26 November 28, 2021The Sunday Times 2GS
Football Results
WHY PETERBOROUGH
UNITED?
In April 1976, when I
was six, my Shropshire-
based Uncle Trevor
visited us in
Peterborough. Posh
were playing
Shrewsbury Town, so
we all went. It was
mesmerising for a
young boy and I was
instantly hooked.EARLY MEMORIES
By the Eighties, I was
going regularly with my
neighbour Kevin
Bradley. We stood on
The Glebe, which was
then an open terrace.
It’s a stand now, but I
still go there. It’s where
I belong.MY
CLUB
MY FAVOURITE PLAYER
Mick Halsall. A hard-
working midfielder, a
captain who led us to
two promotions and
when he did score
goals they were
spectacular. I went
from watching him as a
boy to interviewing him
and he turned out to be
every inch the good
guy I’d hoped for.MY LEAST FAVOURITE
PLAYER
I love him, but it was a
shambles when Barry
Fry was manager. One
of his signings was
Miguel de Souza. After
we’d lost at Colchester
United in the EFL
Trophy, I was in the
bowels of Layer Road
and he walked to me
and said: “Do you know
where the bar is?” I was
so offended he wanted
a beer after that, I said:
“It’s above the goal you
keep missing,” and
walked on.CAN PETERBOROUGH
STAY UP?
I’m not optimistic. Like
2013, we weren’t ready,
we had no fit orthodox
striker and we still
haven’t. We keep
conceding goals and
we’ve changed
goalkeepers. We are
what we are: a small
club that attracts small
crowds.DARREN FERGUSON’S
NEW DEAL. GOOD NEWS?
Oh yes. He’s a genius.
His football is
incredibly attacking, I
love watching it and he
gives chances to
younger players such
as Harrison Burrows
and Ronnie Edwards.
John AizlewoodAdrian Durham is
talkSPORT’s lead
football presenter,
hosting GameDay Live
every Saturday from
2.30pm.Peterborough
fan and radio
presenter
Adrian
Durham on
a miraculous
relegation
A trophy at Wembley
BEST OF TIMES
Not many Posh fans
would agree, but
winning the 2013-14
Johnstone’s Paint
Trophy at Wembley. I
just wanted that feeling
of seeing my captain
going up the steps and
holding a trophy aloft.WORST OF TIMES
Getting relegated from
the Championship with
54 points in 2013. It was
a miracle that shouldn’t
have been allowed, but
I feared the worst
earlier in the season
when we loaned
George Boyd to Hull
the day after winning
5-1 at Millwall. It
punched the guts out
of the club. We’ve only
just got back.Carlisle v Shrewsbury; Doncaster v Mansfield;
Ipswich v Barrow; Leyton Orient v Tranmere;
Lincoln v Hartlepool; Portsmouth v Harrogate;
Walsall v Swindon; Yeovil v Stevenage (5.30).
Cinch Scottish Premiership Aberdeen v St
Mirren; Hibernian v Motherwell; Rangers v
Dundee; St Johnstone v Ross County.
Cinch Championship Arbroath v Raith;
Hamilton v Dunfermline; Morton v Ayr; Queen of
South v Partick. League One Clyde v Peterhead;
Cove v Dumbarton; East Fife v Alloa; Montrose v
Airdrieonians; Queen’s Park v Falkirk. League
Two Albion v Forfar; Cowdenbeath v Stirling;
Elgin v Kelty Hearts; Stenhousemuir v Stranraer.
Kick-off 2.0 unless stated
Sunday
Premier League Aston Villa v Leicester (4.30);
Leeds v Brentford; Man Utd v Crystal Palace;
Tottenham v Norwich.
Sky Bet Championship QPR v Stoke (2.30).
FA Cup: Second round Colchester v Wigan
(12.30); Kidderminster v Halifax (4.0); Rochdale
v Plymouth (12.15); Salfordv Chesterfield (5.15).
Cinch Scottish Premiership Dundee Utd v
Celtic (midday); Livingston v Hearts (3.0).
