2019–20 Peterborough United F.C. season

The 2019–20 Peterborough United F.C. season was the club's 60th year in the Football League and their seventh consecutive season in the third tier, League One. Along with League One, the club also participated in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy. The season covered the period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020.

Peterborough United

2019–20 season
Chairman	Darragh MacAnthony
Manager	Darren Ferguson
Stadium	London Road Stadium
League One	7th (on PPG)
FA Cup	Third round
EFL Cup	First round
EFL Trophy	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Ivan Toney (24) All: Ivan Toney (26)
Highest home attendance	10,071 (17 August 2019 v Ipswich Town)
Lowest home attendance	2,310 (4 December 2019 v Ipswich Town (EFL Trophy)
Average home league attendance	7,371
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2018–19 2020–21 →

Squad

No.	Name	Pos.	Nat.	Place of Birth	Age	Apps	Goals	Signed from	Date signed	Fee	Ends
Goalkeepers
1	Christy Pym	GK		Exeter	25	42	0	Exeter City	1 July 2019	Free	2022
25	Conor O'Malley	GK		Westport	24	34	0	St Patrick's Athletic	7 August 2017	Undisclosed	2020
26	Aaron Chapman	GK		Rotherham	30	39	0	Accrington Stanley	1 July 2018	Free	2020
Defenders
3	Dan Butler	LB		Cowes	25	36	2	Newport County	1 July 2019	Free	2022
5	Mark Beevers	CB		Barnsley	30	37	0	Bolton Wanderers	1 July 2019	Free	2022
6	Frankie Kent	CB		Romford	24	34	2	Colchester United	1 July 2019	Undisclosed	2022
15	Nathan Thompson	RB		Chester	29	19	0	Portsmouth	16 August 2019	Free	2021
16	Rhys Bennett	CB		Ashton-in-Makerfield	28	63	4	Mansfield Town	1 July 2018	Free	2020
18	Frazer Blake-Tracy	LB		Dereham	24	17	0	King's Lynn Town	1 July 2019	Undisclosed	2021
24	Niall Mason	RB		Brighton	23	37	0	Free Agent	1 July 2019	Free	2021
30	Sam Cartwright	CB		St Neots	19	2	0	Academy	1 July 2017	Free	2022
Midfielders
8	Josh Knight	CM		Fleckney	22	34	3	Leicester City	2 August 2019	Loan	2020
9	Sammie Szmodics	AM		Colchester	24	10	4	Bristol City	16 January 2020	Loan	2020
12	Reece Brown	CM		Dudley	24	11	0	Huddersfield Town	3 January 2020	Loan	2020
14	Louis Reed	CM		Barnsley	22	65	2	Sheffield United	1 July 2018	Undisclosed	2021
20	Serhat Tasdemir	RM		Blackburn	19	16	0	AFC Fylde	1 July 2019	Undisclosed	2022
21	George Boyd	RM		Chatham	34	320	75	Sheffield Wednesday	15 July 2019	Free	2021
23	Joe Ward	LW		Chelmsford	22	104	10	Woking	10 January 2018	Undisclosed	2021
29	Jack Taylor	CM		Hammersmith	22	11	2	Barnet	7 January 2020	£500,000	Undisclosed
32	Harrison Burrows	AM		Murrow	18	10	0	Academy	13 January 2019	Trainee	2021
Forwards
7	Mohamed Eisa	CF		Khartoum	25	35	16	Bristol City	1 July 2019	Undisclosed	2023
10	Siriki Dembélé	LW			23	76	13	Grimsby Town	1 July 2018	Undisclosed	2021
17	Ivan Toney	CF		Northampton	24	94	49	Newcastle United	9 August 2018	Undisclosed	Undisclosed
27	Idris Kanu	CF		London	24	37	1	Aldershot Town	1 August 2017	Undisclosed	2023
37	Ricky Jade-Jones	CF		Peterborough	17	16	4	Academy	8 November 2019	Trainee	2020
Out on loan
2	Jason Naismith	RB		Paisley	26	51	1	Ross County	1 July 2018	Undisclosed	2021
4	Alex Woodyard	CM		Gravesend	27	70	0	Lincoln City	1 July 2018	Undisclosed	2020
11	Marcus Maddison	LW/AM		Durham	24	249	62	Gateshead	27 August 2014	£250,000	2020
19	George Cooper	AM		Warrington	23	42	5	Crewe Alexandra	18 January 2018	Undisclosed	2021
22	Mark O'Hara	CM		Barrhead	24	29	4	Dundee	1 July 2018	Undisclosed	2021
31	Kyle Barker	CM			19	4	0	Academy	25 March 2019	Trainee	2021
	Callum Cooke	AM		Peterlee	23	20	1	Middlesbrough	30 July 2018	Free	2020

