PRESTON NORTH END History
League History
Wee bit of history : After almost 20 years in the lower divisions, Preston North End are back in the top half of the Football League as 1999/2000 CHAMPIONS of division 2!
Preston North End started as North End Cricket and Rugby Club in 1863, playing most sports. In about 1879 football (soccer) was added to the list. A vote was taken in 1881 to concentrate the clubs efforts on football. A few weeks later PNE FC joined the Lancashire Football Association.
In 1888/89, not only were PNE founder members and League Champions of the new Football League, but they won the FA Cup and were the first team to achieve the double. In 1889/90 North End were again League Champions and were runners up in the following three seasons.
A limited company was formed in 1893. North End is the only club from the founder Members of the Football League who have played continuously on the same ground. Deepdale has been the venue for football for over a century.
The period before the First World War (and much of the time since) is often referred to as yo-yo, when North End have suffered relegation and bounced back with promotion. Many fans refer to their beloved club as "The Yo-Yo team".
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The Man |
From |
Until |
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Paul Simpson |
2006 |
??? |
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Billy Davies |
2004 |
2006 |
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Craig Brown |
2002 |
2004 |
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Kelham O'Hanlon (Caretaker) |
2002 |
2002 |
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David Moyes |
12-01-1998 |
14-03-2002 |
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Gary Peters |
02-12-1994 |
12-01-1998 |
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John Beck |
01-12-1992 |
02-12-1994 |
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Les Chapman |
14-12-1990 |
29-09-1992 |
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John McGrath |
01-05-1986 |
14-02-1990 |
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Brian Kidd |
24-01-1986 |
01-03-1986 |
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Tommy Booth |
01-04-1985 |
24-01-1986 |
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Alan Kelly |
01-12-1983 |
01-04-1985 |
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Gordon Lee |
09-12-1981 |
20-12-1983 |
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Alan Kelly |
03-12-1981 |
09-12-1981 |
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Tommy Docherty |
01-06-1981 |
03-12-1981 |
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Nobby Stiles |
22-07-1977 |
01-06-1981 |
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Harry Catterick |
27-08-1975 |
01-05-1977 |
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Bobby Charlton |
04-05-1973 |
21-08-1975 |
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Alan Ball(Snr) |
01-08-1970 |
12-02-1973 |
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Bobby Seith |
01-11-1968 |
31-05-1970 |
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Jimmy Milne |
01-04-1961 |
01-11-1968 |
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Cliff Britton |
01-08-1956 |
01-04-1961 |
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Frank Hill |
01-08-1954 |
01-05-1956 |
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Scott Symon |
01-03-1953 |
01-08-1954 |
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Will Scott |
01-06-1949 |
01-03-1953 |
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Tommy Muirhead |
01-04-1936 |
31-05-1937 |
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Lincoln Hayes |
01-04-1931 |
01-02-1932 |
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Alex Gibson |
01-08-1927 |
01-04-1931 |
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Frank Richards |
01-05-1925 |
31-05-1927 |
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Jim Lawrence |
01-01-1923 |
01-05-1925 |
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Vincent Hayes |
01-08-1919 |
01-01-1923 |
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Charlie Parker |
01-08-1906 |
31-05-1915 |
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1875 Moved from Moor Park to Deepdale (then cricket/athletic clubs) |
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1878 First experimental football match against Eagley |
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1881 Formed Football Club |
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1885 Turned professional |
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1886 PNE’s ‘keeper Arthur Wharton, first black player in English professional footballer |
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1887 Beat Hyde United 26-0 FA Cup Record |
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1887 Jimmy Ross scores seven in one game (record) against Hyde, 26-0 |
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1888 FA Cup finalists |
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1888 Founder member of Football League |
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1888/89 First Club to achieve League/FA Cup double |
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1889 PNE’s highest League win 1-0 versus Stoke City |
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1889/90 League Champions |
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1890/91 League Runners Up |
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1891 First PNE penalty scored by Jack Gordon v Blackburn Rovers |
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1891/92 League Runners Up |
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1892/93 League Runners Up |
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1893 Formed Limited Company |
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1903/04 Division Two Champions |
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1905/06 League Runners Up |
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1912/13 Division Two Champions |
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1914/15 Division Two Runners Up |
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1922 FA Cup Finalists.Goalkeeper JF Mitchell, first and last player to wear glasses in an FA Cup Final |
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1925 Alex James signs from Raith Rovers |
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1932/33 Ted Harper scores 37 goals in one season, a club record |
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1933 Bill Shankly signs from Carlisle United |
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1933/34 Division Two Runners Up |
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1937 FA Cup Finalists |
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1938 FA Cup Winners |
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1938 PNE record attendance of 42,684 against Arsenal, 23 April |
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1941 War Cup Winners |
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1946 Tom Finney makes his full League debut |
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1949 Tommy Docherty signs from Celtic |
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1949 Eddie Quigley signs from Sheffield Wednesday for £26,000, a British transfer record |
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1950/51 Division Two Champions |
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1952/53 League Runners Up |
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1954 FA Cup Finalists |
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1957/58 League Runners Up, scored 100 League goals |
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1960 Tom Finney retires after 433 games for PNE |
