Peterborough United Under 21s warm up for some juicy fixtures with a win at Whittlesey Athletic.
As the senior side were thrashing Stamford AFC 7-1, the youngsters – a mic of under 21s and under 18s – were winning 4-0 at Whittlesey Athletic of Thurlow Nunn Division One North.
Highly-rated teenage central defender Benjamin Arthur, fresh from England Under 18 duty, scored as did Gabe Overton, Josh Marcon and an as yet unnamed trialist.
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Hide AdIt was Overton’s first match since he suffered a serious injury in January.
The under 21s have five friendly away games to come, including one at Liverpool and at local National League side Peterborough Sports.
Fixtures: Dereham Town (Tuesday, July 11), Peterborough Sports (Saturday, July 15), LIverpool U21s (Tuesday, July 18), St Ives Town (Tuesday, July 25) and Wingate & Finchley (Saturday, July 29).
The under 18s travel to West Ham U18s for a friendly on Saturday (July 14) before taking on United Counties League side Bourne Town at the Abbey Lawn on Tuesday July 18.