Report: Peterborough 0-3 Robins

11 March 2023

The Robins claimed an important three points with a 3-0 win over Peterborough United at the Weston Homes Stadium.

Alfie May scored one of the most spectacular braces you will ever see, after Tom Bradbury opened the scoring in Cambridgeshire.

The first big chance of the match fell the way of May after Will Norris decided not to come for a ball over the top from Will Ferry. May latched onto it himself, and had a shot saved from a tight angle by the Posh ‘keeper.

The Robins would then take the lead from the resulting corner. Bradbury’s right-footed volley from Ferry’s corner found the corner of the net, the centre half scoring his first goal in Cheltenham colours.

Soon afterwards, a piece of genius from May doubled the Robins’ lead. Bonds’ flick on is touched into the air by the forward, who is stood on the halfway line. With his second touch, he launched the ball over a despairing Norris and into an empty net.

The Posh responded with a double substitution after 25 minutes, and soon had their first chance of the match. The ball fell kindly on the right-hand side of the penalty area for Joe Ward to strike with power, cannoning the ball off the crossbar.

Boro thought they had an equaliser when Jonson Clarke-Harris tapped home from close range, but the goal was quickly disallowed for offside, adding to the hosts’ frustration.

The Posh applied pressure straight away in the second half. Ferry had to be alert to clear the ball from inside the six yard box with a diving header, after Nathanael Ogbeta tried to find Ward with a firmly-hit cross.

A high press from Cheltenham’s front line yielded a turnover of possession courtesy of Ryan Jackson, who played the ball into the feet of Ryan Broom. The midfielder danced into the penalty area before having a shot at goal, but this time Norris was comfortable in holding the ball.

Boro wasted another good chance when Jack Taylor strode forward unchallenged with the Robins defence forced to back off. With options left and right, the midfielder opted to take the shot himself, which was easily held by Southwood.

May would then score his second of the afternoon with another spectacular finish. Jackson’s long throw was cleared as far as May, who lashed the ball into the top right-hand corner of the net to score his 50th league goal for the Robins.

Peterborough: Norris (GK), Edwards (Tshimanga 56’), Kent, Taylor, Clarke-Harris, Mason-Clark (Norburn 25’), Poku, Ogbeta (Butler 75’), Burrows (Randall 75’), Kyprianou (Thompson 25’), Ward

Unused: Blackmore (GK), Jones

Robins: Southwood (GK), Long ©, Bradbury, Taylor, Ferry (Williams 65’), Bonds (Perry 85’), Sercombe (Rea 69’), Broom, May, Keena (Goodwin 65’)

Unused: MacDonald (GK), Baggott, Olayinka

Attendance: 8947 (203 away)

Referee: A Young

Ticket News

Match Pack: Peterborough United (A)

9 March 2023

Cheltenham Town are back on the road as they travel to face Peterborough United at the West Homes Stadium this Saturday (3PM KO).

After picking up four points last week from two good performances at home, Wade Elliott's side turn their attention to the Posh for this weekend's clash in League One.

The Robins played Peterborough at the Completely-Suzuki Stadium in July, however the visitors came back from 2-0 down to win 3-2 in the first game of the season.

Tickets and travel for the match at the Weston Homes Stadium are still available online and from the ticket office.

Cheltenham Town supporters will be located in the DESKGO Main Stand.

Ticket Prices:

	Advance	Matchday
Adult	£27	£29
Senior (65+)	£22	£24
18-23	£18	£20
Under 18	£9	£10
Under 12	£3	£5

Under 14s must be accompanied by someone aged 18+.

A reminder that Cheltenham Town retain 5% of the income from tickets sold via our ticket office, so we always encourage our supporters to purchase in advance wherever possible.

Away tickets are unable to be produced digitally, and so physical tickets must be collected.

Any tickets not collected from the Completely-Suzuki Stadium by Friday, 10 March will be taken to the Weston Homes Stadium for collection on the day.

Supporters unable to make the match on Saturday can still follow all of the action with our iFollow Audio Pass.

Travel Club Info

The Robins Travel Club will depart from the Completely-Suzuki Stadium at 10:30AM.

Non Members: £20

Members: £16

Young Robins: £8

By purchasing tickets you agree to the terms and conditions of travel, which can be found here.

If you do not collect your match tickets in advance they will be left with the on board steward for collection.

Please note that seating plans are drawn up in advance and changes on the day may not be possible. If you have specific seating requests please e-mail the Ticket Office with details.

See below the directions to the Weston Homes Stadium if you are your own way to the ground.

A new set of actions will be implemented across all English football leagues for the 2022/23 season and will be backed by the Football Supporters’ Association. They will target activity such as entering the pitch without permission, carrying or using smoke bombs or pyrotechnics and throwing objects - as well as drug use and discriminatory behaviour.

Anyone caught possessing or using pyrotechnics will be reported to the police and prosecution could result in a permanent criminal record. The pitch must remain safe for players, managers and match officials, just as the stands should be for supporters.