2017–18 Peterborough United F.C. season explained

Club:	Peterborough United
Season:	2017–18
Manager:	(until 25 February 2018) (25–28 February 2018; caretaker) (from 28 February 2018)
Chairman:	Darragh MacAnthony
Stadium:	London Road Stadium
League:	League One
League Result:	9th
Cup1:	FA Cup
Cup1 Result:	Fourth round
Cup2:	EFL Cup
Cup2 Result:	First round
Cup3:	EFL Trophy
Cup3 Result:	Quarter Finals
League Topscorer:	Jack Marriott (27)
Season Topscorer:	Jack Marriott (33)
Highest Attendance:	13,193
Lowest Attendance:	1,707
Average Attendance:	5,580
Prevseason:	2016–17
Nextseason:	2018–19
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The 2017–18 season will be Peterborough United's 58th year in the Football League and their fifth consecutive season in the third tier, League One. Along with League One, the club will also participate in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

Squad

No.	Name	Pos.	Nat.	Place of Birth	Age	Apps	Goals	Signed from	Date signed	Fee	Ends
Goalkeepers
1	Jonathan Bond	GK		Hemel Hempstead		44	0	Reading	1 July 2017	Loan	2017
24	Josh Tibbetts	GK		Stourbridge		0	0	Birmingham City	1 July 2017	Free	2019
25	Conor O'Malley	GK		Westport	23	14	0	St Patrick's Athletic	7 August 2017	Undisclosed	Undisclosed
Defenders
2	Liam Shephard	RB		Pentre		29	0	Swansea City	10 July 2017	Free	2019
3	Andrew Hughes	LB		Cardiff		101	4	Newport County	1 July 2016	Free	2019
5	Ryan Tafazolli	CB		Sutton		85	6	Mansfield Town	6 June 2016	Free	2019
6	Jack Baldwin	CB		Barking		118	5	Hartlepool United	31 January 2014	£500,000	2019
17	Alex Penny	CB		Nuneaton	20	11	0	Nuneaton Town	19 July 2017	£50,000	2020
27	Steven Taylor	CB		Greenwich		51	4	Ipswich Town	25 July 2017	Free	2019
32	Lewis Freestone	LB		King's Lynn		8	0	Academy	30 July 2016	Trainee	2019
Midfielders
7	Gwion Edwards	RW		Lampeter		75	16	Crawley Town	24 June 2016	Free	2019
8	Christopher Forrester	DM		Dublin		129	6	St Patrick's Athletic	29 August 2015	Undisclosed	2019
10	Danny Lloyd	AM		Liverpool		40	13	Stockport County	1 July 2017	Free	2020
11	Marcus Maddison	LW/AM		Durham		180	42	Gateshead	27 August 2014	£250,000	2020
15	Joe Ward	LW		Chelmsford		18	0	Woking	10 January 2018	Undisclosed	2020
18	Leonardo Da Silva Lopes	CM		Lisbon		107	4	Academy	1 July 2015	Trainee	Undisclosed
20	Michael Doughty	CM		Westminster		40	2	Queens Park Rangers	1 July 2017	Undisclosed	2020
21	Jermaine Anderson	CM		Camden Town		96	7	Academy	1 July 2012	Trainee	Undisclosed
29	Harrison Burrows	MF		Murrow		0	0	Academy	29 August 2017	Trainee	2018
37	George Cooper	AM		Warrington		13	2	Crewe Alexandra	18 January 2018	Undisclosed	2021
38	Andrea Borg	AM				4	0	Academy	13 April 2017	Trainee	2019
42	Anthony Grant	CM		Lambeth		57	0	Port Vale	31 January 2017	Undisclosed	2019
Forwards
14	Jack Marriott	CF		Beverley		55	32	Luton Town	1 July 2017	Undisclosed	2021
16	Junior Morias	CF		Kingston		48	11	St Albans City	1 January 2017	Undisclosed	2019
19	Idris Kanu	CF		London		27	0	Aldershot Town	1 August 2017	Undisclosed	2020
26	Omar Bogle	CF		Sandwell		9	1	Cardiff City	1 February 2018	Loan	2018
35	Kasey Douglas	CF		Huntingdon		1	0	Academy	1 February 2017	Trainee	2020
Out on Loan
–	Brad Inman	CM		Adelaide		12	0	Crew Alexandra	1 July 2016	Free	2019
9	Ricky Miller	CF		Hatfield		13	0	Dover Athletic	1 July 2017	Free	2020
23	Callum Chettle	MF		Nottingham		21	0	Nuneaton Town	23 January 2016	Undisclosed	2019
28	Matty Stevens	CF		Surrey		2	0	Barnet	1 July 2016	Free	2019
33	Morgan Penfold	SS		Peterborough		0	0	Academy	28 January 2017	Trainee	2019
34	Sam Cartwright	CB		St Neots		0	0	Academy	1 July 2017	Free	2019
Transfer Listed
22	Adil Nabi	CM		Birmingham		10	0	West Bromwich Albion	21 January 2016	Undisclosed	2019
27	Jordan Nicholson	CF		Godmanchester		2	0	Histon	24 December 2015	Undisclosed	2018