Women’s FA Cup final Arsenal v Chelsea (at
Wembley Stadium).LEAGUE ONE
AFC WIMBLEDON 2 FLEETWOOD 2
Assal 53 Garner 35
McCormick 79 Johnson 84
HT: 0-1. Att: 7,405
BOLTON 2 CHELTENHAM 2
Amaechi 26 May 14, 45+4
Kachunga 58
HT: 1-2. Att: 13,145
BURTON ALBION 2 DONCASTER 0
O'Connor 55
Jebbison 76
HT: 0-0. Att: 2,954
CAMBRIDGE UTD 1 SUNDERLAND 2
Smith 27 Mitov 15 (og)
Broadhead 36
HT: 1-2. Att: 7,174
GILLINGHAM 0 PORTSMOUTH 1
Tucker 90+3 (og)
HT: 0-0. Att: 5,637
LINCOLN 0 ACCRINGTON 1
Bishop 55
HT: 0-0. Att: 8,547
MORECAMBE 0 MK DONS 4
Eisa 23
O'Riley 40, 82
Darling 64
HT: 0-2. Att: 3,700
OXFORD UTD 0 ROTHERHAM 0
HT: 0-0. Att: 7,620
PLYMOUTH 1 WIGAN 2
Mayor 43 Keane 35
Lang 90
HT: 1-1. Att: 15,329
SHEFF WED 2 WYCOMBE 2
Shodipo 45+9 Mehmeti 23
Windass 50 Obita 65
HT: 1-1. Att: 20,761
SHREWSBURY 1 CHARLTON 0
Udoh 90+3
HT: 0-0. Att: 6,158Lang won it late on for Wigan
PWDLF AGDPts
1 Rotherham 19 11 5 3 34 13 2138
2 Wigan 18 12 2 4 34 16 1838
3 Wycombe 20 11 5 4 32 23 938
4 Plymouth 20 10 6 4 33 22 1136
5 Sunderland 18 11 2 5 30 23 735
6 MK Dons 19 10 4 5 37 24 1334
7 Sheff Wed 20 8 9 3 28 21 733
8 Oxford Utd 18 9 5 4 29 18 1132
9 Portsmouth 20 9 5 6 26 22 432
10 Burton Albion20 8 4 8 22 23 -1 28
11 Cheltenham 19 7 6 6 26 30-4 27
12 Bolton 20 7 5 8 29 29 026
13 Ipswich 19 6 6 7 34 29 524
14 Accrington 19 7 3 9 23 36 -13 24
15 Charlton 20 6 5 9 26 27 -1 23
16 Cambridge Utd 20 5 8 7 27 35-8 23
17 AFC Wimbledon 18 5 6 7 26 30-4 21
18 Lincoln City 19 5 6 8 20 24-4 21
19 Shrewsbury 19 5 4 10 18 25 -7 19
20 Morecambe 19 5 4 10 29 37-8 19
21 Gillingham 20 3 8 9 16 27-11 17
22 Fleetwood Town 18 3 6 9 30 34-4 15
23 Doncaster 19 3 4 12 11 34 -23 13
24 Crewe 19 2 6 11 16 34 -18 12BIRMINGHAM 1 BLACKPOOL 0
Jutkiewicz 81
HT: 0-0
BOURNEMOUTH 2 COVENTRY 2
Anthony 45 Godden 85
Billing 66 Kane 90
HT: 1-0
Sent off: Lerma (Bournemouth) 68
HUDDERSFIELD 1 MIDDLESBRO 2
Daniels 90+3 (og) Watmore 16, 23
HT: 0-2. Att: 19,192
HULL 2 MILLWALL 1
Honeyman 29 Bradshaw 45+1
Longman 54
HT: 1-1. Att: 10,613
LUTON 1 CARDIFF 2
Clark 64 Colwill 10
Morrison 77
HT: 0-1
PETERBOROUGH 0 BARNSLEY 0
HT: 0-0
PRESTON 1 FULHAM 1
Evans 72 Ream 15
HT: 0-1. Att: 9,838
STOKE 0 BLACKBURN 1
Khadra 52
HT: 0-0. Att: 21,739
SWANSEA 2 READING 3
Paterson 3 Dele-Bashiru 4
Manning 49 Carroll 30
Drinkwater 50
HT: 1-2. Att: 16,980Played Friday
WEST BROM 0 NOTTM FOREST 0
HT: 0-0. Att: 22,424
Sent off: Molumby (West Brom) 70SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP
PWDLF AGDPts
1 Fulham 20 13 4 3 49 16 3343
2 Bournemouth20 12 6 2 36 16 2042
3 West Brom 20 9 7 4 27 16 1134
4 Blackburn 20 9 6 5 34 27 733
