We’ve had many Posh greats come through the club’s Academy set-up like current youth team bossess Simon Davies and Matthew Etherington, but they were born in Wales and Cornwall respectively.
Here we are remembering those players who were born in the Peterborough Telegraph circulation area and who went on to play for their local professional club.
One went on to win an FA Cup winners medal, another moved to Manchester United for £500k after just two Posh appearances and another was snapped up by Arsenal after a handful of games for his hometown club.
Others had more modest careers in the lower divisions, but still proudly put Peterborough on the map.
We’ve listed our top 10 in no particular order and, thanks to the brilliant recall ability of our readers listed a whole bunch of other local boys who played for Posh.
Famous Posh fan TalkSPORT host Adrian Durham said: “Micky Gynn was the most successful, but Mark Heeley was the most talented local boy to play for Posh.”
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STUART HODSON: In November 1974 Noel Cantwell gave Hodson a pro contract after a three-month trial. The defender had been playing for Chatteris Town. After three years as an understudy to Cantwell's stars Hodson was released at the end of the 1976-77 season after making 38 appearances, mostly from the bench. Photo: Midlands
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HARRISON BURROWS: The midfielder from Murrow is another young star of the current Posh first-team squad. He signed his first professional contract in January 2019, making his debut for the club earlier this season in a League Cup tie at Oxford. He went on to make his full league debut, aged just 17 in a 4-0 win against MK Dons later that month. | Joe Dent/JMP Photo: Midlands