Statistics

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Goals record

Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name					Total
1	14		CF	Jack Marriott	27	5	0	1	33
2	10		AM		8	3	0	2	13
	11		LM	Marcus Maddison	8	2	0	2	13
4	7		RM	Gwion Edwards	4	1	1	1	7
	16		CF	Junior Morias	6	0	0	1	7
6	27		CB	Steven Taylor	3	0	0	1	4
7	3		LB		2	1	0	0	3
	5		CB	Ryan Tafazolli	1	2	0	0	3
	6		CB	Jack Baldwin	2	1	0	0	3
10	20		CM		1	1	0	0	2
	37		AM		2	0	0	0	2
12	26		CF	Omar Bogle	1	0	0	0	1
Own Goals					3	0	0	1	4
Total					69	16	1	9	96

Disciplinary record

Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name										League Trophy			Total
1	42		CM		10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	11	1	0
2	11		LM	Marcus Maddison	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0
3	5		CB	Ryan Tafazolli	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0
4	7		RM	Gwion Edwards	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	8	0	0
5	6		CB	Jack Baldwin	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	1
6	18		CM	Leonardo Da Silva Lopes	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0
7	27		CB	Steven Taylor	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0
8	2		RB	Liam Shephard	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1
	20		CM		3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
10	9		CF	Ricky Miller	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	0	0
	8		DM	Christopher Forrester	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	0
	14		CF	Jack Marriott	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	16		CF	Junior Morias	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	17		CB	Alex Penny	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
15	1		GK	Jonathan Bond	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	10		AM		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
17	3		LB		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	19		CF	Idris Kanu	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
	21		CM		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	37		AM		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total					71	3	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	82	3	1

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2017					Undisclosed	^[1]
1 July 2017					Free	^[2]
1 July 2017					Undisclosed	^[3]
1 July 2017					Free	^[4]
1 July 2017					Free	^[5]
10 July 2017					Free	^[6]
19 July 2017					£50,000	^[7]
25 July 2017					Free	^[8]
1 August 2017					Undisclosed	^[9]
7 August 2017					Undisclosed	^[10]
10 January 2018					Undisclosed	^[11]
18 January 2018					Undisclosed	^[12]

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2017					Undisclosed	^[13]
1 July 2017					Free	^[14]
1 July 2017					Released	^[15]
1 July 2017					Undisclosed	^[16]
1 July 2017					Released	^[17]
1 July 2017				Coaching role		^[18]
1 July 2017					Undisclosed	^[19]
13 July 2017					Free	^[20]
17 July 2017					Undisclosed	^[21]
20 July 2017					Undisclosed
20 July 2017					Undisclosed	^[22]
26 July 2017					Mutual consent	^[23]
31 January 2018					Undisclosed	^[24]