5 Coventry 20 9 6 5 27 23 433
6 QPR 19 9 5 5 31 24 732
7 Stoke 20 9 4 7 24 21 331
8 Huddersfield 20 8 4 8 23 23 028
9 Swansea 20 7 6 7 25 26 -1 27
10 Millwall 20 6 9 5 20 21 -1 27
11 Blackpool 20 7 6 7 20 22-2 27
12 Middlesbrough 20 7 5 8 23 23 026
13 Birmingham 20 7 5 8 19 21-2 26
14 Luton 20 6 7 7 27 26 125
15 Nottm Forest 20 6 7 7 24 23 125
16 Preston 20 6 7 7 22 26-4 25
17 Sheff Utd 19 6 5 8 23 26-3 23
18 Bristol City 19 6 5 8 21 28-7 23
19 Hull 20 6 3 11 16 23-7 21
20 Cardiff 20 6 3 11 21 34 -13 21
21 @Reading 20 8 2 10 26 32-6 20
22 Peterborough20 4 4 12 17 38 -21 16
23 Barnsley 20 2 6 12 13 31 -18 12
24 *Derby 19 4 10 5 16 18-2 1
* deducted 21pts for financial breaches
and going into admistration
@ deducted 6pts for financial breachesCARLISLE 1 WALSALL 0
Abrahams 88
HT: 0-0. Att: 3,795
CRAWLEY TOWN 1 MANSFIELD 2
Tilley 48 Hawkins 24
Oates 73
HT: 0-1. Att: 1,824
FOREST GREEN 2 BRISTOL ROV 0
Matt 20, 77 (pen)
HT: 1-0. Att: 4,128
Sent off: Godwin-Malife (Forest Green) 63
NORTHAMPTON 1 LEYTON ORIENT 0
Hoskins 41
HT: 1-0. Att: 5,769
PORT VALE 2 HARTLEPOOL 0
Garrity 31
Pett 90
HT: 1-0. Att: 4,839
ROCHDALE 1 EXETER 1
Taylor 69 Ray 59
HT: 0-0. Att: 2,102
SALFORD 2 OLDHAM 0
Lund 45
Thomas-Asante 77
HT: 1-0. Att: 3,242
SCUNTHORPE 1 BRADFORD CITY 1
Jarvis 39 Songo'o 68
HT: 1-0. Att: 3,823
SUTTON UTD 1 BARROW 0
Ajiboye 16
HT: 1-0. Att: 2,678
SWINDON 1 HARROGATE TOWN 1
Payne 83 (pen) Diamond 24
HT: 0-1. Att: 8,199Played Friday
COLCHESTER 1 NEWPORT COUNTY 1
Sears 78 Telford 36
HT: 0-1. Att: 2,401LEAGUE TWO
PWDLF AGDPts
1 Forest Green 18 12 4 2 34 14 2040
2 Northampton 19 10 4 5 25 15 1034
3 Exeter 19 8 9 2 31 21 1033
4 Swindon 18 9 6 3 28 18 1033
5 Port Vale 19 9 5 5 32 20 1232
6 Sutton Utd 19 10 2 7 28 22 632
7 Harrogate 19 8 6 5 33 24 930
8 Leyton Orient 19 6 10 3 32 17 1528
9 Newport Co 19 7 7 5 30 23 728
10 Tranmere 18 7 5 6 15 14 126
11 Salford City 19 6 6 7 22 19 324
12 Bradford City 19 5 9 5 25 23 224
13 Rochdale 19 5 9 5 24 24 024
14 Walsall 19 6 6 7 21 23-2 24
15 Mansfield 19 6 5 8 21 25-4 23
16 Bristol Rovers 19 6 5 8 22 29-7 23
17 Hartlepool 19 7 2 10 20 30 -10 23
18 Colchester 18 5 6 7 16 22-6 21
19 Crawley Town 18 6 3 9 20 28-8 21
20 Barrow 19 4 7 8 20 24-4 19
21 Stevenage 18 4 6 8 15 30 -15 18
22 Carlisle 19 3 7 9 13 28 -15 16
23 Oldham 19 4 3 12 16 30 -14 15
24 Scunthorpe 19 2 8 9 15 35 -20 14Drinkwater hit Reading winner Taylor levelled for Rochdale
OTHER FOOTBALL
UPCOMING FIXTURES
Vanarama National League
ALTRINCHAM 1 SOUTHEND 2
Mooney 68 Murphy 1
Dalby 34
HT: 0-2. Att: 1,288
KING’S LYNN 0 ALDERSHOT 1
Whittingham 80
HT: 0-0. Att: 785
NOTTS COUNTY 2 DAG & RED 1
