"a member of the team through 1881 and 1882. Since he was coming to the end of his career his main influence was as North End's first coach and strategist. Other Scots were to follow and they were to be rewarded by being paid match fees and being 'accommodated' with highly paid work in the Preston area, a practice which was not uncommon among the Lancashire clubs. This led to accusations of professionalism from Preston's rivals. In 1884 for instance, Upton Park, who arrived at Deepdale for a FA Cup tie, complained to the Football Association that their opponents had"
"Deepdale Deepdale is a football stadium in the Deepdale area of Preston, England, the home of Preston North End F.C. Deepdale is ""widely recognised as being the oldest 'continuously used' football stadium in the world. But like most coveted historic accolades, it is fiercely contested"". The land on which the stadium stands was originally Deepdale Farm. It was leased on 21 January 1875 by the town's North End sports club and originally used for cricket and rugby. It hosted its first association football match on 5 October 1878. As football grew in popularity, it became necessary to have raised areas,"
"founded c.1863 in Preston and was linked to the Wellfield Road School. At first, this team played on a strip of land called ""The Marsh"", on the Ribble Estuary at Ashton-on-Ribble, which is now a suburb in the western part of the town. In 1863, some team members proposed a move to Moor Park, where Preston Corporation had opened new playing fields. This caused a split but those in favour of the move went anyway and formed Preston North End Cricket Club, so called because Moor Park is on the north side of town. The first club president was George"
"to stop the club's rise of hooliganism. This further separates both Home and Away supporters. Manchester United and Bolton Wanderers have hosted reserve-team matches at the ground. F.C. United of Manchester shared the ground from the 2005–06 season until 2014. They moved into their own ground for the 2015–16 season. F.C. United set a club record attendance of 6,731 when they played Brighton and Hove Albion in the FA Cup on 8 December 2010. A couple of teams have moved their ""home"" games to the stadium, including Preston North End for a League Cup tie in 1994. Non-league sides Rossendale"
"2018. On 15 June 2018, the draw for the first round was made in Vietnam. The second round draw was done on 16 August. The third round draw was made on 30 August 2018 by David Seaman and Joleon Lescott. 2018–19 Preston North End F.C. season The 2018–19 season is Preston North End's 139th season in existence, and their fourth consecutive season in the Championship. Along with the Championship, the club will also compete in the FA Cup and EFL Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019. Paul Huntington, the club's longest-serving current"
"Huntington signed a new three-year contract with Preston North End. Preston North End Personal Paul Huntington Paul Huntington (born 17 September 1987) is an English professional footballer who is a centre back for Preston North End and has made more than 420 career appearances (over 260 of those for Preston North End). Since joining Preston in 2012 and winning a promotion in 2015, he was given the nickname and song ‘The Cumbrian Cannavaro', named after World Cup winning defender Fabio Cannavaro. Huntington joined Newcastle United Academy on 1 July 2004. He was promoted to the reserve squad in late 2004"
"Glossop and Preston North End. At the end of the following season Glossop were voted out of the Football League. The last Football League match at North Road was played on 17 April 1915, with just 500 spectators watching a 1–1 draw with Stockport County. The football club eventually left the ground in 1955, but it continues to be used as a cricket ground, with Derbyshire playing a Second XI Trophy match at the ground annually since 1997. North Road (Glossop) North Road is a cricket and former football ground in Glossop in England. It was the home ground of"
"Stand, a relatively small stand of two tiers holding the changing rooms and offices, was built and opened in 1934. The record league attendance for Preston North End at Deepdale is 42,684 v Arsenal in the First Division, 23 April 1938. The women's team Dick, Kerr's Ladies also used to played at Deepdale, often beating men's professional teams in front of large crowds. During the 1960s and 1980s, big changes took place as roofs were placed on the stands, seating was installed and terracing extended. In 1986, Preston North End decided to lay an all-weather pitch to try to generate"
"2017–18 Preston North End F.C. season The 2017–18 season was Preston North End's third consecutive season in the Championship, in their 138th year in existence. Along with competing in the Championship, the club also participated in the FA Cup and EFL Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018. !colspan=14|""Player(s) out on loan:"" !colspan=14|""Player(s) who left the club:"" As of 7 June 2017, Preston North End have announced seven pre-season friendlies against Bamber Bridge, Stockport County, Morecambe, Accrington Stanley, Burnley, Fleetwood Town and Newcastle United. On 21 June 2017, the league fixtures were announced."
