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POSH ARE FIVE ALIVE TO STING SAD HORNETS

CARABAO CUP ROUND-UP By Harry Bennett

REIGN SUPREME: Bradford City saw off Burnley
PICTURE: Alamy

FROM high-scoring games to tense penalty shootouts, this week’s Carabao Cup second round ties had everything in store – and it was five-star Peterborough United who stole the show.
Despite fielding a number of fringe first-teamers away at higher-ranked Watford, League One Posh flew into a 5-0 lead at Vicarage Road.
Hornets debutant James Clarridge put through his own net inside ten minutes and that opened the floodgates with Harry Leonard’s double followed by fi...

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