2014–15 Preston North End F.C. season

Preston North End

2014–15 season
Chairman	Peter Ridsdale
Manager	Simon Grayson
Stadium	Deepdale
League One	3rd (promoted via play-offs)
FA Cup	Fifth Round
League Cup	Second Round
Top goalscorer	League: Joe Garner (26) All: Joe Garner (27)
Highest home attendance	21,438 vs Manchester United(FA, 16 Feb 15)
Lowest home attendance	3,836 vs Port Vale(LT, 7 Oct 14)
Home colours Away colours
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The 2014–15 season was Preston North End's 127th in the Football League. It was also their fourth-consecutive season in the third tier of English football, League One, following failure to be promoted by play-offs the previous season for the ninth time.^[1] The season resulted in Preston being promoted to the Championship via the play-offs following a 4–0 win over Swindon Town.

Squad

No.	Name	Position (s)	Nationality	Place of Birth	Date of Birth (Age)	Club caps	Club goals	Signed from	Date signed	Fee	Contract End
Goalkeepers
1	Jamies Jones	GK		Kirkby	18 February 1989	20	0	Leyton Orient	1 July 2014	Free	30 June 2016
21	Thorsten Stuckmann	GK		Gütersloh	17 March 1981	75	0	Free Agent	1 November 2011	Free	30 June 2015
26	Steven James	GK		Stockport	19 December 1994	0	0	Academy	1 July 2013	Trainee	30 June 2015
34	Sam Johnstone	GK		Preston	25 March 1993	26	0	Manchester United	12 January 2015	Loan	30 June 2015
Defenders
3	Scott Laird	LB/LM/CM		Taunton	15 May 1988	104	7	Stevenage	27 May 2012	Free	30 June 2015
4	Scott Wiseman	RB/CB		Kingston upon Hull	9 October 1985	46	2	Barnsley	10 January 2014	Free	30 June 2015
5	Tom Clarke	CB/RB		Sowerby Bridge	21 December 1987	107	7	Huddersfield Town	22 May 2013	Free	30 June 2015
6	Bailey Wright	CB		Melbourne	28 July 1992	140	8	Academy	1 July 2009	Trainee	30 June 2015
15	Calum Woods	LB/RB		Liverpool	5 February 1987	27	0	Huddersfield Town	1 July 2014	Free	30 June 2016
16	David Buchanan	LB/LM		Rochdale	6 May 1986	87	0	Tranmere Rovers	24 May 2012	Free	30 June 2015
20	Ben Davies	LB/CB		Barrow-in-Furness	11 August 1995	9	0	Academy	25 January 2013	Trainee	30 June 2016
23	Paul Huntington	CB/RB		Carlisle	17 September 1987	120	15	Yeovil Town	1 July 2012	Free	30 June 2015
33	Nick Anderton	LB			22 April 1996	0	0	Academy	1 July 2014	Trainee	30 June 2015
Defenders
2	Keith Keane	CM/RB		Luton	20 November 1986	74	3	Luton Town	1 July 2012	Free	30 June 2015
7	Chris Humphrey	RW/RB		Saint Catherine	19 September 1987	103	7	Motherwell	4 June 2013	Free	30 June 2015
8	Neil Kilkenny	CM		Enfield	19 December 1985	78	3	Bristol City	14 November 2013	Free	30 June 2016
11	Lee Holmes	LM/RM/AM		Mansfield	2 April 1987	73	6	Southampton	29 May 2012	Free	30 June 2015
17	Kyel Reid	LW/RW		Deptford	26 November 1987	26	0	Bradford City	1 July 2014	Free	30 June 2016
19	John Welsh	CM		Liverpool	10 January 1984	128	3	Tranmere Rovers	14 May 2012	Free	30 June 2015
22	Jack King	CM/CF/CB		Oxford	20 August 1985	100	10	Woking	31 May 2012	Free	30 June 2015
24	Daniel Johnson	CM		Kingston	8 October 1992	23	8	Aston Villa	23 January 2015	£50,000	30 June 2017
30	Josh Brownhill	CM		Warrington	19 December 1995	56	7	Academy	1 July 2013	Trainee	30 June 2015
31	Alan Browne	CM		Cork	15 April 1995	40	4	Free Agent	1 January 2014	Free	30 June 2016
Forwards
9	Kevin Davies	CF		Sheffield	26 March 1977	85	6	Bolton Wanderers	10 July 2013	Free	30 June 2015
10	Jermaine Beckford	CF		London	3 December 1983	30	16	Bolton Wanderers	20 November 2014	Loan	30 June 2015
12	Paul Gallagher	CF/RW		Glasgow	9 August 1984	107	25	Leicester City	5 July 2014	Loan	31 May 2015
14	Joe Garner	CF/RW		Blackburn	12 April 1988	101	49	Watford	8 January 2013	Free	30 June 2015
18	Andy Little	CF/FB		Enniskillen	12 March 1989	16	2	Rangers	21 June 2014	Free	30 June 2016
25	Jordan Hugill	CF		Middlesbrough	4 June 1992	6	2	Port Vale	19 June 2014	Undisclosed	30 June 2016
27	Callum Robinson	CF		Northampton	2 February 1995	27	7	Aston Villa	2 February 2015	Loan	30 June 2015
33	Jack Ryan	CF		Barrow-in-Furness	5 April 1995	2	0	Academy	1 July 2014	Trainee	30 June 2015
40	Sylvan Ebanks-Blake	CF		Cambridge	29 March 1986	12	1	Ipswich Town	1 January 2015	Free	30 June 2015

