Peterborough United 5-4 Bolton Wanderers: result and report

Championship · Saturday 22 December 2012

Result

Peterborough United 5-4 Bolton Wanderers

Championship · Saturday 22 December 2012, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Peterborough United 5-4 Bolton Wanderers: match report

Peterborough United beat Bolton Wanderers 5-4 in the Championship on Saturday 22 December 2012. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Lee Tomlin opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Peterborough United's goals came from Lee Tomlin (2'), Dwight Gayle (6'), George Thorne (47'), M. Little (69') and Gabriel Zakuani (83'). Bolton Wanderers scored through Keith Andrews (45+3', penalty), Keith Andrews (56', penalty), Benik Afobe (85') and Martin Petrov (87').

Discipline: Peterborough United received no yellow cards; Bolton Wanderers received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Peterborough United were 24th on 16 points from 22 and Bolton Wanderers 13th on 29 points from 22. Peterborough United went on to finish that season 22nd with 54 points, and Bolton Wanderers 7th with 68.

Going into the match Peterborough United's last five read W-L-L-L-D and Bolton Wanderers's W-D-L-W-D.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Goal · Lee TomlinPeterborough United · 1-0
  • 6'Goal · Dwight GaylePeterborough United · 2-0
  • 19'Yellow card · Jacob ButterfieldBolton Wanderers
  • 20'Yellow card · Kevin DaviesBolton Wanderers
  • 25'Yellow card · Samuel RickettsBolton Wanderers
  • 36'Yellow card · Keith AndrewsBolton Wanderers
  • 45+3'Penalty goal · Keith AndrewsBolton Wanderers · 2-1
  • 47'Goal · George ThornePeterborough United · 3-1
  • 56'Penalty goal · Keith AndrewsBolton Wanderers · 3-2
  • 69'Goal · M. LittlePeterborough United · 4-2
  • 83'Goal · Gabriel ZakuaniPeterborough United · 5-2
  • 85'Goal · Benik AfobeBolton Wanderers · 5-3
  • 87'Goal · Martin PetrovBolton Wanderers · 5-4

Team news

Peterborough United expected line-up

Robert Olejnik, Mark Little, George Boyd, Michael Bostwick, Nathaniel Knight-Percival, Joe Newell, Lee Tomlin, Daniel Schütz

Bolton Wanderers expected line-up

Ádám Bogdán, Zat Knight, Stephen Warnock, Tyrone Mears, Chris Eagles, Keith Andrews, Mark Davies, Kevin Davies, Samuel Ricketts