2022–23 Peterborough United F.C. season explained

The 2022–23 season is the 89th season in the existence of Peterborough United Football Club and the club's first season back in League One since the 2020–21 season following their relegation in the previous season. In addition to the league, they will also compete in the 2022–23 FA Cup, the 2022–23 EFL Cup and the 2022–23 EFL Trophy.

First-team squad

No.	Name	Nat.	Position(s)	Date of birth (Age)	Apps.	Goals	Year signed	Signed from	Transfer fee
Goalkeepers
1	Lucas Bergström		GK	2002 9, df=yes	18	0	2022	Chelsea	Loan
13	Harvey Cartwright		GK	2002 5, df=yes	1	0	2022	Hull City	Loan
28	Will Blackmore		GK	2001 10, df=yes	2	0	2020	Academy	Trainee
Defenders
3	Dan Butler		LB/LM	2021 6, df=yes	110	3	2019	Newport County	Free
4	Ronnie Edwards		CB/DM	2021 6, df=yes	54	0	2020	Barnet	Undisclosed
5	Josh Knight		CB/RB/DM	1997 9, df=yes	90	5	2021	Leicester City	Undisclosed
6	Frankie Kent		CB	2021 6, df=yes	137	5	2019	Colchester United	£360,000
12	Nathan Thompson		CB/RB/DM	2021 6, df=yes	105	4	2019	Portsmouth	Free
20	Emmanuel Fernandez		CB	2001 11, df=yes	1	0	2021	Ramsgate	Undisclosed
21	Joe Tomlinson		LB	2000 6, df=yes	13	0	2021	Eastleigh	Undisclosed
29	Benjamin Mensah		CB	2002 12, df=yes	4	0	2019	Academy	Trainee
36	Charlie O'Connell		CB/DM	2002 12, df=yes	4	0	2021	Academy	Trainee
Midfielders
7	Jeando Fuchs		DM/RB/LB	1997 10, df=yes	36	0	2022	Dundee United	Undisclosed
8	Jack Taylor		CM/RM/RB	1998 6, df=yes	102	14	2020	Barnet	£500,000
11	Kwame Poku		AM/RW/LW	2001 8, df=yes	34	2	2021	Colchester United	Undisclosed
16	Harrison Burrows		LM/LB/CM	2021 6, df=yes	95	6	2017	Academy	Trainee
18	Oliver Norburn		CM/RM/LM	1992 10, df=yes	38	0	2021	Shrewsbury Town	Undisclosed
19	David Ajiboye		RW/RM	1998 9, df=yes	6	0	2022	Sutton United	Undisclosed
22	Hector Kyprianou		DM/CM/CB	2001 5, df=yes	13	1	2022	Leyton Orient	Undisclosed
23	Joe Ward		RM/RW/RB	2021 6, df=yes	205	19	2018	Woking	Undisclosed
24	Ben Thompson		CM/AM	1995 10, df=yes	18	1	2022	Gillingham	Free
26	Joel Randall		LM/LB/CM	1999 11, df=yes	23	0	2021	Exeter City	Undisclosed
Forwards
9	Jonson Clarke-Harris		CF	2021 6, df=yes	110	56	2020	Bristol Rovers	£1,250,000
10	Ephron Mason-Clark		CF	1999 8, df=yes	10	0	2022	Barnet	Undisclosed
14	Jack Marriott		CF	1994 9, df=yes	104	47	2021	Derby County	Free
17	Ricky Jade-Jones		CF/SS/LW	2002 11, df=yes	70	11	2019	Academy	Trainee
27	Joe Taylor		CF	2002 11, df=yes	14	1	2021	King's Lynn Town	Undisclosed
Out on Loan
33	Christy Pym		GK	1995 4, df=yes	94	0	2019	Exeter City	Free

Statistics

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Goals record

width=50px	Rank !	width=50px	No. !	width=50px	Nat. !	width=50px	Po. !	width=150px	Name !	width=150px	League One !	width=150px	FA Cup !	width=150px	EFL Cup !	width=150px	EFL Trophy!	width=150px	Play-offs !	width=150px	Total
1	9		CF	Jonson Clarke-Harris	26	0	0	2	1	29
2	8		CM		8	0	0	1	1	10
	10		FW	Ephron Mason-Clark	9	1	0	0	0	10
4	14		CF	Jack Marriott	4	2	0	1	0	7
	23		RM		6	0	0	0	1	7
6	11		DM	Kwame Poku	4	1	0	0	1	6
	17		CF	Ricky Jade-Jones	3	0	1	2	0	6
8	16		DF	Harrison Burrows	4	0	0	0	0	4
9	22		DM	Hector Kyprianou	3	0	0	0	0	3
10	5		DF	Josh Knight	1	0	0	1	0	2
11	12		DF	Nathan Thompson	1	0	0	0	0	1
	24		CM		1	0	0	0	0	1
	27		CF		0	0	1	0	0	1
Total					75	4	2	7	4	92