Statistics

As of 4 May 2015

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League		FA Cup		League Cup		League Trophy
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Jamie Jones (on loan at Rochdale)	20	0	17+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0	1+0	0
2	MF		Keith Keane	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
3	DF		Scott Laird	38	2	26+3	0	3+0	1	1+0	0	4+1	1
4	DF		Scott Wiseman	31	2	18+5	2	2+1	0	1+0	0	4+0	0
5	DF		Tom Clarke	55	2	42+1	1	4+0	0	2+0	0	6+0	1
6	DF		Bailey Wright	30	1	27+0	1	2+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
7	MF		Chris Humphrey	53	5	31+12	4	4+1	0	0+1	0	3+1	1
8	MF		Neil Kilkenny	46	1	24+11	0	4+0	0	2+0	1	4+1	0
9	FW		Kevin Davies	42	1	7+23	1	3+2	0	1+1	0	4+1	0
10	FW		Jermaine Beckford (on loan from Bolton Wanderers)	25	12	19+4	12	1+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
11	MF		Lee Holmes	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
12	FW		Paul Gallagher (on loan from Leicester City)	55	13	45+1	7	4+0	5	1+0	0	4+0	1
14	FW		Joe Garner	41	26	36+1	25	1+1	0	0+0	0	1+1	1
15	DF		Calum Woods	24	0	12+6	0	3+0	0	1+0	0	2+0	0
16	DF		David Buchanan	25	0	17+0	0	3+0	0	0+0	0	4+1	0
17	MF		Kyel Reid	26	0	5+9	0	3+2	0	0+0	0	4+3	0
18	FW		Andy Little	16	2	5+7	1	1+0	0	1+1	1	1+0	0
19	MF		John Welsh	41	0	30+2	0	3+1	0	1+0	0	4+0	0
20	DF		Ben Davies	6	0	4+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
21	GK		Thorsten Stuckmann	16	0	5+0	0	5+0	0	0+0	0	6+0	0
22	MF		Jack King	28	1	10+8	1	1+1	0	1+0	0	5+2	0
23	DF		Paul Huntington	44	8	32+0	5	5+0	2	0+0	0	7+0	1
24	MF		Daniel Johnson	20	8	20+0	8	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
25	FW		Jordan Hugill (on loan at Tranmere Rovers)	6	2	0+3	0	0+0	0	1+1	1	1+0	1
26	GK		Steven James	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
27	FW		Callum Robinson (on loan from Aston Villa)	26	7	17+7	4	0+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	3
30	MF		Josh Brownhill	28	2	13+5	2	2+1	0	1+1	0	4+1	0
31	MF		Alan Browne	30	3	14+6	3	1+2	0	2+0	0	4+1	0
32	DF		Nick Anderton	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
33	FW		Jack Ryan (on loan at Stockport County)	2	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
34	GK		Sam Johnstone (on loan from Manchester United)	23	0	23+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
40	FW		Sylvan Ebanks-Blake	13	1	1+8	1	1+1	0	0+0	0	0+2	0
Players who have left the club:
13	MF		Joel Byrom	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
24	MF		Will Hayhurst	11	0	2+5	0	0+0	0	1+1	0	1+1	0

Play-off appearances

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League One Play-offs
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
3	DF		Scott Laird	3	0	1+2	0
5	DF		Tom Clarke	3	0	3+0	0
6	DF		Bailey Wright	3	0	3+0	0
7	MF		Chris Humphrey	2	0	1+1	0
8	MF		Neil Kilkenny	3	0	2+1	0
9	FW		Kevin Davies	1	0	0+1	0
10	FW		Jermaine Beckford (on loan from Bolton Wanderers)	3	6	3+0	6
12	FW		Paul Gallagher (on loan from Leicester City)	3	0	3+0	0
14	FW		Joe Garner	3	1	3+0	1
15	DF		Calum Woods	3	0	2+1	0
16	DF		David Buchanan	1	0	1+0	0
19	MF		John Welsh	3	0	3+0	0
23	DF		Paul Huntington	3	1	3+0	1
24	MF		Daniel Johnson	3	0	3+0	0
27	FW		Callum Robinson (on loan from Aston Villa)	1	0	1+0	0
31	MF		Alan Browne	2	0	0+2	0
34	GK		Sam Johnstone (on loan from Manchester United)	3	0	3+0	0

Captains

As of 13 May 2015

No.	P	Name	Country	No. games	Notes
5	DF	Clarke, TomTom Clarke		56
19	MF	Welsh, JohnJohn Welsh		3
14	FW	Garner, JoeJoe Garner		2
6	DF	Wright, BaileyBailey Wright		1

Source: Competitive match reports.
Competitive matches only
Matches started as captain only
Country: FIFA nationality; No.: Squad number; P: Position; Name: Player name; No. Games: Number of games started as captain.

