 However, despite figuring in nearly every game up until October he was loaned back to Lincoln City for a month in which he played 4 games, scoring once.Butcher returned to Oldham and completed the rest of the season making 39 appearances in all competitions, scoring 4 goals.Butcher was reunited with Keith Alexander when he signed a contract with Peterborough United where he was one of a number of former Lincoln players brought to London Road by United's recently appointed manager.