# 2020–21 Peterborough United F.C. season

The 2020–21 Peterborough United F.C. season was the club's 87th season in their history and the eighth consecutive season in EFL League One, Along with League One, the club also participated in the FA Cup, EFL Cup, and EFL Trophy.
The season covers the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.
With a 3–3 draw against Lincoln City on 1 May 2021, Peterborough secured automatic promotion to the Championship, making a return to the second division after an eight-year absence.

## First-team squad

    As of 18 January 2021
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Name | Position(s) | Date of birth (Age) | Apps. | Goals | Year signed | Signed from | Transfer fee |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | Christy Pym | GK | (1995-04-24) 24 April 1995 (age 29) | 87 | 0 | 2019 | Exeter City | Free |
| 13 | Dániel Gyollai | GK | (1997-04-07)7 April 1997 (aged 24) | 4 | 0 | 2020 | Wigan Athletic | Free |
| 21 | Josef Bursik | GK | (2000-07-12)12 July 2000 (aged 20) | 5 | 0 | 2021 | Stoke City | Loan |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | Ronnie Edwards | CB/DM | (2003-03-28)28 March 2003 (aged 18) | 6 | 0 | 2020 | Barnet | Undisclosed |
| 3 | Dan Butler | LB/LM | (1994-08-26)26 August 1994 (aged 26) | 80 | 3 | 2019 | Newport County | Free |
| 4 | Nathan Thompson | CB/RB/DM | (1990-11-09)9 November 1990 (aged 30) | 61 | 2 | 2019 | Portsmouth | Free |
| 5 | Mark Beevers | CB/LB | (1989-11-21)21 November 1989 (aged 31) | 85 | 0 | 2019 | Bolton Wanderers | Free |
| 6 | Frankie Kent | CB | (1995-11-21)21 November 1995 (aged 25) | 83 | 4 | 2019 | Colchester United | £360,000 |
| 18 | Frazer Blake-Tracy | LB/CB | (1995-09-10)10 September 1995 (aged 25) | 32 | 0 | 2019 | King's Lynn Town | Pre contract agreement |
| 24 | Niall Mason | RB/CB/LB | (1997-01-10)10 January 1997 (aged 24) | 70 | 2 | 2019 | Doncaster Rovers | Free |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 8 | Jack Taylor | CM/RM/RB | (1998-06-23) 23 June 1998 (age 26) | 50 | 9 | 2020 | Barnet | £500,000 |
| 12 | Reece Brown | AM/CM | (1996-03-06)6 March 1996 (aged 25) | 55 | 2 | 2020 | Huddersfield Town | Loan |
| 14 | Louis Reed | CM/DM | (1997-06-25) 25 June 1997 (age 27) | 84 | 3 | 2018 | Sheffield United | Undisclosed |
| 15 | Sammie Szmodics | AM/LW/CM | (1995-09-24)24 September 1995 (aged 25) | 55 | 19 | 2020 | Bristol City | Undisclosed |
| 16 | Harrison Burrows | LM/LB/CM | (2002-01-12)12 January 2002 (aged 19) | 36 | 1 | 2017 | Academy | Trainee |
| 22 | Ethan Hamilton | CM/LM/LB | (1998-10-18)18 October 1998 (aged 22) | 41 | 1 | 2020 | Manchester United | Free |
| 23 | Joe Ward | RM/RW/RB | (1995-08-22)22 August 1995 (aged 25) | 145 | 14 | 2018 | Woking | Undisclosed |
| 26 | Flynn Clarke | AM | (2002-08-14)14 August 2002 (aged 19) | 11 | 3 | 2019 | Academy | Trainee |
| 27 | Kyle Barker | DM/CM | (2000-12-16)16 December 2000 (aged 20) | 3 | 0 | 2020 | Academy | Trainee |
| 34 | Archie Jones | CM | (2001-06-13) 13 June 2001 (age 23) | 1 | 0 | 2019 | Academy | Trainee |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | Mohamed Eisa | CF/LW/RW | (1994-07-12)12 July 1994 (aged 26) | 71 | 21 | 2019 | Bristol City | Undisclosed |
| 9 | Jonson Clarke-Harris | CF | (1994-07-21)21 July 1994 (aged 26) | 48 | 33 | 2020 | Bristol Rovers | £1,250,000 |
| 10 | Siriki Dembélé | RW/LW/CF | (1996-09-07)7 September 1996 (aged 24) | 122 | 26 | 2018 | Grimsby Town | Undisclosed |
| 17 | Ricky Jade-Jones | CF/SS/LW | (2002-11-08) 8 November 2002 (age 21) | 33 | 5 | 2019 | Academy | Trainee |
| 19 | Idris Kanu | RW/CF | (1999-12-05)5 December 1999 (aged 21) | 63 | 3 | 2017 | Aldershot Town | Undisclosed |
| Out on Loan ||||||||||
| 11 | Ryan Broom | RM/CM/AM | (1996-09-04)4 September 1996 (aged 24) | 18 | 1 | 2020 | Cheltenham Town | Undisclosed |
| 20 | Serhat Tasdemir | RM/CM/LM | (2000-07-21)21 July 2000 (aged 20) | 20 | 1 | 2019 | AFC Fylde | Undisclosed |
| 30 | Sam Cartwright | CB | (2000-07-08)8 July 2000 (aged 20) | 2 | 0 | 2017 | Academy | Trainee |