Goals record

As of 13 May 2015

Rank	No.	Po.	Name	League One	FA Cup	League Cup	League Trophy	Play-offs	Total
1	14	FW	Joe Garner	25	0	0	1	1	27
2	10	FW	Jermaine Beckford	12	0	0	0	6	18
3	12	FW	Paul Gallagher	7	5	0	1	0	13
4	23	DF	Paul Huntington	5	2	0	1	1	9
5	24	MF	Daniel Johnson	8	0	0	0	0	8
6	27	FW	Callum Robinson	4	0	0	3	0	7
7	7	MF	Chris Humphrey	4	0	0	1	0	5
8	31	MF	Alan Browne	3	0	0	0	0	3
10	3	DF	Scott Laird	0	1	0	1	0	2
	4	DF	Scott Wiseman	2	0	0	0	0	2
	5	DF	Tom Clarke	1	0	0	1	0	2
	18	FW	Andy Little	1	0	1	0	0	2
	25	FW	Jordan Hugill	0	0	1	1	0	2
	30	MF	Josh Brownhill	2	0	0	0	0	2
16	6	DF	Bailey Wright	1	0	0	0	0	1
	8	MF	Neil Kilkenny	0	0	1	0	0	1
	9	FW	Kevin Davies	1	0	0	0	0	1
	22	MF	Jack King	1	0	0	0	0	1
	40	FW	Sylvan Ebanks-Blake	1	0	0	0	0	1
Own Goals				1	0	0	0	0	1
Total				78	8	3	10	7	106

Disciplinary record

As of 13 May 2015

No.	Po.	Name	League One		FA Cup		League Cup		League Trophy		Play-offs		Total
1	GK	Jamie Jones	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
3	DF	Scott Laird	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
4	DF	Scott Wiseman	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
5	DF	Tom Clarke	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	9	0
6	DF	Bailey Wright	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
7	MF	Chris Humphrey	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
8	MF	Neil Kilkenny	4	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	7	0
9	FW	Kevin Davies	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
10	FW	Jermaine Beckford	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
12	FW	Paul Gallagher	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	9	0
14	FW	Joe Garner	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	10	0
15	DF	Calum Woods	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
16	DF	David Buchanan	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
18	FW	Andy Little	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
19	MF	John Welsh	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
21	GK	Thorsten Stuckmann	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
22	MF	Jack King	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
23	DF	Paul Huntington	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
24	MF	Daniel Johnson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
25	FW	Jordan Hugill	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
31	MF	Alan Browne	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
34	GK	Sam Johnstone	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Total			70	1	8	0	2	0	7	0	4	0	95	1

Contracts

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	Status	Contract length	Expiry date	Source
20	DF		Davies, BenBen Davies	18	Extended	1 year	June 2015	[2]
26	GK		James, StevenSteven James	19	Extended	1 year	June 2015	[2]
20	DF		Davies, BenBen Davies	18	Signed	2 years	June 2016	[3]
8	MF		Kilkenny, NeilNeil Kilkenny	28	Signed	2 years	June 2016	[4]
31	MF		Browne, AlanAlan Browne	19	Signed	2 years	June 2016	[5]

Last updated:

Transfers

In

N	P	Name	EU	Country	Age	Type	Moving from	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
1	GK	Jones, JamieJamie Jones	EU		25	Bosman	Leyton Orient	Summer	2016	Free	Preston North End F.C
15	DF	Woods, CalumCalum Woods	EU		27	Bosman	Huddersfield Town	Summer	2016	Free	BBC Sport
25	FW	Hugill, JordanJordan Hugill	EU		22	Transfer	Port Vale	Summer	2016	Undisclosed	Preston North End F.C
18	FW	Little, AndrewAndrew Little	EU		25	Bosman	Rangers	Summer	2016	Free	Preston North End F.C
17	MF	Reid, KyelKyel Reid	EU		26	Bosman	Bradford City	Summer	2016	Free	Preston North End F.C
40	FW	Ebanks-Blake, SylvanSylvan Ebanks-Blake	EU		28	Bosman	Ipswich Town	Winter	2015	Free	Preston North End F.C
24	MF	Johnson, DanielDaniel Johnson	EU		22	Transfer	Aston Villa	Winter	2017	£50,000	Preston North End F.C Preston North End F.C.

