EYE SPORTS 4-0 OAKHAM UNITED
Saturday 14th January 2012
Peterborough & District League Premier Division
Lindisfarne Road, PE6 7XH
After last weeks trip to the land of Satan that is a "premier league" football ground, I need to cleanse my soul as it were and get back to watching the grass roots form of the game.

A lot of column centimetres have been devoted to Huddersfield Town striker Jordan Rhodes in recent weeks and to have kept his head while others around him have been placing it upon the financial guillotine has been admirable – yes, that's you David Gold. Three excellent articles in The Seventy Two have explored the appeal of the man while our own blogger Ben profiled him in these pages as 2012 drew to its conclusion.

When you break it down, what we love about sports are the memories they create.

You build stockpiles of those treasured days and nights. We all have our "Miracle On Ice" moments, even if all can't rise to that level of cherish and intensity.

We fondly remember that special game at your high school.

It has been confirmed today that Manchester United youngster, Ryan Tunnicliffe, will remain at Peterborough on loan for the rest of the season. He has made 24 appearances for the club since joining them in the summer.

It has taken several weeks for an extension to be agreed but Barry Fry, the director of football at Peterborough, spoke highly of the teenager when the deal was being talked about.

Peterborough's preseason ambitions were probably quite different to ours – consolidating their Championship status after battling up from League One again, and whilst we may have harboured loftier ambitions, they are currently a cool seven points clear of the drop zone whilst we retain our place within the dreaded bottom three.

Skysports.com understands a host of clubs are tracking Shamrock Rovers striker Karl Sheppard.
Sheppard is out of contract at the end of the month and the news has alerted a number of clubs in England to his possible availability.
Should Sheppard leave Shamrock Rovers any compensation for his signature would be minimal as he has only been at the League of Ireland club for a year and joined them on a free transfer.

Last Tuesday night I sat through a freezing cold 4:0 defeat at Burnley and it was gutting.
I spent the whole drive home in deep thought, trying to make sense of what is going wrong with my beloved Ipswich. I came to the conclusion that the most significant contributing factor to the 6 straight defeats was a lack of confidence.

The Peterborough United of 2009-10 were one of our three most heavily covered clubs. A tempestuous period saw Darren Ferguson's exciting young team, enriched by a luxurious three pronged attack consisting of George Boyd, Craig Mackail-Smith and Aaron McLean, learn some harsh lessons when it came to defence – by the time Mark Cooper, Jim Gannon and Gary Johnson had each taken a turn at London Road

Sorry, Darren, I always Fergetcher name Sir Alex Ferguson chose last night's Champions League clash with Benfica to give a second crack at Manchester United first-team football to his 39-year-old son and current Peterborough manager Darren Ferguson... or so the BBC would have you believe. The reporter on last night's news got a bit confused [.

How many emotions can one football team make you feel just three months into the season?
Elation: Check (Bristol Away)
Anger: Check (Peterborough Away)
Pride: Check (Coventry at Home)
Hope: Check (West Ham Away)
A little bit Lucky: Check (Portsmouth at Home)
Pure Frustration: Check (Millwall Away)


August's trip to Peterborough was devastating because it highlighted what a mess the side were in at the time.

GENESIS 1-1 HOUGHTON RANGERS (after extra time; Genesis won 9-8 on penalty kicks)
Saturday 29th October 2011
Leicestershire Intermediate Cup 2nd Round Lodge Farm, Oakley Drive, Loughborough
The drive from the University to Oakley Drive is less than a mile but with having some time to kill between the games I went and had some lunch before arriving at the venue about ten minutes before kick off.

I have a confession to make: there's a small part of me that's relieved we lost on Saturday.

The recent run of good form has been a fascinating watch, and thoroughly deserved after the work the boys put in to turn things around following Peterborough away.
But it had to end some time.

