With the 2018-19 Championship season coming up, The Football Lab spoke to Preston North End fan @PNEBenHD; check out his excellent YouTube channel Ben HD, which covers everything from the second-tier. Preston have progressed every season for the last five years. Given that you’ve not had a budgetary advantage since coming into the Championship three… Read more →
Preston beat 10-man QPR 1-0 at Deepdale on Saturday afternoon, but they were made to wait a long time for Jordan Hugill’s winner. Here’s our player ratings from the game. Preston North End Chris Maxwell – didn’t have to work too hard for his clean sheet. QPR had just two shots, both hit straight at… Read more →
With Preston edging the first half of this Lancashire derby and Bolton edging the second, the eventual 0-0 draw was a fair reflection on the balance of play. Here’s six things from the game. Preston North End Chris Maxwell – commanded his area well in the first half and made one or two simple saves… Read more →
With Preston edging the first half of this Lancashire derby and Bolton edging the second, the eventual 0-0 draw was a fair reflection on the balance of play. Here’s six things from the game. Gallagher’s set pieces Preston played on the front foot in the first 30 minutes, when they created various opportunities from Paul… Read more →
With a two-week break from the Championship for internationals, this is a good time to review how all 24 teams have looked in their first five league games. Here’s our assessment of Leeds United. What we said in pre-season “The task for Thomas Christensen will be to maintain the solidity Leeds United showed under Garry… Read more →
The big news at Deepdale this summer is that manager Simon Grayson has left after four years at the helm. In that time, Preston have grown from being League One relegation strugglers to become a respected top half Championship outfit. Supporter Ben – who runs the excellent Ben HD Championship channel – is grateful for the job Grayson did. He did brilliant… Read more →
Nathan Pond’s first season at Fleetwood Town saw the club narrowly miss out on promotion. The top two that year? Mossley and Clitheroe of the ninth tier. 13 years later, his most recent campaign went similarly, only this time the Cod Army lost out to the likes of Bolton and Bradford. Can this remarkable upward journey continue? The Football Lab spoke to supporter… Read more →
Newcastle secured promotion to the Premier League with a 4-1 win over Preston North End. Despite a tight first half in which Jordan Hugill cancelled out Ayoze Perez’s opener, Christian Atsu put the hosts back in front and they took control, helped by Paul Gallagher’s red card. But how did players on both teams rate?… Read more →
Newcastle secured promotion to the Premier League with a 4-1 win over Preston North End. Despite a tight first half in which Jordan Hugill cancelled out Ayoze Perez’s opener, Christian Atsu put the hosts back in front and they took control, helped by Paul Gallagher’s red card. What have we learnt from the match? Strong… Read more →
In the infancy of Carlos Carvalhal’s reign as Sheffield Wednesday manager, The Football Lab questioned whether he had the shrewdness to curtail his attacking tactics against stronger opposition. After the Owls won 1-0 at Newcastle on Boxing Day, it is safe to say that such suspicions are long gone. He moved Daniel Pudil to left midfield… Read more →