2016–17 Peterborough United F.C. season

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.

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
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Squad

No.	Name	Pos.	Nat.	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	48	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	33	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	32	76	2	Hartlepool United	31 January 2014	£500,000	2018
12	Dominic Ball	CB/DM		Welwyn Garden City	30	7	1	Rotherham United	3 January 2017	Loan	2017
29	Jerome Binnom-Williams	LB		Croydon	30	16	0	Crystal Palace	2 August 2016	Undisclosed	2018
Midfielders
4	Michael Bostwick	DM/CB		Eltham	37	228	23	Stevenage	9 July 2012	Undisclosed	2018
7	Gwion Edwards	RW		Lampeter	32	44	9	Crawley Town	24 June 2016	Free	2019
8	Christopher Forrester	DM		Dublin	32	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	29	74	7	Academy	1 July 2012	Trainee	Undisclosed
16	Brad Inman	CM		Adelaide	33	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	31	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	28	18	0	Academy	1 August 2014	Undisclosed	2018
36	Martin Samuelsen	LW		Haugesund	28	33	3	West Ham United	1 January 2017	Loan	2017
42	Anthony Grant	CM		Lambeth	38	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	41	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	27	2	0	Barnet	1 July 2016	Free	2019
31	Deon Moore	CF		Croydon	26	6	0	Academy	Hasn't signed professional deal
37	Junior Morias	CF		Kingston	30	20	4	St Albans City	1 January 2017	Undisclosed	2019
Out on loan
9	Lee Angol	CF		Carshalton	31	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	30	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
				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.	Nat.	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
	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
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	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
	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	Nationality	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	Nationality	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]

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

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Nationality	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]

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

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	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]

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

Competitions

Pre-season friendlies

Boston United v Peterborough United

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)

Boreham Wood v Peterborough United

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

Peterborough United v Norwich City

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)

AFC Rushden & Diamonds v Peterborough United

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

Peterborough United v Leeds United

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)

Brentford v Peterborough United

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

Peterborough United v Barnsley

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

Main article: 2016–17 Football 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

Rochdale v Peterborough United

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

Peterborough United v Bradford City

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

Peterborough United v Millwall

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

Oxford United v Peterborough United

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

Milton Keynes Dons v Peterborough United

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

Peterborough United v Swindon Town

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

Peterborough United v Port Vale

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

Sheffield United v Peterborough United

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

Peterborough United v Walsall

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

Shrewsbury Town v Peterborough United

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

Southend United v Peterborough United

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

Peterborough United v Bury

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

Fleetwood Town v Peterborough United

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

Peterborough United v Northampton Town

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

Peterborough United v AFC Wimbledon

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

Bristol Rovers v Peterborough United

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

Peterborough United v Bolton Wanderers

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

Northampton Town v Peterborough United

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

Peterborough United v Scunthorpe United

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

Peterborough United v Chesterfield

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

Charlton Athletic v Peterborough United

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

Peterborough United v Gillingham

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

Peterborough United v Coventry City

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

Scunthorpe United v Peterborough United

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

Bury v Peterborough United

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

Swindon Town v Peterborough United

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

Oldham Athletic v Peterborough United

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

Peterborough United v Milton Keynes Dons

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

Port Vale v Peterborough United

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

Peterborough United v Sheffield United

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

Peterborough United v Shrewsbury Town

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

Walsall v Peterborough United

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

Peterborough United v Southend United

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

Peterborough United v Rochdale

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

Millwall v Peterborough United

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

Bradford City v Peterborough United

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

Peterborough United v Oxford United

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

Chesterfield v Peterborough United

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

Peterborough United v Oldham Athletic

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

Gillingham v Peterborough United

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

Peterborough United v Charlton Athletic

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

Coventry City v Peterborough United

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

Peterborough United v Fleetwood Town

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

AFC Wimbledon v Peterborough United

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

Peterborough United v Bristol Rovers

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

Bolton Wanderers v Peterborough United

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

Main article: 2016–17 FA Cup

Peterborough United v Chesham United

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

Notts County v Peterborough United

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

Peterborough United v Notts County

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

Chelsea v Peterborough United

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

Main article: 2016–17 EFL Cup

Peterborough United v AFC Wimbledon

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

Peterborough United v Swansea City

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

Main article: 2016–17 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
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

Peterborough United v Norwich City U23

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

Peterborough United v Milton Keynes Dons

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

Barnet v Peterborough United

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