2016–17 Peterborough United F.C. season

Peterborough United
2016–17 season
Chairman	Darragh MacAnthony
Manager	Grant McCann
Stadium	London Road Stadium
League One	11th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Tom Nichols (10); All: Tom Nichols (13)
Highest home attendance	9,157; (vs Northampton, 18 Oct 16)
Lowest home attendance	2,850; (vs AFC Wimbledon, 9 Aug 16)
Average home league attendance	5,016
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2015–16 2017–18 →

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.	Place of Birth	Age	Apps	Goals	Signed from	Date signed	Fee	Ends
Goalkeepers
1	Luke McGee	GK	London	29	45	0	Tottenham Hotspur	31 August 2016	Loan	2017
14	Mark Tyler	GK	Norwich	47	494	0	Luton Town	1 July 2016	Free	2017
Defenders
2	Michael Smith	RB	Monkstown	36	134	2	Bristol Rovers	25 July 2014	Undisclosed	2019
3	Andrew Hughes	LB	Cardiff	32	46	1	Newport County	1 July 2016	Free	2018
5	Ryan Tafazolli	CB	Sutton	33	39	3	Mansfield Town	6 June 2016	Free	2019
6	Jack Baldwin	CB	Barking	31	76	2	Hartlepool United	31 January 2014	£500,000	2018
12	Dominic Ball	CB/DM	Welwyn Garden City	29	7	1	Rotherham United	3 January 2017	Loan	2017
29	Jerome Binnom-Williams	LB	Croydon	29	16	0	Crystal Palace	2 August 2016	Undisclosed	2018
Midfielders
4	Michael Bostwick	DM/CB	Eltham	36	228	23	Stevenage	9 July 2012	Undisclosed	2018
7	Gwion Edwards	RW	Lampeter	31	44	9	Crawley Town	24 June 2016	Free	2019
8	Christopher Forrester	DM	Dublin	31	91	6	St Patrick's Athletic	29 August 2015	Undisclosed	2018
11	Marcus Maddison	LW/AM	Durham	31	128	30	Gateshead	27 August 2014	£250,000	2018
15	Jermaine Anderson	CM	Camden Town	28	74	7	Academy	1 July 2012	Trainee	Undisclosed
16	Brad Inman	CM	Adelaide	32	12	0	Crew Alexandra	1 July 2016	Free	2019
18	Leonardo Da Silva Lopes	CM	Lisbon	26	56	4	Academy	1 July 2015	Trainee	Undisclosed
22	Adil Nabi	CM	Birmingham	30	10	0	West Bromwich Albion	21 January 2016	Undisclosed	2019
23	Callum Chettle	MF	Nottingham	28	19	0	Nuneaton Town	23 January 2016	Undisclosed	2018
25	Harry Anderson	RW	Slough	27	18	0	Academy	1 August 2014	Undisclosed	2018
36	Martin Samuelsen	LW	Haugesund	27	33	3	West Ham United	1 January 2017	Loan	2017
42	Anthony Grant	CM	Lambeth	37	12	0	Port Vale	31 January 2017	Undisclosed	2019
Forwards
10	Paul Taylor	CF/RW	Liverpool	37	103	20	Ipswich Town	13 July 2016	Free	2017
13	Craig Mackail-Smith	CF	Watford	40	234	104	Luton Town	31 January 2017	Loan	2017
21	Tom Nichols	CF	Wellington	31	58	14	Exeter City	1 February 2016	Undisclosed	2020
28	Mathew Stevens	CF	Surrey	26	2	0	Barnet	1 July 2016	Free	2019
31	Deon Moore	CF	Croydon	25	6	0	Academy	Hasn't signed professional deal
37	Junior Morias	CF	Kingston	29	20	4	St Albans City	1 January 2017	Undisclosed	2019
Out on loan
9	Lee Angol	CF	Carshalton	30	52	12	Luton Town	20 July 2015	Undisclosed	2018
17	Shaq Coulthirst	CF	Hackney	30	42	7	Tottenham Hotspur	22 January 2016	Undisclosed	2019
20	Hayden White	RB	Greenwich	29	9	0	Bolton Wanderers	1 July 2016	Free	2018
27	Jordan Nicholson	CF	Godmanchester	31	2	0	Histon	24 December 2015	Undisclosed	2017

