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Preston North End at Ashton Gate under the lights. This game was of course postponed on 10 September https://www.bbc.com/sport/62846756

Our highest ever attendance was 43,335 against PNE on 16 February 1935.

So far this season they’ve got 19 points having recorded seven draws (five being 0-0 draws), four  wins and two defeats (including against Brum) they have scored seven (three of those last time out)  and conceded only six (two in their last game)!  So, we are up against the best defence in all four divisions.

They will be full of confidence following Saturdays win at Carrow Road. Troy Parrott grabbed a late winner against the Canaries to add to an Emil Riis double as they scored more than once in the Championship for the first time this season in a thrilling comeback victory. The Canaries' nine-game league unbeaten run did not look under threat as they went ahead after just two minutes. Preston recovered from conceding their first away league goal this term to claim all three points.

In stark contrast we’ve taken a point from the last 15 available and Nigel Pearson said in his post-match press conference, following the 3-0 away defeat to Birmingham City ‘It was awful – there is no defence for that performance today. It’s not acceptable. There’s no defence for us to give three points away in that fashion.’ It was a return to the woeful City of last season and a far cry from some of our performances earlier this season.

NP pre-match thoughts:

 

 

Mark Sykes presser:

 

 

For history buffs here is the full nine yards: https://www.pnefc.net/club/club-history/

For the rest here are the headlines:

Founded 1880
Founder Member of the English Football League 1888
League Champions 1889, 1890
FA Cup Winners 1889, 1938
War Cup Winners 1941
FA Cup Finalists 1888, 1922, 1937, 1954, 1964
Lancashire Cup Winners 1887, 1893, 1895, 1900, 1996
Division One Runners-up 1891, 1892, 1893, 1906, 1953, 1958
Division Two Champions 1904, 1913, 1951, 2000
Division Three Champions 1971, 1996

Since the untimely death of Mr Trevor Hemmings, last October, there have been a number of rumours with regard to a potential change in the ownership of the club. However, PNE remain in the ownership of the Hemmings family: https://www.pnefc.net/news/2022/april/club-update-takeover-speculation/

According to the Sunday Times Rich List in 2021, Hemmings was worth £1.115 billion. There is also a Jersey connection as Trevor Hemmings purchased the site of the former Pontins holiday camp at Plemont Bay in Jersey in 2005.  He submitted several plans to redevelop the site for housing, but there followed a long campaign against the development led by the National Trust for Jersey. Ultimately in 2014 the NTJ purchased the site from Hemmings for £7.15m, with £3.6m provided by the States of Jersey - as a Jersey tax payer I reckon that means I made a contribution! https://www.theislandwiki.org/index.php/Plemont_Holiday_Camp

Ryan Lowe has managed them since 2021, here’s an interesting insight into his style of management: https://breakingthelines.com/manager-analysis/an-analysis-on-ryan-lowes-managerial-style/ 

They added a number of players early in the last window without shelling out much:

Freddie Woodman (undisclosed, Newcastle United)
David Cornell (free, Peterborough United)
Robbie Brady (free, Bournemouth)
Ben Woodburn (free, Liverpool)
Troy Parrott (loan, Tottenham Hotspur)
Alvaro Fernandez (loan, Manchester United)

https://www.lancs.live/sport/football/transfer-news/ryan-lowe-preston-north-end-24906940

They were rumored to want Nahki Wells but apparently were not willing to pay a transfer fee to sign him this summer. Greg Cunningham is still with them, he originally signed from us in 2015 he then went to Cardiff and then on loan to Blackburn before rejoining PNE.  In terms of other ex-City players both Bailey Wright and Josh Brownhill played for them.

Last season we drew home and away against them:

 

 

 

 

Head to head record; we’ve won 27, lost 34 and drawn 34, over recent times they are considered to be one of our bogey teams.The last 18 league games have seen the Lilywhites winning nine, with eight draws and just one City win. The the 2-1 home defeat by Preston in 2016 proved to be Steve  Cotterill’s last match in charge and the 5-0 thrashing at Deepdale in 2017 was one of LJs worst defeats.

