2017–18 Peterborough United F.C. season

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.^[1] 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.	Place of Birth	Age	Apps	Goals	Signed from	Date signed	Fee	Ends
Goalkeepers
1	Jonathan Bond	GK	Hemel Hempstead	24	2	0	Reading	1 July 2017	Loan	2017
24	Josh Tibbetts	GK		18	0	0	Birmingham City	1 July 2017	Free	2019
Defenders
2	Liam Shephard	RB	Pentre	22	0	0	Swansea City	10 July 2017	Free	2019
3	Andrew Hughes	LB	Cardiff	25	47	1	Newport County	1 July 2016	Free	2019
5	Ryan Tafazolli	CB	Sutton	25	41	3	Mansfield Town	6 June 2016	Free	2019
6	Jack Baldwin	CB	Barking	24	78	2	Hartlepool United	31 January 2014	£500,000	2019
17	Alex Penny	CB			2	0	Nuneaton Town	19 July 2017	£50,000	2020
27	Steven Taylor	CB	Greenwich	31	1	0	Ipswich Town	25 July 2017	Free	2019
32	Lewis Freestone	LB		17	4	0	Academy	30 July 2016	Trainee	2019
Midfielders
7	Gwion Edwards	RW	Lampeter	24	46	10	Crawley Town	24 June 2016	Free	2019
8	Christopher Forrester	DM	Dublin	24	92	6	St Patrick's Athletic	29 August 2015	Undisclosed	2019
10	Danny Lloyd	AM	Liverpool	25	2	0	Stockport County	1 July 2017	Free	2020
15	Jermaine Anderson	CM	Camden Town	21	74	7	Academy	1 July 2012	Trainee	Undisclosed
18	Leonardo Da Silva Lopes	CM	Lisbon	18	58	4	Academy	1 July 2015	Trainee	Undisclosed
20	Michael Doughty	CM	Westminster	24	2	0	Queens Park Rangers	1 July 2017	Undisclosed	2020
23	Callum Chettle	MF	Nottingham	20	19	0	Nuneaton Town	23 January 2016	Undisclosed	2019
38	Andrea Borg	AM	Dubai	17	3	0	Academy	13 April 2017	Trainee	2019
42	Anthony Grant	CM	Lambeth	30	13	0	Port Vale	31 January 2017	Undisclosed	2019
Forwards
9	Ricky Miller	CF	Hatfield	28	0	0	Dover Athletic	1 July 2017	Free	2020
14	Jack Marriot	CF	Beverley	22	2	0	Luton Town	1 July 2017	Undisclosed	2021
16	Junior Morias	CF	Kingston	22	22	5	St Albans City	1 January 2017	Undisclosed	2019
19	Idris Kanu	CF	London	21	2	0	Aldershot Town	1 August 2017	Undisclosed	2020
28	Matthew Stevens	CF	Surrey	19	2	0	Barnet	1 July 2016	Free	2019
33	Morgan Penfold	SS		18	1	0	Academy	28 January 2017	Trainee	2019
Out on Loan
	Brad Inman	CM	Adelaide	25	12	0	Crew Alexandra	1 July 2016	Free	2019
Transfer Listed
11	Marcus Maddison	LW/AM	Durham	23	130	30	Gateshead	27 August 2014	£250,000	2018
22	Adil Nabi	CM	Birmingham	23	10	0	West Bromwich Albion	21 January 2016	Undisclosed	2019
27	Jordan Nicholson	CF	Godmanchester	23	2	0	Histon	24 December 2015	Undisclosed	2018

Statistics

As of 9 August 2017

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League One		FA Cup		League Cup		League Trophy
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Jonathan Bond	2	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
3	DF		Andrew Hughes	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
5	DF		Ryan Tafazolli	2	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
6	DF		Jack Baldwin	2	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
7	MF		Gwion Edwards	2	1	1+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	1	0+0	0
10	MF		Danny Lloyd	2	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
11	MF		Marcus Maddison	2	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
14	FW		Jack Marriott	2	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
16	FW		Junior Morias	2	1	1+0	1	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
17	DF		Alex Penny	2	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
18	MF		Leonardo Da Silva Lopes	2	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
19	FW		Idris Kanu	2	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
20	MF		Michael Doughty	2	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
27	DF		Steven Taylor	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
42	MF		Anthony Grant	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

Goals record

As of 9 August 2017

Rank	No.	Po.	Name	League One	League Cup	Total
1	7	RM	Gwion Edwards	0	1	1
1	16	CF	Junior Morias	1	0	1
Own Goals				1	0	1
Total				2	1	3