Loans in

No.	P	Name	Country	Age	Loan club	Started	Ended	Start source	End source
12	MF	Gallagher, PaulPaul Gallagher		31	Leicester City	5 July 2014	30 June 2015	BBC Sport
27	FW	Robinson, CallumCallum Robinson		20	Aston Villa	16 September 2014	18 October 2014	BBC Sport
10	FW	Beckford, JermaineJermaine Beckford		32	Bolton Wanderers	20 November 2014	30 June 2015	Preston North End F.C
29	FW	Fewster, BradleyBradley Fewster		19	Middlesbrough	27 November 2014	15 December 2014	Preston North End F.C	Lancashire Evening Post
34	GK	Johnstone, SamSam Johnstone		22	Manchester United	12 January 2015	30 June 2015	Preston North End F.C
27	FW	Robinson, CallumCallum Robinson		20	Aston Villa	2 February 2015	21 May 2015	Preston North End F.C

EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); Age = age on the day of the signing; Moving from = only indicate the club the player was playing before start playing for this club in this season, for the type of the moving see Status column; Moving to = only indicates the club the player is going to play next, for the type of the moving see Status column; Ends = when the player's current contract ends; n/a = Not applicable; Apps = Total number of competitive appearances (including substitute appearances) at the club prior to departure; Goals = Total number of competitive goals scored at the club prior to departure.

Out

N	P	Name	Country	Age	Type	Moving to	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Apps	Goals	Source
29	FW	Beardsley, ChrisChris Beardsley		30	Released	Stevenage	Summer	Free	22	3	BBC Sport BBC Sport
18	DF	Cansdell-Sherriff, ShaneShane Cansdell-Sherriff		31	Released	Burton Albion	Summer	Free	15	1	Preston North End F.C
25	MF	Croasdale, RyanRyan Croasdale		19	Released	Sheffield Wednesday	Summer	Free	1	0	BBC Sport SkySports
15	FW	Cummins, GrahamGraham Cummins		26	Released	Exeter City	Summer	Free	39	5	BBC Sport BBC Sport
27	FW	Hume, IainIain Hume		30	Released	Kerala Blasters	Summer	Free	89	27	Preston North End F.C
21	MF	Mousinho, JohnJohn Mousinho		28	Released	Burton Albion	Summer	Free	30	1	BBC Sport BBC Sport
28	DF	Nicholson, AlexAlex Nicholson		20	Released	Blyth Spartans	Summer	Free	1	0	BBC Sport
8	MF	Wroe, NickyNicky Wroe		28	Released	Notts County	Summer	Free	44	11	BBC Sport BBC Sport
—	FW	Beavon, StuartStuart Beavon		30	Transfer	Burton Albion	Summer	Undisclosed	58	9	BBC Sport
13	MF	Byrom, JoelJoel Byrom		28	Free transfer	Northampton Town	Winter	Free	33	4	BBC Sport
24	MF	Hayhurst, WillWill Hayhurst		20	Transfer	Notts County	Winter	Undisclosed	29	4	Preston North End F.C

EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); Age = age on the day of the signing; Moving from = only indicate the club the player was playing before start playing for this club in this season, for the type of the moving see Status column; Moving to = only indicates the club the player is going to play next, for the type of the moving see Status column; Ends = when the player's current contract ends; n/a = Not applicable; Apps = Total number of competitive appearances (including substitute appearances) at the club prior to departure; Goals = Total number of competitive goals scored at the club prior to departure.

Loans out

No.	P	Name	Country	Age	Loan club	Started	Ended	Start source	End source
—	FW	Stuart Beavon		30	Burton Albion	1 July 2014	1 September 2014	Preston North End F.C	BBC Sport
32	FW	Ryan, JackJack Ryan		18	Stockport County	2 August 2014	2 November 2014	Preston North End F.C
13	MF	Joel Byrom		27	Northampton Town	21 August 2014	8 January 2015	Preston North End F.C	BBC Sport
26	GK	Steven James		19	Nantwich Town	9 September 2014	9 October 2014	Preston North End F.C
2	DF	Keith Keane		27	Crawley Town	9 September 2014	11 December 2014	Preston North End F.C
20	DF	Ben Davies		19	Tranmere Rovers	19 September 2014	22 October 2014	Preston North End F.C
32	DF	Anderton, NickNick Anderton		18	Gateshead	30 October 2014		BBC Sport
11	MF	Holmes, LeeLee Holmes		27	Portsmouth	25 November 2014	3 January 2015	BBC Sport
1	GK	Jones, JamieJamie Jones		25	Coventry City	23 January 2015	23 February 2015	Preston North End F.C
25	FW	Hugill, JordanJordan Hugill		22	Tranmere Rovers	26 February 2015	26 March 2015	Preston North End F.C	Preston North End F.C
1	GK	Jones, JamieJamie Jones		26	Rochdale	26 February 2015	30 June 2015	Preston North End F.C
2	MF	Keane, KeithKeith Keane		28	Stevenage	5 March 2015	1 April 2015	Preston North End F.C
11	MF	Holmes, LeeLee Holmes		27	Exeter City	16 March 2015	30 June 2015	Preston North End F.C
25	FW	Hugill, JordanJordan Hugill		22	Hartlepool United	26 March 2015	23 May 2015	Preston North End F.C

EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); Age = age on the day of the signing; Moving from = only indicate the club the player was playing before start playing for this club in this season, for the type of the moving see Status column; Moving to = only indicates the club the player is going to play next, for the type of the moving see Status column; Ends = when the player's current contract ends; n/a = Not applicable; Apps = Total number of competitive appearances (including substitute appearances) at the club prior to departure; Goals = Total number of competitive goals scored at the club prior to departure.