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1960 FA Youth Cup Finalists. Record Youth Team attendance against Chelsea of 17,764 |
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1961 Last First Division game at Deepdale, against Manchester United |
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1964 FA Cup Finalists. Howard Kendall youngest player to appear in FA Cup Final |
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1970/71 Division Three Champions |
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1977/78 Promoted from Division Three |
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1979 Michael Robinson sold to Man City for £765,000 (PNE record) |
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1982 Alex Bruce top scorer for a record tenth time |
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1986 Successfully applied for re-election after finishing 91st in the Football League |
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1986 Plastic pitch laid at Deepdale |
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1986/87 Division Four Runners Up |
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1994 Last game on plastic, versus Torquay United in the play-offs |
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1995 Preston North End plc admitted to Alternative Investment Market |
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1996 Division Three Champions. Winners of Fair Play Award |
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1996 Opening of the Tom Finney Stand in August, later renamed the Sir Tom Finney Stand |
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1996 Acquired Chorley RLFC, renamed Lancashire Lynx RLFC |
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1996 Raised £3.7m for ground and team development |
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1997 Sale of Kevin Kilbane to West Bromwich Albion for £1.2m (Club record) |
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1997 Record signing of 21-year-old midfielder Michael Appleton from Manchester United for £500,000 |
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1998 Tom Finney awarded a Knighthood in New Years Honours List 1998 January, Gary Peters resigns as Manager and Assistant David Moyes takes the reigns |
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1998 June Opening of new 6,000 seater Bill Shankly Kop Stand |
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1998 September FIFA President Joseph Sepp Blatter visits Deepdale to perform a ground breaking ceremony for the new Football Museum, which is due to open at the end of 2000 |
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1999 January 21,099 turn out at Deepdale to see North End take on Double Winners Arsenal Live on Sky TV. Kurt Nogan scores two goals to give the Whites the lead, but eventually lose 4-2. |
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1999 May North End finish 5th in Division Two, the highest League finish for 19 years, and subsequently lose to Gillingham in the play-offs |
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1999 October David Moyes wins Nationwide League Division Two Manager of the Month Award after the team's only defeat is a creditable 2-1 loss at Arsenal in the Worthington Cup Round Three. |
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2000 April North End are Division Two champions. |
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2001 January Record signing of Striker David Healy from Manchester United for £1.5 million. |
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2001 March Fans bid a fond farewell to standing on the Town End as stand is demolished following a 2-0 win over Wolves. This area of the ground is due to be partially open in September 2001. |
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2001 May North End finish 4th in Division One, beating Birmingham City in the play-off semi finals before losing to Bolton in the final. |
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2002 March Moyes finally bails - next please... |
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2002 March David Moyes becomes the most expensive manager ever - going to Everton for a compensation fee of over £1m |
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2002 March Kelham O'Hanlon becomes Caretaker Manager as North End narrowly miss out on the play-offs |
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2002 June Former Scotland boss Craig Brown becomes Manager of North End |
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2004 September Billy Davies succeeds Craig Brown as Manager of Preston North End bringing former Republic of Ireland international David 'Ned' Kelly in as Assistant Manager |
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2005 May North End finish fifth in the Championship, beating Derby in the Play-Off semi finals before losing to West Ham in the final |
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2005 June Billy Davies and David Kelly agree new deals to keep them at the club |
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2006 May North End finish fifth in the Championship but lost out in the Play-Off semi-finals to Leeds United |
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2006 June Billy Davies leaves Preston North End to become Manager of Derby County |
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2006 June Paul Simpson is appointed as Manager of Preston North End |
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Ground |
From |
To |
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Deepdale |
01-08-1874 |
Present |
English Leagues from 1888-89 to 1999-2000
This historical table shows the details for the top 12 clubs, from all the clubs ever to have played in the English football league since its inception in 1888
All-Time League Table
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Pos |
Team |
Sns |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts |
Pct |
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1 |
Liverpool |
96 |
3840 |
1795 |
934 |
1111 |
6576 |
4866 |
4922 |
58.2% |
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2 |
Manchester U |
97 |
3872 |
1764 |
952 |
1156 |
6579 |
5126 |
4880 |
57.3% |
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3 |
Arsenal |
96 |
3840 |
1686 |
961 |
1193 |
6302 |
5000 |
4694 |
55.5% |
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4 |
Aston Villa |
101 |
3976 |
1686 |
911 |
1379 |
6646 |
5800 |
4576 |
52.4% |
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5 |
Wolves |
101 |
4058 |
1651 |
931 |
1476 |
6658 |
6089 |
4561 |
50.8% |
|
6 |
Everton |
101 |
3964 |
1634 |
976 |
1354 |
6407 |
5623 |
4548 |
52.3% |
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7 |
Sunderland |
99 |
3982 |
1638 |
968 |
1376 |
6398 |
5722 |
4547 |
51.7% |
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8 |
PrestonNE |
101 |
4086 |
1587 |
1016 |
1483 |
6166 |
5840 |
4519 |
50.0% |
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9 |
Blackburn R |
101 |
4024 |
1579 |
981 |
1464 |
6276 |
6037 |
4469 |
50.4% |
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10 |
Bolton W |
101 |
4058 |
1591 |
961 |
1506 |
6142 |
5860 |
4469 |
49.8% |
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11 |
Burnley |
101 |
4070 |
1582 |
979 |
1509 |
6118 |
6050 |
4458 |
49.5% |
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12 |
Sheffield U |
97 |
3948 |
1568 |
966 |
1414 |
6177 |
5850 |
4430 |
50.7% |
Division Distribution
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TIER 1 |
TIER 2 |
TIER 3 |
TIER 4 |
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Team |
Sns-C-R |
Sns-C-P-R |
Sns-C-P-R |
Sns-C-P-R |
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Preston NE |
46 - 2 - 6 |
31 - 3 - 5 - 3 |
19 - 2 - 3 - 2 |
5 - 1 - 2 - 0 |