It’s lucky for Peterborough when the year ends in four: formed in 1934, they won the Fourth Division in 1974, this trophy in 2014 and 10 years later – and in the most (eventually) dramatic of circumstances – they returned to Wembley and did it again. There certainly seemed to be some kind of magic at work as Harrison Burrows’ cross dipped into the net in stoppage time, the captain’s wand of a left foot casting its spell for the second time in six wild, decisive minutes.
That Darren Ferguson – with his father Sir Alex in attendance, as he had been a decade ago – got to win this trophy with this club for the second time in his fourth spell as manager is in large part down to Burrows, who scored two of his side’s three goals against Blackpool in the semi-finals and one of their two against Crawley in the round of 16.
