Peterborough United Women start National League season away from home before tackling derby games with Cobblers

Action from Posh Women v MK Dons. Photo: Joe Dent/theposh.com

Posh finished eighth in their first season as Midlands Division One club in 2021-22, two places below Khalsa.

This season a strengthened Posh team, who will be under the management of Peterborough Sports and former Posh youth team midfielder Dan Lawlor, will tackle local rivals Northampton Town with league games against the Cobblers scheduled for October and March.

Cobblers beat Posh in the Northants Cup Final last season when they also won promotion to the National League for the first time.

Posh opened their pre-season campaign with a 3-0 home defeat at the hands of MK Dons. The team are next in action in a friendly at QPR on Wednesday, July 27.

Posh will again play their home games at the club’s indverde Training Ground on Oundle Road, but four of their first six National League games are away.

Posh National League fixtures:

August: 21 Sporting Khalsa (away); 28 Wem Town (away), 31 Lincoln City (home).

September: 4 Long Eaton (away), 18 Stourbridge (away), 25 Solihull Moors (home).

October: 2 Leafield Ath (home), 9 Doncaster Belles (home), 12 Northampton Town (home).

November: 6 Sheffield (away), 27 Leek (home).

December: 11 Sporting Khalsa (home).

January: 8 Wem Town (home), 29 Long Eaton (home).

February: 5 Stourbridge (home), w/c 20 Lincoln (away).

March: 5 Solihull Moors (away), w/c 13 Northamptoan Town (away), 19 Leafield Ath (away).

April 2: Doncaster Belles (away), 16 Sheffield (home), 30 Leek (away).