Loans in

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	End date	Ref.
1 July 2017					30 June 2018	^[25]
1 February 2018					30 June 2018	^[26]

Loans out

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	End date	Ref.
1 July 2017					30 June 2018	^[27]
4 July 2017					30 July 2018	^[28]
5 July 2017					30 June 2018	^[29]
5 August 2017			Sam Cartwright		30 December 2017	^[30]
11 August 2017					30 December 2017	^[31]
3 January 2018					30 June 2018	^[32]
31 January 2018					30 June 2018	^[33]

Competitions

Friendlies

As of 28 June 2017 Peterborough United have announced seven pre-season friendlies against Queens Park Rangers,^[34] St Albans City,^[35] Wolverhampton Wanderers,^[36] Ipswich Town,^[37] Cheltenham Town,^[38] Lincoln City and Deeping Rangers.^[39]

League One

Matches

On 21 June 2017, the league fixtures were announced.^{[40] [41]}

FA Cup

On 16 October 2017, Peterborough United were drawn at home to Tranmere Rovers in the first round.^[42] A 1–1 draw meant a replay would be played at Prenton Park.^[43] Victory over Woking in the second round replay set up a third round trip to Villa Park.^[44]

EFL Cup

On 16 June 2017, Peterborough United were drawn at home to Barnet in the first round.^[45]

EFL Trophy

On 12 July 2017, the group stage draw was completed with Peterborough facing Cambridge United, Northampton Town and Southampton U23s in Southern Group H.^[46] After topping the group, Peterborough United were drawn at home to Southend United in the second round.^[47] Luton Town away was announced for the third round.^[48]