"forms the eastern side. Opposite the park on Deepdale Road is the Preston North End F.C.'s Deepdale stadium. Moor Park is Preston's largest and oldest park. The park was originally a farm and was run by George Dartford from a famous house called the Barn. In her book ""People's Parks"" Conway claims that Moor Park was the first municipal park to be created in the newly emerging industrial towns of Britain. Preston Moor was an area of land to the north on Preston. It was originally common land derived from the Royal Forest of Fulwood by the Charter of Henry"
"club Preston North End, replacing former manager Simon Grayson, who left the club to take over as manager of Sunderland. Hamilton Academical Alex Neil (footballer) Alexander Francis Neil (born 9 June 1981) is a Scottish former professional footballer and the current manager of Preston North End. Neil began his professional career at Airdrieonians in 2000, playing half a season in the Scottish Football League First Division before moving to Barnsley. He played 142 games across all competitions in his four-year spell at Barnsley, and then signed for Mansfield Town on a free transfer. After a season at Mansfield, he returned"
"was later demolished and is now the site of The Manor Hospital, a private hospital owned and operated by Nuffield Health. Manor Ground (Oxford) The Manor Ground was a football stadium in Oxford, England, the home of Oxford United (previously known as Headington United) between 1925 and 2001. It hosted United's record crowd of 22,750 against Preston North End in an FA Cup 6th Round match on 29 February 1964. The main seating stand was the Beech Road stand (on the west), the 'home' terracing was the London Road stand (south), the 'away' terracing was Cuckoo Lane (north) and on"
"who play in the VSDCA as their home ground. The PCC uses the ground for their 1st and 2nd XI as well as the Under 15 RM Hatch Team. In the summer of 2009/10 the ground was redeveloped. Drought tolerant cooch grass has been in the summer so that the ground was ready for football season. Preston City Oval The Preston City Oval is an Australian rules football stadium in Cramer Street in Preston, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne. It has a main grandstand and the ground is capable of holding around 5,000 spectators. The ground is the traditional home"
"Preston North End 2–0 at Deepdale. They also set a record for the most goals conceded by a team in any Football League season, with 141. After leaving the Football League the club joined the Lancashire League. It was also in 1899 that they moved from Barley Bank to the Anchor Ground. In 1902 they won the Lancashire League title, remaining unbeaten all season. Two years later they joined the Lancashire Combination, and they played in this league for the following 70 years (apart from a break during and immediately after World War I). Darwen won 5 trophies in the"
"of the affluent northern quarters of the city. Created in the last round of local boundary reviews, the two-member College ward centres on two Fulwood employers. Preston College has a catchment area far beyond the city itself, whilst the recently closed Sharoe Green hospital has had many of its services re-directed to the Royal Preston Hospital. There are a mix of commuter and student housing and an increasing Muslim population. Two member Deepdale was once reportedly the most deprived in England, and remains a ward of notable problems in health and housing. The ward contains Preston North End's Deepdale stadium"
"North End's main rivalry has been with Blackpool and the West Lancashire derby between the two clubs has been contested across all four divisions of the Football League since 1901. Preston's local rivals in the league in recent years have included Burnley, Blackburn Rovers, Bolton Wanderers and Wigan Athletic. The club's main sponsors since shirt sponsorship was introduced in 1979 have been as follows: The previously affiliated women's football team was called Preston North End W.F.C. In May 2016, they became Fylde Ladies F.C., in association with National League North side A.F.C. Fylde. Preston North End F.C. Preston North End"
"North End Park North End Park, also known as Colliers Den, is a disused playing field in Cowdenbeath. Between 1888 and 1917 the site was a football ground and the home venue of Cowdenbeath F.C.. It was later the home ground of Fife amateur club Hearts of Beath and was also used as a greyhound racing stadium from the 1930s until the 1970s, before the site was sold for development. Cowdenbeath moved to North End Park from their previous ground, Jubilee Park, in 1888. A stand was built on the northern side of the pitch, but the pitch was later"
