LIVE: PETERBOROUGH UNITED v WEST BROMWICH ALBION: Late heartbreak again as West Brom steal the game in stoppage time

We are about to hold a minute’s applause for former Posh heroes Robbie Cooke and Peter McNamee. Peter passed away this week aged 86. He was a member of the Posh hall of fame after winning the 1960-61 Division Four title with the club but most famously he scored the winner in 1965 when Posh dumped Arsenal out of the FA Cup 2-1.

Still scratching our heads a bit about the team, I’m going for a 3 of Butler, Thompson and Kent, Burrows and Ward wing backs. A four seems unliekly as that would but Szmodics on the left or right of midfield, given JCH and Marriott will almost certainly be in a two. Knight going out takes away height against the set piece masters in the league and Dembele being on the bench is bemusing. Has to be a knock, he’s your one hope to do something special. Will be interesting to speak to Fergie afterwards.

Cardiff 1-2 Bristol City

Derby 1-1 Nottingham Forest

Barnsley 1-1 Birmingham

Fulham 3-0 Stoke

Huddersfield 4-0 Reading

Hull 0-0 Bournemouth

Luton 0-0 Sheffield United

Middlesbrough 1-1 Blackburn

Millwall 2-1 Blackpool

Preston 3-1 Swansea

QPR 2-0 Coventry

Sam Johnstone, Dara O’Shea, Kyle Bartley, Semi Ajayi, Darnell Furlong, Jake Livermore, Alex Mowatt, Conor Townsend, Grady Diangana, Kyle Phillips, Karlan Grant

Subs: Alex Palmer, Caleb Taylor, Taylor Gardiner-Hickman, Adam Reach, Robert Snodgrass, Tom Fellows, Jordan Hugill

Christy Pym, Harrison Burrows, Dan Butler, Frankie Kent, Nathan Thompson, Joe Ward, Oliver Norburn, Jorge Grant, Sammie Szmodics, Jonson Clarke-Harris, Jack Marriott

Subs: Will Blackmore, Ronnie Edwards, Jack Taylor, Josh Knight, Joe Tomlinson, Joel Randall, Siriki Dembele

Matheus Pereira (RW)to Al Hilal (16.2m)

Rekeem Harper (CM) to Ipswich (522k)

Ahmed Hegazy (CB) to Ittihad (450k)

Kieran Gibbs (LB) to Inter Miami (free)

Andy Lonergan (GK) to Everton (free)

Kamil Grosicki (LW) to Pogon Szczecin (free)

Kyle Edwards (LM) to Ipswich (free)

Charlie Austin (ST) to QPR (free)

Lee Peltier (RB) to Middlesbrough (free)

Sam Field (CM) to QPR (free)

Romaine Sawyers (CM) to Stoke (free)

Hal Robson-Kanu (ST) released

Branislav Ivanovic (CB) released

The mother of all clearouts for West Brom following relegation but look at the state of the fee for Pereira. That is on top of parachute payments, just shows the levels of club in this league.

Adam Reach (LM) from Sheff Wed (free)

Alex Mowatt (CM) from Barnsley (free)

Matt Clarke (CB) from Brighton (loan)

Jordan Hugill (ST) from Norwich (loan)

New boy Hugill, who came in this week, may well be needed tonight but just a few quality Championship editions as West Brom look to trim the fat, while making a push for a Premier League return.

Last 5:

West Brom 0-6 Arsenal

Blackburn 1-2 West Brom

West Brom 4-0 Sheffield United

West Brom 3-2 Luton

Bournemouth 2-2 West Brom

Forget the 6-0, it was the kids as Ismael insisted the focus was on the league and in that vein, the Baggies have made a good start.

Injury deprives them of CB Matt Clarke today and top scored Callum Robinson has tested positive for Covid but this still promises to be a formidable challenge for Posh.

If you're looking for a sign that Posh can pull off a win tonight, the past meetings between the sides does not provide it. Posh have won just 4 of 19 and none of the last five.

The last meeting was a magic night though, with so nearly a fairytale ending.

13 Jan 2009- Posh 0-2 West Brom FA Cup

18 Aug 2009- Posh (Mackail-Smith, McLean) 2-3 West Brom

26 Dec 2009- West Brom 2-0 Posh

30 Jan West Brom 2-2 Posh (Coulthirst, Taylor) FA Cup

10 Feb 2016- Posh (Taylor) 1-1 West Brom 3-4 pens FA Cup replay