Notes and References

1. News: Hoops Midfield Man Pens Three Year Deal. 29 June 2017. Peterborough United Official Site. 29 June 2017.
2. News: Posh Swoop For Stockport Starlet . Peterborough United Official Site . 8 May 2017 . 8 May 2017.
3. News: A 'Jack In The Box' Makes Posh Move. 28 June 2017. Peterborough United Official Site. 28 June 2017.
4. News: Posh Secure Signing Of Miller . Peterborough United Official Site . 3 May 2017 . 3 May 2017 .
5. News: Posh Secure Young Blues Keeper . Peterborough United Official Site . 17 May 2017 . 17 May 2017.
6. News: Liam Shephard: Peterborough United sign ex-Swansea City defender . BBC Sport . 10 July 2017 . 10 July 2017.
7. News: Posh In For A Penny. 19 July 2017. Peterborough United Official Site. 19 July 2017.
8. News: Posh Pull Off Transfer Coup As Taylor Signs. 25 July 2017. Peterborough United Official Site. 25 July 2017.
9. News: Posh Secure Signing Of Highly-Rated Kanu. 2 August 2017. Peterborough United Official Site. 1 August 2017.
10. News: Posh Swoop For Highly-Rated Irish Keeper. 8 August 2017. Peterborough United Official Site. 7 August 2017.
11. News: Posh Secure Signing Of Highly-Rated Winger. 10 January 2018. Peterborough United Official Site. 10 January 2018.
12. News: George Cooper: Peterborough United sign Crewe Alexandra midfielder. BBC Sport. 18 January 2018. 18 January 2018.
13. News: Striker Angol Joins Stags . Peterborough United Official Site . 18 May 2017 . 19 May 2017.
14. News: Binnom-Williams Joins Chesterfield. 15 June 2017. Chesterfield Official Site. 15 June 2017.
15. News: Goalkeeper Henry Departs Posh . Peterborough United Official Site . 23 May 2017 . 23 May 2017.
16. News: Smith Completes Move To Hearts. 30 June 2017. Peterborough United Official Site. 30 June 2017.
17. News: Posh Announce Retained List . Peterborough United F.C. Official Site . 2 May 2017 . 2 May 2017 .
18. News: Tyler Agrees Goalkeeping Coach Role . Peterborough United Official Site . 19 May 2017 . 22 May 2017.
19. News: White Makes Move To Stags Permanent . Peterborough United Official Site . 18 May 2017 . 19 May 2017.
20. News: Luke James: Forest Green Rovers sign Peterborough United striker . BBC Sport . 13 July 2017 . 14 July 2017.
21. News: Nichols Joins Pirates. 17 July 2017. Peterborough United Official Site. 17 July 2017.
22. News: Bostwick And Anderson Join Imps. 20 July 2017. Peterborough United Official Site. 20 July 2017.
23. News: Coulthirst Departs Posh By Mutual Consent. 26 July 2017. Peterborough United Official Site. 26 July 2017.
24. News: Barnet sign George Legg, Jordan Nicholson and Tin Plavotic . BBC Sport . 31 January 2018 . 31 January 2018.
25. News: Posh Secure Loan Signing Of Reading Keeper. 26 June 2017. Peterborough United Official Site. 26 June 2017.
26. News: Omar Bogle: Peterborough United sign Cardiff City striker on loan . BBC Sport . 1 February 2018 . 1 February 2018.
27. News: Inman Makes Loan Switch To Dale. 26 June 2017. Peterborough United Official Site. 23 June 2017.
28. Web site: Nuneaton Town FC.
29. Web site: Matthew Stevens extends his loan spell | Kettering Town Football Club. 5 September 2017. 6 September 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170906003252/http://www.ketteringtownfc.com/news/matthew-stevens-extends-his-loan-spell. dead.
30. Web site: Peterborough United | Youngsters Head Out on Loan . 5 September 2017 . 5 September 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170905231957/http://www.peterborough.vitalfootball.co.uk/article.asp?a=499435 . dead .
31. Web site: Peterborough United loan out young striker.
32. News: Coasters land Posh midfielder . AFC Fylde Official Site . 3 January 2018 . 3 January 2018.
33. News: Mansfield sign midfielder Matt Penney and striker Ricky Miller . BBC Sport . 31 January 2018 . 31 January 2018.
34. News: Posh To Host QPR In Friendly . Peterborough United Official Site . 3 May 2017 . 3 May 2017 .
35. News: St Albans Friendly Test For Posh . Peterborough United Official Site . 8 May 2017 . 8 May 2017 .
36. News: Posh To Host Wolves In Friendly Fixture . Peterborough United Official Site . 15 May 2017 . 15 May 2017.
37. News: Tractor Boys To Provide Friendly Opposition . Peterborough United Official Site . 15 May 2017 . 15 May 2017.
38. News: Posh Add Cheltenham Pre-Season Trip . Peterborough United Official Site . 24 May 2017 . 24 May 2017.
39. News: Lincoln Date Added To Pre-Season Schedule. 28 June 2017. Peterborough United Official Site. 28 June 2017.
40. News: Plymouth First Up For Posh. 29 June 2017. Peterborough United Official Site. 21 June 2017.
41. News: Fixture List. 29 June 2017. Peterborough United Official Site. June 2017.
42. News: Posh Set To Face Tranmere In FA Cup. 18 October 2017. Peterborough United Official Site. 16 October 2017.
43. News: FA Cup First round replay Details. 6 November 2017. Peterborough United Official Site. 4 November 2017.
44. News: Posh Set Up Villa Tie. 13 December 2017. Peterborough United Official Site. 12 December 2017.
45. News: Posh To Face Barnet In Caraboa Cup. 16 June 2017. Peterborough United Official Site. 16 June 2017.
46. News: Saints Join Posh In Checkatrade Group. 13 July 2017. Peterborough United Official Site. 12 July 2017.
47. News: Posh To Host Shrimpers In Checkatrade Trophy. 12 November 2017. Peterborough United Official Site. 10 November 2017.
48. News: Posh Face Trip To Luton In Checkatrade Trophy. 8 December 2017. Peterborough United Official Site. 8 December 2017.