2013–14 Peterborough United F.C. season explained

The 2013–14 season was Peterborough United's 54th year in the Football League and their first season in the third division of English football, League One, two years after their relegation from the Championship.

Squad

No.	Name	Position (s)	Nationality	Place of Birth	Date of Birth (Age)	Club caps	Club goals	Int. caps	Int. goals	Signed from	Date signed	Fee	Contract End
Goalkeepers
1	Bobby Olejnik	GK		Vienna	26 November 1986	49	0	–	–	Torquay United	18 June 2012	£300,000	30 June 2015
13	Joe Day	GK		Brighton	13 August 1990	–	–	–	–	Rushden & Diamonds	31 May 2011	Undisclosed	30 June 2015
29	Alex Lynch	GK		Holyhead	4 April 1995	–	–	–	–	Academy	1 July 2013	Trainee	Undisclosed
30	Charlie Horton	GK		London	(age 19)	–	–	–	–	Free Agent	25 July 2013	Free	30 June 2016
Defenders
2	Craig Alcock	RB/CB/LB		Truro	8 December 1987	73	0	–	–	Yeovil Town	7 July 2011	£100,000	30 June 2014
3	Kgosi Ntlhe	LB		Petoria	21 February 1994	15	0	–	–	Academy	1 July 2011	Trainee	30 June 2015
4	Shaun Brisley	CB		Macclesfield	6 May 1990	43	0	–	–	Macclesfield Town	8 May 2012	Undisclosed	30 June 2014
5	Jack Baldwin	CB/DM		Barking	30 June 1993	–	–	–	–	Hartlepool United	31 January 2014	£500,000	30 June 2018
20	Nathaniel Knight-Percival	CB/LB/CM		Enfield	31 March 1987	33	0	–	–	Wrexham	1 July 2012	Free	30 June 2014
22	Ben Nugent	CB		Welwyn Garden City	29 November 1992	–	–	–	–	Cardiff City	13 February 2014	Loan	31 May 2014
25	Peter Grant	DF		Bellshill	11 March 1994	–	–	–	–	Academy	1 July 2013	Trainee	30 June 2017
26	Michael Richens	RB		Bedford	28 February 1995	–	–	–	–	Academy	19 July 2012	Trainee	30 June 2015
28	Ricardo Santos	CB		Almada	18 June 1995	–	–	–	–	Free Agent	5 February 2014	Free	30 June 2017
31	Mark Little	RB/CB/LB		Worcester	20 August 1988	125	3	–	–	Free Agent	1 August 2013	Free	30 June 2014
Midfielders
6	Michael Bostwick	DM/CB		Eltham	17 May 1988	42	5	–	–	Stevenage	9 July 2012	Undisclosed	30 June 2015
7	Danny Swanson	CM/LW		Edinburgh	28 December 1986	30	2	–	–	Dundee United	6 June 2012	Free	30 June 2014
8	Jack Payne	CM		Gravesend	5 December 1991	14	0	–	–	Gillingham	30 June 2013	Undisclosed	30 June 2017
11	Grant McCann	CM/LM		Belfast	15 April 1980	130	29	39	4	Scunthorpe United	24 May 2010	Free	30 June 2015
14	Tommy Rowe	LW/LWB		Manchester	24 September 1988	156	18	–	–	Stockport County	12 May 2009	£225,000	30 June 2014
15	Jermaine Anderson	CM		London	16 May 1996	1	0	–	–	Academy	1 July 2013	Trainee	30 June 2015
16	Daniel Kearns	RW/CM		Belfast	26 August 1991	22	0	–	–	Dundalk	30 August 2011	Undisclosed	30 June 2014
17	Joe Newell	LW/LB		Tamworth	15 March 1993	50	2	–	–	Academy	1 July 2011	Trainee	30 June 2016
18	Kane Ferdinand	CM		Newham	2 October 1991	32	1	–	–	Southend United	31 August 2012	£200,000	30 June 2016
19	Nathaniel Mendez-Laing	LW/RW		Birmingham	15 April 1992	61	8	–	–	Wolverhampton Wanderers	6 July 2012	£100,000	30 June 2015
27	Charlie Coulson	CM		Kettering	11 January 1996	1	0	–	–	Academy	11 January 2013	Trainee	30 June 2015
32	Tom Conlon	RW		Stoke-on-Trent	3 February 1996	–	–	–	–	Newcastle Town	5 October 2014	Free	30 June 2014
Forwards
9	Britt Assombalonga	CF		Kinshasa	6 December 1990	–	–	–	–	Watford	31 July 2013	Undisclosed	30 June 2017
12	Kyle Vassell	CF/RW/LW		Milton Keynes	5 June 1992	–	–	–	–	Bishop's Stortford	11 November 2013	Undisclosed	30 June 2016
21	Nicky Ajose	CF/RW/LW		Bury	7 October 1991	1	0	–	–	Manchester United	5 July 2011	£300,000	30 June 2014
23	Tyrone Barnett	CF		Stevenage	28 October 1985	31	5	–	–	Crawley Town	8 May 2012	£1,200,000	30 June 2014
24	Conor Washington	CF		Chatham	18 May 1992	–	–	–	–	Newport County	28 January 2014	Undisclosed	30 June 2017
36	Josh McQuoid	RW/LW/CF		Southampton	15 December 1989	–	–	–	–	Bournemouth	11 February 2014	Loan	31 May 2014

