Peterborough cheekily taunt Wrexham after penalty shootout win sends Posh into EFL Trophy Final, where they will face Birmingham.
Peterborough came back from 2-0 down to draw with Peterborough, levelling on the 91st minute, taking it to penalties, and won 4-2.
Mo Faal saw his strike put Wrexham ahead against the run of play on 34 minutes before the hosts doubled their lead four minutes later thanks to George Dobson from close range.
Peterborough got themselves a goal back, Malik Mothersille on the rebound after having his penalty saved by Arthur Okonkwo in the 72nd minute.
Then Wrexham failed to clear their lines late on, substitute Bradley Ihionvien put the ball past beyond Okonkwo from close range in the first minute of added time to send the tie to a shootout.
Ihionvien, Ryan de Havilland, Harley Mills and Hector Kyprianou all scored from the spot, while Jed Steer kept out spot kicks from Paul Mullin and Elliot Lee to ensure Peterborough sealed a trip to Wembley.
The Peterborough players after their win against Wrexham to send them to Wembley… “Bye Bye Wrexham, go back to Wales”
The Peterborough players after their win against Wrexham to send them to Wembley…😂😂😂
“Bye Bye Wrexham, go back to Wales” 😭😭😭pic.twitter.com/AQZIw8WxiL
— The 44 ⚽️ (@The_Forty_Four) February 27, 2025
Documentary worthy… 😉#pufc pic.twitter.com/0Sh4kOwzcm
— Peterborough United (@theposh) February 26, 2025
We fucking deserved that. Dominated that game. Our fans deserved that @wembleystadium we shall see you soon
🔥🔥🔥@theposh
Apologies for flipping the script written
Not sorry 😂— Darragh MacAnthony (@DMAC102) February 26, 2025
“Wrexham’s two goal lead has evaporated” 😮
Bradley Ihionvien scores in added time to bring Peterborough level 🔥 pic.twitter.com/yp1pt0fiyt
— Sky Sports Football (@SkyFootball) February 26, 2025
Peterborough beat Wrexham on penalties to reach the EFL Trophy final again! 🏆 pic.twitter.com/k8ighUQJAM
— Sky Sports Football (@SkyFootball) February 26, 2025
UP THE FUCKING POSH! #PUFC pic.twitter.com/Rrvl0bfZYs
— Terrance Silver (@nobody_honest) February 26, 2025
What a night! Huge credit to all the supporters who have been magnificent this season and have had to travel to Bristol, Charlton, Stevenage, Huddersfield and Wrexham this month alone! Everyone @theposh is grateful for your amazing support. pic.twitter.com/1ezr0Ds1xD
— Posh Fans Liaison (@theposhSLO) February 26, 2025
these players are something different🤣🤣 #pufc pic.twitter.com/0v6L3BDmte
— Pufc.Rio (@PufcRt) February 26, 2025
“We’ve thrown away a chance to go to Wembley as far as I’m concerned,” Wrexham boss Phil Parkinson said, per BBC Sport.
“We were comfortable in the game, 2-0 up and made a lot of changes, I thought the lads did well.
“Two really poor goals to concede. Moments in the game of concentration and seeing the game through, particularly the second one.
“From a game which looked so comfortable for us, to end up not going to Wembley is very difficult to take for us all, but we’ve got no one else to blame but ourselves.”
Despite the significant setback, Wrexham remain well placed to challenge for a third successive promotion.
They currently sit third in League One and are just three points adrift of the play-off places ahead of Saturday’s fixture with Parkinson’s former side Bolton Wanderers in north Wales (12:30 GMT kick-off).
“We’ve said before every round that the league is our number one priority, and it always has been, but when you get so close, we want to finish the job off,” he added.
“We’ve done well in this tournament throughout this season, but now we’ve got to focus on the league and learn from tonight.”
Peterborough’s Darren Ferguson said, per Peterborough Today: “This was a big one for the fans. They have suffered this season yet they have travelled in numbers again. That was for them. It was really important to give them a trip to Wembley and if we can then stay up, maybe we can look back and think it wasn’t that bad of a season.
“If we didn’t get that late equaliser we would have regretted it as we were much the better team, apart from two lapses of concentration in the first half. We were very, very good. It was a fantastic night for us.
“We were outstanding for half an hour. We dominated the ball and got into some great positions, but then found ourselves 2-0 down.