"of the 1995-1996 season they were renamed Prescot Panthers. A full history of Hoghton Road Stadium appears on http://www.sthelenstownafc.com/ (click links to club history – then Hoghton Road History) Hoghton Road Stadium Hoghton Road Stadium was a sports stadium on Hoghton Road, Sutton, a suburb of St. Helens (population approx 100,000), administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens in Merseyside, England. It was the ground used by St Helens Town A.F.C. from 1946 to 2000 when the club sold the ground and moved into Knowsley Road, the home of St Helens R.F.C.. When the club was founded in"
"School (mixed) and The Royal Grammar School for Boys which are all Grammar Schools. Prestwood is also the location of the Prestwood Campus of Chiltern Way Academy, a special school for children from the age of 11–18. Prestwood has a Non-League football club Prestwood F.C. who play at Prestwood Sports Club on Honor Road. There is also a cricket club at the same venue. There is a children's Football Club, Prestwood Colts and Girls F.C., who play at Prestwood Common. Missendens badminton Club meets at Prestwood Junior School on Wednesday evenings. The village is also home to one of the"
"the seat of Lancashire County Council, houses the main campus of the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) and is home to Preston North End F.C., a founder member of the Football League and the first English football champions. Preston is recorded in the ""Domesday Book"" as ""Prestune"" in 1086. Various other spellings occur in early documents: ""Prestonam"" (1094), ""Prestone"" (1160), ""Prestona"" (1160), ""Presteton"" (1180), and ""Prestun"" (1226). The modern spelling occurs in 1094, 1176, 1196, 1212 and 1332. The town's name is derived from Old English ""Presta"" and ""Tun"", the ""Tun"" (enclosure, farmstead, village, manor, estate) of the ""Presta"" (priest"
"only team to be known by this nickname for 115 years until Arsenal completed their 2003–04 season without a defeat. Since then the club has remained in the Football League although it has competed in its various divisions. Preston North End's record against each club faced league competition is listed below. Preston's first league game was against Burnley in the inaugural 1888–89 Football League. They met their 109th and most recent different league opponent, Burton Albion, for the first time in the 2016–17 EFL Championship season. The team that Preston North End has met most in league competition is Burnley,"
"The club plays their home games at Northwood Park, Chestnut Avenue, Northwood, Middlesex, HA6 1HR. Northwood Park (also known as Chestnut Avenue) is also home to the Northwood reserve and Under-18 sides and was (up until the end of the 2011–12 season) home of Watford Ladies. The stadium has a capacity of 3,075, of which there are around 900 terraced places and approximately 300 seats. The stadium was officially opened in 1978, as prior to this Northwood had played on local playing fields in the surrounding area. The highest attendance at the ground is recorded as 1,642 for a friendly"
"2018–19 Preston North End F.C. season The 2018–19 season is Preston North End's 139th season in existence, and their fourth consecutive season in the Championship. Along with the Championship, the club will also compete in the FA Cup and EFL Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019. Paul Huntington, the club's longest-serving current player since he arrived from Yeovil Town in July 2012, signed a new three-year contract. He made 46 appearances last season. Other new contracts were signed during the summer by Alan Browne, Tom Clarke, Darnell Fisher, Paul Gallagher and Sean"
"Preston City Oval The Preston City Oval is an Australian rules football stadium in Cramer Street in Preston, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne. It has a main grandstand and the ground is capable of holding around 5,000 spectators. The ground is the traditional home of the Preston Football Club in the Victorian Football League, and remains one of its two primary home grounds in the club's current incarnation as the Northern Blues. It is also the home of the Northern Knights TAC Cup side and the Preston Bullants Junior Football Club. It was also the venue for the Victorian Women's"
"irregularities in the summer of 1968. The club took six seasons to return to Division 3, winning the 4th Division championship. In 1977–78 the club threatened to go one better until they narrowly missed out on promotion to Division 2 when they drew the last game of the season at champions Wrexham (0–0) when a win was needed to go up. The game was notable for the fact that over 2,000 Preston North End fans travelled to Wrexham to watch the game and cheer on the home side – Preston were the club who went up because Peterborough did not"
