Peterborough bowed out of the Championship on a winning note after beating Plymouth 2-1 at Home Park.
Mackail-Smith brace cancels out Wright-Phillips' opener
Bottom club Peterborough United bowed out of the Championship on a winning note after coming from behind to beat fellow relegated side Plymouth Argyle 2-1 at Home Park.
Plymouth appeared set to give their fans something to celebrate on the final day of the season when heading into half-time with the lead thanks to Bradley Wright-Phillips.
However, Peterborough rallied in the second half as Craig Mackail-Smith equalised on 63 minutes before grabbing the winner six minutes later.
Despite having lost their last four matches, Paul Mariner's men were unbeaten in seven matches against Peterborough, who had only won once on their travels this season.
Chances were few and far between in a tight opening, with the best chance falling to Peterborough's Tommy Rowe, whose strike from the edge of the area went narrowly wide in the sixth minute.
Liam Dickinson thought he had given Posh the lead in the 26th minute after he latched onto a quickly taken free-kick and put the ball into the net, but he was flagged offside.
One minute later, Charlie Lee crossed to Dickinson and he headed wide as Peterborough looked to be in the ascendancy.
Trouble
However, Bondz N'Gala hit the post from close range before Wright-Phillips opened the scoring to give Plymouth their first goal in five matches.
The striker picked up the ball from Chris Clark, darted into the area and neatly finished past Joe Lewis in the 31st minute.
Joe Mason perhaps should have doubled the Pilgrims' advantage immediately afterwards when he latched onto a pass from Wright-Phillips but shot wide.
Wright-Phillips was continuing to trouble the Posh defence with his pace and after managing to get himself into a good position, he unleashed a shot that just missed the target two minutes before the interval.
The second half, much like the previous 45 minutes, started slowly though that changed when Mackail-Smith scored two goals in six minutes.
First, Mark Little's cross was superbly backheeled by Dickinson, which set up Mackail-Smith to tap in his 10th goal of the season in the 63rd minute.
Then Rowe's free-kick found Mackail-Smith and he grabbed his and Peterborough's second with a glancing header.
Gary Johnson's men could have gained a two-goal advantage when Romain Larrieu saved well from Josh Simpson, though they were nearly caught on the counter-attack as Wright-Phillips blazed over from just outside the area.
Plymouth searched desperately for the equaliser and they thought they had it but Alan Judge's terrific 25-yard free-kick rattled the bar as Peterborough held on to claim all three points.
