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Preston North End
File:PNE FC.png
Full namePreston North End Football Club
Nickname(s)The Lilywhites,
Northenders,
PNE.
Founded1881
GroundDeepdale,
Preston, England
Capacity23,408
ChairmanEngland Derek Shaw
ManagerScotland Alan Irvine
LeagueThe Championship
The Championship, 6th

Preston North End Football Club is an English professional football club located in the Deepdale area of the city of Preston, Lancashire, currently playing in the second tier of English league football, The Championship. They were a founder member of the English Football League in 1888 and were the first English football champions.

History

In the past Preston were famously successful, being the first winners of "The Double" in English football. In 1888-89 Preston became the only team to go throughout an entire season unbeaten in both the league and FA Cup — only Arsenal F.C., in 2003-04, have managed to have an unbeaten season in the top division since. PNE were league champions again the following season, and have not won the title since. Their last major trophy was an FA Cup triumph in 1938.

Preston were relegated to the Second Division (currently the Football League Championship) in 1961 and have not played in the top division since. They did reach the FA Cup final in 1964, but lost to West Ham United.

Bobby Charlton, an England World Cup winner from 1966, was appointed Preston manager in 1973, but was unable to stop them from sliding into the Third Division in his first season and left after two years in charge. A brief respite in 1978 saw them win promotion back to the Second Division, but they went down after three seasons and in 1985 fell into the Fourth Division for the first time in their history.

Preston North End in 1888-89, the first Football League champions, subsequently doing 'The Double'

In 1986, Preston finished second from bottom in the Fourth Division and only avoided dropping into the Gola League because the other Football League members voted in favour of the division's bottom four teams retaining their senior status.

The arrival of new manager John McGrath saw Preston win promotion to the Third Division a year later, and they were still at this level when McGrath left in 1990. Veteran player Les Chapman took over as manager, but left in October 1992 to be replaced by John Beck. The 38-year-old Beck had only recently been sacked by Cambridge United, where he had achieved two successive promotions and come within a whisker of attaining a unique third. Beck was unable to save Preston from relegation from the first season of the new Division Two. He endured a Division Three playoff final failure before quitting in 1994 to be replaced by his assistant Gary Peters

Peters guided Preston to Division Three title glory in his first full season as manager, and quit in February 1998 to be replaced by 34-year-old defender David Moyes. Preston quickly developed into Division Two promotion contenders under Moyes, reaching the 1998-99 playoffs (losing to Gillingham in the semi-finals before finally being promoted as champions a year later.

2000s

Preston began the new millennium by winning promotion from Division 2 in the 1999-2000 season as champions. They almost made it two promotions a row in 2001, but lost 3-0 to Bolton in the Division One playoff final.

Moyes left for Everton in March 2002, and his assistant Kelham O'Hanlon took over for the remainder of the season. Preston narrowly missed out on the play-offs and in the summer former Scottish national coach Craig Brown took over as manager. Preston were little more than a mid-table side during Brown's tenure, though they were never in any real danger of being relegated. He left in August 2004 to be succeeded by his assistant Billy Davies.

Davies guided Preston to the Championship playoff final in his first season as manager, but they lost to West Ham United. They reached the playoffs again the following year, this time losing in the semi-finals. Davies then moved to Derby and was replaced by Carlisle boss Paul Simpson, who took over Davies's team and initially carried on where Davies left off. Preston spent much of the 2006-07 season in the automatic promotion or playoff places, however from March 2007 the club slid rapidly down the league. This happened even after holding on to David Nugent in the transfer window and Simpson being allowed to bring in a number of loan signings. The club failed to make the end-of-season play-offs, despite a 1-0 victory over Birmingham City at Deepdale on the final day of the season. They finished the season in seventh place.