Statistics

As of 13 March 2020

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	Christy Pym	42	0	35+0	0	4+0	0	1+0	0	2+0	0
3	DF	ENG	Dan Butler	36	2	26+3	2	4+0	0	0+0	0	3+0	0
5	DF	ENG	Mark Beevers	37	0	32+0	0	4+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
6	DF	ENG	Frankie Kent	34	2	28+0	1	3+0	1	1+0	0	1+1	0
7	FW	SDN	Mohamed Eisa	35	16	27+2	14	4+0	2	1+0	0	0+1	0
8	DF	ENG	Josh Knight	25	3	17+7	3	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
9	FW	ENG	Sammie Szmodics	10	4	10+0	4	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
10	FW	SCO	Siriki Dembélé	29	6	11+13	5	0+1	0	0+0	0	4+0	1
12	MF	ENG	Reece Brown	11	0	10+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
14	MF	ENG	Louis Reed	29	1	23+1	1	3+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
15	DF	ENG	Nathan Thompson	19	0	12+3	0	3+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
16	DF	ENG	Rhys Bennett	18	0	7+6	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	4+0	0
17	FW	ENG	Ivan Toney	37	26	32+0	24	4+0	2	1+0	0	0+0	0
18	DF	ENG	Frazer Blake-Tracy	18	0	11+3	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	1+1	0
20	MF	AZE	Serhat Tasdemir	15	0	1+9	0	0+1	0	1+0	0	3+0	0
21	MF	SCO	George Boyd	24	0	17+5	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
23	MF	ENG	Joe Ward	35	5	18+9	3	1+2	0	0+1	0	4+0	2
24	DF	ENG	Niall Mason	36	0	25+5	0	2+2	0	0+1	0	1+0	0
26	GK	ENG	Aaron Chapman	2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
27	FW	ENG	Idris Kanu	10	1	1+5	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	4+0	1
28	DF	ENG	Bobby Copping	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
29	MF	ENG	Jack Taylor	11	2	11+0	2	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
30	DF	ENG	Sam Cartwright	2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
32	MF	ENG	Harrison Burrows	10	0	2+2	0	2+0	0	0+1	0	3+0	0
33	MF	ENG	Flynn Clarke	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
34	MF	ENG	Archie Jones	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
36	DF	GHA	Benjamin Mensah	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
37	MF	ENG	Ricky-Jade Jones	16	4	2+9	0	0+2	2	0+0	0	2+1	2
Players out on loan:
2	DF	SCO	Jason Naismith	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
4	MF	ENG	Alex Woodyard	19	0	8+6	0	2+1	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
11	MF	ENG	Marcus Maddison	26	10	19+3	9	4+0	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
31	MF	ENG	Kyle Barker	4	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	3+0	0

Goals record

As of 5 January 2020

Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name	League One	FA Cup	League Cup	League Trophy	Total
1	17		CF	Ivan Toney	24	2	0	0	26
2	7		CF	Mohamed Eisa	14	2	0	0	16
3	11		LM	Marcus Maddison	9	1	0	0	10
4	10		LW	Siriki Dembélé	5	0	0	1	6
5	23		LW	Joe Ward	3	0	0	2	5
6	9		AM	Sammie Szmodics	4	0	0	0	4
	37		CF	Ricky Jade-Jones	0	2	0	2	4
8	8		CB	Josh Knight	3	0	0	0	3
9	3		LB	Dan Butler	2	0	0	0	2
	6		CB	Frankie Kent	1	1	0	0	2
	29		CM	Jack Taylor	2	0	0	0	2
12	14		CM	Louis Reed	1	0	0	0	1
	27		CF	Idris Kanu	0	0	0	1	1
Total					66	8	0	6	80

Disciplinary record

As of 13 March 2020

Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name	League One			FA Cup			League Cup			League Trophy			Total
1	17		CF	Ivan Toney	9	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0
2	3		LB	Dan Butler	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	8	0	0
	15		RB	Nathan Thompson	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	1	0
4	24		RB	Niall Mason	5	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0
5	4		CM	Alex Woodyard	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
	5		CB	Mark Beevers	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0
	6		CB	Frankie Kent	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0
	8		CB	Josh Knight	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
9	14		CM	Louis Reed	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
10	7		CF	Mohamed Eisa	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	9		AM	Sammie Szmodics	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	10		LW	Siriki Dembélé	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
	12		CM	Reece Brown	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	18		LB	Frazer Blake-Tracy	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	21		RM	George Boyd	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	23		LW	Joe Ward	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
18	11		LM	Marcus Maddison	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	14		CM	Louis Reed	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	16		CB	Rhys Bennett	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	20		RM	Serhat Tasdemir	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
	29		CM	Jack Taylor	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	34		RM	Archie Jones	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
Total					50	4	1	9	0	0	3	0	0	5	0	0	67	4	1