Statistics

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Goals record

Rank	No.	Po.	Name					Total
1	9	FW	Britt Assombalonga	16	5	1	2	24
2	10	FW	Lee Tomlin	5	0	5	0	10
3	14	MF	Tommy Rowe	5	1	1	0	7
	23	FW	Tyrone Barnett	6	0	1	0	7
5	11	MF	Grant McCann	4	0	0	2	6
	21	FW	Nicky Ajose	6	0	0	0	6
7	8	MF	Jack Payne	2	0	1	0	3
	19	MF	Nathaniel Mendez-Laing	1	1	0	1	3
	36	FW	Shaun Jeffers	1	2	0	0	3
10	3	DF	Kgosi Ntlhe	1	0	0	1	2
	6	MF	Michael Bostwick	2	0	0	0	2
	Own Goals			0	0	0	2	2
13	5	DF	Gabriel Zakuani	0	0	1	0	1
	7	MF	Danny Swanson	0	0	1	0	1
	12	FW	Kyle Vassell	0	0	0	1	1
	20	DF	Nathaniel Knight-Percival	1	0	0	0	1
	32	DF	Mark Little	1	0	0	0	1
Total				50	9	11	9	79

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos.	Name	League One		FA Cup		League Cup		League Trophy		Total
2	DF	Craig Alcock	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
4	DF	Shaun Brisley	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
5	DF	Gabriel Zakuani	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
5	DF	Jack Baldwin	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
6	MF	Michael Bostwick	6	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	10	0
7	MF	Danny Swanson	6	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	10	0
8	MF	Jack Payne	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
9	FW	Britt Assombalonga	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
10	FW	Lee Tomlin	5	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	3
11	MF	Grant McCann	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
12	FW	Kyle Vassell	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
14	MF	Tommy Rowe	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
16	MF	Daniel Kearns	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
17	MF	Joe Newell	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
20	DF	Nathaniel Knight-Percival	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
22	FW	Hogan Ephraim	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
22	DF	Ben Nugent	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
23	FW	Tyrone Barnett	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
31	DF	Mark Little	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
Total			47	7	4	0	2	0	9	0	62	7

Date	Matches Missed	Player	Reason	Opponents Missed
18 November	1	Shaun Brisley	vs Walsall	Stevenage
29 December	3	Hogan Ephraim	vs Carlisle United	Brentford (H)
29 December	1	Lee Tomlin	5×	Brentford (H)
11 January	1	Lee Tomlin	vs Swindon Town	Kidderminster (H)
25 January	3	Lee Tomlin	vs Oldham Athletic

Contracts

Transfers

Out

Notes:Although officially undisclosed The Guardian reported the fee to be in the excess of £4.5 million.^[1]

Loans out

Competitions

League One

Play-offs

League Trophy

Kit

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Overall summary

Summary

Games played	44 (32 League One, 4 FA Cup, 3 League Cup, 5 League Trophy)
Games won	24 (17 League One, 2 FA Cup, 2 League Cup, 3 League Trophy)
Games drawn	7 (4 League One, 1 FA Cup, 0 League Cup, 2 League Trophy)
Games lost	14 (12 League One, 1 FA Cup, 1 League Cup, 0 League Trophy)
Goals scored	80 (51 League One, 9 FA Cup, 11 League Cup, 9 League Trophy)
Goals conceded	51 (41 League One, 3 FA Cup, 3 League Cup, 4 League Trophy)
Goal difference	+29
Clean sheets	18 (12 League One, 3 FA Cup, 1 League Cup, 2 League Trophy)
Yellow cards	62 (47 League One, 4 FA Cup, 2 League Cup, 9 League Trophy)
Red cards	7 (7 League One, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup, 0 League Trophy)
Worst discipline
Best result	6–0 vs Reading
Worst result	2–4 vs Coventry City
Most appearances	13 players (5)
Top scorer	Britt Assombalonga (24 goals)
Points	52

Score overview

Opposition	Home score	Away score	Double
Bradford City	2–1
Brentford	1–3	2–3
Bristol City		3–0
Carlisle United		1–2
Colchester United		0–1
Coventry City		2–4
Crawley Town	0–2	0–1
Crewe Alexandra		2–2
Gillingham		2–2
Leyton Orient	1–3	2–1
Milton Keynes Dons	2–1
Notts County	4–3	4–2
Oldham Athletic	2–1	4–5
Port Vale		1–0
Preston North End	2–0
Rotherham United		1–0
Sheffield United	0–0
Shrewsbury Town	1–0
Stevenage	0–1	1–0
Swindon Town	1–0	1–2
Tranmere Rovers	3–0	5–0
Walsall	0–0	0–2
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–0

Notes and References

1. News: Crystal Palace complete £4.5m deal for Peterborough's Dwight Gayle . The Guardian . 3 July 2013 . 3 July 2013.