Tag: North

Bolton Wanderers 2-1 Preston North End: Bolton win on Championship return
16 August 2026 Off

Bolton Wanderers 2-1 Preston North End: Bolton win on Championship return

By Total Football News

A draw would have been incredibly harsh on a Bolton side who looked fresh and composed and particularly dangerous on the break through Gale, Dalby and the excellent McAtee.

McAtee’s cross shot forced the first goal when keeper Daniel Iversen’s weak parry fell straight to Dalby and was beautifully guided into the net.

New signings Akin Famewo, Luca Stephenson and Gaizka Larrazabal all made steady debuts while the visitors barely

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Preston North End: Preston sign Leroy from Basel and Clarke from Ipswich
14 August 2026 Off

Preston North End: Preston sign Leroy from Basel and Clarke from Ipswich

By Total Football News

Preston North End have signed Leo Leroy from Basel and Ipswich Town’s Harry Clarke for undisclosed fees to take their summer signings to six.

Both defender Clarke and French midfielder Leroy have agreed three-year deals with Preston, who begin their Championship campaign at Bolton Wanderers on Saturday.

Clarke, 25, came through the youth set-up at Arsenal before joining Ipswich in January 2023 and was part of their side which won

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Preston North End release Robbie Brady & Will Keane:
20 May 2026 Off

Preston North End release Robbie Brady & Will Keane:

By Total Football News

Preston North End have released wideman Robbie Brady and striker Will Keane.

Republic of Ireland international Brady, 34, made 105 appearances in four seasons with the Lilywhites.

Keane, 33, scored 18 goals in 73 games and ended the campaign on loan at League One Reading.

Northern Ireland international Jamal Lewis, 28, has also been let go at the end of the short-term deal he signed in October.

Goalkeeper Dai Cornell,

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Preston North End opinion: Lilywhites at a fork in the road
11 May 2026 Off

Preston North End opinion: Lilywhites at a fork in the road

By Total Football News

Preston North End finished 14th – a position that, on paper, suggests progress. In reality, it feels like a season that quietly slipped away.

An improvement of 10 points to 60 is not insignificant, but numbers alone do not tell the story. This was a campaign defined less by where North End finished and more by where they might have finished – and why they didn’t.

For half a season,

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Sheffield United 2-3 Preston: Liam Lindsay scores twice in North End win
26 April 2026 Off

Sheffield United 2-3 Preston: Liam Lindsay scores twice in North End win

By Total Football News

The two sides began the day side-by-side in the table after taking contrasting routes through the campaign.

North End were fourth in mid-January but three wins in their past 18 had seen the season fizzle out, while the Blades’ shocking start with 11 defeats in their first 14 matches was too big a handicap to overcome.

Lindsay’s previous Championship goal was in April 2025 but he ended that drought when

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Birmingham City 2-1 Preston North End: Blues back into top half of Championship
23 April 2026 Off

Birmingham City 2-1 Preston North End: Blues back into top half of Championship

By Total Football News

Stansfield opened the scoring with his first goal for more than two months when he pounced from close range on 10 minutes.

Birmingham took the initiative thanks to Osman charging down a clearance high up the pitch. The Ghanaian drifted inside, rode a challenge, and drove a shot into the box, with Stansfield snatching the final touch to convert past Daniel Iversen.

Osman added Blues’ second soon after – his

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Preston North End 0-2 West Bromwich Albion: Baggies boost Championship surival hopes
19 April 2026 Off

Preston North End 0-2 West Bromwich Albion: Baggies boost Championship surival hopes

By Total Football News

Josh Maja and Daryl Dike scored as West Bromwich Albion beat Preston North End to extend their unbeaten run to eight games and climb five points clear of the Championship relegation zone.

Interim boss James Morrison has transformed the Baggies, who have taken 12 points during their undefeated run, to put some daylight between themselves and the bottom three.

Maja opened the scoring before Dike sealed the win with his

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Preston North End’s Heckingbottom shocked by West Brom’s decline
15 April 2026 Off

Preston North End’s Heckingbottom shocked by West Brom’s decline

By Total Football News

Preston North End manager Paul Heckingbottom claims no-one expected to see West Brom fighting for Championship survival.

The Baggies are just two points above the drop zone after a chastening campaign, which has seen them dispense with Ryan Mason and Eric Ramsay.

Heckingbottom says West Brom will be fighting for their lives when they come to Deepdale on Saturday – and that is just what he wants.

He feels this

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Thierry Small: Preston North End left-back racially abused after own goal at QPR
7 April 2026 Off

Thierry Small: Preston North End left-back racially abused after own goal at QPR

By Total Football News

Preston North End have released a statement condemning racist abuse directed at left-back Thierry Small following the club’s 1-1 draw with Queens Park Rangers on Monday.

North End stated that they had discovered “deplorable comments of a racist nature” aimed at Small on a club Instagram post.

Small, 21, scored an own goal in the 82nd minute of the match and the abuse has been reported to Lancashire Police.

“The

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Preston North End 1-1 Queens Park Rangers: Late own goal gives QPR point
7 April 2026 Off

Preston North End 1-1 Queens Park Rangers: Late own goal gives QPR point

By Total Football News

Three consecutive wins had reignited QPR’s bid for an unlikely play-off place but they were frustrated in a drab first half.

Preston, who are now 14th, 10 points outside the top six, had the better of the opening 45 minutes as Alfie Devine saw a shot from 25 yards out deflected narrowly wide.

Devine then set up Ben Whiteman just outside the area but he pulled his shot over the

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