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2019	CB		Mark Beevers	Bolton Wanderers	Free transfer	[1]
1 July 2019	LB		Frazer Blake-Tracy	King's Lynn Town	Compensation	[2]
1 July 2019	LB		Dan Butler	Newport County	Free transfer	[3]
1 July 2019	CF		Mohamed Eisa	Bristol City	Undisclosed	[4]
1 July 2019	CB		Frankie Kent	Colchester United	Undisclosed	[5]
1 July 2019	RB		Niall Mason	Free agent	Free transfer	[6]
1 July 2019	GK		Christy Pym	Exeter City	Free transfer	[7]
1 July 2019	RM		Serhat Tasdemir	AFC Fylde	Undisclosed	[8]
15 July 2019	RM		George Boyd	Sheffield Wednesday	Free transfer	[9]
16 August 2019	RB		Nathan Thompson	Portsmouth	Free transfer	[10]
1 October 2019	DF		Bobby Copping	Bury	Free transfer	[11]
7 January 2020	CM		Jack Taylor	Barnet	£500,000	[12]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
2 August 2019	CB		Josh Knight	Leicester City	30 June 2020	[13]
3 January 2020	CM		Reece Brown	Huddersfield Town	30 June 2020	[14]
16 January 2020	AM		Sammie Szmodics	Bristol City	30 June 2020	[15]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
29 July 2019	CB		Sam Cartwright	Kettering Town	1 January 2020	[16]
22 August 2019	AM		Callum Cooke	Bradford City	30 June 2020	[17]
29 August 2019	LW		George Cooper	Plymouth Argyle	30 June 2020	[18]
2 September 2019	RB		Jason Naismith	Hibernian	30 June 2020	[19]
2 September 2019	DM		Mark O'Hara	Motherwell	30 June 2020	[20]
14 December 2019	GK		Aaron Chapman	Tranmere Rovers	21 December 2019	[21]
3 January 2020	CM		Alex Woodyard	Tranmere Rovers	30 June 2020	[22]
17 January 2020	FW		Bradley Rolt	Welling United	February 2020	[23]
31 January 2020	AM		Marcus Maddison	Hull City	30 June 2020	[24]
19 February 2020	DM		Kyle Barker	Wrexham	30 June 2020	[25]

Transfers out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2019	LB		Lewis Freestone	Brighton & Hove Albion	Released	[26][27]
1 July 2019	CM		Darren Lyon	Free agent	Released	[26]
1 July 2019	CF		Morgan Penfold	Barrow	Released	[26][28]
1 July 2019	LW		Luke Strachan	Dundee	Free transfer	[29]
1 July 2019	CB		Ryan Tafazolli	Hull City	Released	[26][30]
25 July 2019	CB		Sébastien Bassong	Volos	Free transfer	[31]
27 July 2019	CF		Matty Stevens	Forest Green Rovers	Undisclosed	[32]
6 August 2019	CF		Matt Godden	Coventry City	£750,000	[33]
3 September 2019	RW		Isaac Buckley-Ricketts	Free agent	Mutual consent	[34]

Pre-season

The Posh announced pre-season friendlies against St Mirren,^[35] Stamford,^[36] Kettering Town,^[37] Stevenage,^[38] Barnet^[39] Grimsby Town^[40] and Deeping Rangers.^[36]

St Mirren v Peterborough United

6 July 2019 (2019-07-06) Friendly	St Mirren	0–2	Peterborough United	Cartagena, Spain
19:00 CEST		Report	Toney 4' Eisa 36'	Stadium: La Manga Club Resort

Stamford v Peterborough United

10 July 2019 (2019-07-10) Friendly	Stamford	0–6	Peterborough United	Stamford
19:30 BST		Report	Stevens 26' Burrows 31' Mason 32' Toney 59', 67' Tasdemir 76'	Stadium: The Zeeco Stadium

Kettering Town v Peterborough United

13 July 2019 (2019-07-13) Friendly	Kettering Town	1–2	Peterborough United	Burton Latimer
15:00 BST	Meikle 53'	Report	Eisa 44' Toney 54'	Stadium: Latimer Park