Central defender Jordan Storey, who has been an ever present this season, is suspended having picked up a fifth booking at the weekend. Troy Parrott has a hamstring injury that will almost certainly rule him out of the game. 

We will be without Kal Naismith and Matty James. While Stefan Bajic may have fast-tracked himself into squad after impressing with the Under-21s.

Three celebrities that supposedly support the club.

  • Andrew Flintoff - the first name on the list is probably the most well-known PNE supporter. The former cricketer is now often gracing our TV screens.
  • Wade Barrett (Stu Bennett) - perhaps one of the more random supporters of an English football team is Stu Bennett, otherwise known as the wrestler Wade Barrett. It’s well-known that he is originally from England having since gone over to the USA to wrestle for WWE but he was actually born in South Ribble, meaning he has close ties to North End.
  • Mark Lawrenson - obviously a famous name in the football world, not only did he play for the club back in the 70s but he supports Preston too.

Officials: Referee Leigh Doughty, assisted by Craig Taylor and Greg Read, the fourth official is Keith Stroud.

Louis Carey will be the Robins TV guest commentator which is available to both domestic and international viewers. It is not on the red button.

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12 minutes ago, Claverham_Red said:

Bad news. https://www.pnefc.net/news/2022/october/match-preview-bristol-city-a/ Stroud now in charge of the whistle.

Oh dear, bad news indeed.

Spotted this on FB

Hi City fans,


Tomorrow night for the Preston game, we will be outside the Rising Sun Pub, Ashton Gate, a 2 minute walk from the ground, selling our award winning hot cornish pasties & sausage rolls. With prices from £2. We will be outside the pub from 6:30pm, if you fancy grabbing something nice and hot on the way to the ground.

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The eyes of the Championship will be on us tonight........as we are the only fixture.  So   will it be a case of, "Here we go , same old Bristol City, start   the season well, and then go into self destruct mode"   or  "I see Bristol City have bounced back from their bad run of results, beating Preston is a really good win"...Ha!    Just hope that they turn up and put on a committed brave performance, to show supporters that they do care ?, and make up for last Saturday's joke  ? of a non-display in front of over 2,000 loyal fans? ? 

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12 hours ago, Jerseybean said:

Oh dear, bad news indeed.

Spotted this on FB

Hi City fans,


Tomorrow night for the Preston game, we will be outside the Rising Sun Pub, Ashton Gate, a 2 minute walk from the ground, selling our award winning hot cornish pasties & sausage rolls. With prices from £2. We will be outside the pub from 6:30pm, if you fancy grabbing something nice and hot on the way to the ground.

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Spotted them last week. Opened up opposite the Clarks pie van who still had long queues whilst they had nobody at theirs. 

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1 hour ago, maxjak said:

The eyes of the Championship will be on us tonight........as we are the only fixture.  So   will it be a case of, "Here we go , same old Bristol City, start   the season well, and then go into self destruct mode"   or  "I see Bristol City have bounced back from their bad run of results, beating Preston is a really good win"...Ha!    Just hope that they turn up and put on a committed brave performance, to show supporters that they do care ?, and make up for last Saturday's joke  ? of a non-display in front of over 2,000 loyal fans? ? 

PNE have been somewhat of a bogey team for us , I’m going 1-2 

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My head says one nil to PNE my heart says the out of form players can’t go on playing sub par for much longer…….can they? 

Off memory Williams has yet to show his best this season, Massengo did ok without hitting his best against Coventry only to be followed by a hugely disappointing performance at Birmingham along with many others that day and I guess if the midfield stops firing then it’s difficult for those upfront to shine

Klose will surely play, Bents probably deserves a start but the pressure will be on. I thought Semenyo started showing signs of his dangerous side at Birmingham.

Let’s turn things around with a 3-1 win, with some rare goals coming from midfield/defence and a return to scoring for Weimann

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