Peterborough on rise from their ‘rock bottom’ to leave Doncaster in mire | Jeremy Alexander

20 March 2016 11:02
Ricardo Santos grabbed a late winner to lift Peterborough nearer the play-offs than the relegation zone while Doncaster’s poor run has them in the bottom four“Sometimes you have to hit rock bottom before the improvement starts,” said the Peterborough manager, Graham Westley, before the match at Doncaster Rovers. Their previous seven games had yielded a single point. Rovers had taken one from nine. A draw seemed the only solution to League One’s battle of the new year boobies but in the 93rd minute The Posh stole a 2-1 victory against the rush of play, tipping Rovers into the relegation places.Westley lauded his players’ character. Darren Ferguson, his opposite number and twice of Peterborough, called it “a devastating defeat”, adding: “I would have been disappointed if we had drawn. I have to stay strong for my players and I can’t really criticise them.” Continue readingreadfullarticle

Source: TheGuardian