Find out here which Posh Wembley hero worked a market stall in Barnet, which ex-player turned his back on crime to become a pastor and which player with over 250 Posh appearances to his name took on ‘The Knowledge’ and is now a London taxi driver.
Plus, which former Posh player became known as “the Coffeeman”? And you’d be shocked at the jobs the former London Road bad boy has taken on!
Many former Posh players joined the police after football, including Keith Cassells, Greig Shepherd, Gordon Hodgson, Neil Firm, Neil Freeman and Jimmy Holmes. Holmes (pictured) was a defender good enough to win Irish caps and a policeman good enough to be commended for his bravery with the West Midlands Force in 2007. Hodgson joined Cambridgeshire Police after quitting professional football (he was a quality midfielder for the Peter Morris Posh teams of the early 1980s) and was a detective constable when he died aged 46 while playing golf with friends in Peterborough.
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John Cozens (pictured), the Posh skipper who won the Fourth Division title in 1973-74, ran the Peterborough Indoor Cricket Center in Woodston for several years (he is no longer there now) and later worked for Peterborough Automatics, a company specializing in the supply of pub fruit. machines, pool tables, etc. Former Posh player and manager John Wile also managed an indoor cricket center at Walsall and Solihull.
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Posh fan favorite Micky Gynn, an FA Cup winner with Coventry City in 1987, has worked for the Postal Service since he left football in 1994. He was a postman in Coventry and his route included the home ground. training for his former club. Former Posh defender Mick Bodley (pictured) was a postman at Essex.
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Posh goalkeeper Paul Bradshaw, winner of the 1990-91 promotion, went from handling balls all over the country to handling baggage at Manchester Airport. He also worked as a security supervisor at Wolverhampton Wanderers FC.
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