Match details

Pre-season

Chorley v Preston North End

15 July 2014 Jack Kirkland Trophy	Chorley	2–3	Preston North End	Victory Park, Chorley
19:00 BST	Hine  16' Stephenson  35'	Report	Laird  42' Garner  48' Little  65'	Attendance: 1,437 Referee: Mr B Toner

Preston North End v Liverpool

19 July 2014	Preston North End	1–2	Liverpool	Deepdale, Preston
15:00 BST	Brownhill  45+1'	Report	Suso  75' Peterson  78'	Attendance: 17,488 (4,950 away fans) Referee: Jeremy Simpson

FC Halifax Town v Preston North End

23 July 2014	FC Halifax Town	1–2	Preston North End	The Shay, Halifax
19:45 BST	Dyer  44'	Report	Gallagher  28' Browne  37'	Attendance: 813 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

Morecambe v Preston North End

25 July 2014	Morecambe	1–2	Preston North End	Globe Arena, Morecambe
19:30 BST	Williams  63'	Report	Garner  19' Keane  82'	Attendance: 1,364 (490 away fans) Referee: Ross Joyce

Preston North End v Burnley

29 July 2014	Preston North End	2–1	Burnley	Deepdale, Preston
19:45 BST	Browne  51' Brownhill  90'	Report	Jutkiewicz  15'	Attendance: 5,457 (1,881 away fans) Referee: Peter Bankes

Preston North End v Leicester City

2 August 2014	Preston North End	1–1	Leicester City	Deepdale, Preston
15:00 BST	Clarke  58'	Report	Moore  25'	Attendance: 3,693 (386 away fans) Referee: Darren Handley

League One

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Bristol City (C, P)	46	29	12	5	96	38	+58	99	Promotion to Football League Championship
2	Milton Keynes Dons (P)	46	27	10	9	101	44	+57	91
3	Preston North End (O, P)	46	25	14	7	79	40	+39	89	Qualification to League One play-offs[lower-alpha 1]
4	Swindon Town	46	23	10	13	76	57	+19	79
5	Sheffield United	46	19	14	13	66	53	+13	71

Updated to match(es) played on 3 May 2015. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted.
Notes:

1. Four teams play for one spot and promotion to Football League Championship.

Matches

Preston North End v Notts County

9 August 2014 1	Preston North End	1–1	Notts County	Deepdale, Preston
15:00	Garner  89'	BBC Report	52' Cassidy	Attendance: 12,857 Referee: David Webb

Scunthorpe United v Preston North End

16 August 2014 2	Scunthorpe United	0–4	Preston North End	Glanford Park, Scunthorpe
15:00		BBC Report	17', 82' Garner  39' (og) Llera  48' Humphrey	Attendance: 4,013 Referee: Andrew Madley

Doncaster Rovers v Preston North End

19 August 2014 3	Doncaster Rovers	1–1	Preston North End	Keepmoat Stadium, Doncaster
19:45	Tyson  90'	BBC Report	66' Humphrey	Attendance: 6,513 Referee: Gary Sutton

Preston North End v Oldham Athletic

23 August 2014 4	Preston North End	1–0	Oldham Athletic	Deepdale, Preston
15:00	King  4'	Report		Attendance: 11,678 Referee: Scott Duncan

Preston North End v Sheffield United

30 August 2014 5	Preston North End	1–1	Sheffield United	Deepdale, Preston
15:00	Little  11'	Report	Baxter  41'	Attendance: 11,058 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

Walsall v Preston North End

13 September 2014 6	Walsall	3–1	Preston North End	Bescot Stadium, Walsall
15:00	Sawyers  7' Bradshaw  49' Downing  76'	Report	Garner  36' Hugill  69'	Attendance: 4,776 (1,122 away fans) Referee: Geoff Eltringham

Preston North End v Chesterfield

16 September 2014 7	Preston North End	3–3	Chesterfield	Deepdale, Preston
19:45	Browne  7' Garner  15' Brownhill  28'	Report	Doyle  31', 79', 90+1' (pen.)	Attendance: 8,399 (433 away fans) Referee: Nigel Miller

Preston North End v Crawley Town

20 September 2014 8	Preston North End	2–0	Crawley Town	Deepdale, Preston
15:00	Wright  23' Garner  65' (pen.)	Report		Attendance: 10,388 (84 away fans) Referee: Kevin Wright

Coventry City v Preston North End

27 September 2014 9	Coventry City	0–2	Preston North End	Ricoh Arena, Coventry
15:00	Swanson  11' Haynes  61' Hines  76' Coulibaly  79'	Report	Clarke  62' Garner  67' (pen.) Wiseman  85'	Attendance: 10,006 (783 away fans) Referee: Tim Robinson

Preston North End v Colchester United

4 October 2014 10	Preston North End	4–2	Colchester United	Deepdale, Preston
15:00	Wiseman  21' Browne  25' Gallagher  47' Humphrey  57'	Report	Healey  16' Gilbey  37' Eastman  43' Kent  79'	Attendance: 8,478 (133 away fans) Referee: Steve Martin

