Peterborough United honour their 'Holy Trinity', Szmodics ruins Ainsworth's QPR debut, first goals for new clubs for Posh pair

Peterborough United have inducted their fabled ‘Holy Trinity’ into the club’s Hall of Fame,
By Alan Swann
Published 26th Feb 2023, 07:18 BST
From the left, Craig Mackail-Smith, Aaron Mclean and George Boyd celebrate a Posh goal.From the left, Craig Mackail-Smith, Aaron Mclean and George Boyd celebrate a Posh goal.
From the left, Craig Mackail-Smith, Aaron Mclean and George Boyd celebrate a Posh goal.

The surprise presentation to Craig Mackail-Smith, George Boyd and Aaron Mclean took place at a reunion dinner for the 2008-09 squad that won promotion from League Two.

Posh have been waiting for all three players to retire before honouring them and Mackail-Smith finally called it a day earlier this season.

There are now 39 Hall of Fame inductees.

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On the pitch former Posh forward Sammie Szmodics helped ruin QPR manager Gareth Ainsworth’s debut as manager. Szmodics scored his fourth goal of the season for Blackburn Rovers in a 3-1 Championship win at Loftus Road.

In League One Ryan Tunnicliffe, who was once on loan at Posh from Manchester United, scored in a 4-0 win for Portsmouth over Cheltenham at Fratton Park and in League Two current Posh player Joe Tomlinson scored on his first appearance of a second spell on loan at Swindon Town. Tomlinson had only been on the pitch for four minutes when he scored the final goal in a 3-0 win over Harrogate.

Matty Stevens scored his first Walsall goal in a 3-3 draw at Hartlepool and George Moncur netted in runaway leaders’ Orient’s 2-2 draw at Grimsby. Stevens is on loan from Forest Green Rovers.

Idris Kanu was on target in Barnet’s 4-1 win over Aldershot in the National League.

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