Peterborough United F.C.

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Peterborough United

Full name

Peterborough United
Football Club

Nickname(s)

The Posh

Founded

1934

Ground

London Road Stadium
Peterborough
(Capacity 15,460)

Chairman

Player/Manager

League

League Two, 2nd
(promoted)





Home colours





Away colours

Peterborough United Football Club are an English professional football team based in Peterborough. They will play in League One for the 2008-09 season (having finished second in League Two in the 2007-08 season). The club was formed in 1934 and was first admitted to the Football League in 1960, replacing Gateshead F.C.. The side play at the London Road ground in Peterborough. The club nickname is The Posh. Opinion is split as to who Peterborough United's main local rivals are. Older fans tend to point to Northampton Town, a rivalry which has endured since the 1960s. However, the majority of fans consider Cambridge United to be the club's main foes — this game is known as the Cambridgeshire derby.

Peterborough's greatest ever player is arguably Terry Bly. He scored 52 goals in the club's first season as a Football League club, as they sealed the Fourth Division championship.

The club also had a proud tradition of producing successful young players, those to have recently come through the youth academy have included Simon Davies (now at Fulham), Matthew Etherington (now at West Ham United) and Adam Drury (now at Norwich City).

1 History
- 1.1 Formation
- 1.2 Recent history
2 Honours
3 Records
- 3.1 League records
4 Club records
5 Player records
- 5.1 Most appearances
6 Players
- 6.1 Current squad
7 Notable former players
8 Managers
9 References
10 See also
11 External links

[edit] History

[edit] Formation

Peterborough United were formed in 1934 at a meeting held in Peterborough's Angel Hotel in order to provide the town with a replacement for Peterborough and Fletton United, who had folded two years previously.^[1]

The Posh were elected to The Football League for the beginning of the 1960–61 season, joining and winning Division Four.^[2]

[edit] Recent history

During the 2005-06 season the club had three managers: team owner Barry Fry returned to management following former England international Mark Wright's sacking in January. Wright's assistant Steve Bleasdale was then appointed acting manager, but resigned in April. Keith Alexander joined as manager from Lincoln City for the 2006-07 season.

On September 18, 2006 Peterborough United announced the "biggest signing in the club's history", new chairman Darragh MacAnthony chairman of MRI Overseas Property. MacAnthony has purchased 200 shares in PUFC and has stated that his goal is to become the sole owner of the Club. As of yet, no more details have been announced. In its AGM of 05/09/2006 the Posh Supporters' Trust stated that it owned 1390 shares in PUFC. The deal was delayed as of November 2006 when the owners of the Ground Peterborough United Holdings Ltd (PUHL) refused to accept the sale until they receive planning permission their proposed development of the Moyes End Terrace and building of 135 Luxury flats. Despite this MacAnthony has said he will not walk away from the club.

With the prospect of rich new ownership a £1m bid for striker Izale McLeod was rejected by his club, MK Dons. They have since signed George Boyd from Stevenage for a reported fee of around £260,000 [1] , Aaron McLean from Grays Athletic for a figure expected to be around £150,000 [2] and Josh Low from Leicester for a fee rising to £100,000 [3].

They have also signed 32 year old central midfielder Micah Hyde for £75,000 (raising to £100,000 if Peterborough get promotion) from Burnley and goalkeeper Shwan Jalal from Woking for an undisclosed fee to continue their bid spending.

While Alexander had some success in the role, leading the club to its best-ever start to a season and keeping them in the play-off positions for most of the 2006-07 season, he was nonetheless sacked in January due to a run of six defeats in a row, and his long-ball tactics met with disapproval among fans even when the club was near the top of the table. After a brief caretaker spell by Tommy Taylor, Darren Ferguson was installed as player-manager.

Ferguson had a good start to his managerial career, and was unlucky to only gain 1 point from his first 3 games after some good performances. Ironically, the first win in his managerial career was against his former club, Wrexham A.F.C..

Ferguson appointed Kevin Russell as his assistant, and Ben MacKenzie as fitness coach.

Peterborough United Chairman Darragh MacAnthony has proposed a 15,000 all seater stadium to replace the current London Road stadium which has a capacity Of 15,314.^{[citation needed]}

On the 19 April 2008, Peterborough were promoted to the Coca-Cola Football League 1 after Dean Keates header secured a 1-0 victory against Hereford United.

On Friday 18 January 2008 it was announced that Peterborough United will enter in to a 3-year sponsorship deal with adidas to supply new kit from the season 2008 - 2009

[edit] Honours

League One (including Second Division and (Old) Third Division)^[3]
- Play-Off Winners: 1991/92.
League Two (including Third Division and (Old) Fourth Division)^[4]
- Winners: 1960/61, 1973/74.
- Runners Up: 2007/08.
- Play-Off Winners: 1999/00.
- Promoted: 1990/91.