Preston North End v Port Vale

18 October 2014 11	Preston North End	2–0	Port Vale	Deepdale, Preston
15:00	Gallagher  42' Garner  56' Browne  81'	Report	Pope  45+2' Duffy  63' Zubar  79'	Attendance: 9,381 Referee: Mick Russell

Gillingham v Preston North End

21 October 2014 12	Gillingham	0–1	Preston North End	MEMS Priestfield Stadium, Gillingham
19:45	Egan  90'	Report	Gallagher  59' Buchanan  71'	Attendance: 4,632 Referee: James Linington

Preston North End v Fleetwood Town

25 October 2014 13	Preston North End	3–2	Fleetwood Town	Deepdale, Preston
15:00	Garner  60', 63', 79'	Report	Jordan  1' Laird  7' (o.g.) Maxwell  62' Proctor  65' Pond  80'	Attendance: 13,280 Referee: Eddie Ilderton

Leyton Orient v Preston North End

28 October 2014 14	Leyton Orient	0–2	Preston North End	Matchroom Stadium, London
19:45	Lowry  38' Cuthbert  42' Bartley  86' Cox  90+1'	BBC Report	Buchanan  12' Robinson  19' Davies  57' Huntington  75'	Attendance: 4,650 Referee: Carl Berry

Rochdale v Preston North End

1 November 2014 15	Rochdale	3–0	Preston North End	Spotland Stadium, Rochdale
15:00	O'Connell  28'  42' Henderson  32' Bennett  60' Done  61'	BBC Report	28' Welsh  39' Huntington	Attendance: 6,102 Referee: Paul Tierney

Swindon Town v Preston North End

4 November 2014 16	Swindon Town	1–0	Preston North End	County Ground, Swindon
19:45	Stephens  74' Williams  84' Gladwin  90+3'	Report	Kilkenny  64'	Attendance: 6,646 Referee: Oliver Langford

Preston North End v Bradford City

15 November 2014 17	Preston North End	1–2	Bradford City	Deepdale, Preston
15:00	Garner  85'	BBC Report	McArdle  26' Yeates  86'	Attendance: 10,302 Referee: Andy Haines

Bristol City v Preston North End

22 November 2014 18	Bristol City	0–1	Preston North End	Ashton Gate Stadium, Bristol
15:00		Report	Robinson  28'	Attendance: 13,245 Referee: Roger East

Yeovil Town v Preston North End

29 November 2014 19	Yeovil Town	0–2	Preston North End	Huish Park, Yeovil
15:00	Inniss  63'	Report	Huntington  5' Clarke  40' Welsh  52' Gallagher  90'	Attendance: 4,343 Referee: Darren Deadman

Preston North End v Milton Keynes Dons

13 December 2014 20	Preston North End	1–1	Milton Keynes Dons	Deepdale, Preston
15:00	Wiseman  63'  68'	Report	Baker  39' McFadzean  69' Spence  76'	Attendance: 9,856 Referee: David Coote

Peterborough United v Preston North End

20 December 2014 21	Peterborough United	0–1	Preston North End	London Road Stadium, Peterborough
15:00	McLean  49' Bostwick  69'	Report	Beckford  44'  45+1' Browne  64' Little  90+3'	Attendance: 6,803 Referee: Darren Sheldrake

Preston North End v Barnsley

26 December 2014 22	Preston North End	1–0	Barnsley	Deepdale, Preston
15:00	Gallagher  16' (pen.)  31' Welsh  87'	Report	Berry  75' Holgate  86'	Attendance: 13,793 Referee: Paul Tierney

Crewe Alexandra v Preston North End

28 December 2014 23	Crewe Alexandra	1–1	Preston North End	Gresty Road, Crewe
15:00	Cooper  81'	Report	Beckford  83'	Attendance: 6,429 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

Sheffield United v Preston North End

10 January 2015 24	Sheffield United	2–1	Preston North End	Bramall Lane, Sheffield
15:00	McNulty  52' Campbell-Ryce  70' Doyle  74'	Report	Kilkenny  38' Beckford  51' Clarke  58' Huntington  66' Brownhill  90+2'	Attendance: 19,902 Referee: Pat Miller

Preston North End v Leyton Orient

16 January 2015 25	Preston North End	2–2	Leyton Orient	Deepdale, Preston
19:45	Beckford  22' Laird  60' Gallagher  68' (pen.)	Report	Mooney  5'  53' Dagnall  78'	Attendance: 8,555 Referee: Scott Duncan

Preston North End v Yeovil Town

20 January 2015 25	Preston North End	1–1	Yeovil Town	Deepdale, Preston
19:45	Ebanks-Blake  76'	Report	Ugwu  45+2' Moore  83' Smith  90+4'	Attendance: 7,491 Referee: Chris Sarginson

Crawley Town v Preston North End

31 January 2015 26	Crawley Town	2–1	Preston North End	Broadfield Stadium, Crawley
15:00	Wordsworth  18' Smith  59' Fowler  87'	Report	Huntington  56' Woods  75'	Attendance: 2,550 Referee: James Adcock

