FERGUSON: I’M A BELIEVER
PETERBOROUGH’S stylish attacking play has earned praise all season and now it is helping them put together a run that should worry their promotion rivals.
IPSWICH could not handle them on Saturday as goals from Ivan Toney, Siriki Dembele and a brace from on-loan Bristol City forward Sammie Szmodics secured a thumping 4-1 win. It moved Peterborough above Ipswich into third and four points off top spot. Manager Darren Ferguson said: ‘That’s four wins on the trot and we’ve beaten the top three. Our belief and confidence are back.’ Another big game in the top half saw travel to
PORTSMOUTH SUNDERLAND
with the intention of making it 10 games unbeaten. Another wake-up call, then, for the Black Cats who lost 2-0 and dropped out of the top six. also tasted defeat. They
WYCOMBE lost at
MK DONS and that allowed ROTHERHAM to move three points clear at the summit with a 3-2 win over BURTON. Not that boss Paul Warne was happy. He said he’d got his team selection wrong, adding: ‘I’m disappointed with myself.’
SOUTHEND put their faith in youth prospects after a transfer-window exodus and closed the gap between them and third-bottom TRANMERE to six points with a last-gasp 2-1 win against LINCOLN. Former BOLTON defender Ivan Campo tweeted his delight following their 2-0 win at home to Micky Mellon’s Tranmere. ‘Yeeeeessssss come on Whites,’ Campo posted. Bolton are now 17 points from safety having started the season with a 12-point penalty.