2016–17 Peterborough United F.C. season explained

Club:	Peterborough United
Season:	2016–17
Manager:	Grant McCann
Chairman:	Darragh MacAnthony
Stadium:	London Road Stadium
League:	League One
League Result:	11th
Cup1:	FA Cup
Cup1 Result:	Third round
Cup2:	League Cup
Cup2 Result:	Second round
Cup3:	FL Trophy
League Topscorer:	Tom Nichols (10)
Season Topscorer:	Tom Nichols (13)
Highest Attendance:	9,157 (vs Northampton, 18 Oct 16)
Lowest Attendance:	2,850 (vs AFC Wimbledon, 9 Aug 16)
Average Attendance:	5,016
Prevseason:	2015–16
Nextseason:	2017–18
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The 2016–17 season was Peterborough United's 57th year in the Football League and their fourth consecutive season in the third tier, League One. Along with League One, the club participated in the FA Cup, League Cup and Football League Trophy. The season covered the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.

Squad

No.	Name	Pos.	Nat.	Place of Birth	Age	Apps	Goals	Signed from	Date signed	Fee	Ends
Goalkeepers
1	Luke McGee	GK		London		45	0	Tottenham Hotspur	31 August 2016	Loan	2017
14	Mark Tyler	GK		Norwich		494	0	Luton Town	1 July 2016	Free	2017
Defenders
2	Michael Smith	RB		Monkstown		134	2	Bristol Rovers	25 July 2014	Undisclosed	2019
3	Andrew Hughes	LB		Cardiff		46	1	Newport County	1 July 2016	Free	2018
5	Ryan Tafazolli	CB		Sutton		39	3	Mansfield Town	6 June 2016	Free	2019
6	Jack Baldwin	CB		Barking		76	2	Hartlepool United	31 January 2014	£500,000	2018
12	Dominic Ball	CB/DM		Welwyn Garden City		7	1	Rotherham United	3 January 2017	Loan	2017
29	Jerome Binnom-Williams	LB		Croydon		16	0	Crystal Palace	2 August 2016	Undisclosed	2018
Midfielders
4	Michael Bostwick	DM/CB		Eltham		228	23	Stevenage	9 July 2012	Undisclosed	2018
7	Gwion Edwards	RW		Lampeter		44	9	Crawley Town	24 June 2016	Free	2019
8	Christopher Forrester	DM		Dublin		91	6	St Patrick's Athletic	29 August 2015	Undisclosed	2018
11	Marcus Maddison	LW/AM		Durham		128	30	Gateshead	27 August 2014	£250,000	2018
15	Jermaine Anderson	CM		Camden Town		74	7	Academy	1 July 2012	Trainee	Undisclosed
16	Brad Inman	CM		Adelaide		12	0	Crew Alexandra	1 July 2016	Free	2019
18	Leonardo Da Silva Lopes	CM		Lisbon		56	4	Academy	1 July 2015	Trainee	Undisclosed
22	Adil Nabi	CM		Birmingham		10	0	West Bromwich Albion	21 January 2016	Undisclosed	2019
23	Callum Chettle	MF		Nottingham		19	0	Nuneaton Town	23 January 2016	Undisclosed	2018
25	Harry Anderson	RW		Slough		18	0	Academy	1 August 2014	Undisclosed	2018
36	Martin Samuelsen	LW		Haugesund		33	3	West Ham United	1 January 2017	Loan	2017
42	Anthony Grant	CM		Lambeth		12	0	Port Vale	31 January 2017	Undisclosed	2019
Forwards
10	Paul Taylor	CF/RW		Liverpool		103	20	Ipswich Town	13 July 2016	Free	2017
13	Craig Mackail-Smith	CF		Watford		234	104	Luton Town	31 January 2017	Loan	2017
21	Tom Nichols	CF		Wellington		58	14	Exeter City	1 February 2016	Undisclosed	2020
28	Mathew Stevens	CF		Surrey		2	0	Barnet	1 July 2016	Free	2019
31	Deon Moore	CF		Croydon		6	0	Academy	Hasn't signed professional deal
37	Junior Morias	CF		Kingston		20	4	St Albans City	1 January 2017	Undisclosed	2019
Out on loan
9	Lee Angol	CF		Carshalton		52	12	Luton Town	20 July 2015	Undisclosed	2018
17	Shaq Coulthirst	CF		Hackney		42	7	Tottenham Hotspur	22 January 2016	Undisclosed	2019
20	Hayden White	RB		Greenwich		9	0	Bolton Wanderers	1 July 2016	Free	2018
27	Jordan Nicholson	CF		Godmanchester		2	0	Histon	24 December 2015	Undisclosed	2017