Statistics

As of 3 May 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	ENG	Luke McGee (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur)	45	0	39+0	0	4+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
2	DF	NIR	Michael Smith	45	0	40+0	0	4+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
3	DF	WAL	Andrew Hughes	45	1	36+2	1	4+0	0	2+0	0	1+0	0
4	DF	ENG	Michael Bostwick	46	3	39+0	3	4+0	0	2+0	0	1+0	0
5	DF	ENG	Ryan Tafazolli	38	3	30+1	3	4+0	0	0+0	0	3+0	0
6	DF	ENG	Jack Baldwin	29	1	27+0	1	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
7	MF	WAL	Gwion Edwards	41	9	23+10	7	3+1	2	2+0	0	2+0	0
8	MF	IRL	Christopher Forrester	50	6	39+4	6	4+0	0	2+0	0	1+0	0
10	FW	ENG	Paul Taylor	45	6	23+14	3	2+2	1	2+0	1	1+1	1
11	MF	ENG	Marcus Maddison	47	8	36+4	8	3+0	0	2+0	0	2+0	0
12	DF	ENG	Dominic Ball (on loan from Rotherham United)	6	1	6+0	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
13	FW	ENG	Craig Mackail-Smith	18	5	13+5	5	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
14	GK	ENG	Mark Tyler	5	0	3+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
15	MF	ENG	Jermaine Anderson	10	1	5+2	0	0+0	0	2+0	0	1+0	1
16	MF	AUS	Brad Inman	12	0	5+6	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
18	MF	POR	Leonardo Da Silva Lopes	46	4	32+6	2	4+0	1	1+1	1	1+1	0
21	FW	ENG	Tom Nichols	51	13	37+6	10	3+1	1	2+0	2	1+1	0
22	MF	ENG	Adil Nabi	4	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
23	MF	ENG	Callum Chettle	15	0	5+6	0	0+0	0	0+2	0	2+0	0
25	MF	ENG	Harry Anderson	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
28	FW	ENG	Matthew Stevens	2	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
29	DF	ENG	Jerome Binnom-Williams	15	0	9+1	0	0+2	0	0+1	0	2+0	0
31	FW	ENG	Deon Moore	6	0	0+4	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+1	0
32	DF	ENG	Lewis Freestone	4	0	4+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
33	MF	ENG	Morgan Penfold	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
34	FW	ENG	Kasey Douglas	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
35	DF	ENG	James Goode	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
36	MF	NOR	Martin Samuelsen (on loan from West Ham United)	12	1	4+7	1	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
37	FW	JAM	Junior Morias	20	4	6+14	4	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
38	MF	MLT	Andrea Borg	3	0	1+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
42	MF	ENG	Anthony Grant	11	0	11+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
Player(s) out on loan:
9	FW	ENG	Lee Angol	15	1	5+8	1	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
17	FW	ENG	Shaq Coulthirst	22	4	11+5	2	2+1	2	1+1	0	1+0	0
20	DF	ENG	Hayden White	9	0	4+2	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	2+0	0
24	FW	ENG	Aaron Williams	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
Player(s) who returned to their parent clubs:
30	MF	ENG	Nathan Oduwa (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur)	9	0	0+6	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+2	0
38	MF	ENG	George Moncur (on loan from Barnsley)	15	3	5+8	2	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	1
Player(s) who left the club:
1	GK	ENG	Ben Alnwick	5	0	4+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
12	DF	POR	Ricardo Almeida Santos	4	0	0+1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
19	FW	ENG	Joe Gormley	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

Goals record

As of 3 May 2017

Rank	No.	Po.	Name	League One	FA Cup	League Cup	League Trophy	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
4	10	CF	Paul Taylor	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	Andrew Hughes	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	Jermaine Anderson	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

