The 2020–21 Peterborough United F.C. season was the club's 87th season in their history and the eighth consecutive season in EFL League One, Along with League One, the club also participated in the FA Cup, EFL Cup, and EFL Trophy.
The season covers the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.
With a 3–3 draw against Lincoln City on 1 May 2021, Peterborough secured automatic promotion to the Championship, making a return to the second division after an eight-year absence.
First-team squad
No. Name Nat. Position(s) Date of birth (age) Apps. Goals Year signed Signed from Transfer fee Goalkeepers1Christy PymGK8702019 Exeter CityFree13Dániel GyollaiGK402020 Wigan AthleticFree21Josef BursikGK502021 Stoke CityLoan Defenders2Ronnie EdwardsCB/DM602020 BarnetUndisclosed3 Dan ButlerLB/LM8032019 Newport CountyFree4Nathan ThompsonCB/RB/DM6122019 PortsmouthFree5Mark BeeversCB/LB8502019 Bolton WanderersFree6Frankie KentCB8342019 Colchester United£360,00018Frazer Blake-TracyLB/CB3202019 King's Lynn TownPre contract agreement24Niall MasonRB/CB/LB7022019 Doncaster RoversFree Midfielders8Jack TaylorCM/RM/RB5092020 Barnet£500,00012Reece BrownAM/CM5522020 Huddersfield TownLoan14Louis ReedCM/DM8432018 Sheffield UnitedUndisclosed15Sammie SzmodicsAM/LW/CM55192020 Bristol CityUndisclosed16Harrison BurrowsLM/LB/CM3612017AcademyTrainee22Ethan HamiltonCM/LM/LB4112020 Manchester UnitedFree23Joe WardRM/RW/RB145142018 WokingUndisclosed26Flynn ClarkeAM1132019AcademyTrainee27Kyle BarkerDM/CM302020AcademyTrainee34Archie JonesCM102019AcademyTrainee Forwards7Mohamed EisaCF/LW/RW71212019 Bristol CityUndisclosed9Jonson Clarke-HarrisCF48332020 Bristol Rovers£1,250,00010Siriki DembéléRW/LW/CF122262018 Grimsby TownUndisclosed17Ricky Jade-JonesCF/SS/LW3352019AcademyTrainee19Idris KanuRW/CF6332017 Aldershot TownUndisclosed Out on Loan11Ryan BroomRM/CM/AM1812020 Cheltenham TownUndisclosed20Serhat TasdemirRM/CM/LM2012019 AFC FyldeUndisclosed30Sam CartwrightCB202017AcademyTrainee
Statistics
!colspan=15|Players out on loan:
!colspan=15|Players who left the club:
Disciplinary record
Rank No. Nat. Po. Name League One FA Cup League Cup League Trophy Total 14 DFNathan Thompson1010000100000111025 DFMark Beevers 80000000010090036 DFFrankie Kent 800000000000800410FWSiriki Dembélé 70000000000070058 MFJack Taylor 60000000000060022MFEthan Hamilton 21010000010041073 DFDan Butler 50000000000050089 FWJonson Clarke-Harris 400000000000400 12MFReece Brown 4000000000004001015MFSammie Szmodics 300000000000300111 GKChristy Pym 20000000000020014MFLouis Reed 10000000010020018DFFrazer Blake-Tracy 1000000001002001416MFHarrison Burrows 10000000000010023MFJoe Ward 10000000000010024DFNiall Mason 10000000000010026MFFlynn Clarke 000000000100100Total 63201001005007020
Transfers Transfers in Date Pos. Nat. Name From Fee Ref. 30 July 2020 GK Dániel Gyollai Wigan Athletic Free transfer 10 August 2020 CB Ronnie Edwards Barnet Undisclosed 13 August 2020 CM Ethan Hamilton Manchester United Free transfer 24 August 2020 RM Ryan Broom Cheltenham Town Undisclosed 27 August 2020 CF Jonson Clarke-Harris Bristol Rovers Undisclosed 8 September 2020 AM Sammie Szmodics Bristol City Undisclosed
Loans in Date from Pos. Nat. Name From Date until Ref. 17 August 2020 AM Reece Brown Huddersfield Town 30 June 2021 8 April 2021 GK Josef Bursik Stoke City 30 June 2021
Loans out Date from Pos. Nat. Name From Date until Ref. 21 September 2020 CM Archie Jones Bishop's Stortford October 2020 24 September 2020 CB Sam Cartwright Woking 9 October 2020 DM Kyle Barker King's Lynn Town January 2021 1 February 2021 RM Ryan Broom Burton Albion End of season 1 February 2021 RM Serhat Tasdemir Oldham Athletic End of season 11 February 2021 CF Bradley Rolt Bohemians End of season
Transfers out Date Pos. Nat. Name To Fee Ref. 1 July 2020 CB Rhys Bennett Carlisle United Released 1 July 2020 GK Aaron Chapman Motherwell Released 1 July 2020 AM Callum Cooke Bradford City Released 1 July 2020 AM Marcus Maddison Charlton Athletic Released 1 July 2020 DM Mark O'Hara Motherwell Undisclosed 1 July 2020 GK Conor O'Malley Retired 1 July 2020 CM Alex Woodyard AFC Wimbledon Released 1 September 2020 CF Ivan Toney Brentford £5,000,000 2 September 2020 LW George Cooper Plymouth Argyle Undisclosed 3 November 2020 LW George Boyd Salford City Released 7 December 2020 RB Jason Naismith Ross County Released 18 February 2021 CB Bobby Copping Retired
Pre-season
Competitions EFL League One
League table
Results summary
Results by matchday
Matches
The 2020–21 season fixtures were released on 21 August.
FA Cup
The draw for the first round was made on Monday 26, October. The second round draw was revealed on Monday, 9 November by Danny Cowley.
EFL Cup
The first round draw was made on 18 August, live on Sky Sports, by Paul Merson.
EFL Trophy
The regional group stage draw was confirmed on 18 August. The second round draw was made by Matt Murray on 20 November, at St Andrew's. The third round was made on 10 December 2020 by Jon Parkin.
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