[6], The ground was renamed as the ABAX Stadium in November 2014 as part of a five year sponsorship deal with Norwegian company ABAX. for statistics. On 24 May 1992, Peterborough United played at Wembley for the first time, against Stockport County in the Third Division playoff final. For a small community, Peterborough has become recognized globally as being a “Junior Hockey Factory”. They won this league on six occasions, including five seasons in a row from 1956 to 1960. 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Gary Johnson left the club on 10 January 2011 due to policy disagreement. Of these shows 18 were Gilbert & Sullivan operas including; Yeomen, Iolanthe, Mikado, Patience, The Gondoliers, Princess Ida, Pirates, Pinafore, Ruddigore and Utopia. However, Posh's closest rivals, Blackpool lost at Walsall and promotion was achieved. Please try to keep recent events in historical perspective and add more content related to non-recent events. If there The 1980s was a long story of mismanagement and false dawns, punctuated by the odd cup run. In 2002 Victoria Beckham filed a claim with the UK Patent Office over the club's use of the name "Posh". Having won the Midland League title for five consecutive seasons from 1955–56, they were elected into the Football League in 1960. Peterborough Stars Statistics and History. However, the Posh were relegated back the following season, after losing to Crystal Palace 3–2 on 4 May 2013, the final match of the season. [3] The Posh played in the old Midland League. The first game at the renamed ground was against Bristol City, which Bristol won 3–0. In time for their production in 1936, Peterborough Amateur Operatic Society changed its name to Peterborough Operatic and Dramatic Society. In November 1933 their production was Iolanthe and saw the adoption of the name Gilbert and Sullivan Players for the first time. The local paper (Peterborough Advertiser) describes it as follows: "The term Gilbert and Sullivan Players may sound strange because this name was not adopted until this year, but it serves a definite need by clarifying the status of a company that anyone might call as he pleased. [44], Many fans consider Peterborough to be a part of the Pride of Anglia derby, contested between the professional clubs based in Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk and sometimes Essex. Peterborough immediately won the Fourth Division title in 1960–61, scoring a Football League record 134 goals. It took almost 40 years for that dream to come to fruition in 1960, a milestone which, in itself, was the start of a fresh roller coaster ride through every soccer experience from delight to despair.