League One

IT’S A TON OFF MY BACK SAYS CRAIG

by
The LeaguePaper Team
19 March 2017

By Luke Baker
SCORING your 100th goal for a club should be a special moment, but Peterborough striker Craig Mackail-Smith was just desperate to get it over with.

CENTURION: Craig Mackail-Smith has finally scored his 100th goal for Peterborough
PICTURE: Nigel Cole/ProSports

That impatience can happen when you wait the best part of six years to achieve a milestone!
In the League One playoff final on May 29, 2011, Mackail-Smith bagged his 99th Posh goal in the 3-0 triumph over Huddersfield but departed for Brighton that summer.
A three-game loan spell in 2014 didn’t bring up goal 100 ...

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