Disciplinary Record

As of 9 August 2017

Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name	League One			FA Cup			League Cup			League Trophy			Total
Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name
1	18		CM	Leonardo Da Silva Lopes	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
1	42		CM	Anthony Grant	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total					1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2017	CM	Michael Doughty	Queens Park Rangers	Undisclosed	^[2]
1 July 2017	CF	Danny Lloyd	Stockport County	Free	^[3]
1 July 2017	CF	Jack Marriott	Luton Town	Undisclosed	^[4]
1 July 2017	CF	Ricky Miller	Dover Athletic	Free	^[5]
1 July 2017	GK	Josh Tibbetts	Birmingham City	Free	^[6]
10 July 2017	RB	Liam Shephard	Swansea City	Free	^[7]
19 July 2017	CB	Alex Penny	Nuneaton Town	£50,000	^[8]^{[lower-alpha 1]}
25 July 2017	CB	Steven Taylor	Ipswich Town	Free	^[10]
1 August 2017	CF	Idris Kanu	Aldershot Town	Undisclosed	^[11]
7 August 2017	GK	Conor O'Malley	St Patrick's Athletic	Undisclosed	^[12]

↑ Although officially undisclosed, Daily Mail reported the fee to be £50,000.^[9]

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2017	CF	Lee Angol	Mansfield Town	Undisclosed	^[13]
1 July 2017	LB	Jerome Binnom-Williams	Chesterfield	Free	^[14]
1 July 2017	GK	Dion-Curtis Henry	Free agent	Released	^[15]
1 July 2017	RB	Michael Smith	Heart of Midlothian	Undisclosed	^[16]
1 July 2017	CF	Paul Taylor	Bradford City	Released	^[17]^{[lower-alpha 1]}
1 July 2017	GK	Mark Tyler	Coaching role	N/A	^[19]
1 July 2017	RB	Hayden White	Mansfield Town	Undisclosed	^[20]
13 July 2017	CF	Luke James	Forest Green Rovers	Free	^[21]
17 July 2017	CF	Tom Nichols	Bristol Rovers	Undisclosed	^[22]
20 July 2017	RM	Harry Anderson	Lincoln City	Undisclosed	^[23]
20 July 2017	CB	Michael Bostwick	Lincoln City	Undisclosed	^[23]
26 July 2017	CF	Shaq Coulthirst	Barnet	Mutual consent	^[24]^{[lower-alpha 2]}

↑ Paul Taylor joined Bradford City following his release.^[18]
↑ Shaq Coulthirst joined Barnet following his departure.^[25]

Loans in

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	End date	Ref.
1 July 2017	GK		Jonathan Bond	Reading	January 2018	^[26]

Loans out

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	End date	Ref.
1 July 2017	CM		Brad Inman	Rochdale	30 June 2018	^[27]

Competitions

Friendlies

As of 28 June 2017 Peterborough United have announced seven pre-season friendlies against Queens Park Rangers,^[28] St Albans City,^[29] Wolverhampton Wanderers,^[30] Ipswich Town,^[31] Cheltenham Town,^[32] Lincoln City and Deeping Rangers.^[33]

8 July 2017	St Albans City	1–4	Peterborough United	St Albans
15:00 BST	Lucien 30' (pen.)	Report	Morias 43' Lloyd 48' Miller 56', 57'	Stadium: Clarence Park

11 July 2017	Nuneaton Town	3–5	Peterborough United	Nuneaton
19:30 BST	Daniels 36' (pen.), 38' Henshaw 70'	Report	Morias 3' Miller 12' Penfold 72' Nichols 74' Doughty 90+1'	Stadium: Liberty Way

15 July 2017	Peterborough United	2–4	Queens Park Rangers	Peterborough
15:00 BST (120 min match)	Morias 63' (pen.), 72'	Report	Mackie 33' Robinson 86' Eze 89' Owens 106'	Stadium: London Road Stadium

18 July 2017	Peterborough United	1–3	Ipswich Town	Peterborough
19:00 BST (120 min match)	Marriott 13'	Report	McGoldrick 22' Garner 41', 47'	Stadium: ABAX Stadium

22 July 2017	Lincoln City	2–3	Peterborough United	Lincoln
13:00 BST	Green 26' Ginnelly 78'	Report	Edwards 6' Marriott 18', 90'	Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 2322 Referee: Tom Nield

22 July 2017	Deeping Rangers	1–4	Peterborough United	Market Deeping
15:00 BST	Gash 89'	Report	Lloyd 13' Miller 45', 82' Penfold 73'	Stadium: The Haydon Whitham Stadium Attendance: 552 Referee: Richie Watkins

25 July 2017	Peterborough United	0–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Peterborough
19:30 BST		Report	Samuels 70'	Stadium: ABAX Stadium Referee: Neil Hair

29 July 2017	Cheltenham Town	1–5	Peterborough United	Cheltenham
15:00 BST	Holman 12'	Report	Marriott 42', 72', 81' Maddison 60' Grimes 89' (o.g.)	Stadium: LCI Rail Stadium

29 July 2017	Stamford	3-7	Peterborough United	Stamford
15:00 BST	Morgan 49' ? 51' Sandy 75'	Report	Miller 1', 83', 92' Penfold 8' Stevens 28', 48' Craig Mackail-Smith 68'	Stadium: Zeeco Stadium