Stevenage v Peterborough United

16 July 2019 (2019-07-16) Friendly	Stevenage	1–1	Peterborough United	Stevenage
19:45 BST	Sonupe 10'	Report	Eisa 72'	Stadium: Lamex Stadium

Barnet v Peterborough United

20 July 2019 (2019-07-20) Friendly	Barnet	1–3	Peterborough United	Canons Park
15:00 BST	Toney 35' Dembélé 55' Tasdemir 64'	Report	Akinola 26'	Stadium: The Hive Stadium Attendance: 634

Bedford Town v Peterborough United

23 July 2019 (2019-07-23) Friendly	Bedford Town	0–3	Peterborough United	Cardington
19:30 BST		Report	Tasdemir 20', 45' Stevens 22'	Stadium: The Eyrie

Reading v Peterborough United

24 July 2019 (2019-07-24) Friendly	Reading	4–2	Peterborough United	Reading
16:00 BST	Blackett 20' Barrow 38' Swift 52' Barrett 61'	Report	Toney 43' Eisa 50'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium

Grimsby Town v Peterborough United

27 July 2019 (2019-07-27) Friendly	Grimsby Town	0–2	Peterborough United	Cleethorpes
15:00 BST		Report	Eisa 21' Dembélé 74'	Stadium: Blundell Park

Deeping Rangers v Peterborough United XI

29 July 2019 (2019-07-29) Friendly	Deeping Rangers	1–8	Peterborough United XI	Market Deeping
19:30 BST	Mooney 23'	Report	Kanu 3', 65' Eisa 29' Cooper 45', 53', 61', 72' Rolt 79'	Stadium: The Haydon Whitham Stadium

Competitions

League One

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PPG	Promotion, qualification or relegation
3	Wycombe Wanderers (O, P)	34	17	8	9	45	40	+5	59	1.74	Qualification for League One play-offs[a]
4	Oxford United	35	17	9	9	61	37	+24	60	1.71
5	Portsmouth	35	17	9	9	53	36	+17	60	1.71
6	Fleetwood Town	35	16	12	7	51	38	+13	60	1.71
7	Peterborough United	35	17	8	10	68	40	+28	59	1.69
8	Sunderland	36	16	11	9	48	32	+16	59	1.64
9	Doncaster Rovers	34	15	9	10	51	33	+18	54	1.59
10	Gillingham	35	12	15	8	42	34	+8	51	1.46
11	Ipswich Town	36	14	10	12	46	36	+10	52	1.44

Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points per game; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending-off offences^[41]
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:

1. 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
35	17	8	10	68	40	+28	59	12	3	2	41	13	+28	5	5	8	27	27	0

Last updated: 7 March 2020.
Source: BBC

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
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H
Result	L	L	D	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	D	W	W	W	D	L	L	W	D	W	D	L	L	L	D	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	D	W
Position	20	21	20	15	10	7	6	6	9	8	7	3	3	1	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	4	6	6	9	10	8	5	4	3	3	2	4	7	6

Updated to match(es) played on 7 March 2020. Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

On Thursday, 20 June 2019, the EFL League One fixtures were revealed.^[42]

Peterborough United v Fleetwood Town

3 August 2019 (2019-08-03) 1	Peterborough United	1–3	Fleetwood Town	Peterborough
15:00 BST	Toney 67'  90+3'	Report	Souttar 4' Morris 13' Coutts  51' Biggins  66' Coyle  78' Andrew 81' Hunter  84' Madden  89' Cairns  90+1'	Stadium: Weston Homes Stadium Attendance: 7,958 Referee: Robert Lewis

Oxford United v Peterborough United

10 August 2019 (2019-08-10) 2	Oxford United	1–0	Peterborough United	Oxford
15:00 BST	Brannagan 12',  16' Gorrin  56' Mousinho  76'	Report	Boyd  18' Kent  43'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 6,959 Referee: Michael Salisbury

Peterborough United v Ipswich Town

17 August 2019 (2019-08-17) 3	Peterborough United	2–2	Ipswich Town	Peterborough
15:00 BST	Toney 29' Eisa 62' Kent  65' Knight  73' Mason  90'	Report	Norwood 4' 66' Kenlock  73' Chambers 90+4'	Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 10,071 Referee: Martin Coy

Southend United v Peterborough United

20 August 2019 (2019-08-20) 4	Southend United	0–2	Peterborough United	Southend-on-Sea
19:45 BST		Report	Eisa 55' Toney 57'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 5,890 Referee: Alan Young

Milton Keynes Dons v Peterborough United

24 August 2019 (2019-08-24) 5	Milton Keynes Dons	0–4	Peterborough United	Denbigh
15:00 BST	Boateng  62' Harley  90+3'	Report	Maddison 21' Toney 28' Eisa 40', 72'	Stadium: Stadium MK Attendance: 9,402 Referee: Andy Davies

