Pictures from Peterborough United’s Deaf Team’s draw against Charlton Athletic

Peterborough United’s deaf team faced their first ever deaf opposition in Charlton Athletic and managed a draw against this season’s English Deaf Cup semi-finalists. Will Rolls and Chris Majid scored the goals in the first half but Charlton fought back in the second and Peterborough held on for a draw. See the post-match player interviews here.

These pictures were captured by local photographer Tim Symonds. Big thanks to Tim for these excellent images – please visit his website here to see more of his work.

The referee keeps a close eye on who is tripping whom

A Charlton player athletically clears the ball while 16-year-old debutant Josh Burrows takes evasive action

Chris Majid celebrates as the he scores Peterborough’s second goal

Chris Majid gets the ball under control

Qadeer Hussain signs ‘quick’ as he runs

Chris Long deals with a high ball

Chris Majid dominates the box

Will Rolls again chasing down the ball in midfield

Will Rolls opens the scoring within seconds of the beginning of the game