As of 3 May 2017

Rank	No.	Po.	Nat.	Name	League One			FA Cup			League Cup			League Trophy			Total
Rank	No.	Po.	Nat.	Name
1	4		DM	Michael Bostwick	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0
1	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
4	8		LW	Christopher Forrester	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	1
6	3		LB	Andrew Hughes	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	Paul Taylor	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
10	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	Michael Smith	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	Jermaine Anderson	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	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2016	RW	Gwion Edwards	Crawley Town	Undisclosed	^[1]
1 July 2016	CB	Andrew Hughes	Newport County	Free transfer	^[2]
1 July 2016	CM	Brad Inman	Crewe Alexandra	Free transfer	^[3]
1 July 2016	CF	Mathew Stevens	Barnet	Compensation	^[4]
1 July 2016	CB	Ryan Tafazolli	Mansfield Town	Free transfer	^[5]
1 July 2016	RB	Hayden White	Bolton Wanderers	Free transfer	^[6]
13 July 2016	RW	Paul Taylor	Free agent	Free transfer	^[7]
2 August 2016	LB	Jerome Binnom-Williams	Crystal Palace	Undisclosed	^[8]
1 January 2017	CF	Junior Morias	St Albans City	Undisclosed	^[9]
31 January 2017	CM	Anthony Grant	Port Vale	Undisclosed	^[10]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
31 August 2016	GK	Luke McGee	Tottenham Hotspur	End of season ^[a]	^[12]
31 August 2016	AM	George Moncur	Barnsley	3 January 2017	^[12]
31 August 2016	LW	Nathan Oduwa	Tottenham Hotspur	2 January 2017	^[12]
1 January 2017	LW	Martin Samuelsen	West Ham United	End of season	^[13]
3 January 2017	CB	Dominic Ball	Rotherham United	End of season	^[14]
31 January 2017	CF	Craig Mackail-Smith	Luton Town	End of season	^[15]

^ On 16 December 2016, Luke McGee agreed to extend his loan deal until the end of the season.^[11]

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2016	CB	Shaun Brisley	Carlisle United ^[a]	Released	^[17]
1 July 2016	CF	Souleymane Coulibaly	Kilmarnock ^[b]	Released	^[17]
1 July 2016	CF	Jonathan Edwards	Hull City	Free transfer	^[19]
1 July 2016	LB	Andrew Fox	Stevenage ^[c]	Released	^[17]
1 July 2016	CF	Jack Friend	Free agent	Released	^[17]
1 July 2016	AM	Erhun Oztumer	Walsall	Free transfer	^[21]
1 July 2016	CF	Kyle Vassell	Blackpool ^[d]	Released	^[17]
1 July 2016	CB	Gabriel Zakuani	Northampton Town ^[e]	Released	^[17]
21 July 2016	CM	Harry Beautyman	Northampton Town	Undisclosed	^[24]
3 August 2016	RM	Jon Taylor	Rotherham United	£500,000	^[25]^[26]
25 August 2016	CM	Jack Payne	Blackpool	Free transfer	^[27]
31 August 2016	GK	Ben Alnwick	Bolton Wanderers	Free transfer	^[28]
31 August 2016	LB	Kgosi Nthle	Stevenage	Undisclosed	^[29]
1 November 2016	CF	Joe Gormley	Retired	—	^[30]
1 January 2017	CB	Ricardo Almeida Santos	Barnet	£100,000	^[31]
1 January 2017	CF	Aaron Williams	Newport County	Free transfer	^[32]
23 May 2017	GK	Dion–Curtis Henry	Free Agent	Mutual Consent	^[33]

^ Following Brisley's release, he signed for Carlisle United.^[16]
^ Following Coulibaly's release, he signed for Kilmarnock.^[18]
^ Following Fox's release, he signed for Stevenage.^[20]
^ Following Vassell's release, he signed for Blackpool.^[22]
^ Following Zakuani's release, he signed for Northampton Town.^[23]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
1 July 2016	SS	Jordan Nicholson	Nuneaton Town	1 January 2017	^[34]
1 July 2016	CF	Aaron Williams	Nuneaton Town	1 January 2017	^[34]
6 July 2016	CF	Luke James	Bristol Rovers	End of Season	^[35]
16 August 2016	RW	Harry Anderson	Lincoln City	1 January 2017	^[36]
31 August 2016	GK	Dion-Curtis Henry	Boston United	30 November 2016 ^[a]	^[38]
31 August 2016	CF	Joe Gormley	St. Johnstone	1 November 2016 ^[b]	^[39]
12 January 2017	RB	Hayden White	Mansfield Town	End of Season	^[40]
19 January 2017	CF	Shaq Coulthirst	Mansfield Town	End of Season	^[41]

^ On 30 November 2016, Dion-Curtis Henry was recalled early from his loan spell at Boston United.^[37]
^ On 1 November 2016, Joe Gormley announced his retirement.^[30]

Competitions

Pre-season friendlies

9 July 2016 (2016-07-09)	Boston United	1–1	Peterborough United	Boston
15:00	Colley 61'	Report	Tafazolli 38'	Stadium: York Street Attendance: 920 (275 Posh fans)

