Ben Futcher, Trevor Benjamin, Exodus Geoghegan – yes it’s fair to say there have been some donkeys at Posh over the years, however the only donkeys on Display yesterday were the ones on the beach. Over 1,000 fans travelled to Blackpool attracted by both the football and those arcade games where you put 10p in and watch as it fails to dislodge other 10p coins hanging over the precipice.
Posh put in a fine performance against a team who were troubling the Premier Leagues finest last season. The key difference between the 2 sides was the finishing prowess of Blackpools geriatric centre forward. Buoyed by the new Fifa directive to allow mobility scooters and keen to get his goal bonus (one pack of Werthers per goal), Kevin Phillips struck twice to put Posh 2 down. George Boyd managed to grab a late consolation goal following some dubious defending but all in all it was a game Posh might have felt they could have salvaged something from.