{{short description|Association football club in England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2015}} {{Use British English|date=May 2015}} {{Infobox football club | clubname = Peterborough Sports | image = Peterborough_Sports_F.C._logo.svg | image_size = 180px | fullname = Peterborough Sports Football Club | nickname = The Turbines | founded = 1908 | ground = Lincoln Road, [[Peterborough]] | capacity = 2,300<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pnesfc.com/filep.aspx?id=44207|title=Club documents|website=Peterborough North End Sports F.C.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210520184814/https://www.pnesfc.com/filep.aspx?id=44207 |accessdate=20 May 2021|archive-date=20 May 2021 |format=.doc}}</ref> | chairman = Tim Woodward | manager = Graham Drury | league = {{English football updater|PeterboS}} | season = {{English football updater|PeterboS2}} | position = {{English football updater|PeterboS3}} | website = [https://www.psfc.co.uk psfc.co.uk] }}[[File:Peterborough Sports vs Guiseley FC - FA Cup 3rd qualifying round 2019.jpg|thumb|right|Maniche Sani scoring during Peterborough Sports' FA Cup third qualifying round match against [[Guiseley A.F.C.|Guiseley]]]]
'''Peterborough Sports Football Club''' is an [[England|English]] [[association football|football]] club based in [[Peterborough]], [[Cambridgeshire]]. The club are currently members of the {{English football updater|PeterboS}} and play at Lincoln Road.
==History== The club was established in 1908 as Brotherhoods Engineering Works.<ref name=H>[https://www.pslfc.com/clubinfo/Club%20History Club history] Peterborough Sports F.C.</ref> They joined the Northants League (which later became the United Counties League) for the 1919–20 season, winning the league in their first season.<ref name=H/> However, they left at the end of the 1922–23 season,<ref>[http://nonleaguematters.net/Regs_2_M/NorL95.htm Northants League] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120512214457/http://www.nonleaguematters.net/Regs_2_M/NorL95.htm |date=12 May 2012 }} Non League Matters</ref> transferring to Division Three of the [[Peterborough and District Football League|Peterborough & District League]], which they won in 1925–26, earning promotion to Division Two.<ref name=H/> The club was dormant in 1929–30 and 1932–33, after which they dropped into Division Three North.<ref name=H/> Despite only finishing eleventh in 1936–37, they were elevated to Division Two for the 1937–38 season.<ref name=H/> After [[World War II]] the club were placed in Division One, where they remained until finishing bottom of the table in 1948–49, resulting in relegation to Division Two.<ref name=H/> In 1952 the division was renamed Division One as the division above became the Premier Division, but the club finished bottom in 1952–53 and were relegated to the new Division Two. In 1963–64 they were relegated again to Division Three South, but returned to Division Two after a single season.<ref name=H/>
At the end of the 1973–74 season Brotherhoods Engineering Works were relegated to Division Three South for a second time, but returned to Division Two after winning the Division Three South title in 1975–76. Relegated again in 1979–80, the club returned to Division Two at the first attempt as Division Three South champions, and were promoted to Division One at the end of the 1982–83 season after finishing third. The 1987–88 season saw the club finish as Division One runners-up and earn promotion to the Premier Division. In 1999 the club changed its name to '''Bearings Direct''', and then again in 2001 to Peterborough Sports. In 2006–07 they won the Premier Division, and in 2012–13 were promoted to Division One of the United Counties League after finishing third.<ref>[http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/sport/football/non-league/non-league-legendary-official-opening-for-revamped-peterborough-football-venue-1-5189819 Non League: Legendary official opening for revamped Peterborough football venue] Peterborough Telegraph, 15 June 2013</ref>
In [[2015–16 United Counties League|2015–16]] Peterborough Sports were Division One champions, earning promotion to the Premier Division. They also won the League Cup, beating [[Holbeach United F.C.|Holbeach United]] on penalties in the final, as well as the Northants Junior Cup and the Hinchingbrooke Cup. The [[2016–17 United Counties League|following season]] saw them win the Premier Division with 112 points, earning promotion to Division One South of the [[Northern Premier League]]; they also retained the Hinchingbrooke Cup. In 2018 the club were transferred to Division One Central of the [[Southern Football League|Southern League]]. In [[2018–19 Southern Football League|2018–19]] the club were Division One Central champions, earning promotion to the Premier Division Central. They finished as runners-up in [[2021–22 Southern Football League|2021–22]], qualifying for the promotion play-offs. After beating [[Alvechurch F.C.|Alvechurch]] in the semi-finals, the club defeated [[Coalville Town F.C.|Coalville Town]] 2–0 in the final to earn promotion to the [[National League North]].
