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Back in November 2011, Preston City Council reluctantly announced that the redevelopment of
England's 50th city had hit the buffers. John Lewis had pulled out of the Tithebarn regeneration
scheme in the city centre and, operating as we are "in the middle of one of the worst economic and
financial situations since the 1930s", plans will now be made to scale down the blueprint
accordingly.
[I]t was only a matter of time before Graham Westley's achievements at Stevenage piqued the
interest of more firmly established members of the Football League. And the club that tempted him
from Broadhall Way could hardly be more established. Following the confirmation of Westley's
appointment as Preston manager last Friday, much scepticism was expressed among the Football
League Twitterati regarding the suitability of club for man, suggesting perhaps that he would
have done better to wait for an offer from the league above that in which he continues to ply his
trade.
[A]fter two calendar years of last-minute cramming and form-checking, this ditty on the Boxing Day
derby between Preston and Carlisle will be our last Thursday Preview. With a new platform less than
two weeks away, we've decided to refocus our efforts, leaving the Monday Profile as the sole weekly
column on TTU.
After two calendar years of last-minute cramming and form-checking, this ditty on the Boxing Day
derby between Preston and Carlisle will be our last Thursday Preview. With a new platform less than
two weeks away, we've decided to refocus our efforts, leaving the Monday Profile as the sole weekly
column on TTU.
After two calendar years of last-minute cramming and form-checking, this ditty on the Boxing Day
derby between Preston and Carlisle will be our last Thursday Preview. With a new platform less than
two weeks away, we've decided to refocus our efforts, leaving the Monday Profile as the sole weekly
column on TTU.
Last season, Brighton cantered to the title, with Southampton and Huddersfield fighting
neck-and-neck for most of the campaign before the Saints eventually prevailed and were joined in
the Championship by play-off winners Peterborough. But who will be up there or thereabouts this
year?
Who's Looking Good?
The phrase `yo-yo club' is well established in the football lexicon, but is there also such a thing
as a yo-yo player? While Michael Chopra himself might not reply in the affirmative, fans of
Sunderland probably would. It was, though, the subject of another recent transfer further down the
Football League, Paul Hayes, that brought the notion to mind.
As Preston North End's Northern Irish born Daniel Devine has opted to play for the Republic of
Ireland instead of the football association who developed him at under-age level, it seems I have
an excuse to write a bit relating to Irish football for this blog.Devine is just the latest player
of Northern Irish nationality to declare for the Republic after Darron Gibson, Shane Duffy, Marc
Wilson,
Schadenfreude may not be edifying, but it certainly seems to be a particular preoccupation of the
football fan. Time was when goading your local rivals was confined to a selection of
uncomplimentary chants and maybe the odd rude gesture. Not any more - the bar appears to have been
raised considerably.
While my thoughts tend to veer towards League One and beyond these days, I can't deny looking on at
Preston's steady decline with a grim fascination.North End's decline really does remind me of my
own side's downfall last season. For all of the following, read 'check': increasingly modest
crowds; an excessive and unsustainable wage bill being shelled out on a largely lifeless squad;
instability
MANCHESTER, England — Neil Young, a striker in Manchester City's trophy winning teams of the late
1960s and early 1970s, has died aged 66 from cancer, the English Premier League club announced
Thursday. Young, who scored the winning goal in the 1969 FA Cup final, was also a member of the
City side that [.
One of the more surprising moves of the latest transfer deadline day witnessed Hull City stalwart
Ian Ashbee cross the Pennines in order to rejoin old flame Phil Brown. Phil Ascough eulogises over
a City career spanning nine years.It was a must-win game. Not so much in terms of avoiding
relegation but certainly in regards to easing the strain on a manager whose arrival a few months
earlier had
So, it looks as though Preston's decision to dispense with the services of Darren Ferguson, with
the club adrift at the foot of the Championship table, could have unforeseen ramifications.Junior
had been able to call on his dad's charity by securing the loan signings of Joshua King, Ritchie De
Laet and Matthew James from parent club Man Utd as reinforcements in the Lilywhites' battle against
