Category Archives: Preston North End

Preston North End or football related to the region around Preston.

National Football Museum goes to Istanbul

Posted on 17 February 2010 by Pete of MIP

What a shock!  We all thought it was going to Manchester. Having a quick look at the NFM website – it seems it’s gone to Istanbul.  Closer look shows it’s a few pieces for a while.  Istanbul, Manchester perhaps hard to … Continue reading →

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North West football ups and downs

Posted on 19 January 2010 by Pete of MIP

North End well beaten with a mixed display at Bristol with Mr Ferguson in charge for the first time. There’s time, but with Chelsea scoring 7 and playing PNE in the cup next week the defence are no doubt practicing … Continue reading →

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Darren Ferguson in at PNE, Alan Irvine at Sheff W

Posted on 8 January 2010 by Pete of MIP

Certainly adds spice to the managerial roundabout when PNE get a new man and Sheff W, a rival Championship club, take on the old one. On Wednesday at 4pm Darren Ferguson and Derek Shaw had a press conference to introduce … Continue reading →

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Darren Ferguson imminent?

Posted on 5 January 2010 by Pete of MIP

Around 9pm news organisations started announcing they ‘understood’ Darren Ferguson is to be the new PNE manager.  Started on the BBC, then Sky, then LEP.  LEP comments pages still on the daily 200 inputs.  Most supportive of the new appointment. … Continue reading →

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Preston 7 Colchester 0 FA Cup

Posted on 2 January 2010 by Pete of MIP

After a week of events with the sacking of Alan Irvine and the speculation and controversy surrounding it the team answered back. Some say Colchester are in a league lower than PNE but they are 4th and it would have … Continue reading →

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PNE sack Alan Irvine

Posted on 29 December 2009 by Pete of MIP

Big surprise news today – PNE have sacked their popular manager Alan Irvine. It was thought he’d have more time.  Not long ago everyone was sweating on whether he’d go to WBA and even if he’d manage Scotland.  There was gratitude he stayed and it … Continue reading →

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St Ledger returned to PNE by Middlesbrough

Posted on 25 December 2009 by Pete of MIP

Middlesbrough announced that they are returning all 4 of their loan players and that means Sean St Ledger back at Deepdale. He played 15 games and scored once for Boro. Since he left both teams have had poor results and … Continue reading →

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Verge of a crisis or just a phase at Deepdale

Posted on 20 December 2009 by Pete of MIP

Notts Forest 3 PNE 0.  With died in the wool North Ender Paul McKenna scoring the opener for Forest.  Forest are on a roll at the moment under Billy Davies. Can he get 3 clubs into the play-offs?  So from that point … Continue reading →

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Blackpool v Preston North End

Posted on 29 November 2009 by Pete of MIP

November 30th an evening kick-off for Sky.  Blackpool need 3 points to get them back into the top 6 and PNE need them to make up lost ground.  This is an international break month so not many games have been … Continue reading →

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Tottenham 1 Wigan 9, Preston v Newcastle

Posted on 23 November 2009 by Pete of MIP

Amazing away win for Wigan. I’m not a Wigan fan but I don’t like to see teams being thrashed. I thought the defence was very poor and made the opposition attackers look much better than they are. Today people are saying their … Continue reading →

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Football Museum moving to Manchester, loss or opportunity?

Posted on 20 November 2009 by Pete of MIP

The National Football Museum trustees announced on their website that the museum will move to the Urbis in central Manchester opening in 2011 with some items remaining in Preston if funding can be found. Newspaper reports say Manchester is paying … Continue reading →

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National Football Museum Deferred Decision

Posted on 23 October 2009 by Pete of MIP

The leader of Preston Council says on his blog. “Our bid (from Lancashire County Council, UCLan andPreston City Council) is the only one that guarantees the museum financial security. We are offering £400,000 a year plus up to £3.5m to … Continue reading →

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Councillors Driver and Hudson man the barricades

Posted on 9 October 2009 by Pete of MIP

Two councillors, Geoff Driver of Lancashire County Council and Ken Hudson of Preston City Council have had a letter published in the Times (8th Oct)  defending the location of the National Football Museum in Preston.  This was after Matt Dickinson the Times … Continue reading →

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It’s bad news week, but PNE won at the end

Posted on 21 September 2009 by Pete of MIP

There was such a song but following on from my post about Tuesday being a bad day last week it seems there was more to come.  So most posts were bad news last week. However PNE beat Coventry 3-2 so … Continue reading →

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St Ledger loaned by PNE to Middlesbrough

Posted on 15 September 2009 by Pete of MIP

As forecast Sean St Ledger, the PNE and Irish international defender, has left for Middlesbrough. The LEP is reporting a fee of £4.5m expected in January.  As usual mixed feelings about losing a good player and getting a good fee.  … Continue reading →

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Sign the petition to keep the football museum in Preston

Posted on 13 September 2009 by Pete of MIP

The Prime Ministers website has a petition for you to sign. It supports keeping the Football Museum in Preston and was raised by the Lancashire Evening Post. Sign it on the website linked below by 23rd September.  Up to today … Continue reading →

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Football Museum Threat

Posted on 9 September 2009 by Pete of MIP

Every so often there is a statement that the Football Museum will be moved from Preston. Last time it was to Wembley, this week it is to Manchester. This time it seems a more serious threat as Manchester Council seem … Continue reading →

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Pre-season transfers hotting up

Posted on 5 August 2009 by Pete of MIP

Alan Irvine bought Paul Parry from Cardiff and Veliche Shumulikoski from Ipswich in the last 2 days. Both players are 28. Parry is a winger, Shumulikoski a midfielder. Irvine had been saying the midfield must be strengthened so Shumulikoski fits … Continue reading →

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PNE ins and outs

Posted on 20 July 2009 by Pete of MIP

Paul McKenna signed for Notts Forest today. He’s a PNE vet and was captain. Seems PNE got a good price, said to be £750,000, and Paul was pleased to get some cash in his pocket and said he was pleased to join … Continue reading →

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Alan Irvine Stays

Posted on 3 July 2009 by Pete of MIP

A bit late with this one although there is something on the website. Snippets are coming out since the decision on Tuesday morning that Alan Irvine has turned down the job at WBA.   He wanted to listen to what they had … Continue reading →

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