Goalkeeper Jamie Cumming has enjoyed an impressive debut season in senior football and this weekend made his 39th appearance of the campaign for League Two Stevenage.

The Hertfordshire side have moved away from trouble in recent weeks with a 10-game unbeaten run, during which time the 21-year-old has kept six clean sheets. He did concede in their latest outing at home to Barrow on Saturday but the Boro secured victory with two goals of their own in a 2-1 win.

The result keeps them entrenched in mid-table, closer to the play-offs than the relegation zone, and continues a remarkable turnaround in fortunes for a side that were in the bottom two at the turn of the year.

Reflecting on his pathway starting in English football’s fourth tier, Cumming said recently: ‘I think this is a path most goalkeepers have taken.

‘Jordan Pickford and Dean Henderson, for instance, played non-league football and in the lower leagues, and are now playing for England.

‘It’s something you have to do as a young goalkeeper because it’s not the same as an outfield player where you can jump straight into the first team.’

Cumming’s fellow Academy graduate and goalkeeper, Nathan Baxter, missed Accrington Stanley’s weekend game against Peterborough United with a shoulder injury, though Jon Russell did feature as a first-half substitute. Accy lost 7-0 to promotion-chasing Peterborough, leaving them four points adrift of the play-off positions in League One.

In the same division, Luke McCormick was involved throughout in both of Bristol Rovers’ fixtures as the Gas suffered back-to-back 1-0 defeats against Swindon Town and Sunderland. Joey Barton’s side are now two points from safety with eight games remaining.