CITY 4 PETERBOROUGH 0 One of Nigel Pearson’s assistants has been heard to comment that the physical state of a team’s dressing rooms can have a bearing on the outcome of a match. His view was that teams visiting the Walkers’ Stadium, on occasions, played better because the showers worked. However, either the visitors’ dressing […]
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Chris Garland Feature In…
The FOX Issue No 163 – Dec/JAN edition is now in the shops and will be on sale before the Peterborough United game.. It features an exclusive interview with 70's striker Chris Garland… … our favourite Filbo Christmas Tales; eBay watch; Fox Quiz; They Played for City (Honest); Fully Programmed; Tales From the Riverbank; Fox […]
Oppos Views – Peterborough
A bit about you: Name: Scott Garner Current home town: Peterborough Birthplace: Wisbech How long have you supported your team? 1987 Overview of your club: Founded 1934, elected to the Football league in 1960, promoted to league one by finishing second in the 2007/2008 season Favourite thing about your home ground: Our Glebe Road family stand is a […]
Chris Garland – That Ain’t No Way to Treat a Legend.
The last home game against Southend was notable for a half time appearance by Chris Garland, a City legend who was once named by Jimmy Bloomfield as his best ever signing. The reason was that Chris saved us (single-handedly it seemed) from relegation to division two in 1975 by scoring 8 goals in 10 games […]
The Home Grown Players Rule
Did you know ….. Fourteen of the 23-man England squad that beat Germany in Berlin, last month, were developed by youth development programmes at Football League clubs. There are 8,500 young footballers aged between eight and 18 on the books of their 72 clubs, with 22 academies and 46 centres of excellence in operation. Did […]