Preston North End: Thierry Small says Championship club is ‘a special place’

Preston North End defender Thierry Small says the Championship club is “a very special place” after their strong start to the new season.

The 21-year-old moved from Charlton Athletic in the summer, and Saturday’s goal against his former club was his second in two matches.

“Preston’s a very good club, very special people, and you can see on the pitch that we’ve got a togetherness we just want to keep building on,” he told BBC Radio Lancashire

The Whites have moved into the play-off places with 16 points from nine matches, and Small says previous friendships are helping.

“It’s a nice surprise to see a lot of familiar faces, especially Lewis Dobbin, Harrison Armstrong,” he added.

“I’ve known them since I was a young boy. When we used to do school release with Everton we always used to come across each other.”