11 July 2016 (2016-07-11)	Boreham Wood	0–1	Peterborough United	Borehamwood
19:30		Report	Maddison 48' (pen.)	Stadium: Meadow Park

16 July 2016 (2016-07-16)	Peterborough United	0–3	Norwich City	Peterborough
15:00		Report	Jo. Murphy 48' Jerome 90+7' Ja. Murphy 90+11'	Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 2,759 (749 Norwich fans)

21 July 2016 (2016-07-21) Maunsell Cup	AFC Rushden & Diamonds	2–2	Peterborough United	Wellingborough
19:45	Brown 45' Orosz 60'	Report	Williams 25' Freestone 66'	Stadium: Dog & Duck

23 July 2016 (2016-07-23)	Peterborough United	2–1	Leeds United	Peterborough
15:00	Coulthirst 48', 65'	Report	Mowatt 15'	Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 4,152 (1,970 Leeds fans)

26 July 2016 (2016-07-26)	Brentford	0–1	Peterborough United	Brentford
19:45		Report	Taylor 2'	Stadium: Griffin Road

30 July 2016 (2016-07-30)	Peterborough United	0–2	Barnsley	Peterborough
15:00		Report	Scowen 7' Payne 89'	Stadium: London Road Stadium

League One

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
9	Rochdale	46	19	12	15	71	62	+9	69
10	Bristol Rovers	46	18	12	16	68	70	−2	66
11	Peterborough United	46	17	11	18	62	62	0	62
12	Milton Keynes Dons	46	16	13	17	60	58	+2	61
13	Charlton Athletic	46	14	18	14	60	53	+7	60

Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Matches

6 August 2016 1	Rochdale	2–3	Peterborough United	Rochdale
15:00 BST	Cannon 8' Henderson 32' (pen.)	Report	Forrester 21', 37' Edwards 89'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3,243 Referee: David Webb

13 August 2016 2	Peterborough United	0–1	Bradford City	Peterborough
15:00 BST		Report	Hiwula 11'	Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 5,906 Referee: Darren Handley

16 August 2016 3	Peterborough United	5–1	Millwall	Peterborough
19:45 BST	Maddison 6' Taylor 7' Edwards 20', 52' Nichols 67'	Report	79' Morison	Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 5,007 Referee: Ross Joyce

20 August 2016 4	Oxford United	2–1	Peterborough United	Oxford
15:00 BST	Thomas 46' Maguire 90+3' (pen)	Report	62' Nichols 90+3' Baldwin	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

27 August 2016 5	Milton Keynes Dons	0–2	Peterborough United	Denbigh
15:00 BST		Report	2' Hughes 71' Bostwick	Stadium: Stadium mk Attendance: 10,261 Referee: Mark Heywood

3 September 2016 6	Peterborough United	2–2	Swindon Town	Peterborough
12:15 BST	Edwards 36' Maddison 63' (pen)	Report	Doughty 51' (pen) Baldwin 76' (og)	Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 4,501 Referee: Tim Robinson

10 September 2016 7	Peterborough United	2–2	Port Vale	Peterborough
15:00 BST	Moncur 8', 84' Hughes 84'	BBC Report	6', 90+4' Jones	Stadium: ABAX Stadium Attendance: 4,711 Referee: Mark Heywood

17 September 2016 8	Sheffield United	1–0	Peterborough United	Sheffield
15:00 BST	Done 13' Sharp 62' Basham 67' Coutts 78' Ebanks-Landell 90+1'	Club Report BBC Report	74' Moncur 90+3' Smith	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 19,555 (988 Posh fans) Referee: Neil Swarbrick

24 September 2016 9	Peterborough United	1–1	Walsall	Peterborough
15:00 BST	Maddison 27' Nichols 31'	Report	17' Jackson 84' Osbourne	Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 4,906 Referee: Ben Toner

27 September 2016 10	Shrewsbury Town	1–1	Peterborough United	Shrewsbury
19:45 BST	McGivern 31' Black 56' 65'	Report	32' Edwards 59' Tafazolli	Stadium: Greenhous Meadow Attendance: 4,314 Referee: Darren Handley

1 October 2016 11	Southend United	1–1	Peterborough United	Southend-on-Sea
15:00 BST	Inniss 29' Wordsworth 61' 78' (pen.)	Report	Hughes 25' Forrester 72' Maddison 90+2'	Stadium: Roots Hall Stadium Attendance: 6,417 Referee: Brendan Malone

