“Devastated” Savage’s Peterborough face a three-week league gap after Carabao Cup exit at Bradford
Wednesday 28 October 2026 · By Maurice Teasdale
Peterborough United lost 2–0 at Bradford City in the Carabao Cup round of 16 on Tuesday night, and manager Robbie Savage said afterwards that he was “devastated”. There is no League One game tonight. The defeat also leaves Posh facing a three-week break from league football, because their trip to Oxford United on Saturday 14 November has been postponed.
Macaulay Gillesphey scored from a Callum Connolly corner on 13 minutes, and Adam Phillips added a second on 67 minutes. The attendance was 14,732, according to the BBC. Peterborough’s Harry Leonard, the Carabao Cup’s top scorer, was suspended. Savage said his team had “16 shots again” and that the “end product is just incredible”, comments made in frustration after the game. On the morning of the tie, the BBC quoted Savage as saying: “We can beat anybody.” Savage was appointed on 2 October.
After the game, owner Darragh MacAnthony posted on X, according to Peterborough Today: “if this squad isn’t top 10 by February, I’ll put my share of the club up for sale”. That is a conditional statement from the owner, not an announcement of a sale.
The Oxford game was postponed because of international call-ups. The BBC reported at 17:56 GMT on Tuesday that Oxford had three call-ups and used their right to postpone, and Peterborough Today says Posh now have no league game between Luton Town on Saturday 31 October and Plymouth Argyle on Saturday 21 November. Their game against Notts County is also postponed, with no new date.
In the league, Peterborough drew 1–1 at Bromley on Saturday 24 October. Cheek gave Bromley the lead on 10 minutes, with an Adeboyejo assist, and Masara equalised in the third minute of stoppage time, with an assist from O. Edwards.
The BBC table, last updated at 01:28 GMT on Wednesday, has Peterborough 21st with 10 points from 12 games. They have won two, drawn four and lost six, scoring 11 and conceding 21, for a goal difference of minus 10. The BBC form guide reads L L W D L D.
League One’s top two go up automatically, third to sixth go into the play-offs, and the bottom four go down. Peterborough are in the bottom four, one point behind 20th-placed Blackpool. Bromley are 22nd on nine points, Barnsley 23rd on eight and Wigan Athletic 24th on seven.
The remaining fixtures are few but busy. Luton Town visit on Saturday 31 October at 15:00 GMT, in a league game listed on the BBC as being at Peterborough. Luton won 3–1 against Doncaster Rovers on Tuesday night and are eighth.
Reading then visit in the FA Cup first round on Saturday 7 November, with a late kick-off of 20:00 GMT, live on TNT Sports 1. Peterborough go to Luton in the Jersey Mike’s Trophy on Tuesday 17 November at 19:00 GMT, and to Plymouth in the league on Saturday 21 November at 15:00 GMT.
Weston Homes Stadium · London Road · PE2 8AL · diagram roughly to scale
London Road is still the name most travelling supporters use, even though the ground is officially the Weston Homes Stadium. It sits just south of the River Nene in Fletton, a short hop from Peterborough station and the city centre. Capacity is about 13,500. It is a traditional four-sided English ground rather than a bowl: two long stands on the touchlines and a stand behind each goal.
Away fans are usually in Blocks A and B of the King Power Solutions Stand on the north side — the old Main Stand. That allocation is around 1,800 across upper and lower tiers, with turnstiles 2 to 4. You sit roughly level with the east penalty area, not behind a goal. Views are generally fine, but pillars catch some seats and the upper tier still has wooden benches. Leg room is tight. For bigger followings the club sometimes opens the GH Display Stand behind the east goal as well, so check your ticket before you travel.
The west goal stands in front of the London Road End, the covered home rail-seating end (2,175) that remains the loudest part of the ground. The east goal stands in front of the single-tier GH Display Stand (2,557), the 2014 replacement for the old Moy’s End terrace. Along the south touchline is the two-tier Meerkat Family Stand, the largest structure at 4,637, opened in the mid-1990s with boxes between the tiers. Opposite it, the north Main Stand is older, houses directors, media, the shop and ticket office, and still feels like a 1950s grandstand.
Expect an uneven, close-quarters matchday rather than a modern arena. The pitch is 102 by 69 yards, so the rectangle in the diagram is longer east–west than north–south, with the south stand the deepest building. Home noise concentrates in the west end. If you are in the north-east corner you will hear it coming across the pitch rather than sitting in it. Most away supporters stand throughout anyway, which helps in the wooden upper rows.
Facilities in the away section are basic: small concourses, limited toilets and modest catering. Eat and drink in town first if you can. The Cherry Tree on Oundle Road has a long reputation for mixing home and away fans before kick-off. Street parking around the ground is tight and the club does not offer a large on-site car park for supporters; Pleasure Fair Meadow and other nearby council parks are the usual options. Peterborough station is walkable in about twenty minutes, or a short taxi.
Stewarding is generally straightforward. Segregation is along the north stand rather than a full end, so you will share a roof with home supporters a few blocks west. Keep an eye on kick-off notes: when demand is high the GH Display Stand behind the east goal can become part of the away allocation, which puts you properly behind the net. When it is not, you watch the east goal from an angle.
London Road will not wow you with glass and concourse screens. What it does offer is a proper old League ground: four distinct stands, a noisy home end behind one goal, a modern family stand on the far touchline, and an away corner that still has wooden seats. Arrive early, check whether your ticket is Main Stand or GH Display, and you will have a clear idea of which goal you are looking at before the first whistle.