Preston North End F.C.
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| Full name | Preston North End Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | The Lilywhites, The Invincibles, Northenders
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| Founded | 1880 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Deepdale Preston Lancashire England |
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| Capacity | 20,500 (approx) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chairman |  Derek Shaw |
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| Manager | Paul Simpson |
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| League | The Championship | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005-06 | Championship, 4th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Preston North End Football Club is an English football club located in Preston, Lancashire, currently playing in the second tier of English league football, The Championship. They were a foundation member of the English Football League in 1888 and were the first English football champions.
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[edit] History
In the past Preston were famously successful, being the first winners of "The Double" in English football. In 1888–89 Preston became the first, and 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. They were league champions again the following season, but 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 1982 saw them win promotion back to the Second Division, but they went down after just one season and in 1985 fell into the Fourth Division for the first time in their history.
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 Cambridge from relegation from the first season of the new Division Two. He endured two successive Division Three playoff final failures before quitting in 1995 to be replaced by his assistant Gary Peters.
Peters guided Preston to Division Three title glory in his first 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. They almost made it two promotions a row in 2001, but lost 3-0 to Bolton in the Division One final.
Moyes left for Everton in March 2002 and was succeeded by former Scottish national coach Craig Brown. Preston were little more than an unfashionable mid-table side during Brown's tenure, though they were never in any real danger of being relegated. He left in October 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 to Leeds United in the semi-finals. Davies then moved to Derby and was replaced by Carlisle boss Paul Simpson, who has since carried on where Davies left off. Preston have spent much of the 2006-07 season in the automatic promotion or playoff places, and there is much confidence at Deepdale that the long wait to regain top division status may soon be over.
[edit] Managerial history
- Listed according to when they became managers for Preston North End:
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[edit] Honours
- Old first division winners:
- 1888-89, 1889-90
- Old second division winners:
- 1903-04, 1912-13, 1950-51
- Old third division winners:
- 1970-71
- New second division winners:
- 1999-00
- New third division winners:
- 1995-96
- FA Cup winners:
- 1888-89, 1937-38
- FA Cup runner up:
- 1887-88, 1921-22, 1936-37, 1953-54, 1963-64
- Football League War Cup winners
[edit] Current first team squad
Preston North End squad as of 19 February 2007:
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[edit] Notable former players
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[edit] Club records
- Record Attendance: 42,684 v Arsenal, Football League First Division, 23 April 1938
- Record Cup Victory: 26-0 v Hyde, FA Cup, 15 October 1887
- Record Cup Defeat:
- Record League Victory: 10-0 v Stoke, Football League Division One, 14 September 1889
- Record League Defeat: 0-7 v Blackpool, Football League Division One, 1 May 1948
- Most League Points (2 for a win): '61, Football League Third Division, 1970/71
- Most League Points (3 for a win): 95, Football League Second Division, 1999/2000
- Most League Goals: 100, Football League Second Division, 1927/28
- Most League Goals: in Total: Tom Finney, 187 between 1946 and 1960
- Most Career Goals: Tom Finney, 210 between 1946 and 1960
- Most League Goals: in a Season: Ted Harper, 37 in Football League Second Division, 1932-33
- Most League Appearances: Alan Kelly Sr., 447 between 1961 and 1975
- Most Career Appearances: Alan Kelly Sr., 512 between 1961 and 1975
- Most Capped Player: Tom Finney, 76 appearances for England between 1946 and 1958
- Transfer Record (Received): £5,000,000 for Jonathan Macken from Manchester City, March 2002
- Transfer Record (Paid): £1,500,000 for David Healy to Manchester United, December 2000
[edit] Women's football
The affiliated women's football team is called Preston North End L.F.C., which currently plays in the FA Women's Premier League Northern Division.
[edit] Notes and references
[edit] External links
[edit] Official website
[edit] Other sites
- Preston North End F.C. on BBC Sport: Club News - Recent results - Upcoming fixtures - Club stats
- Lancashire Evening Post
- PNE Online: Un-official Website and Fans Forum
- Vital Football: PNE Un-official club news
- PNEfans.net: Unofficial PNE Website
- Lilywhite Magic: Unofficial Preston North End website
- Unofficial website
- PNE Irish Supporter's Club
- Proud Preston Picture and Photo Gallery
- The National Football Museum (Housed at Deepdale)
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