Chart showing the progress of Preston North End through the English football league system from the inaugural season in 1888–89 to 2007–08 when Preston North End came 15th in the League Championship

On 11 July 2007 David Nugent, the first Preston player to win an England cap for 50 years, left the club to join Portsmouth for a reported transfer fee of £6,000,000. Although the club lost only one key player (David Nugent) and brought in several players including Darren Carter, Kevin Nicholls and Karl Hawley, to reshape the team they did not recover from their poor run of form. In August 2007, Simpson banned the playing of Elvis Presley's Can't Help Falling in Love, a song which had been a popular part of the pre-match music at Deepdale for over ten years, stating, "I don't know whose idea this song is at the start, because it seems to put everyone in a bit of a depression. We have to make sure we get something which the players respond to and go out and perform and the fans respond to as well. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying we are losing games because of that song. But we have to do whatever we can to generate an atmosphere",[1] a move which angered some Preston fans.[citation needed] After a bad start to the 2007-08 season which saw the club pick up just three wins, Paul Simpson was sacked as manager on 13 November.

On 20 November, Everton's assistant manager Alan Irvine was appointed as Preston's new manager on a three-and-a-half year deal, and he achieved his first objective as manager by achieving Preston's survival in 15th place. The following season he lead Preston to 6th in the Championship after a good run of form towards the end of the season, qualifying for the playoffs. They lost 2-1 on aggregate to Sheffield United after a 1-1 draw at Deepdale was followed by a 1-0 win by Sheffield at Bramall Lane.

Stadium

Further information: Deepdale

Deepdale Stadium was built in 1860 and opened in 1878. Following a complete reconstruction, the stadium currently holds a capacity of 23,408 seats.

The current pitch dimensions are 110x77 yards.

The stadium is the location for the National Football Museum.

Play-off defeats

Preston have made the play-offs in a record eight seasons and in all 3 divisions, but have not yet been promoted via this route. Preston's first appearance in the play-offs was in 1989 where they were beaten in the 3rd Division (now League One) play-off semi final by Port Vale.

In the third division (now League Two, formerly division 4) they lost in the 1994 final to Wycombe Wanderers 4-2 at Wembley after beating Torquay United in the semi finals, then a year later they were beaten by Bury in the semi-finals.

Preston's next appearance was in the then Second Division (now League One) in 1999 where they were beaten by Gillingham in the semi-final. Following promotion to the 1st Division in 1999/2000, Preston reached the play-offs in their 1st season at the higher level where they beat Birmingham City in the semi-final on penalties before being beaten by Lancashire rivals Bolton Wanderers in the final which was the first to be held at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff.

They reached the play-offs again in 2005 where they once again reached the final in Cardiff after beating Derby County in the semi-final, however once again they were beaten in the final, this time by West Ham United. Preston's 2006 play-off campaign again resulted in defeat, this time at the semi-final stage against Leeds United.

Preston North End reached the playoffs once again on May 3, 2009. To get there, on final day of the season they defeated Queens Park Rangers 2-1. Goals from Jon Parkin and Sean St. Ledger, in the 34th and 74th minutes, helped them to overtake Cardiff City, who lost 1-0 to Sheffield Wednesday, to take the 6th place spot, and ultimately, a chance for top flight football in the Premier League. Preston and Cardiff had the same amount of points and the same goal difference, but Preston had scored more goals and finished ahead of Cardiff in the league table. In the first leg of their semi-final, Preston and Sheffield United drew 1–1 at Deepdale. In the second leg, however, Preston's hopes of Premier League soccer were shattered once again, losing 1-0 Sheffield, suffering a 2-1 loss on aggregate. A 59th minute goal by Greg Halford sealed Preston's exit from the playoff stages, with Sheffield destined for the playoff final against Burnley at Wembley Stadium.

