In a season which, through the hard effort of Darragh MacAnthony, Darren Ferguson and their respective staff, pride has been restored in the football club, they deserved so much better than Sunday's non-event.

No one thought for one second it would match the celebrations outside the town hall post-Wembley (especially the 1992 success), but after a reasonable, though quite subdued open-top bus drive, the scenes at the town hall made the whole experience a waste of time.

The players and management were unceremoniously dumped on the front stairs, children all around me had no chance of seeing what, if anything, was happening.

Also, nobody had thought to set up a PA system.

We were told that the occasion was arranged so the players, chairman and management could thank the fans for their support. That was never going to happen with no microphone, and why weren't the players, their families, Darragh and Darren allowed on to the balcony area like at previous celebrations?

I know for a fact there were people who travelled a long way for the event, and if I felt cheated travelling from Werrington, imagine how they felt.

In hindsight, the after match celebrations on Saturday should have sufficed. They were organised in a professional way and were enjoyed by all who stayed on and both the team and the fans were able to thank and applaud each other (and boo Claude Gnapka).

I can only imagine how deflated Darragh MacAnthony must have felt after all his investment and hard work. I'm sure he was looking forward to saying a few words and enjoying himself.

I am looking forward to hearing a response from the city council without platitudes or excuses, and hope that when we get promotion again, someone has the organisational skills so hopelessly lacking this time.

Finally, on behalf of all PISA 2000 members, may I thank The Evening Telegraph for its superb coverage of Posh all season and look forward to the same next campaign.

Swanny, you may get stick from all these armchair fans of so-called big clubs, but you cover Posh superbly and that's the most important thing to many thousands of us.
ADI MOWLES
Werrington,
Peterborough

New councillor vows to work hard
I would like to extend my warmest thanks and heartfelt gratitude to all of the electorate who voted for me last week in the Eye and Thorney ward.
I had the privilege of meeting many of you when I was canvassing for your support, and I look forward to representing you in the town hall.
You can be assured that I will work hard on your behalf and take on board the issues affecting our local area.
I would also like to thank my election agent Cllr Matthew Dalton and our MP Stewart Jackson together with all of my
election team, the team at the polling stations in Eye and Thorney and those at the count who
carried out their duties in a
professional and efficient manner.
Finally, I would like to thank John Bartlett for being a good-natured opponent and for his years of service in the ward.
I wish him well for the future.
CLLR RAY DOBBS
Eye and
Thorney wardChildren do respect cemetery
I WRITE further to Jonny Muir's report regarding the Eastfield Cemetery ("Cemetery car rules
criticised," ET, May 1).
I am appalled that you gave a quarter of a page to an article sparked by the embittered ramblings of someone who obviously thinks there is no room in this world for children – Cllr Paula Thacker.
Children are our future – not those lying in the cemetery – and the children who pass through there do respect it as a place of rest.
Surely the sight of happy skipping children looking forward to a day at school should be a sight to behold, not something to knock.
The cemetery is only used by the school children for half an hour in the morning and the same again mid-afternoon.
The school and council worked long and hard to come up with a solution to the modern day problem of parking.
Might I suggest that Paula Thacker, as councillor for Werrington South, turns her energies back toward her own ward.
REBECCA YATES
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