Statistics

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Goals record

Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name					Total
1	21		CF	Tom Nichols	10	1	2	0	13
2	7		RW	Gwion Edwards	7	2	0	0	9
3	11		LW	Marcus Maddison	8	0	0	0	8
4	8		DM	Christopher Forrester	6	0	0	0	6
	10		CF		3	1	1	1	6
6	13		CF	Craig Mackail-Smith	5	0	0	0	5
7	17		CF	Shaq Coulthirst	2	2	0	0	4
	18		CM	Leonardo Da Silva Lopes	2	1	1	0	4
	37		CF	Junior Morias	4	0	0	0	4
10	4		DM	Michael Bostwick	3	0	0	0	3
	5		CB	Ryan Tafazolli	3	0	0	0	3
	38		AM	George Moncur	2	0	0	1	3
12	3		LB		1	0	0	0	1
	6		CB	Jack Baldwin	1	0	0	0	1
	9		CF	Lee Angol	1	0	0	0	1
	12		CB	Dominic Ball	1	0	0	0	1
	15		CM		0	0	0	1	1
	36		AM	Martin Samuelsen	1	0	0	0	1
Own Goals					2	0	0	0	2
Total					63	7	4	3	77

Disciplinary record

Rank	No.	Po.	Nat.	Name													Total
1	4		DM	Michael Bostwick	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0
	6		CB	Jack Baldwin	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	2	0
3	18		CM	Leonardo Da Silva Lopes	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0
4	7		RW	Gwion Edwards	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
	8		LW	Christopher Forrester	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	1
6	3		LB		4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1
	5		CB	Ryan Tafazolli	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1
	10		CF		5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
	11		LW	Marcus Maddison	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0
10	21		CF	Tom Nichols	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
	42		CM	Anthony Grant	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
12	1		GK	Luke McGee	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	2		RB		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	17		CF	Shaq Coulthirst	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
15	16		CM	Brad Inman	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	18		CM	Leonardo Da Silva Lopes	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
	37		CF	Junior Morias	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
18	9		CF	Lee Angol	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
	12		CB	Dominic Ball	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	15		CM		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	20		RB	Hayden White	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	23		CM	Callum Chettle	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	29		LB	Jerome Binnom-Williams	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	36		AM	Martin Samuelsen	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	38		AM	George Moncur	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total					71	3	3	3	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	77	3	4

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2016					Undisclosed	^[1]
1 July 2016					Free transfer	^[2]
1 July 2016					Free transfer	^[3]
1 July 2016					Compensation	^[4]
1 July 2016					Free transfer	^[5]
1 July 2016					Free transfer	^[6]
13 July 2016					Free transfer	^[7]
2 August 2016					Undisclosed	^[8]
1 January 2017					Undisclosed	^[9]
31 January 2017					Undisclosed	^[10]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
31 August 2016					End of season	^[11]
31 August 2016					3 January 2017
31 August 2016					2 January 2017
1 January 2017					End of season	^[12]
3 January 2017					End of season	^[13]
31 January 2017					End of season	^[14]

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2016					Released
1 July 2016					Released
1 July 2016					Free transfer	^[15]
1 July 2016					Released
1 July 2016			Jack Friend		Released
1 July 2016					Free transfer	^[16]
1 July 2016					Released
1 July 2016					Released	^[17]
21 July 2016					Undisclosed	^[18]
3 August 2016					£500,000	^[19] ^[20]
25 August 2016					Free transfer	^[21]
31 August 2016					Free transfer	^[22]
31 August 2016					Undisclosed	^[23]
1 November 2016				Retired		^[24]
1 January 2017					£100,000	^[25]
1 January 2017					Free transfer	^[26]
23 May 2017				Free Agent	Mutual Consent	^[27]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
1 July 2016					1 January 2017
1 July 2016					1 January 2017	^[28]
6 July 2016					End of Season	^[29]
16 August 2016					1 January 2017	^[30]
31 August 2016					30 November 2016	^[31]
31 August 2016					1 November 2016	^[32]
12 January 2017					End of Season	^[33]
19 January 2017					End of Season	^[34]

Competitions

League One

See main article: 2016–17 Football League One.

Matches

FA Cup

See main article: 2016–17 FA Cup.

EFL Cup

See main article: 2016–17 EFL Cup.

EFL Trophy

See main article: 2016–17 EFL Trophy.