Peterborough United v Sunderland

31 August 2019 (2019-08-31) 6	Peterborough United	3–0	Sunderland	Peterborough
15:00 BST	Maddison 36', 64' Toney  51' Knight 52'	Report	McLaughlin  30' Wyke  57'  77' O'Nien  71' Power  84' Leadbitter  89'	Stadium: Weston Homes Stadium Attendance: 10,005 Referee: Craig Hicks

Shrewsbury Town v Peterborough United

7 September 2019 (2019-09-07)	Shrewsbury Town	v	Peterborough United	Shrewsbury
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Montgomery Waters Meadow
Note: The match was postponed on 30 August 2019, due to international call-ups.[43]

Peterborough United v Rochdale

14 September 2019 (2019-09-14) 7	Peterborough United	6–0	Rochdale	Peterborough
15:00 BST	Toney 18', 45', 58' Eisa 34' Maddison 51', 62'	Report		Stadium: Weston Homes Stadium Attendance: 5,733 Referee: Craig Hicks

Tranmere Rovers v Peterborough United

17 September 2019 (2019-09-17) 8	Tranmere Rovers	2–2	Peterborough United	Birkenhead
19:45 BST	Ridehalgh 65' Banks 70'	Report	Eisa 54' Toney 56'	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 5,243 Referee: Tom Nield

Doncaster Rovers v Peterborough United

21 September 2019 (2019-09-21) 9	Doncaster Rovers	2–0	Peterborough United	Doncaster
15:00 BST	Coppinger 30' Sadlier 39' Ennis  41' Gomes  90+3'	Report		Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 8,940 Referee: Ross Joyce

Peterborough United v AFC Wimbledon

28 September 2019 (2019-09-28) 10	Peterborough United	3–2	AFC Wimbledon	Peterborough
15:00 BST	Maddison 29' Eisa 41', 66'	Report	Appiah  23' Delaney  33' O'Neill  38' Reilly  44' Wordsworth  50' 78' Pinnock 52'	Stadium: Weston Homes Stadium Attendance: 6,744 Referee: Sebastian Stockbridge

Wycombe Wanderers v Peterborough United

5 October 2019 (2019-10-05) 11	Wycombe Wanderers	3–3	Peterborough United	High Wycombe
15:00 BST	Thompson  4'  83' Akinfenwa 56', 90+5' (pen.) Pym 63' (o.g.)	Report	Eisa 10' Maddison  25' Knight 38' Blake-Tracy  66' Toney 70'  90+4'	Stadium: Adams Park Referee: Will Finnie

Peterborough United v Lincoln City

12 October 2019 (2019-10-12) 12	Peterborough United	2–0	Lincoln City	Peterborough
15:00 BST	Mason  62' Reed  72'  90' 82' Toney 88'	Report	O'Connor  45+2' Pett  74' Shackell  79'	Stadium: Weston Homes Stadium Attendance: 9,872 Referee: Marc Edwards

Gillingham v Peterborough United

19 October 2019 (2019-10-19) 13	Gillingham	1–2	Peterborough United	Gillingham
15:00 BST	Ehmer  46' Byrne  51' Mandron 80' Ogilvie  88'	Report	Ward 40' Eisa 51' (pen.) Knight  66'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 6,269 Referee: Charles Breakspear

Peterborough United v Accrington Stanley

23 October 2019 (2019-10-23) 14	Peterborough United	4–0	Accrington Stanley	Peterborough
19:45 BST	Maddison 56' Toney 69'  78' Kent 85' Dembélé 90+5'	Report	McConville  45+4' Johnson  67'	Stadium: West Homes Stadium Attendance: 5,843

Peterborough United v Coventry City

26 October 2019 (2019-10-26) 15	Peterborough United	2–2	Coventry City	Peterborough
15:00 BST	Mason  21' Blake-Tracy  23' Maddison 52' (pen.) Knight  57' Eisa 90+5'	Report	Bakayoko 12' McCallum  14' Dabo  43' McFadzean  51' Rose  82' Biamou 85'	Stadium: Weston Homes Stadium Attendance: 8,005 Referee: Alan Young

Blackpool v Peterborough United

2 November 2019 (2019-11-02) 16	Blackpool	4–3	Peterborough United	Blackpool
15:00 BST	Mason (o.g.) 27' Spearing  37' Gnanduillet 41', 47' (pen.) Butler (o.g.) 74'	Report	Eisa 13' Butler  21' Toney 45' Maddison 71' (pen.)	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 7,619 Referee: James Oldham

