Looking Back: Posh packed in and crowded out

Sadly, the pandemic has led to top level football matches being played behind closed doors.... And even after lockdown crowds will be severly restricted.
By Nigel Thornton
Published 26th Nov 2020, 18:40 BST
Updated 26th Nov 2020, 18:50 BST
Posh playing in front of empty terraces in 1992.Posh playing in front of empty terraces in 1992.
Posh playing in front of empty terraces in 1992.

Previously, fans were locked out of games as a punishment for bad behaviour.

Posh fell foul of this in the FA Cup in 1992 when they played non-league Kingstonian in a 1st round replay at London Road.

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Posh were leading 5-0 (they went on to win 9-1) when some idiot threw a coin which hit the opposition’s goalkeeper.

An historic night saw Posh beat LiverpoolAn historic night saw Posh beat Liverpool
An historic night saw Posh beat Liverpool

The FA ordered the game to be replayed on December 4 behind closed doors and this time they scraped through 1-0.

Those scenes were in sharp contrast to a year and a day before when the mighty Liverpool faced Posh in a League Cup tie.

The boys in blue humbled the northern giants 1-0 with Garry Kimble scoring the winner past Bruce Grobbelaar.

The game was played on December 3, 1991 and 14,114 fans packed into London Road to witness one of the greatest nights in Posh history.

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