Richie Wellens could not hide his disappointment after watching his Leyton Orient side draw 2-2 with Peterborough at Brisbane Road.The result gave Orient their first home league point of the season at the third attempt while Posh missed out on a third consecutive away league win.The visitors recovered after going behind to a stunning strike by full-back Tom James to take an interval lead through...Full Story »

Charlie Kelman scored a second-half equaliser as Leyton Orient secured a 2-2 draw with Peterborough in their League One match at Brisbane Road.After Orient opened the scoring through Tom James, Kwame Poku and Malik Mothersille put Posh in front at the break before Kelman struck.James had given the home side the lead in the 20th minute when he collected a pass from Ethan Galbraith, cut in from th...Full Story »

Manager Darren Ferguson admitted football is a “strange game” after Peterborough claimed a first home league win of the season with a 3-2 victory over Bristol Rovers.The hosts were cruising at 3-0 up after goals from Kwame Poku, Ricky-Jade Jones and Malik Mothersille.Luke McCormick and Gatlin O’Donkor fired Rovers back into the game with goals within 45 seconds of each other.Bu...Full Story »

Peterborough held on for all three points after Bristol Rovers’ second-half comeback in a five-goal thriller.Kwame Poku and Ricky-Jade Jones put Darren Ferguson’s side 2-0 up in the first half before Malik Mothersille added a third just after the hour.Luke McCormick and Gatlin O’Donkor fired the Gas back into the game as they netted within 45 seconds of each other but Posh stoo...Full Story »

Kwame Poku’s impressive second-half strike earned Peterborough a 1-1 draw against in-form Lincoln.Ben House gave Lincoln a 33rd-minute lead with his third goal of the campaign as the Imps went in search of their fourth win in five, but Poku’s 65th-minute strike gave Peterborough a point.The hosts looked the more dangerous in the early stages, with Poku and Hector Kyprianou both havin...Full Story »

Darren Ferguson praised the character of his Peterborough side as they came from behind to secure a 2-1 win at Exeter in League One.Reece Cole put the hosts ahead in the fourth minute but they were pegged back just three minutes later by Malik Mothersille.And the turnaround was completed on the stoke of half-time when Emmanuel Fernandez’s long-range strike flashed past Joe Whitworth.Peterb...Full Story »

Emmanuel Fernandez scored a stunning 30-yard goal as Peterborough came from behind to secure a 2-1 win at Exeter.The defender strode out of the back line and took advantage of his opponents backing off as his swerving effort flashed past the outstretched left hand of Joe Whitworth.The 22-year-old’s first EFL strike completed a spirited first-half fightback after Posh got off to a bad start...Full Story »

Peterborough boss Darren Ferguson believed his side should have scored more despite easing to a 4-1 League One victory at Shrewsbury.The hosts went ahead just past the 20-minute mark through a thunderous 25-yard strike from Carl Winchester.It took Posh just two minutes to restore parity as Kwame Poku levelled and his curling effort then put the visitors ahead.Peterborough sealed all three points...Full Story »

Kwame Poku and Joel Randall both hit a brace as Peterborough secured their first win of the season after beating Shrewsbury 4-1.Shrewsbury engineered a well-worked move  just past the 20-minute mark before captain Carl Winchester unleashed a 25-yard strike which rippled into the net.It took the Posh just two minutes to find the equaliser, as Abraham Odoh slid the ball to Poku for the forwar...Full Story »

First-half Goals from Tyler Goodrham and Matt Phillips on his debut gave Championship new boys Oxford a 2-0 Carabao Cup win over League One Peterborough.Posh were hoping to gain a measure of revenge for their play-off semi-final defeat by Oxford in May, but failed to convert good early chances.Instead it was Oxford who took the lead in the 20th minute when Goodrham capitalised on a shocking erro...Full Story »

Huddersfield made a winning start to life in League One following relegation with an impressive 2-0 win at last season’s defeated play-off finalists Peterborough.Antony Evans and Ben Wiles struck first-half goals for the visitors as Michael Duff’s side came out on top in the battle between two of division’s leading promotion hopefuls.The Terriers had to ride out an early scare ...Full Story »

Aberdeen interim boss Peter Leven paid tribute to the performance of Junior Hoilett after the 33-year-old winger inspired his side to a 5-1 cinch Premiership victory over Livingston in their final home game of the campaign.Although Livi had briefly led through Tete Yengi’s penalty, Hoilett’s sweet free-kick levelled matters, and he then turned provider for Graeme Shinnie.Dante Polvar...Full Story »

Blair Henderson’s hat-trick helped Spartans breeze into the cinch League 1 play-off final after a 5-1 victory at Peterhead wrapped up a 7-2 aggregate success.Henderson’s late penalty gave Spartans, in their first season at senior level, the edge after the first leg in midweek and Cameron Russell put them ahead on Saturday after just three minutes, tucking home after some confusion in...Full Story »

Blair Henderson scored a late penalty as Spartans squeezed a slender advantage from their cinch League 1 play-off semi-final first leg against Peterhead.Spartans, in their first season at senior level, had fallen behind after just eight minutes when Peterhead’s Conor O’Keefe burst clear and lobbed goalkeeper Blair Carswell.But Paul Watson slid home the equaliser from a corner in the ...Full Story »

Oxford boss Des Buckingham believes their narrow 1-0 lead is a “good advantage” to take to London Road for the second leg of their League One play-off against Peterborough.U’s captain Elliott Moore headed the only goal of the first leg eight minutes into the second half, nodding in from three yards after Cameron Brannagan headed Josh Murphy’s corner back from beyond the f...Full Story »

Oxford drew first blood in their Sky Bet League One play-off semi-final against Peterborough by taking a slender 1-0 lead to London Road for the second leg on Wednesday.Centre-half Elliott Moore headed home at a corner in the 53rd minute to give the U’s victory at the Kassam Stadium.In front of a sell-out 11,000 crowd, Oxford started on the front foot, Josh Murphy forcing a corner in only ...Full Story »

Aberdeen development coach Scott Anderson dedicated his side’s 1-0 victory over St Johnstone to the absent Peter Leven after Bojan Miovski’s penalty proved enough to seal the Dons’ cinch Premiership status.Leven, in interim charge at Pittodrie as they await the summer arrival of Jimmy Thelin, was admitted to hospital on Friday evening, and underwent an “emergency procedur...Full Story »

Aberdeen served up a tonic for their absent caretaker manager Peter Leven as Bojan Miovski’s second-half penalty secured the Dons’ cinch Premiership status.Leven was admitted to hospital and underwent what the club described as an “emergency procedure” on Friday evening, and is expected to make “a full and swift recovery”.That left development coach Scott Ande...Full Story »

Peterborough and Bolton warmed up for the League One play-offs by serving up a topsy-turvy 3-3 thriller.Bolton arrived still with a glimmer of hope of claiming automatic promotion – needing a victory here, a defeat for second-placed Derby and a four-goal swing.And they meant business with Kyle Dempsey heading them into a fourth-minute lead from Randell Williams’ left-wing cross.Their...Full Story »

Cheltenham kept their survival hopes alive going into the final day of the League One season after a 2-0 home win over promotion-chasing Peterborough.First-half goals from Joe Nuttall and Matty Taylor took Town, in the final relegation place, two points behind Burton.With their play-off spot already secured, Posh boss Darren Ferguson rested a host of regulars, making seven changes.And his youthf...Full Story »