8 October 2016 12	Peterborough United	3–1	Bury	Peterborough
12:00 BST	Forrester 38' Maddison 48' Kay 52' (o.g.) Coulthirst 86' Lopes 88' White 90+1'	Report	White 2' (o.g.) Mayor 61' Maher 66'	Stadium: ABAX Stadium Attendance: 3,964 Referee: Tony Harrington

15 October 2016 13	Fleetwood Town	2–0	Peterborough United	Fleetwood
15:00 BST	Sowerby 3' Grant 16' 65' Ryan 19'	Report	Baldwin 44'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 2,711 Referee: Nigel Miller

18 October 2016 14	Peterborough United	3–0	Northampton Town	Peterborough
19:45 BST	Coulthirst 14' Tafazolli 36' Maddison 40' Taylor 52' Nichols 82'	Report	Byrom 32' O'Toole 76'	Stadium: ABAX Stadium Attendance: 9,157 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

22 October 2016 15	Peterborough United	0–1	AFC Wimbledon	Peterborough
15:00 BST	Edwards 71' Taylor 79'	Report	Elliott 10' Fuller 84'	Stadium: ABAX Stadium Attendance: 6,642 Referee: Brett Huxtable

29 October 2016 16	Bristol Rovers	1–2	Peterborough United	Bristol
15:00 BST	Taylor 57' (pen.)	Report	Coulthirst 62' 67' Bostwick 67' Nichols 90+2'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 9,839 Referee: Mark Haywood

13 November 2016 17	Peterborough United	1–0	Bolton Wanderers	Peterborough
12:15 GMT	Coulthirst 10' Smith 27'	Report	Trotter 28'	Stadium: ABAX Stadium Attendance: 4,780 Referee: Mark Heywood

19 November 2016 18	Northampton Town	0–1	Peterborough United	Northampton
15:00 GMT		Report	90+2' Forrester	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 7,675 Referee: Darren Bond

22 November 2016 19	Peterborough United	0–2	Scunthorpe United	Peterborough
19:45 GMT	Baldwin 23' Coulthirst 45+1' Edwards 67'	Report	van Veen 21' 24' Goode 72' Bishop 83'	Stadium: ABAX Stadium Attendance: 5,222 Referee: Charles Breakspear

10 December 2016 20	Peterborough United	5–2	Chesterfield	Peterborough
15:00 GMT	Nichols 1', 65' Bostwick 45', 82' 63' Taylor 55' Inman 85'	Report	O'Neil 12' 25' Evans 22' Daly 80'	Stadium: ABAX Stadium Attendance: 5,120 Referee: Nigel Miller

17 December 2016 (2016-12-17) 21	Charlton Athletic	0–2	Peterborough United	Charlton
15:00 BST		Report	Tafazolli 21' Edwards 66'	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 10,193 Referee: Charles Breakspear

26 December 2016 22	Peterborough United	1–1	Gillingham	Peterborough
15:00 GMT	Angol 78'	Report	Cargill 90+2'	Stadium: ABAX Stadium Attendance: 6,239 Referee: Graham Horwood

31 December 2016 23	Peterborough United	1–1	Coventry City	Peterborough
15:00 GMT	Bostwick 90+3'	Report	Willis 19'	Stadium: ABAX Stadium Attendance: 5,866 Referee: John Brooks

2 January 2017 24	Scunthorpe United	1–1	Peterborough United	Scunthorpe
15:00 GMT	Morris 45+1'	Report	Goode 83' (o.g.) Tafazolli 13' Maddison 42' Hughes 45+1' Goode 83'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 4,855 Referee: Andy Haines

14 January 2017 25	Bury	5–1	Peterborough United	Bury
15:00 GMT	Vaughan 7', 16', 24', 27' Miller 71'	Report	Nichols 4' Tafazolli 12' Bostwick 52'	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 2,820 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

21 January 2017 26	Swindon Town	0–1	Peterborough United	Swindon
15:00 GMT	Thompson 26' Jones 62' Gladwin 65'	Report	Smith 37' Forrester 46' Maddison 65'	Stadium: The County Ground Attendance: 6,514 Referee: Trevor Kettle

24 January 2017 27	Oldham Athletic	2–0	Peterborough United	Oldham
19:45 GMT	Amadi-Holloway 40' Gerrard 54' Green 69' (pen.) McLaughlin 82'	Report		Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 7,224 Referee: John Brooks