Disciplinary record

Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name	League One	FA Cup	EFL Cup	EFL Trophy	Total
1	6		CB	Frankie Kent	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	5		CB	Josh Knight	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
3	7		CM	Jeando Fuchs	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	14		CF	Jack Marriott	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	24		CM		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total					7	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Ref
22 June 2022				Undisclosed	[2]
22 June 2022				Undisclosed	[3]
1 July 2022		MacKenzie Lamb		Free Transfer	[4]
1 July 2022				Free Transfer	[5]
12 July 2022		Ashton Fox		Free Transfer	[6]
26 August 2022				Undisclosed	[7]
23 January 2023		Sam Dreyer		Undisclosed	[8]

Out

Date	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Ref
20 June 2022				Mutual consent	[9]
27 June 2022				Undisclosed	[10]
30 June 2022				Released
30 June 2022		Ethan Bojang	Gainsborough Trinity	Released
30 June 2022		Kobe Jae Chong		Released
30 June 2022				Released	[11] [12]
30 June 2022		Connor Peters		Released	[13] [14]
30 June 2022				Released
1 August 2022				Undiscloed	[15]
1 September 2022				Undiscloed	[16]
1 September 2022		Harmeed Ishola		Mutual Consent	[17]
1 September 2022				Undiscloed	[18]
30 January 2023				Undisclosed	[19]
31 January 2023				Undisclosed	[20]

Loans in

Date	Pos	Player	Loaned from	On loan until	Ref
17 June 2022				16 January 2023	[21] [22]
18 June 2022		Lucas Bergström		17 January 2023	[23] [24]
1 September 2022				End of Season	[25] [26]
6 January 2023				End of Season	[27]
13 January 2023				End of Season	[28]
31 January 2023				End of Season	[29]

Loans out

Date	Pos	Player	Loaned to	On loan until	Ref
12 July 2022				End of Season	[30]
22 July 2022		Aaron Powell		Youth Loan	[31]
5 August 2022		János Bodnár		Youth Loan	[32]
5 August 2022		Andrew Oluwabori		Youth Loan
9 August 2022		Luke Harris		Youth Loan	[33]
8 November 2022		Andrew Oluwabori		7 January 2023	[34]
10 November 2022		Johnson Gyamfi		10 December 2022	[35]
10 November 2022		Oscar Tonge		10 December 2022
2 December 2022				28 February 2023	[36] [37]
23 December 2022		Hisham Chiha		23 January 2023	[38]
1 January 2023				End of Season	[39]
6 January 2023		Kellan Hickinson		6 March 2023	[40]
20 January 2023		Lewis Darlington		17 February 2023	[41]
20 January 2023		Matthew Laycock		17 February 2023
23 January 2023		Sam Dreyer		End of Season
24 January 2023		János Bodnár		21 February 2023	[42]
31 January 2023				End of Season	[43]
21 February 2023		Johnson Gyamfi		End of Season	[44]
21 February 2023		Harry Thomas		21 March 2023
1 March 2023		Roddy McGlinchey		End of Season	[45]
23 March 2023				End of Season	[46]
23 March 2023		William Lakin		End of Season	[47]
23 March 2023				End of Season	[48]

Pre-season and friendlies

On May 31, the Posh announced their first pre-season friendly, against Scunthorpe United.^[49] Four days later, an away trip to King's Lynn Town was confirmed.^[50] A home friendly against Luton Town was next to be added to the schedule.^[51] On 10 June, a fourth friendly, against Stevenage was added.^[52] A week later, a second home pre-season friendly was confirmed, against Hull City.^[53] A sixth addition to the pre-season schedule was confirmed against Barnet.^[54] During their pre-season camp in Portugal, they will face Leyton Orient in Lagos.^[55] A late addition to the diary, against Deeping Rangers was also confirmed.^[56]

Competitions

League One

See main article: 2022–23 EFL League One.

