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Every now and then we will take the temperature of the Huddersfield Town fanbase by asking you to rate who you consider to be the club's biggest rivals. The results are not altogether surprising: Leeds United on top, of course, followed by Bradford City. So far so local.

Then there's Barnsley, Peterborough, Sheffield Wednesday, Oldh -- wait a second. Peterborough?!

You'd be right in wondering just why a club that is located in Cambridgeshire, and one that is 129 miles away from Kirklees, figures on this exclusive list.

There aren't many sides that stir Town fans' blood quite like the hated Posh. Even that nickname stands in stark contrast to the Terriers' current push to put the words "Working Class Club" on every available surface at the John Smith's Stadium. When we wrote our list of 25 ways you know you're a Town fan, the one item that seemed to resonate the most was the issue of Peterborough United.

That rivalry seems even more bizarre when you consider that the two sides have only ever shared a division for ten seasons – the first of which was in 1974/75 – and have only faced each other 26 times in their entire history, 21 of which have come since 1992.

But that is the magic year when it comes to tracing the source of this rivalry. A quirk of the fixture list meant their first head-to-head of the 1991/92 season came after the turn of the new year (a 0-0 draw at Leeds Road), and there would be three more meetings by mid-May: the reverse fixture (which Peterborough won 2-0), and a two-legged playoff semi-final.

This was the first time either side had ever played in the play-offs, which for better or for worse were introduced in 1987. The first leg was held at London Road and by all accounts Town absolutely battered Peterborough on their own turf, but somehow only came away with a 2-2 draw to show for their efforts courtesy of Iffy Onuora and a David Robinson own goal being cancelled out by Ken Charlery and Mick Halsall.

When Peterborough made the trip up to Leeds Road three days later, the assumption was that the Terriers would again run roughshod over their opponents to progress through to Wembley, and Phil Starbuck's second-minute goal seemed to confirm the script would be followed.

But in a twist worthy of Mad Men, Worrell Sterling and Steve Cooper both struck in the last 21 minutes to dump Town out of the playoffs. Peterborough would go on to beat Stockport 2-1 in the final to move up into the second tier.

Town got some measure of revenge in 1996 by dumping Peterborough out of the FA Cup, but the next chapter of the rivalry was again written in the playoffs as the two sides met in the 2011 League One playoff final.

You barely need us to recap what happened: Lee Clark opted to leave top scorer Jordan Rhodes on the bench in an overly conservative line-up, and Peterborough scored three times in seven minutes towards the very end of what had largely been an end-to-end game, with Tommy Rowe, Craig Mackail-Smith and Grant McCann getting the goals. Once again, a Peterborough smash and grab had denied Town the chance to move up to the second tier; they would have to wait another year.

Town would face Peterborough again upon their long-awaited return to the Championship in 2012/13, losing away from home in the first encounter; and when the two sides met on 6th April 2013 in the 41st game of the season, both clubs were in the relegation zone.

Town were 2-1 up thanks to Neil Danns and Murray Wallace and looked on course for a much-needed victory that would have lifted them up to 19th, but Dwight Gayle struck an 86th-minute equaliser that kept Town very firmly in the relegation mix.

The old axiom contends that they who laugh last laugh longest, though, and three wins in their next four games meant Town needed only a point against Barnsley on the final day of the season to secure survival. The Tykes, meanwhile, were now in the bottom three, and needed to better Peterborough's result to stand any chance of staying up.

Town, Barnsley and Peterborough would all variously spend time in the relegation zone in the as-it-stands table on a mad final day, but the last ten minutes changed it all.

James Vaughan's 81st-minute goal for Town made it 2-2 and left Barnsley desperately chasing a winner…until word came through in the final minute of normal time that Peterborough, who had been 2-1 up away to playoff-chasing Crystal Palace, had conceded twice and were now 3-2 down. Barnsley simply held onto the ball unchallenged in their own penalty box to see out the game and relegate Peterborough, with both Town and Barnsley fans spilling onto the pitch to celebrate together.

Town have not come up against Peterborough since then, but with the Terriers currently battling relegation from the Championship and Peterborough up in the playoff places in League One, there is every chance they might come face-to-face again next season – and for once, it will be Peterborough looking for revenge. English football's strangest rivalry continues.