There’s no Bobby Moore or Alan Hansen in this team

Bobby Moore was pretty good at playing out from the back as were Franz Beckenbauer and Alan Hansen.

League One footballers not so much and yet no-one has told the Posh defence whose tippy-tappy, slow, sideways and backwards passing between themselves goalkeeper Jonathan Bond and midfielder Anthony Grant - all presumably acting under orders - brings Posh fans out in a cold sweat.

They might as well play some of that music that always accompanies impending disaster on TV and film such is the certainty of what tends to follow.

The theory involves patient probing until the opposition races up and you can make hay behind them. The reality is the sort of hurried backpass Andrew Hughes delivered two minutes from time at Glanford Park.

Substitute Simon Church raced after it, beat Bond to it, and the ‘keeper promptly tripped him up enabling Josh Morris to win the game from the penalty spot.

All so very frustrating and completely unavoidable. Posh were set to go home disappointed with a draw after conceding a headed equaliser to Lee Novak 10 minutes from time. Grant McCann’s men had taken the lead against the run of play early in the second-half through a close range volley from Hughes from a Marcus Maddison corner, but they’d held on to that advantage pretty comfortably. Two away draws to follow a miserable home performance would have been a sign of progress, but one point from the last 15 against five teams out of form is now the dominant statistic.

This wasn’t much of a game in the sort of blustery wind that tests the limited technique of lower division footballers, but Posh had battled hard defensively while struggling offensively once Gwion Edwards had been slowed down by some gruesome tackling. Paddy Madden and Morris missed great chances early in the second-half for Scunthorpe and Liam Shephard blocked a close range header from Rory McArdle on the goal-line in the first-half.

Posh felt they should have won a match-saving penalty at the death when Jack Marriott appeared to be fouled.

One point from 15 is now the dominant Posh statistic.

Anthony Grant battles for possession at Scunthorpe.