A season that was supposed to be the greatest in the clubs history has turned out to be one that even Peterborough United Chairman Darragh MacAnthony has called shambolic. From the start of the season The Posh were off that pace. After an opening day defeat to Derby County things never really got better and Peterborough Uniteds swift climb up the English league system was halted, in dramatic fashion, on Saturday when The Posh were the first club in The Football League to be mathematically relegated.In le s than twelve months a team that secured back-to-back promotions had been dismantled from top to bottom; Darren Ferguson left in November, the manager that guided Posh to back-to-back promotions, in suspicious T.J. McConnell Jersey circumstances, later that month Aaron McLean, one of Peterboroughs holy trinity handed in a transfer request and George Boyd joined Nottingham Forest after being the clubs star performer through the two promotion seasons. With another two managers coming and going in the proce s of this capitulation and star players being linked with summer transfers to other, bigger, clubs a squad that will go down in Peterborough United history has Jalen Lecque Jersey been overhauled and The Posh have gone from being a model for how lower league clubs should be run to being the laughing stock of English football in just twelve months.However this week there is a new found optimism around London Road following the appointment of Gary Johnson as manager. Johnson took charge at Cambridge United, Kettering Town, Yeovil Town and Latvia before taking the job as Bristol City manager where he enjoyed his most succe sful spell as manager. He took Bristol City to within 15 minutes of the Premier League after getting The Robins promoted from League One the previous season and, therefore, has the credentials to do well at Peterborough. Barry Fry rather exaggeratedly stated that Johnsons appointment was the best decision the club had made in its 75 year history and was one that would shake the World of football.Johnsons first game in charge is on Saturday when Peterborough take on play-off chasing Leicester City at Bojan Bogdanovic Jersey London Road. Leicester and Posh were the two clubs that succe sfully achieved automatic promotion from League 1 last season but the clubs have had rather different fortunes this campaign. The Foxes will be looking for revenge on last seasons 2-0 lo s in the same fixture, that win blew the title race wide open in the two clubs League One campaign but the implications if Leicester slip up are certainly more severe this time round.Reading are next up for The Posh in arguably their toughest fixture in their last four matches. The Royals were struggling for the majority of the season but since Brian McDermott took control of the club Reading havent looked back and have put together a remarkable run of results that has propelled them from 19th position to outsiders for the play-offs in T. J. Warren Jersey under 4 months.Johnson returns to London Road for the final home game of the season on April 24th when Blackpool are the visitors. Blackpool have been the Championships surprise package this season sustaining a charge for the play-offs with a limited budget under Ian Holloways guidance. The Tangerines are another tough fixture as Posh face three succe sive play-off contenders in a row meaning Peterborough, despite not being in with a chance of gaining promotion themselves, can have a huge influence on which clubs do make the play-offs.On the final day of Edmond Sumner Jersey the season Peterborough face their longest away trip to Home Park were they face Plymouth Argyle who, despite putting up a valiant attempt to stay in the division, look set to be relegated into League One, with Peterborough. It means that this fixture may effectively be a friendly as Plymouth look set to join The Posh in being mathematically relegated before the season has finished.Ultimately Gary Johnsons first fixtures are likely to be ones in which he will experiment with numerous members of his first time squad to see who he wants to keep next season and who will leave the club in the summer, with Peterborough needing to get rid of players, from the very large squad they already have, for next season which will spent, if Darragh MacAnthonys ambitions are anything to go by, winning the League 1 title.