[edit] Records

[edit] League records

Most goals ever scored by an English club in a single season: 134 goals.
Biggest away victory in Division 3: Barnet 1 Peterborough 9.
Most division 4 goals in a season by one player: 52 (Terry Bly)

[edit] Club records

Most League Appearances - Tommy Robson - 482 (440 starts and 42 as a substitute): 1968-1981

Most League Goal - Jim Hall - 122 : 1967-1975

Most League goals in one season - Terry Bly - 52 : 1960-1961

Highest Transfer Fee Received - £700,000 from Tottenham Hotspur for Simon Davies, December 1999

Highest Transfer Fee Paid - £400,000 to Norwich City for Joe Lewis, January 2008

[edit] Player records

[edit] Most appearances

Players in bold still playing for The Posh

Tommy Robson 559
Mark Tyler 483
Jack Carmichael 420
Noel Luke 346
Mick Halsall 316

[edit] Players

As of 22 May 2008.^[5]

[edit] Current squad

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Mark Tyler
2	MF	Josh Low
3	DF	Shane Blackett
4	DF	Craig Morgan
5	DF	Chris Westwood
6	DF	Charlie Lee
7	MF	Adam Newton
8	MF	Micah Hyde (Captain)
9	FW	Aaron McLean
10	MF	George Boyd
11	MF	Dean Keates
12	FW	Craig Mackail-Smith
13	GK	Shwan Jalal
15	FW	Scott Rendell
16	FW	Danny Crow

No.	Position	Player
17	MF	Jamie Day
18	MF	Chris Whelpdale
19	DF	Adam Smith
20	MF	Alfie Potter
21	DF	Sam Gaughran
22	DF	Kieran Charnock
23	FW	Rene Howe
24	MF	Billy Crook
26	FW	Liam Hatch
28	DF	Darren Gourlay
29	DF	Tom Williams
31	GK	James McKeown
32	GK	Joe Lewis
33	DF	Danny Blanchett
TBA	DF	Russell Martin

[edit] Notable former players

[edit] Managers

As of May 5, 2007. Only competitive matches are counted. Periods as caretaker manager are shown in italics

Name	From	To	Record
Name	From	To	P	W	D	L	F	A	Win %
Jock Porter	June 9, 1934	Easter 1936	-	-	-	-	-	-
Fred Taylor	Easter 1936	Summer 1937	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bert Poulter	Summer 1937	Summer 1938	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sam Hayden	Summer 1938	14 June 1948	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jack Blood	Summer 1948	May 1950	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Gurney	Summer 1950	Summer 1952	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jack Fairbrother	4 June 1952	January 1954	-	-	-	-	-	-
George Swindin	1954	Summer 1958	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jimmy Hagan	August 1958	18 October 1962	-	-	-	-	-	-
Johnny Anderson	18 October 1962	19 December 1962	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jack Fairbrother	19 December 1962	15 February 1964	-	-	-	-	-	-
Johnny Anderson	15 February 1964	2 April 1962	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gordon Clark	2 April 1962	28 September 1967	-	-	-	-	-	-
Norman Rigby	28 September 1967	November 1967	-	-	-	-	-	-
Norman Rigby	November 1967	January 1969	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jim Iley	8 January 1969	September 1972	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jim Walker	September 1972	9 October 1972	-	-	-	-	-	-
Noel Cantwell	9 October 1972	10 May 1977	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Barnwell	10 May 1977	9 November 1978	-	-	-	-	-	-
Billy Hails	9 November 1978	January 1979	-	-	-	-	-	-
(managerless)	February 1979	24 February 1979	1	1	0	0	2	0	100.00%
Peter Morris	24 February 1979	June 1982	-	-	-	-	-	-
Martin Wilkinson	30 June 1982	February 1983	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Harvey	6 November 1982^[6]		1	0	0	1	1	4	00.00%
Bill Harvey	February 1983	May 1983	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Wile	1 May 1983	1 November 1986	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lil Fuccillo	1 November 1986	20 November 1986	-	-	-	-	-	-
Noel Cantwell	20 November 1986	12 July 1988	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mick Jones	12 July 1988	31 August 1989	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dave Booth	31 August 1989	6 September 1989	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mark Lawrenson	6 September 1989	9 November 1990	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dave Booth	9 November 1990	22 January 1991	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chris Turner	22 January 1991	December 1992	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lil Fuccillo	December 1992	December 1993	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chris Turner	December 1993	Summer 1994	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Still	Summer 1994	24 October 1995	67	19	24	24	-	-	28.36%
Mick Halsall	24 October 1995	November 1995	6	3	2	1	12	7	50.00%
Mick Halsall	November 1995	31 May 1996	31	10	6	15	-	-	32.26%
Barry Fry	31 May 1996	31 May 2005	483	163	133	187	-	-	33.75%
Mark Wright	31 May 2005	24 January 2006	35	12	11	12	-	-	34.29%
Steve Bleasdale	24 January 2006	22 April 2006	14	6	1	7	16	15	42.86%
Barry Fry	22 April 2006	30 May 2006	3	1	0	2	4	6	33.34%
Keith Alexander	30 May 2006	15 January 2007	34	14	7	13	-	-	41.18%
Tommy Taylor	15 January 2007	20 January 2007	2	0	0	2	1	5	00.00%
Darren Ferguson	21 January 2007	Present	68	38	16	14	-	-	55.88%

[edit] References

^ Club History. Peterborough United F.C. (2007-05-09). Retrieved on 2008-06-10.
^ Peterborough United at the Football Club History Database
^ Up until 1992, the third division of English football was the Third Division. From 1992 to 2004 it was known as Second Division, and League One ever since.
^ Up until 1992, the fourth division of English football was the Fourth Division. From 1992 to 2004 it was known as Third Division, and League Two ever since.
^ First Team. Peterborough United FC. Retrieved on 2007-10-28.
^ In charge for a match as Martin Wilkinson was in hospital with appendicitis.

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

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