Peterborough have only played Everton once before, a 2-1 home defeat in the second round of the League Cup in 2006, when Trevor Benjamin equalized before Tim Cahill scored the late winner for the side. Toffees.
Having reached the fifth round in 2021-22, Ferguson’s goalscoring side will look to continue their progress in this year’s competition when they visit Goodison Park over the weekend of January 11-12.
The Scot, however, insisted that the nine League One games they have to play before then are much more important.
“It’s about time we had a decent one. I was getting to the bottom of the teams and I thought ‘oh, we’re going to get a terrible draw here’ and then Everton turned up and we were left with that one,” Ferguson said.
“We can all look forward to it: fans, club, players, and that’s why I paid a lot of attention to the team when we were preparing for the first round and then the second.
“I’ll try to make sure they’re highly motivated for that third round, but the bigger picture is we’ve got nine much more important games before that.”
Ferguson added: “I’m sure everyone is talking about it in the dressing room, but that’s the least important game we have.
“It is a game that we look forward to, we will not just go to get through one day, but we will go up to try to get through, but if I have to put a level of importance, [on it]”We’re not even close to the next nine games.”
Peterborough sit 13th in the third tier, having reached the play-offs in the last two seasons, but only leaders Wycombe have scored more than their 32 goals.
Their next game will be at home against bottom side Burton Albion on Wednesday.