Matches

On 23 June, the league fixtures were announced.^[57]

Play-offs

See main article: 2023 English Football League play-offs. Peterborough United finished sixth in the regular 2022–23 EFL League One season, so were drawn against third-placed Sheffield Wednesday in the play-off semi-final. The first leg took place at the Weston Homes Stadium and the second leg took place at Hillsborough.

FA Cup

See main article: 2022–23 FA Cup.

Peterborough were drawn at home to Salford City in the first round^[58] and away to Shrewsbury Town in the second round.^[59]

EFL Cup

See main article: 2022–23 EFL Cup.

The Posh were drawn away to Plymouth Argyle in the first round and to Stevenage in the second round.^{[60] [61]}

EFL Trophy

See main article: 2022–23 EFL Trophy.

On 20 June, the initial Group stage draw was made, grouping Peterborough United with Stevenage and Wycombe Wanderers.^[62] Three days later, Tottenham Hotspur joined Southern Group D.^[63] In the second round, The Posh were drawn away to Chelsea U21.^[64]

Notes and References

1. News: Official Club Statement . 4 January 2023 . Peterborough United FC . 4 January 2023.
2. News: Exciting Winger Makes Posh Move . 22 June 2022 . Peterborough United FC . 22 June 2022.
3. News: Posh Secure Signing Of Orient Midfielder . 22 June 2022 . Peterborough United FC . 22 June 2022.
4. News: Lamb Joins Under 23 Group . 23 June 2022 . Peterborough United FC . 23 June 2022.
5. News: Posh Secure Signature Of Former Lions Man . 14 June 2022 . Peterborough United FC . 14 June 2022.
6. News: Fox Joins Under 21 Group . 12 July 2022 . Peterborough United FC . 12 July 2022.
7. News: Posh Swoop For Highly-Rated Bees Starlet . 26 August 2022 . Peterborough United FC . 26 August 2022.
8. News: Dreyer Joins Under 21s Group . 24 January 2023 . Peterborough United FC . 23 January 2023.
9. News: Beevers Departs Club After Contract Cancelled . 20 June 2022 . Peterborough United FC . 20 June 2022.
10. News: Grant Joins Hearts . 27 June 2022 . Peterborough United FC . 27 June 2022.
11. News: Posh Confirm Retained List . 9 May 2022 . Peterborough United FC . 9 May 2022.
12. News: David Cornell Signs For PNE . 28 June 2022 . Preston North End FC . 28 June 2022.
13. News: Young Posh Trio Depart . 12 May 2022 . Peterborough United FC . 12 May 2022.
14. https://www.stjosephsfcgib.co.uk/news/signing--saints-bring-in-peters Signing: Saints Bring in Peters
15. News: Szmodics Completes Move To Blackburn . 1 August 2022 . Peterborough United FC . 1 August 2022.
16. News: Broom Completes Move Back To Robins . 2 September 2022 . Peterborough United FC . 1 September 2022.
17. News: Ishola Departs Club By Mutual Consent . 1 September 2022 . Peterborough United FC . 1 September 2022.
18. News: Kanu Makes Permanent Move To Bees . 1 September 2022 . Peterborough United FC . 1 September 2022.
19. News: Marriott Completes Move To Cod Army . 31 January 2023 . Peterborough United FC . 30 January 2023.
20. News: Taylor Joins Hatters For Undisclosed Fee . 1 February 2023 . Peterborough United FC . 31 January 2023.
21. News: Posh Secure Loan Signing Of Highly-Rated Hull Goalkeeper . 17 June 2022 . Peterborough United FC . 17 June 2022.
22. News: Cartwright Returns To Tigers . 16 January 2023 . Peterborough United FC . 16 January 2023.
23. News: Posh Secure Loan Signing Of Chelsea Goalkeeper . 18 June 2022 . Peterborough United FC . 18 June 2022.
24. News: Bergström Returns To Chelsea . 19 January 2023 . Peterborough United FC . 17 January 2023.
25. News: Posh Strengthen Defensive Options With Watts Arrival . 1 September 2022 . Peterborough United FC . 1 September 2022.
26. News: Watts Extends Loan Deal Until End Of Season . 6 January 2023 . Peterborough United FC . 6 January 2023.
27. News: Posh Complete Loan Signing Of Clarets Goalkeeper . 6 January 2023 . Peterborough United FC . 6 January 2023.
