The Peterborough Evening Telegraph
Boyd backs Fergie as the man for Posh
George Boyd believes Darren Ferguson is still the right man to manage Posh.
Ferguson was the boss when Boyd made his Posh debut in a Division Three match at Darlington in January, 2007.
And he was the manager again, albeit in his third spell, when Boyd played his final Posh game as an 88th minute substitute against Portsmouth in March, 2020.
Boyd played for Hull, Sheffield Wednesday and Burnley in between his own pair of Posh stints. He also played five games on loan at Forest in 2010 when still a Posh player.
Ferguson has subsequently started a remarkable fourth spell in charge at London Road and Boyd insists it was a smart appointment from chairman Darragh MacAnthony.
"It made perfect sense to me,” Boyd said while in the city to celebrate the promotion campaign of 2008-09 and to be inducted into the club’s Hall of Fame. “If anyone can get Posh into the play-offs and up again it’s Darren.
"He’s proven it time and time again at League One level. They will need to go on a fantastic run to get into the play-offs because of the start they had, but you never know.”
Boyd scored 76 goals in 322 appearances for Posh. He
was a key man in the promotion campaigns of 2007-09, 2008-09 and 2010-11.
Boyd signed for Posh from Stevenage for what was then a non-league record fee of £265k in January, 2007. He represented the England C team while at Stevenage.
Boyd left Posh in February 2013, joining Hull City for a loan fee as he was out of contract at the end of that season. He helped Hull into the Premier League while also winning the first of his six senior Scotland caps having qualified for the country
through his maternal grandmother.
Boyd returned to Posh on a free transfer from Sheffield Wednesday in July, 2019, but left London Road by mutual consent in November, 2020 and joined League Two side Salford.
Boyd retired from football in July, 2021 and now does occasional TV work for Sky and Burnley TV.
He lives in Manchester and enjoys taking his Unitedsupporting sons to Old Trafford, while playing 5-a-side once a week.