Youths are in great form

Posh under 18s delivered a cracking comeback to beat Gillingham 3-2 in the South East Division of the Youth Alliance League at the weekend.

Posh were 2-0 down inside 10 minutes before fighting back to level with goals from Connor Peters and skipper Charlie O’Connell.

And then in a dramatic finale Posh ‘keeper Will Larkin saved a 90th minute penalty before Posh stormed up the other end to win the game through Peters’ second successful strike.

Posh also won 2-1 at MK Dons on Tuesday thanks to goals from Lewis Darlington and Nicky Gyimah

Posh are now one point clear at the top with a game in hand on their nearest pursuers. They have a big game at third-placed Luton Town on Saturday.

RIP PETER ‘TANK’ HINDLEY

Peter Hindley, a member of the meanest defence in Peterborough United history, has passed away at the age of 76.

Hindley was the regular right-back in the Posh team who conceded a club record low of 33 goals in 46 games in the 1977-78 Division Three season.

Hindley played 366 times for Nottingham Forest before joining Posh for the start of the 1976-77 season.

Nicknamed ‘The Tank’ he made 129 appearances for Posh, scoring one goal in a 3-1 win over arch rivals Northampton Town in 1977.

After leaving Posh and retiring from football in 1979 he owned and raced greyhounds, often running them around the London Road pitch. Legend has it he once washed them in the communal bath in the home dressing room.

Hindley stayed local after retirement, living in Bretton and working as a painter and decorator. He had been suffering with dementia .

Ray Smith who played •

23 times for Posh in the 1972-73 season and scored eight goals passed away last month.

Peter Hindley