Vincent 35, Wootton 73 Balanta 42
HT: 1-1. Att: 4,889
TORQUAY 2 HALIFAX 3
Lolos 88 Slew 30, 46
Little 90 Waters 50
HT: 0-1. Att: 2,269
WEALDSTONE 1 STOCKPORT CO 4
Jackson 87 Quigley 26
Crankshaw 62, 67, 81
HT: 0-1. Att: 1,382
WOKING 1 BARNET 2
McNerney 2 Marriott 28, 90
HT: 1-1. Att: 1,779
WREXHAM 2 BROMLEY 0
Hall-Johnson 33
Mullin 60
HT: 1-0. Att: 8,156
Sent off: Trotter (Bromley) 8
YEOVIL 1 DOVER 1
Yussuf 77 Bramble 2
HT: 0-1. Att: 2,062
PWD L FA Pts
Chesterfield 17 10 6 1 35 15 36
Boreham Wood 17 10 5 2 26 13 35
Halifax 17 10 3 4 28 16 33
Grimsby 17 10 2 5 29 17 32
Notts County 18 9 5 4 29 21 32
Bromley 17 9 4 4 31 20 31
Wrexham 17 8 6 3 33 18 30
Stockport County17 9 3 5 28 20 30
Solihull Moors 17 8 5 4 22 20 29
Dag & Red 18 8 2 8 34 24 26
Yeovil 16 7 4 5 17 15 25
Altrincham 17 7 3 7 31 26 24
Woking 17 8 0 9 30 26 24
Eastleigh 16 7 3 6 21 21 24
Barnet 17 6 4 7 21 30 22
Wealdstone 17 5 6 6 17 25 21
Torquay 17 5 3 9 24 30 18
Aldershot 17 5 1 11 18 30 16
Weymouth 17 4 3 10 20 35 15
Maidenhead Utd15 4 2 9 18 30 14
Southend 16 4 2 10 13 25 14
King’s Lynn Town17 2 2 13 15 37 8
*Dover 17 04 13 14 40 -8
* deducted 12pts for failure to fulfil fixtures
FA Trophy: Second round AFC Fylde 1
Gateshead L; Bath City 0 Dartford 0
(Dartford won 3-5 on pens); Binfield 2 Truro
City 3; Bishop’s Stortford 5 Leiston 1;
Brackley 1 Boston United 2; Braintree Town
3 Potters Bar Town 1; Brentwood Town 1
Dulwich Hamlet 2; Canvey Island 0
Tonbridge Angels 1; Chelmsford 1 Cheshunt
2; Chippenham 0 Uxbridge 1; Concord
Rangers 0 AFC Totton 5; Cray Wanderers 2
Ebbsfleet United 2 (Cray won 5-3 on pens);
Curzon Ashton 2 Chester 1; Eastbourne
Borough 2 Tiverton Town 1; Felixstowe &
Walton United 0 AFC Telford 4; Gloucester
3 Kettering 0; Hanwell Town 0 Enfield Town
2; Hartley Wintney 0 Folkestone Invicta 2;
Hemel Hempstead 1 Stourbridge 1 (Hemel
Hempstead won 5-6 on pens); Hereford 1
Kidderminster 1 (Kidderminster won 5-3 on
pens); Hungerford Town 3 Welling 2;
Leamington 0 Alfreton Town 3; Maidstone
Utd 1 Billericay 1 (Maidstone won 6-5 on
pens); Needham Market 3 Welwyn Garden
City 1; Oxford City 1 St Albans 4; Plymouth
Parkway 1 Hampton & Richmond 0;
Radcliffe 5 Colne 1; Slough 1 Havant &
Waterlooville 0; Warrington Town 1
Morpeth Town 1 (Morpeth won 5-3 on
pens); Wimborne Town 1 Larkhall Athletic 2;
Worthing 0 Dorking Wanderers 2; York 1
Blyth Spartans 0. Postponed Ashton United
v Guiseley; Bradford Park Avenue v Marine;
Farsley Celtic v Stalybridge Celtic;
Liversedge v Lancaster City; Matlock Town
v Marske United; Southport v Darlington;
Spennymoor v Chorley; Whitby v Nantwich.
