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Peterborough’s rousing comeback against the Albion last night will perhaps go some way to reassuring their fans that they have a future in the Championship although some of the more outlandish predictions that they could reach the play offs now look forlorn. Eye witness accounts suggest that their array of ex-non-league forwards have retained their potency: Craig Mackail-Smith (ex-Dagenham), Aaron McLean (ex-Grays) and George Boyd (ex-Stevenage) seem unbothered by the hike up in class and could follow in the footsteps of Barry Hayles and Geoff Horsfield in turning conference straw into football league gold.It’s further back, however, that the Posh…

The fixtures for the 2009/10 season were, of course, released earlier this week and while most of us probably scanned the list for our respective club’s games against Newcastle, I was keeping an eye out for Peterborough. For reasons that I can’t quite make sense of, the Posh have captured my imagination for a good deal of time and I’ve often made a point of keeping an eye out for their results.Their rise through the leagues over the past couple of seasons has been impressive and shows no sign of holding up. The Posh have been one of the busier…