Darren Ferguson hails 'great night for the club' as Peterborough United reach EFL Trophy final at Wembley

Posh booked their place in the final at Wembley on April 7 with a 3-0 victory at Bloomfield Road.

Malik Mothersille opened the scoring in the first half before captain Harrison Burrows added a second half brace to secure Posh a date at the national stadium for the first time since the final of this competition in 2014.

Posh will face either Bradford or Wycombe in the final, the pair meet in the second semi-final on Wednesday night.

Boss Ferguson hailed a great night for the club as well as praising his players for returning to the levels they have ben producing earlier in the season as Posh ended a four match losing run.

Ferguson said: “It’s great, it’s a brilliant feeling. For the whole club, it’s a great day out. It’s been building up and I kept saying to the players, even back in the group stage, it’s worth it in the end to just get through those games.

“We knew this would be a tough game and we spoke in the hotel about how ‘all your families will be there seeing you walk out at Wembley tunnel.’ You can’t have any regrets, you can’t get this far and let it slip.

"The chairman will be delighted. It’s jjust a big reward for everyone behind the scenes and brings everyone together at the club.

"I’m delighted for this young lot and you’ve seen the celebrations after the game. I work with them every day and I’ve seen the effort they put in everyday. They will make mistakes, but they’ve got courage. I know the potential this group have got, I’ve got to make sure they keep playing with this belief and conviction.

“The players were outstanding. It was a really good performance.

“We couldn’t finish them off in the first half, but we stayed really calm. We defended really well. They were just pumping balls at us but the two centre halves were heading everything. The whole back four was really solid.

“We got back to what we’re about tonight. We played with belief, courage and conviction. We had to tidy up in both boxes and we did that tonight.

“The two lads that came in, Malik and Jeando Fuchs, did really well. Their performances were right up there, which was really pleasing. Ricky Jade-Jones is a great sub. He doesn’t want to be a sub, but when you’re winning, he’s outstanding because he puts so much pressure on the opposition and they can’t get forward. "Now we can put it to bed and really attack the league because we’ve fallen behind a bit. We’ve got to get going again and attack the large number of home games we’ve got in March..

“I think Sky need to come more. They’ve seen two of our best performances where we’ve scored three away at Derby and Blackpool. I I imagine they are going to cover the final so that’s great.”