28 January 2017 28	Peterborough United	0–4	Milton Keynes Dons	Peterborough
15:00 GMT	Tafazolli 79'	Report	Baldock 51' Williams 53' Barnes 59' Potter 67' Agard 71' Aneke 74', 83' Walsh 90+1'	Stadium: ABAX Stadium Attendance: 6,617 Referee: John Busby

4 February 2017 (2017-02-04) 29	Port Vale	0–3	Peterborough United	Burslem
15:00 GMT		Report	Maddison 20' Morias 90', 90+5'	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 4,259 Referee: Charles Breakspear

11 February 2017 30	Peterborough United	0–1	Sheffield United	Peterborough
15:00 GMT	Edwards 38' Nichols 40'	Report	Carruthers 43' Sharp 74' 87'	Stadium: ABAX Stadium Attendance: 10,258 Referee: Andy Haines

14 February 2017 31	Peterborough United	2–1	Shrewsbury Town	Peterborough
19:45 GMT	Smith 31' Tafazolli 71' Ball 78' 90+3'	Report	Rodman 10' Humphrys 31' (pen.) 36' 55' Morris 44'	Stadium: ABAX Stadium Attendance: 4,116 Referee: Carl Boyeson

18 February 2017 32	Walsall	2–0	Peterborough United	Walsall
15:00 GMT	Chambers 50' Jackson 64' Bakayoko 79' Oztumer 90+2' Dobson 90+5' Morris 90+7'	Report	Grant 34' McGee 90+4' Forrester 90+4'	Stadium: The Banks's Stadium Attendance: 4,759 Referee: Mark Haywood

21 February 2017 33	Peterborough United	1–4	Southend United	Peterborough
19:45 GMT	Nichols 80'	Report	Cox 25' Fortuné 45+1', 60' Wordsworth 64' Timlin 90+2'	Stadium: ABAX Stadium Attendance: 4,597 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

25 February 2017 34	Peterborough United	3–1	Rochdale	Peterborough
15:00 GMT	Lopes 22' Baldwin 36' 57' 80' Nichols 38' Taylor 84'	Report	Rafferty 10' 45+3' Thompson 40' Keane 44' McDermott 52'	Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 4,457 Referee: Chris Sarginson

28 February 2017 35	Millwall	1–0	Peterborough United	Bermondsey, London
19:45 GMT	Gregory 54' (pen.) Ferguson 73'	Report	Grant 53' Maddison 90+1' Inman 90+4'	Stadium: The Den Attendance: 8,032 Referee: Kevin Johnson

4 March 2017 36	Bradford City	1–0	Peterborough United	Bradford
15:00 GMT	Jones 24' Knight-Percival 39'	Report	Nichols 42' Hughes 55' Grant 59' Bostwick 67' Samuelsen 79'	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 17,220 Referee: Brett Huxtable

11 March 2017 37	Peterborough United	1–2	Oxford United	Peterborough
15:00 GMT	Taylor 65' Lopes 67' 85' Mackail-Smith 90+1'	Report	Edwards 23' McAleny 45' 71' Ledson 87'	Stadium: ABAX Stadium Attendance: 5,469 Referee: Mark Heywood

14 March 2017 38	Chesterfield	3–3	Peterborough United	Chesterfield
19:45 GMT	Ebanks-Blake 4' Dennis 27' Donohue 32' 54' Nolan 64' Kakay 81'	Report	Mackail-Smith 7', 30' Nichols 17'	Stadium: Proact Stadium Attendance: 5,048 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

18 March 2017 39	Peterborough United	1–1	Oldham Athletic	Peterborough
15:00 GMT	Baldwin 54' Morias 67' 73' Binnom-Williams 75'	Report	Erwin 11'	Stadium: ABAX Stadium Attendance: 4,222 Referee: Lee Swabey

25 March 2017 40	Gillingham	0–1	Peterborough United	Gillingham
15:00 GMT	Dack 81'	Report	Grant 36' Morias 90'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 7,561 Referee: Brendan Malone

1 April 2017 41	Peterborough United	2–0	Charlton Athletic	Peterborough
15:00 BST	Samuelsen 74' Maddison 83'	Report		Stadium: London Road Attendance: 5,482 Referee: Graham Salisbury