## Statistics

    As of 9 May 2021
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | League One | League One | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | League Trophy | League Trophy |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ENG | Christy Pym | 44 | 0 | 40+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Ronnie Edwards | 6 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Dan Butler | 42 | 1 | 38+2 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ENG | Nathan Thompson | 42 | 1 | 38+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Mark Beevers | 47 | 0 | 44+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Frankie Kent | 48 | 2 | 44+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 |
| 7 | FW | SDN | Mohamed Eisa | 35 | 5 | 6+21 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 4+2 | 3 |
| 8 | MF | IRL | Jack Taylor | 38 | 9 | 34+1 | 6 | 1+0 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Jonson Clarke-Harris | 48 | 33 | 44+0 | 31 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 2 |
| 10 | FW | SCO | Siriki Dembélé | 44 | 13 | 37+4 | 11 | 1+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | ENG | Reece Brown | 43 | 2 | 33+5 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | HUN | Dániel Gyollai | 4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ENG | Louis Reed | 19 | 1 | 11+5 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | ENG | Sammie Szmodics | 44 | 15 | 39+2 | 14 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 16 | MF | ENG | Harrison Burrows | 26 | 1 | 8+12 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | ENG | Ricky Jade-Jones | 17 | 1 | 1+15 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | ENG | Frazer Blake-Tracy | 14 | 0 | 3+5 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | ENG | Idris Kanu | 24 | 2 | 7+10 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | ENG | Josef Bursik | 5 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | SCO | Ethan Hamilton | 40 | 1 | 13+20 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 6+0 | 1 |
| 23 | MF | ENG | Joe Ward | 39 | 4 | 34+2 | 4 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | ENG | Niall Mason | 32 | 2 | 6+20 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 4+1 | 1 |
| 26 | MF | SCO | Flynn Clarke | 10 | 3 | 2+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 4+1 | 3 |
| 27 | MF | ENG | Kyle Barker | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 32 | GK | ENG | Will Blackmore | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | ENG | Benjamin Mensah | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | ENG | Charlie O'Connell | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 42 | FW | POR | Adler Nascimento | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| Players out on loan: ||||||||||||||
| 11 | MF | WAL | Ryan Broom | 17 | 1 | 5+10 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | AZE | Serhat Tasdemir | 3 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 |
| Players who left the club: ||||||||||||||
| 21 | MF | SCO | George Boyd | 1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 |
| 25 | DF | SCO | Jason Naismith | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of 8 May 2021
| Rank | No. | Nat. | Po. | Name | League One | League One | League One | FA Cup | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | League Cup | League Trophy | League Trophy | League Trophy | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | 4 | | DF | Nathan Thompson | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 5 | | DF | Mark Beevers | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 6 | | DF | Frankie Kent | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 10 | | FW | Siriki Dembélé | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 8 | | MF | Jack Taylor | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 22 | | MF | Ethan Hamilton | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | 3 | | DF | Dan Butler | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 9 | | FW | Jonson Clarke-Harris | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 12 | | MF | Reece Brown | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 15 | | MF | Sammie Szmodics | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 1 | | GK | Christy Pym | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 14 | | MF | Louis Reed | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 18 | | DF | Frazer Blake-Tracy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 16 | | MF | Harrison Burrows | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 23 | | MF | Joe Ward | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 24 | | DF | Niall Mason | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 26 | | MF | Flynn Clarke | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 63 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 2 | 0 |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Fee |
| 30 July 2020 | GK | Dániel Gyollai | Wigan Athletic | Free transfer |
| 10 August 2020 | CB | Ronnie Edwards | Barnet | Undisclosed |
| 13 August 2020 | CM | Ethan Hamilton | Manchester United | Free transfer |
| 24 August 2020 | RM | Ryan Broom | Cheltenham Town | Undisclosed |
| 27 August 2020 | CF | Jonson Clarke-Harris | Bristol Rovers | Undisclosed |
| 8 September 2020 | AM | Sammie Szmodics | Bristol City | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Date from | Pos. | Nat. | Name | From | Date until | Ref. |
| 17 August 2020 | AM | | Reece Brown | Huddersfield Town | 30 June 2021 | |
| 8 April 2021 | GK | | Josef Bursik | Stoke City | 30 June 2021 | |