For this week's profile, we are made up to welcome David Wilkinson of the stunning Leeds United Blog, The Scratching Shed (indeed, 'blog' seems such a humble word to describe such a multifaceted treasure trove). Having spent this week pondering the controversy surrounding the Yorkshire club's 3-2 win over Peterborough at the weekend, David turns his attention to a man who returned from exile this

Minnows count the cost as academies rules change

Small clubs may not bother with youth now warns Peterborough's Fry

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In my state of drunk-with-happiness-following-our-amazing-3:1-win-over-Brighton I made a very bold statement to the researchers at BBC 5 Live's 606:
'Ipswich Town are now the best team in the League'

Clearly I was a little overexcited. But, you know, the more I think about it the more I'm convinced I'm right.

Last week, Sir Alex Ferguson singled out Ryan Tunnicliffe, Paul Pogba and Will Keane as youngsters at United who had the potential to make it in the first team.

Paul Scholes, who has been working with our youngsters in his new coaching role, has supported the manager's assessment, as well as praising Larnell Cole, who made his début against Leeds in the League Cup last week.

With fourth spot in the Premiership all but wrapped up it's time for everyone to swing around and face this direction once again, just hither. I appreciate it can be jolly dashed mind-boggling these days trying to separate one competition from the next, but my spies tell me that tonight it's Europa.

Four words you hate to wake up to in the morning: Narwich 2, Sunderland 1.
Listening to the last 15 minutes of the game last night my heart was in my mouth. Though it was a shame not to hear Connor Wickham net a last minute equaliser against the Budgies - I found it really exciting.

Shut the fucking door. El mercato has finally ceased, meaning we can finally get down to the proper business of actually focusing on the football. I, for one, am ecstatic.

That's not to say the summer wasn't enjoyable. A tad chaotic and frustrating at times, yes, but it certainly was an intriguing one for the club.

When it comes down to it, there are several categories which are splitting the Championship equally. The resurgence of the newly promoted teams is wowing everybody and shows that you do not have to spend large sums to get success. Unlike their Premier League counterparts, they do not have millions to spare and could prove to be tricky.

Dundalk today today agreed the transfer of Ireland U21 international Daniel Kearns to English Championship club Peterborough United, subject to final details being completed in the coming days.
Belfast born Kearns, who was set for his 50th appearance for the club on Tuesday night, is expected to travel to England on Monday for a medical, with a deal set to go through once that and the other relevant paperwork is completed.

So, three weeks into the new Football League season and in many ways it's much the same as the last. The divisions might be different, but Southampton and Brighton are still dazzling on the south coast; Peterborough are still serving up improbable goalfests at London Road; Crawley are still cruising at the top of the league; and, less happily, Plymouth's horrific decline continues seemingly

Carlos Salcido started and played 82 minutes in Tigres de la Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León's (aka Tigres) 1-0 win over San Luis in Mexico's Apertura 2011.

David Stockdale started and made 5 saves in Ipswich Town's 5-2 loss to Southampton last Tuesday.

Skysports are reporting that Championship side Peterborough United have tabled a bid for Dundalk star Daniel Kearns.
The Belfast born Ireland U21 international has been earning rave reviews for the Airtricity Premier League outfit and a number of clubs have been keeping tabs on his progress
Championship outfit Peterborough have held a long-term interest in Kearns and they have now firmed up their interest with a six-figure offer for the exciting attacking midfielder.

With the top two from last year's League 1 table being transposed atop the Championship, it is perhaps understandable that much attention has been focused on the South Coast mutual dislike society, Southampton and Brighton. However, the third of the promoted clubs have also made an encouraging start to their campaign.

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Carling Cup football returns to Broadhall Way tomorrow night for the first time in just under a year. Last season saw Stevenage make their first appearance in the League Cup against Portsmouth, live on Sky Sports. Boro lost the game by two goals to 1, but gave the newly relegated Premier League outfit a run for their money.

Carling Cup football returns to Broadhall Way tomorrow night for the first time in just under a year. Last season saw Stevenage make their first appearance in the League Cup against Portsmouth, live on Sky Sports. Boro lost the game by two goals to 1, but gave the newly relegated Premier League outfit a run for their money.