8 April 2017 (2017-04-08) 42	Coventry City	1–0	Peterborough United	Coventry
15:00	Lameiras 51' Foley 82'	Report	Baldwin 90'	Stadium: Ricoh Arena Attendance: 10,551 Referee: Gavin Ward

14 April 2017 43	Peterborough United	1–2	Fleetwood Town	Peterborough
15:00 BST	Mackail-Smith 68'	Report	Grant 25' Eastham 42' 76' McLaughlin 72'	Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 5,629 Referee: Eddie Ilderton

17 April 2017 44	AFC Wimbledon	0–0	Peterborough United	Kingsmeadow
15:00 GMT		Report		Attendance: 4,294 Referee: Darren Handley

22 April 2017 45	Peterborough United	4–2	Bristol Rovers	Peterborough
15:00 BST	Lopes 13', 56' Maddison 30' Mackail-Smith 64'	Report	Gaffney 85', 90+2'	Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 5,498 Referee: Richard Clark

30 April 2017 46	Bolton Wanderers	3–0	Peterborough United	Bolton
12:00 BST	Karacan 22' Wheater 53' Le Fondre 75'	Report		Stadium: Macron Stadium Attendance: 22,590 Referee: Scott Duncan

FA Cup

5 November 2016 First round	Peterborough United	2–1	Chesham United	Peterborough
15:00 GMT	Coulthirst 40', 70'	Report	Blake 80'	Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 4,328 Referee: Darren Handley

4 December 2016 Second round	Notts County	2–2	Peterborough United	Nottingham
14:00 GMT	O'Connor 16' Oliver 41' Campbell 42' 90+5' Laing 88' 90+4'	Report	Lopes 3' Edwards 15' Angol 45+3' McGee 64'	Stadium: Meadow Lane Stadium Attendance: 3,940 Referee: Ben Toner

20 December 2016 Second round replay	Peterborough United	2–0	Notts County	Peterborough
19:45 GMT	Edwards 2' Taylor 8'	Report	Stead 37'	Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 7,796 Referee: Darren England

8 January 2017 Third round	Chelsea	4–1	Peterborough United	Fulham, London
15:00 GMT	Pedro 18', 75' Fàbregas 24' Batshuayi 43' Willian 52' Terry 67'	Report	Forrester 23' Tafazolli 33' Nichols 70'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 41,003 Referee: Kevin Friend

EFL Cup

9 August 2016 First round	Peterborough United	3–2	AFC Wimbledon	Peterborough
19:45 BST	Nichols 64', 90+3' P. Taylor 68'	Report	Whelpdale 34' L. Taylor 78'	Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 2,850 Referee: Ollie Yates

23 August 2016 Second round	Peterborough United	1–3	Swansea City	Peterborough
19:45 BST	Da Silva Lopes 75'	Report	Fulton 15' McBurnie 41', 44'	Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 4,727 Referee: James Adcock

EFL Trophy

Pos	Div	Team v t e	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	ACA	Norwich City U21	3	3	0	0	0	15	2	+13	9	Advance to Round 2
2	L1	Milton Keynes Dons	3	1	1	0	1	4	6	−2	5	Advance to Round 2
3	L1	Peterborough United	3	1	0	0	2	3	8	−5	3
4	L2	Barnet	3	0	0	1	2	3	9	−6	1

Source: Sky Sports

30 August 2016 Group stage 1	Peterborough United	1–6	Norwich City U23	Peterborough
19:30 BST	Anderson 52' Maddison 63'		Murphy 6', 82' Andreu 8', 45+2', 56' Maddison 23' Morris 49' Grant 58'	Stadium: London Road Stadium

4 October 2016 Group stage 2	Peterborough United	0–1	Milton Keynes Dons	Peterborough
19:30 BST	Oduwa 78'	Report	Agard 40' Rasulo 90+3' Carruthers 90+4'	Stadium: ABAX Stadium Attendance: 1,793

8 November 2016 Group stage 3	Barnet	1–2	Peterborough United	Canons Park, London
20:00 GMT	Amaluzor 68'	Report	Taylor 6' Moncur 84'	Stadium: The Hive Stadium Attendance: 393 Referee: Andy Woolmer

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[12] On 16 December 2016, Luke McGee agreed to extend his loan deal until the end of the season.^[11]

[18] Following Brisley's release, he signed for Carlisle United.^[16]

[21] Following Coulibaly's release, he signed for Kilmarnock.^[18]

[24] Following Fox's release, he signed for Stevenage.^[20]

[27] Following Vassell's release, he signed for Blackpool.^[22]

[29] Following Zakuani's release, he signed for Northampton Town.^[23]

[44] On 30 November 2016, Dion-Curtis Henry was recalled early from his loan spell at Boston United.^[37]

[46] On 1 November 2016, Joe Gormley announced his retirement.^[30]

[1] "Posh Swoop For Crawley Starlet". Peterborough United Official Site. 24 June 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2016.

