LOOKING BACK: Steve Evans kept signing Peterborough United players, nine-dart leg for Wolfie, Tim was as sick as a Parrott

August 8-14, 2006

FOOTBALL: Fletton manager Mark Speechley was fuming after Gianni Salerno, Gareth Sanderson, Phil Anderson, Andrew Bradley, Stuart Addinall, Chris Woollard and Adam Bevilacqua all left a side that finished runners-up in the Petreborough League the season before.

POSH: Boston United manager Steve Evans tipped Posh to win League Two after a late Simon Yeo goal secured a 1-0 win for Keith Alexander’s side at York Street.

ATHLETICS: Kevin Ellis equalled his own Nene Valley Harriers 100m record of 10.7 seconds in a Southern League meeting at Parliament Hill.

GOLF: Two rounds of 73 were enough for Danny Perez to win the Milton Club Championship title ahead of joint-second placed finishers Danny Hope, Richard Cole and Ian Symonds.

TENNIS: Ben Fisher was player-of-the-week and younger brother Henry Fisher was the most improved player at Eastways Summer Camp.

CRICKET: Canny off-spinner Norman Gray of Castor topped the Merit Table bowling charts thanks to a 6-27 spell. just ahead of Bretton’s Omar Alikhan (6-47) and Nassington’s Ali Gohar (6-50).

August 8-14 1996

ATHLETICS: Julie Hollman of PAC won the South Of England Under 20 Heptathlon title by over 200 points.

SPEEDWAY: Panthers riders suffered three engine failures during a 50-46 National League defeat at lowly Sheffield. Jason Crump (16) and Scott Swain (11) dominated the city’s side scoring.

CRICKET: Sixteen year-old Andrew Fitzgibbon scored his maiden ton, hitting 136 for Newborough against March Braza in a friendly.

POSH: Manager Barry Fry turned down a £150k bid for striker Ken Charlery from Southend.

DARTS: Martin Adams threw the first nine-dart leg of 501 in his professional career during the Norwegian Open. He was eventually beaten in the quarter-finals.

ROWING: Peterborough City’s junior international Mark Hammond won three races at the club’s own August Regatta.

CRICKET: John Ringrose cracked 88 and took 6-10 as Old Deaconians thrashed Empingham in a Rutland League Division Two relegation battle.

FOOTBALL: Midfielders Trevor Quow and Paddy Rayment joined Stamford to make it seven ex-Posh players at a Daniels side managed by Steve Evans.

August 8-14 1986

KARATE: Seven year-old Daniel Ring from Angus Court became the youngest black belt in the UK.

CRICKET: Steve Hair top scored with 60 as Peterborough Town tied their Northants Premier Division game at Wolverton after requiring 13 runs from the final over of the match.

SPEEDWAY: Panthers were satisfied with a 42-36 defeat at Berwick Bandits in thefirst leg of a National League KO Cup quarter-final. Kevin Hawkins and Nigel Flatman both scored 11 points for the city side.

KARTING: City man Tim Parrott finished a disappointing eighth in a World Championship round at Silverstone.

CRICKET: Alan Swann top scored with 69 as Peterborough Town beat Spalding by four wickets in the South Lincs Premier Division.

POSH: Les Lawrence scored a late consolation goal as Posh lost 2-1 to Ipswich in a pre-season friendly at London Road.

CRICKET: Kenny Owen and Kevin Strowger smacked 77 from the final five overs to help Nenedale to a 115-run win in the Rutland League’s Ruddles Cup. Andy Walker took six wickets in the Stamford innings.

POSH: Bryn Gunn moved to London Road on a free transfer from Nottingham Forest.

August 8-14, 1976

CRICKET: Carl Russell was unbeaten on 57 when Nenedale completed a three wicket win over Buckworth in the Peterborough League.

BOWLS: Derek Hinchliffe (Conservatives) beat Ivor Anton (Perkins) in the two-wood and four-wood singles finals in the Northants Championships.

CRICKET: Paul Cross smacked a brilliant 137 as Baston crushed Laxton by 213 runs in a friendly. Laxton were skittled for just 21.

GOLF: Margaret Wylde of Longthorpe became Milton’s first single-figure handicap lady golfer.

ROWING: Peterborough City’s GB international Pete Zeun finished second in his heat at the World Championships in Austria.

POSH: Pino Nardino scored twice and Mark Heeley and Keith Oakes also netted as Posh Reserves beat St Neots 4-0 in a friendly.

TENNIS: The Peterborough City team of Eddie Rudd, Swee Lai, Tony Piggott, Brian Hawes, Bob Holmes and Mick Holmes lost 11-10 on sets to Northampton United in the semi-finals of the Northants Championships.

BOWLS: Ten year-old Paul Plant retained his place in the Peterborough League team.