The 2016-17 campaign delivered a season of mid-table consolidation for Peterborough United as The Posh finished 11th in League One under young manager Grant McCann. Spearheading the attack was Tom Nichols, whose 10 league goals proved decisive in a campaign built on flashes of brilliant attacking football and youthful promise. The year's highlight was an FA Cup run to the Third Round, culminating in a memorable 4-1 tie against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge where Nichols found the net, and it remains a defining chapter of development for the club's emerging talent.