The Peterborough Evening Telegraph
Only a great from the 1960s has a better record than Ivan
Ivan Toney will leave Posh this summer as the second deadliest striker in the club’s history.
Toney’s 39 goals in 63 Football League starts starts works out as a goal every 1.61 games for the club.
The PT looked at all the club’s strikers who have scored 20 or more Football League goals for the club to work out the hottest Posh shots.
We used starting appearances and goals scored in Football League matches only. The GPG ratio on the page opposite stands stands for ‘Games-PerGoal.’
Only 1960s superstar Terry Bly has a better goals per game record for Posh in Football League matches after scoring a phenomenal 81 goals in 88 Football League starts.
Toney comes out in front of some star Posh names including Craig Mackail-Smith, Aaron Mclean, Derek Dougan and Dennis Emery.
Other recent Posh strikers to feature prominently are
Jack Marriott
(3rd) and Britt Assombalonga (5th). Star names from successful Posh teams like Ken Charlery and Tony Adcock didn’t even make the top 20.
Dwight Gayle, widely recognised as one of the top strikers in the club’s history, didn’t qualify as he ‘only’ scored 13 goals in his 27 appearances at a goal every 2.07 games which would have placed him 12th just after Dougan and just before Mclean. However Gayle (pictured) played for Posh solely in the Championship. Toney’s lofty ranking would come as no surprise to Posh manager Darren Ferguson who rates the 24 year-old highly. Ferguson said: “I’m lucky enough to have managed some outstanding strikers at this club and Ivan is good as any of them. He’s more than just a goalscorer as his physicality and quality helps create goals for others. “Ivan is also a terrific defender at set-pieces. One of the best I’ve managed.” Club record signing Mo Eisa has 14 goals in 27 Posh starts (a goal every 1.93 starts).