Notes and References

1. News: Posh Swoop For Crawley Starlet . Peterborough United Official Site . 24 June 2016 . 24 June 2016.
2. News: Posh Secure Signing Of Hughes . Peterborough United Official Site . 6 June 2016 . 6 June 2016.
3. News: Posh Complete Inman Signing . Peterborough United Official Site . 27 June 2016 . 27 June 2016.
4. News: Posh Secure Stevens Signing . Peterborough United Official Site . 1 July 2016 . 1 July 2016.
5. News: Tafazolli Agrees Posh Switch . Peterborough United Official Site . 6 June 2016 . 6 June 2016.
6. News: Posh Secure First Summer Signing . Peterborough United Official Site . 16 May 2016 . 16 May 2016.
7. News: Posh Secure Taylor Signing . Peterborough United Official Site . 13 July 2016 . 13 July 2016.
8. News: Posh Secure Binnom-Williams Signing . Peterborough United Official Site . 2 August 2016 . 2 August 2016.
9. News: Posh Confirm Arrival of Morias . Peterborough United Official Site . 23 December 2016 . 24 December 2016.
10. News: Grant Makes Permanent Switch From Vale . Peterborough United Official Site . 31 January 2017 . 31 January 2017.
11. News: George Moncur, Nathan Oduwa and Luke McGee join Peterborough United . BBC Sport . 31 August 2016 . 31 August 2016.
12. News: Samuelsen Rejoins Posh In Loan Deal . Peterborough United Official Site . 1 January 2017 . 1 January 2017.
13. News: Posh On The Ball With Defensive Signing . Peterborough United Official Site . 3 January 2017 . 3 January 2017.
14. News: Mackail-Smith Joins In Loan Deal . Peterborough United Official Site . 31 January 2017 . 31 January 2017.
15. News: Tigers Sign Young Striker Edwards . Hull City Official Site . 12 May 2016 . 28 August 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160913165826/http://www.hullcitytigers.com/news/article/tigers-sign-young-striker-edwards-3109436.aspx . 13 September 2016 . dead . dmy-all .
16. News: Oztumer Joins Saddlers . Peterborough United Official Site . 17 June 2016 . 17 June 2016.
17. News: Posh Announce Retained List . Peterborough United Official Site . 13 May 2016 . 13 May 2016.
18. News: Beautyman Joins Cobblers . Peterborough United Official Site . 21 July 2016 . 21 July 2016.
19. News: Taylor Makes Switch To Millers . Peterborough United Official Site . 3 August 2016 . 3 August 2016.
20. News: Rotherham sign Peterborough's Taylor . BBC . 3 August 2016 . 3 August 2016.
21. News: Payne Joins Seasiders . Peterborough United Official Site . 25 August 2016 . 25 August 2016.
22. News: Bolton sign Ben Alnwick, Sammy Ameobi, James Henry, Tom Thorpe & Keshi Anderson . BBC Sport . 31 August 2016 . 31 August 2016.
23. News: Stevenage: Tyler Walker, Kgosi Ntlhe and Harry McKirdy join . BBC Sport . 31 August 2016 . 31 August 2016.
24. News: Joe Gormley: Peterborough United striker, on loan at St Johnstone, quits pro football . BBC Sport . 1 November 2016 . 1 November 2016.
25. News: Barnet sign Peterborough's Ricardo Almeida Santos & David Tutonda from Cardiff City . BBC . 31 December 2016 . 31 December 2016.
26. News: Williams Joins Newport County . Peterborough United Official Site . 1 January 2017 . 1 January 2017.
27. News: LATEST NEWS: Henry leaves Peterborough United . Peterborough Telegraph . 23 May 2017 . 23 May 2017.
28. News: Williams returns on loan to Nuneaton Town . Non League Daily . 24 May 2016 . 28 August 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160805215951/http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/latest-transfer-news/williams-returns-on-loan-to-nuneaton-town.html . 5 August 2016 . usurped .
29. News: James Becomes A Pirate . Peterborough United Official Site . 6 July 2016 . 6 July 2016.
30. News: Harry Anderson: Lincoln City sign Peterborough United winger on loan . BBC Sport . 16 August 2016 . 16 August 2016.
31. News: Young Keeper Joins Boston . Peterborough United Official Site . 31 August 2016 . 24 December 2016.
32. News: Gormley makes move to Scotland . Peterborough United Official Site . 31 August 2016 . 31 August 2016.
33. News: White Makes Loan Move To Mansfield . Peterborough United Official Site . 12 January 2017 . 12 January 2017.
34. News: Coulthirst Makes Loan Move To Stags . Peterborough United Official Site . 19 January 2017 . 19 January 2017.