Darren Ferguson dedicates win to groundsman and scout who died last month
Posted Sunday, March 08, 2020 by PA
Peterborough boss Darren Ferguson dedicated his side’s 2-0 win over promotion rivals Portsmouth to two club employees who died recently.
Star striker Ivan Toney scored his 24th goal of the season after Dan Butler opened the scoring at the Weston Homes Stadium.
Victory kept Peterborough’s promotion bid firmly on track as Pompey’s own chase for the top two suffered a dent.
Both sides are three points off the race for automatic promotion but Kenny Jackett’s Pompey have what could be a vital game in hand.
Ferguson was understandably delighted with the win, which he dedicated to groundsman Will Whitney and scout Stuart Gray, who both died in February.
“I wrote in my programme notes that I wanted to win the game for Stuart and Will,” said Ferguson.
“They are two of our fans who sadly passed away and we have done that.
“I am really pleased with that.
“Will’s family were here and they were out on the pitch beforehand.”
On the game Ferguson added: “It’s a good win.
“If we get to that level of performance from here until the end of the season then we will have a right chance [of promotion].
“We were composed, confident and in truth should have won by more. It was an excellent performance.
“The front two caused them plenty of problems.
“We came under a little bit of pressure but we defended well.
“The second goal shows you just what Ivan Toney is about – he’s a cracking player.”
Despite a disappointing result, Jackett admitted he had no complaints – but was frustrated at the visitors’ lack of pressure on Boro’s goal.
He said: “They had us both halves 1-0.
“While we had quite a lot of pressure in the second half we didn’t do enough going forward.
“Obviously Ivan Toney looked a very good centre-forward today.
“He scored an absolutely crucial goal and it was a goal which took the game away for us.
“Whilst we can talk about goals against and players running off him, the biggest disappointment is we didn’t get going going forward.
“We couldn’t find those shots, didn’t work their goal keeper enough.
“The one versus one situations just weren’t there for us.
“Defensively they really took care of us and limited us to a little amount of shots and that’s the biggest disappointment.
“I didn’t think our combination play was quite there.
“In particular we usually produce good quality balls in to the box to hurt the opponents and we didn’t do that.
“We didn’t create chances for ourselves but we didn’t work their keeper enough.”
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