28. News: Posh Secure Defensive Swan In Loan Deal . 13 January 2023 . Peterborough United FC . 13 January 2023.
29. News: Posh Secure Signing Of Spireites Striker . 31 January 2023 . Peterborough United FC . 31 January 2023.
30. News: Pym Joins Stags In Season-Long Loan Deal . 12 July 2022 . Peterborough United FC . 12 July 2022.
31. News: Powell Joins Dereham On Youth Loan . 22 July 2022 . Peterborough United FC . 22 July 2022.
32. News: Young Posh Duo Join The Poppies . 8 August 2022 . Peterborough United FC . 5 August 2022.
33. News: Harris Joins The Cuckoos On Youth Loan . 11 August 2022 . Peterborough United FC . 9 August 2022.
34. News: Oluwabori Makes Yeovil Loan Move . 10 November 2022 . Peterborough United FC . 8 November 2022.
35. News: Two More Youngsters Head Out On Loan . 10 November 2022 . Peterborough United FC . 10 November 2022.
36. News: O’Connell Pens Long-Term Deal . 5 December 2022 . Peterborough United FC . 2 December 2022.
37. News: O'Connell Extends Loan Move . 31 January 2023 . Peterborough United FC . 31 January 2023.
38. News: Chiha Joins Yaxley On Loan . 24 December 2022 . Peterborough United FC . 23 December 2022.
39. News: Ajiboye Re-Joins Sutton In Loan Deal . 31 December 2022 . Peterborough United FC . 30 December 2022.
40. News: Hickinson Joins St Ives Town On Loan . 6 January 2023 . Peterborough United FC . 6 January 2023.
41. News: Two Youngsters Head Out On Loan . 24 January 2023 . Peterborough United FC . 20 January 2023.
42. News: Bodnár Joins Barwell On Loan . 24 January 2023 . Peterborough United FC . 24 January 2023.
43. News: Tomlinson Re-Joins Robins . 1 February 2023 . Peterborough United FC . 31 January 2023.
44. News: Gyamfi and Thomas Head Out On Loan . 21 February 2023 . Peterborough United FC . 21 February 2023.
45. News: McGlinchey Joins The Diamonds On Loan . 1 March 2023 . Peterborough United FC . 1 March 2023.
46. News: Fernandez Joins The Bees On Loan . 25 March 2023 . Peterborough United FC . 23 March 2023.
47. News: Lakin Joins The Poppies On Loan . 25 March 2023 . Peterborough United FC . 23 March 2023.
48. News: O'Connell Rejoins Woking On Loan . 25 March 2023 . Peterborough United FC . 23 March 2023.
49. News: Friendly At Scunthorpe Confirmed . 31 May 2022 . Peterborough United FC . 31 May 2022.
50. News: Posh To Face Kings Lynn In Pre-Season . 4 June 2022 . Peterborough United FC . 4 June 2022.
51. News: Posh Announce Home Friendly With Hatters . 8 June 2022 . Peterborough United FC . 8 June 2022.
52. News: Posh Confirm Friendly At Stevenage . 10 June 2022 . Peterborough United FC . 10 June 2022.
53. News: Posh Confirm Friendly With Tigers . 17 June 2022 . Peterborough United FC . 17 June 2022.
54. News: Posh Confirm Friendly At The Hive . 23 June 2022 . Peterborough United FC . 23 June 2022.
55. News: Posh To Face Orient In Portugal . 24 June 2022 . Peterborough United FC . 24 June 2022.
56. News: Posh To Face Deeping Rangers As Part Of Pre-Season Schedule . 11 July 2022 . Peterborough United FC . 10 July 2022.
57. News: Posh To Begin League One Campaign At Cheltenham Town . 23 June 2022 . Peterborough United FC . 23 June 2022.
58. News: Posh To Host Salford City In FA Cup . 19 October 2022 . Peterborough United FC . 17 October 2022.
59. News: The Emirates FA Cup second round proper draw 2022-23 . 27 November 2022 . The Football Association . 7 November 2022.
60. News: Posh Face Long Trip To Plymouth In Carabao Cup . 23 June 2022 . Peterborough United FC . 23 June 2022.
61. News: Carabao Cup Round Two draw confirmed . 11 August 2022 . English Football League . 10 August 2022.
62. News: Posh Learn Papa John’s Trophy Group Opponents . 20 June 2022 . Peterborough United FC . 20 June 2022.
63. News: Papa John’s Trophy Group Stage Draw Complete . 23 June 2022 . Peterborough United FC . 23 June 2022.
64. News: Posh To Face Chelsea Away In Trophy . 14 November 2022 . Peterborough United FC . 11 November 2022.