Three years on, after a 2-1 success over Doncaster Rovers at the Weston Homes Stadium with Harrison Burrows and Ephron Mason-Clark on target, Posh moved into round three of the Emirates FA Cup facing Leeds United. The fixture scheduled to be live on BBC 5 Live. On the Thursday before the Sunday fixture, Smart Solutions were contacted due to an issue with BBC Radio 5 Live’s ISDN line at the Weston Homes Stadium. Whilst not supplied by ourselves, Smart Solutions arranged to meet BBC 5 Live on the Friday to implement connectivity to the BBC equipment via IP the replacement for ISDN. Upon meeting the BBC, Smart Solutions worked to configure connectivity with their Salford hub and successfully completed tests ahead of the Leeds fixture ensuring QoS and SD-WAN was configured for flawless connectivity. This marked a significant milestone in the move from ISDN to IP with Posh being early pioneers in the switchover amongst EFL clubs. 

Match Days are a good test on the Weston Homes Stadiums infrastructure especially with high profile fixtures and sell out attendances. Becoming a cashless stadium in 2021 reliance on IT infrastructure increased significantly with Ticket Master Turnstile entry scanners, Club Shop, Ticket Offices, Hospitality food and catering, Corporate areas, Media, Control Room operations and CCTV all relying on this critical infrastructure. Despite an unfortunate result on the pitch all systems remained functional allowing for a smooth match day operation.