Shrewsbury Town v Peterborough United

5 November 2019 (2019-11-05) 17	Shrewsbury Town	1–0	Peterborough United	Shrewsbury
19:45 GMT	Ebanks-Landell 45+1' Edwards  54' Thompson  77' Murphy  90+3'	Report	Toney  42' Bennett  45+1' Maddison 53' Butler  88'	Stadium: Montgomery Waters Meadow Attendance: 4,890 Referee: Darren Handley

Peterborough United v Burton Albion

23 November 2019 (2019-11-23) 18	Peterborough United	1–0	Burton Albion	Peterborough
15:00 GMT	Ward  64' 90+1'	Report	Edwards  53' O'Hara  84'	Stadium: Weston Homes Stadium Attendance: 6,462 Referee: Will Finnie

Portsmouth v Peterborough United

7 December 2019 (2019-12-07) 19	Portsmouth	2–2	Peterborough United	Milton
15:00 GMT	Brown 26'  66' Harrison 52'  77' Burgess  53'	Report	Woodyard  2' Toney 10' Eisa  44' 72' Thompson  68'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 17,643 Referee: Charles Breakspear

Peterborough United v Bolton Wanderers

14 December 2019 (2019-12-14) 20	Peterborough United	1–0	Bolton Wanderers	Peterborough
15:00 GMT	Toney 23'			Stadium: Weston Homes Stadium Attendance: 6,965 Referee: Peter Wright

Bristol Rovers v Peterborough United

21 December 2019 (2019-12-21) 21	Bristol Rovers	0–0	Peterborough United	Horfield
15:00 GMT	Kilgour  52' Clarke  68' Craig  82'	Report	Butler  47'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 8,030 Referee: John Busby

Peterborough United v Doncaster Rovers

26 December 2019 (2019-12-26) 22	Peterborough United	0–3	Doncaster Rovers	Peterborough
15:00 GMT	Toney  43' Woodyard  44'	Report	Sadlier 17' 61' Whiteman  44' 82' Wright  71' James  75' Dieng  76' John  90+5'	Stadium: London Road Attendance: 6,786 Referee: David Rock

Rotherham United v Peterborough United

29 December 2019 (2019-12-29) 23	Rotherham United	4–0	Peterborough United	Rotherham
15:00 GMT	Wood 50' Butler 68' (o.g.) Ward 77' (o.g.) Vassell 90+2' Mattock  73'		Kent  47'  54'	Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 9,019 Referee: Andy Haines

Lincoln City v Peterborough United

1 January 2020 (2020-01-01) 24	Lincoln City	2–1	Peterborough United	Lincoln
15:00 GMT	Hesketh  61' Walker 67' Morrell  71' Bolger  80' Grant 90' Payne  90+5'	Report	Toney 28' Mason  37' Boyd  45' Woodyard  55' Dembélé  71' Butler  90+6'	Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 10,025 Referee: Christopher Sarginson

Peterborough United v Wycombe Wanderers

4 January 2020 (2020-01-04)	Peterborough United	v	Wycombe Wanderers	Peterborough
15:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Weston Homes Stadium
Note: The match was postponed on 2 December, due to the club's involvement in the FA Cup.[44]

Peterborough United v Gillingham

11 January 2020 (2020-01-11) 25	Peterborough United	0–0	Gillingham	Peterborough
15:00 GMT	Beevers  52'  87'	Report		Stadium: Weston Homes Stadium Attendance: 6,696 Referee: Kevin Johnson

AFC Wimbledon v Peterborough United

18 January 2020 (2020-01-18) 26	AFC Wimbledon	1–0	Peterborough United	Norbiton
15:00 GMT	Pigott 58' Trott  78'	Report	Szmodics  74' Toney  85'	Stadium: Cherry Red Records Stadium Attendance: 4,453 Referee: Darren Drysdale

Peterborough United v Wycombe Wanderers

21 January 2020 (2020-01-21) 27	Peterborough United	4–0	Wycombe Wanderers	Peterborough
19:45 GMT	Toney 23' (pen.), 73' Butler  26' Taylor  40' 56' Dembélé 44' Beevers  61'	Report	Phillips  21' Bloomfield  45+2'	Stadium: Weston Homes Stadium Attendance: 3,851 Referee: Charles Breakspear

Peterborough United v Rotherham United

25 January 2020 (2020-01-25) 28	Peterborough United	2–1	Rotherham United	Peterborough
15:00 GMT	Toney 2' Szmodics 22'  64'	Report	Ihiekwe 35' Wiles  49'	Stadium: Weston Homes Stadium Attendance: 7,495 Referee: Scott Oldham

