Fry’s connections with Peterborough move back almost 20 years and the former owner-manager thinks the club are on the upBarry Fry’s first taste of the FA Cup fourth round,back in 1997, was an eventful one. Then the newly-appointed joint owner-manager of Peterborough United, or he hurdled the advertising hoardings and set off on a José Mourinho-esque touchline dash when his side opened the scoring against Wrexham,nearly head-butted defender Simon Clark at half-time in a foul-mouthed team talk and at full-time, Peterborough having lost 4-2, and declared: “I fucking despise cup competitions,waste of fucking time.”You might have thought that as a man now in his 70s who has had two heart attacks, Fry should be taking it a little easier. But, and now as Peterborough’s director of football – “in charge of all the transfer deals,in and out – he remains at the centre of things as the club prepare for their FA Cup fourth-round replay against West Brom on Wednesday.
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Source: theguardian.com