We’ve looked at the managerial records of every Posh boss since the club entered the Football League in 1960. There have been 36 managerial appointments with an average lifespan of just under 1.8 years apiece.
Ferguson (4), Noel Cantwell (2), Chris Turner (2) and Grant McCann (2) have been appointed more than once, but who has the best points per game (PPG) record of them all?
We have calculated the below on Football League matches only based on three points per win. Caretaker-manager records have only been included if a temporary spell in charge led to a full-time appointment as in the cases of Billy Hails, Jim Iley, Mick Halsall, Steve Bleasdale and McCann.
The records of those with multiple appointments have been combined. The managers have been placed in reverse order based on their points-per-game (PPG) percentages.
21. GARY JOHNSON (right)
(Apr 10-Jan 11)...P25 W11 D3 L11 PPG 48.0%...A managerial appointment that 'shook the football world' apparently, but Johnson couldn't get on with MacAnthony and then Ferguson became available again...Johnson did sign Lee Tomlin and Grant McCann so hats off to him for that. Photo: Alan Storer
22. GRANT MCCANN (left)
(Apr 16-Feb 18 & Feb 22-Jan 23)...P117 W44 D28 L45 PPG 48.41%...Two stints as Posh boss which included some moments of promise, but too many disappointing results. Won four out of five unbeaten games as a caretaker-manager in two spells before landing the first-team job for the first time. Photo: Joe Dent
23. STEVE EVANS
(Feb 18-Jan 19)...P41 W17 D11 L13 PPG 50.41%...Enticed from Mansfield to replace McCann and went on an unique summer spending spree which seemed to pay off at the start of his first full season at the club, but form soom tailed off. His dismissal when Posh were sixth, the final play-off place, came as a shock though, but then Ferguson was now available again! Photo: Joe Dent
24. CHRIS TURNER (centre)
(Jan 91-Dec 92 & Dec 93-May 94)...P110 W45 D32 L33 PPG 50.61%...Gave up van driving to manage Posh with spectacular results. Posh were ninth in Division Four when Turner turned up, but clinched promotion on the final day. Great work in the transfer market helped Posh go up again the following season and reach the second tier in English football for the first time. Bought the club and stood down as manager midway through the following season when his PPG % was a whopping 59.98. He helped out as manager two seasons later when were the club were hurtling towards relegation which brought his numbers crashing down. Photo: David Lowndes