Accrington Stanley v Peterborough United

28 January 2020 (2020-01-28) 29	Accrington Stanley	0–2	Peterborough United	Accrington
19:45 GMT	Zanzala  72'	Report	Szmodics 11' Butler  18' Thompson  48' Ward 51'	Stadium: Wham Stadium Attendance: 1,816 Referee: Anthony Backhouse

Ipswich Town v Peterborough United

1 February 2020 (2020-02-01) 30	Ipswich Town	1–4	Peterborough United	Ipswich
15:00 GMT	Edwards  77' Norwood 79' (pen.) Skuse  90+2'	Report	Toney 23' (pen.) Szmodics 33', 74' Dembélé 50' Butler  65' Knight  67'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 21,351 Referee: Andy Woolmer

Peterborough United v Oxford United

8 February 2020 (2020-02-08) 31	Peterborough United	4–0	Oxford United	Peterborough
15:00 GMT	Dembélé 36' Toney 56', 77' Knight 90+6' Thompson  44'  63'	Report		Stadium: Weston Homes Stadium Attendance: 8,363 Referee: Andy Haines

Peterborough United v Southend United

11 February 2020 (2020-02-11) 32	Peterborough United	4–0	Southend United	Peterborough
19:45 GMT	Toney  45+1' 70', 74' Dembélé 50' Taylor 57'	Report	McLaughlin  28' Mantom  48' Bwomono  71' Milligan  78' Demetriou  80'	Stadium: Weston Homes Stadium Attendance: 5,036 Referee: Carl Boyeson

Fleetwood Town v Peterborough United

15 February 2020 (2020-02-15) 33	Fleetwood Town	2–1	Peterborough United	Fleetwood
15:00 GMT	McKay  2' Cairns  7' Connolly 15' Burns 76'	Report	Eisa 8' Butler 54' Thompson  73'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 2,801 Referee: Martin Coy

Burton Albion v Peterborough United

29 February 2020 (2020-02-29) 34	Burton Albion	1–1	Peterborough United	Burton upon Trent
15:00 GMT	O'Toole  29' Brayford 65'	Report	Eisa 52' Dembélé  61' Thompson  70'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 3,795 Referee: Brett Huxtable

Peterborough United v Portsmouth

7 March 2020 (2020-03-07) 35	Peterborough United	2–0	Portsmouth	Peterborough
15:00 GMT	Butler 32' Brown  41' Toney 86'	Report	Whatmough  15' Cannon  79' Naylor  82' Raggett  90+3' Marquis  90+4'	Stadium: Weston Homes Stadium Attendance: 9,414 Referee: Oliver Yates

Bolton Wanderers v Peterborough United

14 March 2020 (2020-03-14)	Bolton Wanderers	v	Peterborough United	Horwich
15:00 GMT				Stadium: University of Bolton Stadium
Note: Season was suspended until 3 April 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[45]

Peterborough United v Bristol Rovers

21 March 2020 (2020-03-21)	Peterborough United	v	Bristol Rovers	Peterborough
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Weston Homes Stadium
Note: Season was suspended until 3 April 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[45]

Peterborough United v Blackpool

29 March 2020 (2020-03-29)	Peterborough United	v	Blackpool	Peterborough
15:30 GMT				Stadium: Weston Homes Stadium
Note: Season was suspended until 3 April 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[45]

Coventry City v Peterborough United

4 April 2020 (2020-04-04)	Coventry City	v	Peterborough United	Bordesley
15:00 GMT				Stadium: St Andrew's Trillion Trophy Stadium
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[46]

Peterborough United v Milton Keynes Dons

10 April 2020 (2020-04-10)	Peterborough United	v	Milton Keynes Dons	Peterborough
15:00 BST				Stadium: Weston Homes Stadium
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[46]

Sunderland v Peterborough United

13 April 2020 (2020-04-13)	Sunderland	v	Peterborough United	Sunderland
13:00 BST				Stadium: Stadium of Light
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[46]

Peterborough United v Shrewsbury Town

18 April 2020 (2020-04-18)	Peterborough United	v	Shrewsbury Town	Peterborough
15:00 BST				Stadium: Weston Homes Stadium
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[46]

Rochdale v Peterborough United

25 April 2020 (2020-04-25)	Rochdale	v	Peterborough United	Spotland
15:00 BST				Stadium: Crown Oil Arena
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[46]

Peterborough United v Tranmere Rovers

3 May 2020 (2020-05-03)	Peterborough United	v	Tranmere Rovers	Peterborough
15:00 BST				Stadium: Weston Homes Stadium
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[46]