League One

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Oxford United	2	2	5	0	+5	6	Promotion to the EFL Championship
2	Peterborough United	2	2	6	2	+4	6	Promotion to the EFL Championship
3	Fleetwood Town	2	2	3	0	+3	6	Qualification for the League One play-offs^{[lower-alpha 1]}
4	Bradford City	2	2	3	1	+2	6
5	Shrewsbury Town	2	2	2	0	+2	6

Updated to match(es) played on 12 August 2017. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
Notes:

↑ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the EFL Championship.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	3	1	0	0	2	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 5 August 2017.
Source:

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	H
Result	W
Position	5

Last updated: 5 August 2017.
Source: Statto.com
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

On 21 June 2017, the league fixtures were announced.^[34]^[35]

5 August 2017 1	Peterborough United	2–1	Plymouth Argyle	Peterborough
15:00 BST	Sawyer 4' (o.g.) Lopes 29' Morias 47' Grant 66'	Report	Carey 27' Fox 51' Wylde 76'	Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 7,622 Referee: John Busby

12 August 2017 2	Bristol Rovers	v	Peterborough United	Horfield
15:00 BST				Stadium: Memorial Stadium

19 August 2017 3	Peterborough United	v	Rotherham United	Peterborough
15:00 BST				Stadium: London Road Stadium

26 August 2017 4	Northampton Town	v	Peterborough United	Northampton
15:00 BST				Stadium: Sixfields Stadium

EFL Cup

On 16 June 2017, Peterborough United were drawn at home to Barnet in the first round.^[36]

8 August 2017 First round	Peterborough United	1–3	Barnet	Peterborough
19:45 BST	Edwards 30'	Report	Akpa Akpro 22' Vilhete 39' Coulthirst	Stadium: ABAX Stadium Attendance: 2,725 Referee: Tony Harrington

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.^[37]

Pos	Lge	Team	Qualification
1	ACA	Southampton U23s	Round 2
2	L2	Cambridge United	Round 2
3	L1	Northampton Town
4	L1	Peterborough United

First match(es) will be played on August – September 2017. Source: EFL.com

2017 (2017)		v

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National teams

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U19 (UEFA Euro 2018 qualifying round)
U17 (UEFA Euro 2018 finals)

League competitions

Level 1	Premier League
Levels 2–4	English Football League (Championship, League One, League Two)
Levels 5–6	National League (National, North, South)
Levels 7–8	Isthmian League (Premier, North, South) Northern Premier League (Premier, North, South) Southern League (Premier, Central, South & West)
Levels 9–10	Combined Counties League (Premier, One) East Midlands Counties League (level 10 only) Eastern Counties League (Premier, One) Essex Senior League (level 9 only) Hellenic League (Premier, One East, One West) Midland League (Premier, One) Northern Counties East League (Premier, One) Northern League (One, Two) North West Counties League (Premier, One) Southern Combination League (Premier, One) Southern Counties East League (Premier, One) South West Peninsula League Premier Division (level 10 only) Spartan South Midlands League (Premier, One) United Counties League (Premier, One) Wessex League (Premier, One) Western League (Premier, One) West Midlands (Regional) League (level 10 only)

Cup competitions

FA cups	FA Cup (Qualifying Rounds, Final) FA Community Shield FA Trophy (Final) FA Vase (Final)
EFL cups	EFL Cup (Final) EFL Trophy (Final)

Youth competitions

Under-23	Professional U23 Development League Premier League Cup
Under-18	Professional U18 Development League FA Youth Cup

Club seasons
Premier League	AFC Bournemouth Arsenal Brighton & Hove Albion Burnley Chelsea Crystal Palace Everton Huddersfield Town Leicester City Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Newcastle United Southampton Stoke City Swansea City Tottenham Hotspur Watford West Bromwich Albion West Ham United
Championship	Aston Villa Barnsley Birmingham City Bolton Wanderers Brentford Bristol City Burton Albion Cardiff City Derby County Fulham Hull City Ipswich Town Leeds United Middlesbrough Millwall Norwich City Nottingham Forest Preston North End Queens Park Rangers Reading Sheffield United Sheffield Wednesday Sunderland Wolverhampton Wanderers
League One	AFC Wimbledon Blackburn Rovers Blackpool Bradford City Bristol Rovers Bury Charlton Athletic Doncaster Rovers Fleetwood Town Gillingham Milton Keynes Dons Northampton Town Oldham Athletic Oxford United Peterborough United Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth Rochdale Rotherham United Scunthorpe United Shrewsbury Town Southend United Walsall Wigan Athletic
League Two	Accrington Stanley Barnet Cambridge United Carlisle United Cheltenham Town Chesterfield Colchester United Coventry City Crawley Town Crewe Alexandra Exeter City Forest Green Rovers Grimsby Town Lincoln City Luton Town Mansfield Town Morecambe Newport County Notts County Port Vale Stevenage Swindon Town Wycombe Wanderers Yeovil Town

Summer 2017 transfers
Winter 2017–18 transfers
Summer 2018 transfers

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