Preston North End v Coventry City

7 February 2015 27	Preston North End	1–0	Coventry City	Deepdale, Preston
15:00	Davies  21'	Report		Attendance: 13,363 Referee: Mark Brown

Chesterfield v Preston North End

10 February 2015 28	Chesterfield	0–2	Preston North End	Proact Stadium, Chesterfield
19:45	Hird  3' Ryan  43' O'Shea  90'	Report	Johnson  23' Garner  30', 79' Gallagher  90+3'	Attendance: 6,309 Referee: Peter Bankes

Preston North End v Scunthorpe United

21 February 2015 30	Preston North End	2–0	Scunthorpe United	Deepdale, Preston
15:00 GMT	Johnson  57' Gallagher  71' Garner  81'	Report	McSheffrey  65' Clarke  73'	Attendance: 9,415 Referee: Kevin Wright

Preston North End v Walsall

24 February 2015 31	Preston North End	1–0	Walsall	Deepdale, Preston
19:45 GMT	Johnson  18'	Report		Attendance: 7,779 Referee: Darren Drysdale

Oldham Athletic v Preston North End

28 February 2015 32	Oldham Athletic	0–4	Preston North End	Boundary Park, Oldham
15:00 GMT		BBC Report	2' Huntington,  32' Johnson  52' Garner  82' Beckford	Attendance: 5,935 Referee: Mark Haywood

Preston North End v Doncaster Rovers

3 March 2015 33	Preston North End	2–2	Doncaster Rovers	Deepdale, Preston
19:45 GMT	Johnson  13' Beckford  90'	BBC Report	81' Forrester  84' Main	Attendance: 8,703 Referee: Dean Whitestone

MK Dons v Preston North End

7 March 2015 34	MK Dons	0–2	Preston North End	Stadium mk, Milton Keynes
15:00 GMT		BBC Report	66' Robinson  70' Garner	Attendance: 10,618 Referee: Lee Probert

Preston North End v Crewe Alexandra

14 March 2015 35	Preston North End	5–1	Crewe Alexandra	Deepdale, Preston
15:00 GMT	Garner  11', 24', 72', 79' Beckford  82'	BBC Report	34' Turton	Attendance: 10,203 Referee: Chris kavanagh

Preston North End v Peterborough United

17 March 2015 36	Preston North End	2–0	Peterborough United	Deepdale, Preston
19:45 GMT	Johnson  37' Beckford  87'	BBC Report		Attendance: 8,856 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

Barnsley v Preston North End

21 March 2015 37	Barnsley	1–1	Preston North End	Oakwell, Barnsley
15:00 GMT	Ibehre  79'	BBC Report	37' Garner	Attendance: 12,471 Referee: Eddie Ilderton

Fleetwood Town v Preston North End

29 March 2015 38	Fleetwood Town	1–1	Preston North End	Highbury Stadium, Fleetwood
19:45 BST	Ball  85'	BBC Report	9' Johnson	Attendance: 5,110 Referee: Andy Madley

Preston North End v Rochdale

3 April 2015 39	Preston North End	1–0	Rochdale	Deepdale, Preston
15:00 BST	Beckford  36'	BBC Report		Attendance: 12,288 Referee: Andy Woolmer

Bradford City v Preston North End

6 April 2015 40	Bradford City	0–3	Preston North End	Valley Parade, Bradford
15:00 BST		BBC Report	47' Gallagher  53' Johnson  80' Humphrey	Attendance: 16,032 Referee: Mark Heywood

Preston North End v Bristol City

11 April 2015 41	Preston North End	1–1	Bristol City	Deepdale, Preston
15:00 BST	Beckford  59'	BBC Report	63' Wilbraham	Attendance: 16,441 Referee: Robert Madley

Preston North End v Gillingham

14 April 2015 42	Preston North End	2–2	Gillingham	Deepdale, Preston
19:45 BST	Beckford  36' Robinson  45'	BBC Report	58' McGlashan  90' Legge	Attendance: 9,417 Referee: David Coote

Port Vale v Preston North End

17 April 2015 43	Port Vale	2–2	Preston North End	Vale Park, Stoke-on-Trent
15:00 BST	O'Connor  52' (pen), 85' (pen) Duffy  58'	BBC Report	12' Johnson  59' (pen)	Attendance: 7,210 Referee: Richard Clark

Notts County v Preston North End

21 April 2015 44	Notts County	1–3	Preston North End	Meadow Lane, Nottingham
19:45 BST	Spencer  72'	BBC Report	23', 85' Beckford  31' Garner	Attendance: 4,769 Referee: Carl Boyeson

Preston North End v Swindon Town

25 April 2015 45	Preston North End	3–0	Swindon Town	Deepdale, Preston
15:00 BST	Garner  2', 45', 51'	BBC Report		Referee: Gary Sutton

Colchester United v Preston North End

2 May 2015 46	Colchester United	1–0	Preston North End	Colchester Community Stadium, Colchester
15:00 BST	Moncur  82'	BBC Report		Attendance: 8,413 Referee: Keith Stroud

Play-offs

Chesterfield v Preston North End

7 May 2015 Semi-final 1st leg	Chesterfield	0–1	Preston North End	Proact Stadium, Chesterfield
15:00 BST		BBC Report	6' Beckford	Attendance: 8,409 Referee: Mark Haywood