[2] "Posh Secure Signing Of Hughes". Peterborough United Official Site. 6 June 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2016.

[3] "Posh Complete Inman Signing". Peterborough United Official Site. 27 June 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2016.

[4] "Posh Secure Stevens Signing". Peterborough United Official Site. 1 July 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2016.

[5] "Tafazolli Agrees Posh Switch". Peterborough United Official Site. 6 June 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2016.

[6] "Posh Secure First Summer Signing". Peterborough United Official Site. 16 May 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2016.

[7] "Posh Secure Taylor Signing". Peterborough United Official Site. 13 July 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2016.

[8] "Posh Secure Binnom-Williams Signing". Peterborough United Official Site. 2 August 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2016.

[9] "Posh Confirm Arrival of Morias". Peterborough United Official Site. 23 December 2016. Retrieved 24 December 2016.

[10] "Grant Makes Permanent Switch From Vale". Peterborough United Official Site. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2017.

[11] "McGee Loan Extension Agreed". Peterborough United Official Site. 16 December 2016. Retrieved 24 December 2016.

[AugustDeadline-13] "George Moncur, Nathan Oduwa and Luke McGee join Peterborough United". BBC Sport. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.

[14] "Samuelsen Rejoins Posh In Loan Deal". Peterborough United Official Site. 1 January 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2017.

[15] "Posh On The Ball With Defensive Signing". Peterborough United Official Site. 3 January 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2017.

[16] "Mackail-Smith Joins In Loan Deal". Peterborough United Official Site. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2017.

[17] "Carlisle bring in defender Brisley". BBC. 4 July 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2016.

[Retained_List-19] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Posh Announce Retained List". Peterborough United Official Site. 13 May 2016. Retrieved 13 May 2016.

[20] "Kilmarnock sign 11 players in one day". BBC. 24 June 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2016.

[22] "Tigers Sign Young Striker Edwards". Hull City Official Site. 12 May 2016. Archived from the original on 13 September 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2016.

[23] "Stevenage sign Posh left-back Fox". BBC. 23 June 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2016.

[25] "Oztumer Joins Saddlers". Peterborough United Official Site. 17 June 2016. Retrieved 17 June 2016.

[26] "Blackpool sign Posh striker Vassell". BBC. 16 June 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2016.

[28] "Zakuani & McCourt join Northampton". BBC. 24 June 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2016.

[30] "Beautyman Joins Cobblers". Peterborough United Official Site. 21 July 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2016.

[31] "Taylor Makes Switch To Millers". Peterborough United Official Site. 3 August 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2016.

[32] "Rotherham sign Peterborough's Taylor". BBC. 3 August 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2016.

[33] "Payne Joins Seasiders". Peterborough United Official Site. 25 August 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2016.

[34] "Bolton sign Ben Alnwick, Sammy Ameobi, James Henry, Tom Thorpe & Keshi Anderson". BBC Sport. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.

[35] "Stevenage: Tyler Walker, Kgosi Ntlhe and Harry McKirdy join". BBC Sport. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.

[Gormley-36] "Joe Gormley: Peterborough United striker, on loan at St Johnstone, quits pro football". BBC Sport. 1 November 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2016.

[37] "Barnet sign Peterborough's Ricardo Almeida Santos & David Tutonda from Cardiff City". BBC. 31 December 2016. Retrieved 31 December 2016.

[38] "Williams Joins Newport County". Peterborough United Official Site. 1 January 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2017.

[39] "LATEST NEWS: Henry leaves Peterborough United". Peterborough Telegraph. 23 May 2017. Retrieved 23 May 2017.

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[41] "James Becomes A Pirate". Peterborough United Official Site. 6 July 2016. Retrieved 6 July 2016.

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[45] "Young Keeper Joins Boston". Peterborough United Official Site. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 24 December 2016.

[47] "Gormley makes move to Scotland". Peterborough United Official Site. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.

[48] "White Makes Loan Move To Mansfield". Peterborough United Official Site. 12 January 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2017.

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