"In the FA Cup, PNE entered the competition in the third round and were drawn away to Wycombe Wanderers. On 16 June 2017, Preston North End were drawn an away tie against Accrington Stanley in the first round. 2017–18 Preston North End F.C. season The 2017–18 season was Preston North End's third consecutive season in the Championship, in their 138th year in existence. Along with competing in the Championship, the club also participated in the FA Cup and EFL Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018. !colspan=14|""Player(s) out on loan:"" !colspan=14|""Player(s) who left"
"in July 2004, was inspired by a famous photograph taken at the Chelsea versus PNE game in 1956, played at Stamford Bridge in particularly wet conditions. "" "" "" "" Below is a list of non-playing personnel: The following is a list of Preston North End managers since 1986, excluding caretakers: In 1996, Preston's Third Division title made them the third club to have been champions of all four professional leagues in English football. This feat has also been achieved by Wolverhampton Wanderers in 1988, local rivals Burnley in 1992, and both Sheffield United and Portsmouth in 2017. Historically, Preston"
"was originally a small farming village on Portsea Island, surrounded by farmland until it was swallowed up by city expansion in the early years of the 20th century. Portsmouth Football Club's Fratton Park stadium, despite its name, was built on land purchased from Milton Farm and is still located in the Milton Ward area of Portsmouth, south of the city's railway line, the boundary of the neighbouring Fratton Ward area. North End is a mainly residential area to the centre-north of the island. Its name reflects its origin as a northern expansion of the (then) village of Kingston, forming the"
"were in League One. This will be repeated for the 2015–16 campaign. The first West Lancashire derby took place on 23 November 1901 at Blackpool's Bloomfield Road. In front of a crowd of 6,000, Preston won 4–1. There have been 94 meetings between the two clubs in all competitions, with North End winning 45 to Blackpool's 30. The remaining 19 matches have been draws. The derby is also known as the ""M55 derby"" because the town of Blackpool and city of Preston are at either end of the M55 motorway. The clubs' stadiums – Bloomfield Road and Deepdale, respectively –"
"Road End (west) and the Main Stand (south), the latter of which has seating sections. Within the Main Stand is a clubhouse with a bar and catering facilities, club offices, changing rooms, a medical suite and a classroom. The stadium is shared with a local junior team, Moston Juniors F.C. From their foundation in 2005 until 2014, F.C. United were based at Bury F.C.'s Gigg Lane stadium. F.C. United's first proposed stadium was announced in 2010 for Newton Heath, the original home of Manchester United. The development was planned to be located on the site of the Ten Acres Lane"
"Based on the area surrounding the growing University and St Walberg's Church, this ward would be divided amongst a number of wards in the boundary review in place for the 2002 elections. This ward of terraced housing and Preston North End football club was once recorded as the most deprived in the country. The social housing estate of Callon and great swathes of comfortable housing makes up the Fishwick ward in the southwest of the town, up against the South Ribble border. In the north of the town, this ward named after a private house is a central element of"
"Preston North End. On 28 April it was announced that Hector and Piazon had returned to Chelsea after their loans were curtailed by a week. On 2 May, Turkish U20 international midfielder, Anil Capkin, joined the club on a week long trial with a view to a summer move. The following day, 3 May 2016, Jack Stacey was recalled from his loan with Carlisle United a week early. On 5 May, young defender Tennai Watson signed a new two-year contract with the club, keeping him at Reading until the summer of 2018. On 5 May, under-21 keeper Lewis Ward joined"
"2014–15 Preston North End F.C. season The 2014–15 season was Preston North End's 127th in the Football League. It was their fourth consecutive season in the third tier of English football, League One, following failure to be promoted by play-offs the previous season for the ninth time. The season ended with Preston being promoted to the Championship via the play-offs, following a 4–0 win over Swindon Town at Wembley Stadium. In his second summer in charge Simon Grayson signed 5 players permanently – Jamie Jones, Calum Woods, Jordan Hugill, Andy Little and Kyel Reid and brought Paul Gallagher in on"