==Current squad== {{updated|13 April 2026}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Current squad |url=https://psfc.co.uk/the-team |website=Peterborough Sports FC |access-date=12 October 2024}}</ref>
{{Fs start}} {{Fs player|no=1|nat=ENG|name=Peter Crook|pos=GK}} {{Fs player|no=2|nat=ITA|name=[[Benjamin Mensah]]|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=3|nat=ENG|name=Aaron Powell|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=4|nat=ENG|name=Ryan Fryatt|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=5|nat=ENG|name=Ashton Fox|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=6|nat=ENG|name=Zach Willis|pos=DF|other={{small|on loan from [[Birmingham City F.C.|Birmingham City]]}}}} {{Fs player|no=7|nat=ENG|name=Kaine Felix|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=8|nat=ENG|name=[[Elliott Whitehouse]]|pos=MF|other={{small|on loan from [[Macclesfield F.C.|Macclesfield]]}}}} {{Fs player|no=9|nat=ENG|name=Mark Jones|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=10|nat=ENG|name=Dan Jarvis|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=11|nat=ENG|name=Max Booth|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=12|nat=ENG|name=Sam Edwards|pos=GK}} {{Fs player|no=14|nat=ENG|name=Sam McLintock|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=17|nat=ENG|name=Luca Miller|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=18|nat=GAM|name=[[Mustapha Carayol]]|pos=FW}} {{fs mid}} {{Fs player|no=19|nat=ENG|name=Sam Bayly|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=20|nat=ENG|name=Charlie Hickingbottom|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=21|nat=MSR|name=[[Josiah Dyer]]|pos=FW}} {{fs player|no=22|nat=ENG|name=[[Shaun Jeffers]]|pos=FW|other={{small|on loan from [[Bedford Town F.C.|Bedford Town]]}}}} {{Fs player|no=23|nat=ENG|name=[[Michael Gash]]|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=24|nat=ENG|name=[[Ethan Young]]|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=25|nat=IRL|name=Kevin Joshua|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=26|nat=ENG|name=[[Jez Davies]]|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=27|nat=ENG|name=[[Shaq Coulthirst]]|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=28|nat=ENG|name=[[Marcel Oakley]]|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=30|nat=GUY|name=[[Maliq Cadogan]]|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=32|nat=ENG|name=[[Connor Wood (footballer)|Connor Wood]]|pos=DF}} {{fs player|no=33|nat=ENG|name=Ben Beresford|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=37|nat=ENG|name=Richard Faakye|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=39|nat=ENG|name=[[Anthony Stewart (footballer)|Anthony Stewart]]|pos=DF}} {{Fs end}}
==Coaching staff== {| class="wikitable sortable" ! style="background:#0000FF; color:#FFFF00; border:2px solid #000;" scope="col"|Position ! style="background:#0000FF; color:#FFFF00; border:2px solid #000;" scope="col"|Name |- {{Fb cs staff |bg= |p=Manager |s={{flagicon|ENG}} Graham Drury}} {{Fb cs staff |bg= |p=Assistant Manager |s={{flagicon|ENG}} Charlie Tonks}} {{Fb cs staff |bg=y |p=Physio |s={{flagicon|IND}} Jishad Chamakalil}} {{Fb cs staff |bg=y |p=Physio |s={{flagicon|ENG}} Daniel Rizzo}} {{Fb cs staff |bg= |p=Goalkeeper Coach |s={{flagicon|ENG}} Shaun Allen}} {{Fb cs staff |bg= |p=Analyst |s={{flagicon|ENG}} Billy Adkins}} {{Fb cs staff |bg= |p=Kitman |s={{flagicon|ENG}} Adam Woodward}}
|}
===Managerial history=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! style="background:##F9F9F9; color:#FF8000 border:2px solid #000;" scope="col"|Period ! style="background:#0000FF; color:#FFFF00; border:2px solid #000;" scope="col"|Manager |- | –2012 || style="background:#efefef;"| {{flagicon|ENG}} Chris Bartlett |- | 2012–2014 || style="background:#efefef;"| {{flagicon|ENG}} Seamus Morgan |- | 2014–2015 || style="background:#efefef;"| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Chris Plummer]] |- | 2015–2023 || style="background:#efefef;"| {{flagicon|ENG}} Jimmy Dean |- | 2023–2025 || style="background:#efefef;"| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Michael Gash]] and [[Luke Steele (footballer)|Luke Steele]] |- | 2025–2026|| style="background:#efefef;"| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Phil Brown (footballer, born 1959)|Phil Brown]] |- | 2026 || style="background:#efefef;"| {{flagicon|ENG}} Michael Gash |- | 2026– || style="background:#efefef;"| {{flagicon|ENG}} Graham Drury |- |}
==Honours== *'''Southern League''' **Division One Central champions 2018–19 *'''United Counties League''' **Champions 1919–20, 2016–17 **Division One champions 2015–16 **League Cup winners 2015–16 *'''Peterborough & District League''' **Premier Division champions 2006–07 **Division Three champions 1925–26, 1980–81 **Division Three South champions 1975–76 *'''Northants County Cup''' **Winners 2021–22 *'''Maunsell Cup''' **Winners 2021–22 *'''Northants Junior Cup''' **Winners 2006–07, 2015–16 *'''Hitchingbrooke Cup''' **Winners 2015–16, 2016–17
==Records== *Best [[FA Cup]] performance: Fourth qualifying round, [[2019–20 FA Cup qualifying rounds|2019–20]], [[2021–22 FA Cup qualifying rounds|2021–22]], [[2024–25 FA Cup qualifying rounds|2024–25]]<ref name=FCHD/> *Best [[FA Trophy]] performance: Quarter-finals, [[2023–24 FA Trophy|2023–24]]<ref name=FCHD>{{fchd|id=PETERBOS|name=Peterborough Sports}}</ref> *Best [[FA Vase]] performance: Fourth round, [[2016–17 FA Vase|2016–17]]<ref name=FCHD/>
==See also== *{{c|Peterborough Sports F.C. players}} *{{c|Peterborough Sports F.C. managers}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{official website|https://psfc.co.uk}}
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