Last season, Brighton cantered to the title, with Southampton and Huddersfield fighting neck-and-neck for most of the campaign before the Saints eventually prevailed and were joined in the Championship by play-off winners Peterborough. But who will be up there or thereabouts this year?

Who's Looking Good?

Who's Looking Good?

Leicester: Having massively overhauled the squad during the summer, signing no less than nine players, including the marquee signings of Kasper Schmeichel, David Nugent, Michael Johnson, Neil Danns and Paul Konchesky should give the Foxes the quality needed to reach the Premiership for the first time since 2002.

A few weeks ago I commented on MK Dons striker Sam Baldock's decision to favour heart over head and spurn newly promoted Peterborough's advances. Baldock claimed not to have felt excited by the prospect of a move to Posh, and I praised his honesty, speculating as to how often the inane smiles of new signings paraded before fans and media 'mask an expression of grim resignation at having been

Lee Clark, who is having a successful time managing Hudderfield Town, has talked to the local Newcastle press today. Lee Clark Huddersfield manager Lee is learning his trade as a manager, and was a little unlucky not to get Huddersfield promoted last season. The Terriers lost the playoff final to Peterborough by a score [.

For the most part this site is resolutely non-partisan, shying away from inflammatory articles and the bilious, monosyllabic responses they attract from spittle-flecked, talkSPORT-listening meatheads in favour of carefully considered argument and reasonable, civil debate. In fact, the only thing that seems to get the eminently agreeable Lanterne Rouge hot under the collar is a certain mob from

Our votes in this most storied of categories were split evenly and many of the usual characters cropped up. Grant Holt, so hearteningly wonderful in this year of Canary yellow, will be looking back on his days as a definitive journeyman and Singapore leaguer with disbelief and Scott Sinclair's play off heroics confirmed an ability to link wideside flair with end product.

First a caveat - it's a starry age for the blogosphere and this award was voted for by the 7 or 8 people who most regularly post at The Two Unfortunates. So, if your blog or website didn't get a mention this time, it's not because we don't think you're great. Last year's winner BHaPPY continues to excel and it was particularly heartening to see the return of the mighty SmogBlog.

Dirty Tackle shows Wayne Rooney singing karaoke on holiday (which comes with a health warning).

Surreal Football takes a dim view of our transfer policy.

The Daily Mail report on Cristiano Ronaldo's claims that he would never join City.

Danny Merritt from Peterborough is the winner of the Manchester United book which has newspaper clippings on United since 1909.

Hit The North Last weekend EFW made a late decision to hit the north and take in a bit of football and rugby league action. We saw Peterborough spank Huddersfield at Old Trafford in the League One play-off final, followed that up with a brief stop over at The Reebok Stadium, Bolton before rounding off the weekend at Wigan Warriers v Hull Kingston Rovers.

As the title above makes clear, I'll start first with the apologies. Posting about a player who wasn't involved in this afternoon's rip-roarer feels like a missed opportunity, but having covered the hero of hat-trick proportions back in November it seems inappropriate to double take. Of course, Sinclair's fellow tormentor of many a Championship defence Fabio Borini would be a fine substitute but

By Chris Wright

A flurry of late goals from Tommy Rowe, Grant McCann and the ridiculously prolific Craig Makail-Smith were enough to see Darren Ferguson's Peterborough see off Lee Clarke's Huddersfield (who came into the game on the back of a 27-league game unbeaten streak) to win the League One play-off final at Old Trafford this afternoon after a one-year absence, Posh will be playing Championship football again next season.

Fergie imposes his own Old Trafford ban Peterborough manager Darren Ferguson says his 'strange' dad Sir Alex Ferguson will skip his side's League One play-off final for superstitious reasons. Ferguson Jr admits that he too would have fears about the Manchester United manager jinxing him for the match, which is being held at Old Trafford.