Given the high pressure, high stakes nature of a League One play-off semi final first leg it was certainly a memorable performance, but there have been many other nights when Posh have dazzled under the London Road floodlights.
Here, the PT picks its top 10...
1. 10 - Posh 5, Sheffield Wednesday 3, 2011
Attacking brilliance from a League One Posh side rejuvenated by the return of Darren Ferguson as manager in 2011. Craig Mackail-Smith (2), George Boyd (2) and Nat Mendez-Laing (pictured) scored the Posh goals. They went to Hillsborough a month later for the return game and played even better in a 4-1 win before winning promotion to the Championship through the play-offs. Photo: Alan Storer
2. 9 - Posh 4, Burnley 0.
Burnley were top of Division One when thumped in a League Cup tie in 1965. John Fairbrother (2), Ollie Conmy (pictured) and an own goal secured a famous victory for a side that went on to reach the semi-finals for the only time in the club's history. Photo: David Lowndes
3. 8 - Posh 1, Nottingham Forest 0.
This FA Cup third round replay win earned Posh a trip to Old Trafford to play Manchester United in 1976. Posh had drawn 0-0 at Brian Clough's Forest in the original tie before Jon Nixon's first-half goal secured victory in the replay in front of almost 18,000 to set up an emotional return to Old Trafford for Posh manager Noel Cantwell who had skippered United to FA Cup success in the 1960s. Forest won promotion to the old First Division the following season, then won the title and then won the European Cup. Nixon is pictured in action for Posh. Photo: David Lowndes
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The greatest hat-trick of all-time from David Farrell in a Third Division play-off semi-final second leg which completed a 5-1 aggregate win. Posh went on to win the final 1-0 v Darlington at Wembley to secure promotion. Farrell is pictured with a signed matchball from the game. Photo: Joe Dent