And Posh immediately set a Football League record that still stands by scoring 134 goals on their way to winning the Fourth Division title at the first attempt.
Here are some other great (and a few not so great) Posh records in their Football League era.
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The dozen Posh players to have made more than 100 consecutive Football League appearances for the club are George Boyd, Eric Steele (pictured centre), Brian Wright, Keith Waugh, Iain Crawford, John Wile, Bryn Gunn, Mick Drewery, Jack Carmichael, Worrell Sterling, Jim Walker and Robbie Cooke.
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The biggest win in Posh’s Football League history was the 9-1 success at Barnet in a Division Three game in September, 1998 when Matthew Etherington and Dean Hooper (pictured, right) scored their first goals fo the club. Photo: PA
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Giuliano Grazioli (pictured) is the only Posh player to score five times in a single Football League game, in that 9-1 win at Barnet. Terry Bly and Jim Hall both scored four goals for Posh in a game twice with Peter Price and Wayne Andrews (on debut) achieving it once. Photo: Midlands
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In the 1978-79 Division Three relegation season the joint top scorers for Posh were Joe Cooke and Barry Butlin with just a paltry five goals apiece! Only six times in 60 Football League seasons has the Posh top scorer scored fewer than 10 goals. Photo: Midlands