FA Cup

Main article: 2019–20 FA Cup

The first round draw was made on 21 October 2019.^[47] The second round draw was made live on 11 November from Chichester City's stadium, Oaklands Park.^[48] The third round draw was made live on BBC Two from Etihad Stadium, Micah Richards and Tony Adams conducted the draw.^[49]

Stevenage v Peterborough United

9 November 2019 (2019-11-09) First round	Stevenage	1–1	Peterborough United	Stevenage
15:00 GMT	Watts  6' List 56' Stokes  81'	Report	Thompson  24' Butler  47' Maddison 79' Woodyard  81'	Stadium: The Lamex Stadium Attendance: 2,981 Referee: Nick Kinseley

Peterborough United v Stevenage

19 November 2019 (2019-11-19) First round replay	Peterborough United	2–0	Stevenage	Peterborough
19:45 GMT	Eisa 11' Toney  55' Jones 90+4'	Report	Fernandez  56'	Stadium: Weston Homes Stadium Attendance: 3,593 Referee: Ollie Yates

Peterborough United v Dover Athletic

1 December 2019 (2019-12-01) Second round	Peterborough United	3–0	Dover Athletic	Peterborough
14:00 GMT	Toney 7' Beevers  35' Reed  67' Kent 79' Eisa 84' Woodyard  90+1' Mason  90+4'	Report	Cumberbatch  38' Rooney  90' Munns  90+6'	Stadium: Weston Homes Stadium Attendance: 4,239 Referee: Brett Huxtable

Burnley v Peterborough United

4 January 2020 (2020-01-04) Third round	Burnley	4–2	Peterborough United	Burnley
15:00 GMT	Rodriguez 8', 52' Pieters 15' Hendrick 23'	Report	Toney 39' Jade-Jones 76'	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 8,043 Referee: Robert Jones

EFL Cup

Main article: 2019–20 EFL Cup

The first round draw was made on 20 June.^[50]

Oxford United v Peterborough United

13 August 2019 (2019-08-13) First round	Oxford United	1–0	Peterborough United	Oxford
19:45 BST	Long  55' Brannagan 88'	Report	Kent  25' Toney  64' Mason  87'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 2,798 Referee: Ollie Yates

EFL Trophy

Main article: 2019–20 EFL Trophy

On 9 July 2019, the pre-determined group stage draw was announced with Invited clubs to be drawn on 12 July 2019.^[51] The draw for the second round was made on 16 November 2019 live on Sky Sports.^[52]

Pos	Div	Team v t e	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Peterborough United	3	3	0	0	0	5	1	+4	9	Advance to Round 2
2	L2	Northampton Town	3	1	1	0	1	2	3	−1	5
3	ACA	Arsenal U21	3	0	1	1	1	2	3	−1	3
4	L2	Cambridge United	3	0	0	1	2	2	4	−2	1

Source: EFL.com

Northampton Town v Peterborough United

3 September 2019 (2019-09-03) Group stage	Northampton Town	0–2	Peterborough United	Northampton
19:30 BST	Wharton  29'	Report	Kanu 21' Dembélé 24' Thompson  63'	Stadium: PTS Academy Stadium Attendance: 2,234 Referee: Joshua Smith

Peterborough United v Arsenal U21

1 October 2019 (2019-10-01) Group stage	Peterborough United	1–0	Arsenal U21	Peterborough
19:30 BST	Ward  45+1' 66'	Report	Mavropanos  25' M.Smith  71'	Stadium: Weston Homes Stadium Attendance: 3,131 Referee: Chris Sarginson

Peterborough United v Cambridge United

12 November 2019 (2019-11-12) Group stage	Peterborough United	2–1	Cambridge United	Peterborough
19:30 GMT	Ward 9' R. Jones 30' A.Jones  83'	Report	Norville-Williams  77' Knibbs 79' Smith  90'	Stadium: Weston Homes Stadium Attendance: 3,425 Referee: Christopher Pollard

Peterborough United v Ipswich Town

4 December 2019 (2019-12-04) Second round	Peterborough United	1–1 (5–6 p)	Ipswich Town	Peterborough
19:30 GMT	Jones 32' Tasdemir  37' Butler  85'	Report	El Mizouni 23' Smith  59' Huws  71' Roberts  85'	Stadium: Weston Homes Stadium Attendance: 2,310 Referee: Graham Salisbury
	Penalties
	Eisa Toney Dembélé Butler Mason Barker Kent		Roberts McGavin Kenlock El Mizouni Norwood Huws Cotter