### Loans out

| Date from | Pos. | Name | From | Date until |
| 21 September 2020 | CM | Archie Jones | Bishop's Stortford | October 2020 |
| 24 September 2020 | CB | Sam Cartwright | Woking | |
| 9 October 2020 | DM | Kyle Barker | King's Lynn Town | January 2021 |
| 1 February 2021 | RM | Ryan Broom | Burton Albion | End of season |
| 1 February 2021 | RM | Serhat Tasdemir | Oldham Athletic | End of season |
| 11 February 2021 | CF | Bradley Rolt | Bohemians | End of season |

### Transfers out

| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 July 2020 | CB | Rhys Bennett | Carlisle United | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | GK | Aaron Chapman | Motherwell | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | AM | Callum Cooke | Bradford City | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | AM | Marcus Maddison | Charlton Athletic | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | DM | Mark O'Hara | Motherwell | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2020 | GK | Conor O'Malley | Retired | — |
| 1 July 2020 | CM | Alex Woodyard | AFC Wimbledon | Released |
| 1 September 2020 | CF | Ivan Toney | Brentford | £5,000,000 |
| 2 September 2020 | LW | George Cooper | Plymouth Argyle | Undisclosed |
| 3 November 2020 | LW | George Boyd | Salford City | Released |
| 7 December 2020 | RB | Jason Naismith | Ross County | Released |
| 18 February 2021 | CB | Bobby Copping | Retired | — |

## Competitions
### EFL League One
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Hull City (C, P) | 46 | 27 | 8 | 11 | 80 | 38 | +42 | 89 | Promotion to the EFL Championship |
| 2 | Peterborough United (P) | 46 | 26 | 9 | 11 | 83 | 46 | +37 | 87 | Promotion to the EFL Championship |
| 3 | Blackpool (O, P) | 46 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 60 | 37 | +23 | 80 | Qualification for League One play-offs |
| 4 | Sunderland | 46 | 20 | 17 | 9 | 70 | 42 | +28 | 77 | Qualification for League One play-offs |
| 5 | Lincoln City | 46 | 22 | 11 | 13 | 69 | 50 | +19 | 77 | Qualification for League One play-offs |
| 6 | Oxford United | 46 | 22 | 8 | 16 | 77 | 56 | +21 | 74 | Qualification for League One play-offs |
| 7 | Charlton Athletic | 46 | 20 | 14 | 12 | 70 | 56 | +14 | 74 | |
| 8 | Portsmouth | 46 | 21 | 9 | 16 | 65 | 51 | +14 | 72 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 9 May 2021. 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 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | L | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | L | L | W | L | L | W | D | D | W | W | W | D | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | L | L | W | D | L | W | W | D | W | W | L | W | D | D | W |
| Position | 23 | 15 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed
The 2020–21 season fixtures were released on 21 August.

### FA Cup

The draw for the first round was made on Monday 26, October. The second round draw was revealed on Monday, 9 November by Danny Cowley.
Win  Draw  Loss

### EFL Cup

Win  Draw  Loss
The first round draw was made on 18 August, live on Sky Sports, by Paul Merson.

### EFL Trophy

Win  Draw  Loss
The regional group stage draw was confirmed on 18 August. The second round draw was made by Matt Murray on 20 November, at St Andrew's. The third round was made on 10 December 2020 by Jon Parkin.
| Pos | Div | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | L2 | Cambridge United | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 8 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 2 | L1 | Peterborough United | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 6 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 3 | L1 | Burton Albion | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 | ACA | Fulham U21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 1 | |