Gareth Ainsworth believes if Wycombe were to get promoted back to the Championship at the first attempt, the achievement could eclipse the club’s successes from two years ago.

At the time of writing, the Chairboys are eighth on 66 points, and are just two places and one point off the play-offs.

Their 0-0 draw at Portsmouth also saw them record their fourth clean sheet in five games.

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During that time, they have not lost a league match and due to the international break next week, the draw versus Pompey means Wanderers will end the month unbeaten.

This is off the back of seven-game winless run which saw the Chairboys drop from top to seventh.

Speaking after the draw, he said: “The lads will have a few days to recover as they need to, both mentally and physically.

“When we get back, it’ll be a clean slate, so we just need to get down and go because everyone at this club wants us to get promoted.

“It will be a fantastic achievement and I know we were there last year but probably, if we did get promoted, it could eclipse what we did [back in 2020].

“This is a huge league this season with the teams in this league and if you look at it, the league has been split into two – bottom and top.

“There is no middle ground in this league, and I think it’ll be the highest ever for a play-off and the lowest going down.

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“It’s really split, but, with the calibre of teams in it make it that way.”

The run of clean sheets is the product of the boss knowing that changes needed to be made, following their winless streak of seven matches.

During that time, Wycombe conceded 16 goals keeping just one shut out.

But since moving to having four at the back, rather than the three which has been used throughout the campaign, Ainsworth believes they can end the season strong.

On the recent defensive changes, he said: “I’m really happy as we worked really hard on it as I pride myself on defensive shape and we work hard in training on that.

“If you ask the boys, they’ll tell you that I put on these phases and little functions which will precede in the 11 vs 11 and they’ve really got to grips with it, as they are all really great players.

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“They work out things during the game because as the wind was in our face during the second half, they knew how to deal with that.

“Ryan Tafazolli and Anthony Stewart have claimed that but, I’ll have to credit Chris Forino, Jack Wakely, Jack Grimmer, Jordan Obita who didn’t feature today.

“We have got these defenders competing and they know they have got to be on their A game because if they are not, I’ve got people saying, ‘gaffer, I’m ready’, which is something that you want as a manager.

“I’m very proud of them.”

And on the performances of his attackers, the boss concluded: “Garath McCleary and Jason McCarthy did brilliantly when they linked up and Daryl Horgan was fantastic, but we were missing that killer’s touch.

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“That happens sometimes and we’ll group.”

More than 15,000 spectators were at Fratton Park the match, making it one of Portsmouth’s highest attended fixtures for the season.