s best wingers.

The 29-year-old won the League Two title with Northampton last term and has stepped up seamlessly.

With nine goals and five assists, he has been a solitary bright spark for the Addicks.

ST – Omar Bogle (Wigan)

Having torn League Two defences apart in the first half of the season, Bogle has transitioned well to a Championship relegation fight.

A 19-goal haul in 26 league games for Grimsby earned him a deadline day move to Wigan, jumping two divisions.

At the DW Stadium, his blistering pace has continued to trouble defences and he has plundered another three goals in a struggling team.

ST – John Akinde (Barnet)

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Deadly strikers are so often the difference between a comfortable and uncomfortable season.

That is certainly the case for Barnet and Akinde.

With 21 goals, his omission from League Two’s official Team of the Season is a head-scratcher.

But having propelled the Bees into mid-table, and brief flirtations with the play-offs, it’s unlikely he will be too bothered.

Manager – Darrell Clarke (Bristol Rovers)

Simply put, Clarke has been Bristol Rovers’ saviour.

Having masterminded consecutive promotions in his first two full seasons at the Memorial Stadium, he has taken the Pirates to the fringes of the League One play-offs in his third.

That has been largely down to their home form this season, where they boast the fifth-longest unbeaten run in English football.

And that’s despite losing top scorer Matty Taylor to bitter rivals Bristol City on January transfer deadline day.

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