Women’s World Cup qualifying
Group D
ENGLAND 1 AUSTRIA 0
White 39
HT: 1-0
(at the Stadium of Light, Sunderland)Kick-off 2.0 unless stated
Today
Premier League Brentford v Everton; Burnley v
Tottenham; Chelsea v Man Utd (4.30); Leicester
v Watford; Man City v West Ham.
Sky Bet Championship Sheff Utd v Bristol City
(12.30). League One Ipswich v Crewe (3.0).
FA Trophy: Second round Kingstonian v
Farnborough (3.0).
Cinch Scottish Premiership Celtic v Aberdeen
(3.0); Livingston v Rangers (midday).
Kick-off 7.45 unless stated
Tomorrow
Sky Bet Championship Derby v QPR.
Scottish Cup: Third round Brechin v Darvel
Juniors.
Women’s World Cup qualiying Northern
Ireland v North Macedonia (7.0, at Seaview).
Tuesday
Premier League Leeds v Crystal Palace (8.15);
Newcastle v Norwich (7.30).
FA Cup: First round replay Exeter v Bradford C.
Papa John’s EFL Trophy: Second round:
Northern Section Accrington Stanley v Wigan;
Bolton v Fleetwood (7.0); Carlisle v Lincoln(7.0); Crewe v Doncaster; Rotherham v Port
Vale (7.0); Sheff Wed v Hartlepool; Sunderland
v Oldham; Tranmere v Harrogate. Southern
Section Cambridge Utd v Walsall (7.0);
Charlton v Aston Villa U-21 (7.0); Forest Green v
Chelsea U-21 (7.0); Ipswich v Arsenal U-21;
Leyton Orient v MK Dons (7.0); Sutton Utd v
Stevenage; Swindon v Colchester.
Cinch Scottish Premiership Motherwell v
Dundee Utd.
Women’s World Cup qualifying England v
Latvia (7.0, at Keepmoat Stadium); France v
Wales (8.10, at Stade du Roudourou); Ireland v
Georgia (7.0, at Tallaght Stadium); Spain v
Scotland (8.0, at Estadio La Cartuja).
Wednesday
Premier League Aston Villa v Man City (8.15);
Everton v Liverpool (8.15); Southampton v
Leicester (7.30); Watford v Chelsea (7.30); West
Ham v Brighton (7.30); Wolves v Burnley (7.30).
Papa John’s EFL Trophy: Second round:
Northern Section Crewe v Doncaster; Sheff
Wed v Hartlepool (7.0); Sunderland v Oldham
(7.0). Southern Section Ipswich v Arsenal U-21.
Cinch Scottish Premiership Aberdeen v
Livingston; Dundee v St Johnstone; Hibernian v
Rangers; St Mirren v Ross County.Thursday
Premier League Man Utd v Arsenal (8.15);
Tottenham v Brentford (7.30).
Cinch Scottish Premiership Celtic v Hearts.
Friday
Sky Bet Championship Fulham v Bournemouth.
FA Cup: Second round Gateshead v Charlton;
Rotherham v Stockport County.
Cinch Scottish Championship Inverness CT v
Kilmarnock. League Two Edinburgh v Annan.
Kick-off 3.0 unless stated
Saturday
Premier League Newcastle v Burnley;
Southampton v Brighton; Watford v Man City
(5.30); West Ham v Chelsea (12.30); Wolves v
Liverpool.
Sky Bet Championship Barnsley v Huddersfield;
Blackburn v Preston; Blackpool v Luton; Bristol
City v Derby; Cardiff v Sheff Utd; Coventry v West
Brom (12.30); Middlesbrough v Swansea; Millwall
v Birmingham; Nottm Forest v Peterborough;
Reading v Hull. League One Accrington v
Fleetwood; Sunderland v Oxford Utd.
FA Cup: Second round AFC Wimbledon v
Cheltenham; Bristol Rovers v Sutton Utd; Burton
Albion v Port Vale; Buxton v Morecambe (12.45);