“That can happen with a young team and the first goal affected us too much because then we conceded the second one. Luckily We were able to calm it down and get in without losing any more goals.
“I told them at half-time to just keep doing what they had been doing. If we scored the next goal anything could happen and it did. The second-half followed the same pattern. We had a lot of possession, but we had to stay patient and we did. I was very proud of the players
“The two half-time subs did very well. I told Mo Susoho we needed to pass forward more and needed to take more risks. It’s a great ball from him and a great run from Cian Hayes to get us a penalty. That was a big moment in the game.
“That was when the nerves crept in and we were causing problems. We could have got another penalty straight after kick-off, but we managed to get an overdue break this season with Brad’s goal at the end. It was a great finish.
“I brought Ryan De Havilland on for the penalties. His penalty was brilliant and the big penalty was the one from Harley Mills as that got us two goals ahead. Harley and James – the two young lads – were brilliant tonight. James put his hand up to take a penalty as well. There were about eight that did which I like and I always felt Jed would save at least one, but he saved two.
“It’s great for the fans and the players. I’m so proud of the players and I am delighted to get back to Wembley. It will be a different game to last season as there will be twice as many fans there. There will be 70-odd thousand and we will play against the best team in the league and we can look forward to it.
“Sometimes you can get to a point where there is a performance you think, no, I have to take the bull by the horns. That was Charlton as I hated it. That’s not us and since then we have working on when we’re in possession and playing the way we want to play. Thankfully, the players have been brave enough to do it, credit to them.”
Fans reacted as Peterborough cheekily taunt Wrexham after a penalty shootout win sends Posh into the EFL Trophy Final…
@2022BenjiC: @Wrexham_AFC this is what proper fans look like
@DanielE64141682: The whole world thanks you!! It would have been unbearable from sky and talk sport a Wrexham Birmingham final
@DonnaMath9: Well done 👏 so happy we are playing you and not Wrexham! Cannot stand the hype around the Hollywood derby! May the best team in the day win! KRO!
@anthonylockton: Straight up saved us from the Hollywood Trophy final. Sky would have been creaming over that like it was the World Cup final.
@ITSKNY: I think I speak for everyone from Birmingham when I say fair fucking play. Proper final that. Look forward to it.
@WillB_2003: Thank you Peterborough United for saving us from weeks of yank nonsense from Sky
@RyanDeeney2194: Wrexham fans singing Que Sera as Peterborough score an injury time equaliser. And then they lose on penalties. Exactly why I refused to sing it until the final whistle! #BCFC #KRO
@Jamesr02_: Careful lads, Sky are gonna be out for your blood now you’ve ruined their dream final 😂 But on a real, congrats lads, least something goods come out of the disaster of a season you’ve had 🙌
@wagnerblue1: Much rather play you than Wrexham. Proper clubs playing each other 👍🏻
@Mimi__89x: Sorry but Wrexham really aren’t anything special at all! Fuck them and their poxy Hollywood shit. Half their fans havnt even seen a live game 🤣 I’m so glad we beat them just to piss off sky and the efl if nothing else 🖕🏼
@stellytalks: I’m over the moon for Peterborough. It’ll be nice to play against a proper club at the final rather than have this forced nonsense “Hollywood derby” rubbish that the media keep trying to force down everyone’s throats. Buzzing for Wembley. LETS GO!!!!
@upTheArgo: Bet sky are crying, guaranteed that they were begging for a blues Wrexham final, well in lads
@mickyh01: At least we will see 2 teams playing football on the day 👍😁🤣
@guycalledsam: Peterborough scoring whilst the Wrexham fans were signing “Que sera, sera” was a thing of beauty #pufc
@BennyBoyTips: Put that on Disney Lads.
@Hjaston: Not a fan of Peterborough at all but I’m so glad they’ve beaten Wrexham tonight to stop the cringey Hollywood wankathon sky would would of had for the final 💦
@justinbcfc92: That was fucking brilliant 😂😂😂 Wrexham singing que sera sera to then Peterborough to score 😂😂😂😂
@impyblue: Not a Peterborough fan by any means but that result tonight has made me smile
Live scenes from Sky after Peterborough’s win wrecks their ‘Hollywood’ final. #pufc pic.twitter.com/4BrcXn4Pjl
— The Real EFL (@RealEFLSocial) February 26, 2025
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