Managerial history

Listed according to when they became managers for Preston North End: As of 11th May 2009
Manager Nationality Period G W D L Win % Point Av.
Will Scott  England 1949-1953 163 78 36 49 47.85 1.65
Scot Symon  Scotland 1953-1954 63 30 11 22 47.62 1.60
Frank Hill  Scotland 1954-1956 88 31 17 40 35.23 1.25
Cliff Britton  England 1956-1961 230 102 54 74 44.35 1.56
Jimmy Milne  Scotland 1961-1968 350 126 96 128 36.00 1.35
Bobby Seith  Scotland 1968-1970 70 15 21 34 21.48 0.94
Alan Ball  England 1970-1973 118 44 36 38 37.29 1.42
Bobby Charlton  England 1973-1975 89 29 25 35 32.58 1.26
Harry Catterick  England 1975-1977 90 38 22 30 42.22 1.51
Nobby Stiles  England 1977-1981 174 56 67 51 32.18 1.35
Tommy Docherty  Scotland 1981 17 3 6 8 17.65 0.88
Alan Kelly Sr.  Ireland 1981 1 0 0 1 00.00 0.00
Gordon Lee  England 1981-1983 93 32 25 36 34.41 1.30
Alan Kelly Sr.  Ireland 1983-1985 70 23 13 34 32.87 1.17
Tommy Booth  England 1985-1986 42 11 10 21 26.19 1.02
Brian Kidd  England 1986 4 0 1 3 00.00 0.25
John McGrath  England 1986-1990 192 74 53 65 38.54 1.43
Les Chapman  England 1990-1992 91 32 19 40 35.16 1.26
John Beck  England 1992-1994 99 36 20 43 36.36 1.29
Gary Peters  England 1994-1998 159 72 41 46 45.28 1.61
David Moyes  Scotland 1998-2002 234 113 58 63 48.29 1.70
Kelham O'Hanlon  Ireland 2002 8 4 1 3 50.00 1.62
Craig Brown  Scotland 2002-2004 106 36 30 40 33.96 1.30
Billy Davies  Scotland 2004-2006 101 45 35 21 45.55 1.68
Paul Simpson  England 2006-2007 58 25 10 23 43.10 1.46
Alan Irvine  Scotland 2007-present 84 36 17 31 42.86 1.48

Honours

In 1996, their Third Division title glory made them the third and last team to have been champions of all four professional leagues in English football, although this feat had previously been achieved by Wolverhampton Wanderers in 1988 and local rivals Burnley in 1992.

League

Cup

Players

As of 2 May 2009.[3]

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK England ENG Andrew Lonergan
2 DF Scotland SCO Michael Hart
3 DF Scotland SCO Callum Davidson (vice-captain)
4 MF England ENG Richard Chaplow
5 DF France FRA Youl Mawéné
7 MF England ENG Chris Sedgwick
8 FW England ENG Karl Hawley
9 FW England ENG Chris Brown
10 MF Scotland SCO Barry Nicholson
11 MF England ENG Darren Carter
12 DF Ireland EIR Sean St Ledger
14 DF England ENG Liam Chilvers
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 MF England ENG Simon Whaley
16 MF England ENG Paul McKenna (captain)
19 DF England ENG Billy Jones
21 DF England ENG Neal Trotman
22 GK Ireland EIR Wayne Henderson
25 MF Scotland SCO Ross Wallace
26 FW England ENG Jon Parkin
27 DF Ireland EIR Eddie Nolan
29 FW Ireland EIR Stephen Elliott
30 GK England ENG Chris Neal
31 GK England ENG Andrew Murphy
33 FW England ENG Neil Mellor
40 MF England ENG Adam Barton

Technical staff

Manager: Scotland Alan Irvine
Assistant Manager: England Rob Kelly
Coach/Reserve Team Manager England Billy Barr
Goalkeeping Coach England Andy Rhodes
Head of the Medical Department England Matt Radcliffe
Director of Youth England Dean Ramsdale
Youth Team Coach England Jamie Hoyland
Assistant Director of Youth England Nick Harrison
Youth Development Officer England Darren Finch
Chief Youth Scout England Jim McCluskie
Technical Development Officer England Phil Eastwood

Club records

Rivals

Due to the obvious geographical position of Preston in Lancashire, the majority of fans consider Burnley and Blackpool as their biggest rivals.

Women's football

Main article: Preston North End W.F.C.

The affiliated women's football team is called Preston North End W.F.C., which currently plays in the FA Women's Premier League Northern Division.

Notes and references

  1. ^ Ellis, Brian (2007-08-28). "Elvis banned from Deepdale". Lancashire Evening Post. Retrieved 2008-03-29. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  2. ^ a b c d Up until 1992, the top division of English football was the Football League First Division; since then, it has been the Premier League. Similarly until 1992, the Second Division was the second tier of league football, when it became the First Division, and is now known as The Championship. The third tier was the Third Division until 1992, and is now known as League One.
  3. ^ "Profiles". Preston North End F.C. Retrieved 2008-02-01.
  4. ^ a b c d e Milestones (w), retrieved 2009-03-13
  5. ^ http://www.pnefc.net/page/History/0,,10362~1033911,00.html

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