Preston North End v Chesterfield

10 May 2015 Semi-final 2nd leg	Preston North End	3–0	Chesterfield	Deepdale, Preston
19:45 BST	Beckford  38', 87' Garner  62' (pen)	BBC Report		Attendance: 15,641 Referee: Andy D'Urso

Preston North End v Swindon Town

24 May 2015 Final	Preston North End	4–0	Swindon Town	Wembley Stadium, London
17:30 BST	Beckford  3', 44', 58' Huntington  13'	BBC Report	54' Kasim	Attendance: 48,236 Referee: Andy Madley

FA Cup

Havant & Waterlooville v Preston North End

10 November 2014 First round	Havant & Waterlooville	0–3	Preston North End	West Leigh Park, Havant
20:00	Stock  34' Cummings  80'	Report	Robinson  7', 30', 81' (pen.)	Attendance: 2,382 Referee: Steve Martin

Preston North End v Shrewsbury Town

6 December 2014 Second round	Preston North End	1–0	Shrewsbury Town	Deepdale, Preston
15:00	Huntington  19' Beckford  90+2'	Report		Attendance: 6,011 Referee: David Webb

Preston North End v Norwich City

3 January 2015 Third round	Preston North End	2–0	Norwich City	Deepdale, Preston
15:00	Gallagher  71', 84' King  76'	Report	Bennett  74'	Attendance: 9,807 Referee: Stuart Attwell

Preston North End v Sheffield United

24 January 2015 Fourth round	Preston North End	1–1	Sheffield United	Deepdale, Preston
15:00	Gallagher  19'  90+3'	Report	Kennedy  67' De Girolamo  68' Baxter  81' Reed  89'	Attendance: 10,770 Referee: Keith Stroud

Sheffield United v Preston North End

3 February 2015 Replay	Sheffield United	1–3	Preston North End	Bramall Lane, Sheffield
19:45	Murphy  38' McNulty  51'	Report	Gallagher  48'  63', 73' (pen.) Huntington  69'  70'	Attendance: 13,161 Referee: Lee Probert

Preston North End v Manchester United

16 February 2015 Fifth round	Preston North End	1–3	Manchester United	Deepdale, Preston
19:45	Davies  39' Laird  47'  48' Kilkenny  67' Stuckmann  87'	Report	Herrera  65' Rojo  69' Fellaini  72' Rooney  88' (pen.)	Attendance: 21,348 Referee: Phil Dowd

League Cup

Rochdale v Preston North End

12 August 2014 Round One	Rochdale	0–2	Preston North End	Spotland Stadium, Rochdale
19:45		BBC Report	43' Little  48' Kilkenny	Attendance: 2,348 Referee: Mark Brown

Middlesbrough v Preston North End

26 August 2014 Round Two	Middlesbrough	3–1	Preston North End	Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough
19:45	Tomlin  51', 66' Fewster  57'	Report	54' Hugill	Attendance: 10,727 Referee: Mark Haywood

Football League Trophy

Preston North End v Shrewsbury Town

2 September 2014 Round One	Preston North End	1–0	Shrewsbury Town	Deepdale, Preston
19:45	Hugill  59'	Report		Attendance: 4,029 (196 away fans) Referee: Chris Kavanagh

Preston North End v Port Vale

7 October 2014 Round Two	Preston North End	3–2	Port Vale	Deepdale, Preston
19:45	Humphrey  13' Gallagher  42'  69' Garner  63'  78'	Report	Zubar  29' Pope  51', 89' Dickinson  64' Brown  80'	Attendance: 3,836 (286 away fans) Referee: Peter Bankes

Oldham Athletic v Preston North End

25 November 2014 Round Three	Oldham Athletic	2–2 (9–10 p)	Preston North End	Boundary Park, Oldham
19:45	Poleon  46' Philliskirk  59' Dieng  79'	Report	Laird  32' Clarke  68'  80'	Attendance: 3,056 Referee: Tony Harrington
		Penalties
	Philliskirk Kelly Jones Forte Kusunga Poleon Mills Wilson Dieng Wilson Etheridge		Laird Davies Kilkenny Hayhurst Beckford Welsh Reid Buchanan Wiseman Huntington Stuckmann

Notts County v Preston North End

16 December 2014 Area S-Final	Notts County	0–1	Preston North End	Meadow Lane, Nottingham
19:45 GMT	Smith  35' Thompson  74' Hall  86'	Report	Huntington  20' Little  90+1'	Attendance: 2,058 Referee: Phil Gibbs

Preston North End v Walsall

7 January 2015 Area Final L1	Preston North End	0–2	Walsall	Deepdale, Preston
19:45 GMT	Kilkenny  84'	Report	O'Connor  66' Forde  84' Bradshaw  88'	Attendance: 8,561 Referee: Simon Hooper

Walsall v Preston North End

27 January 2015 Area Final L2	Walsall	0–0 (2–0 agg.)	Preston North End	Bescot Stadium, Walsall
19:45 GMT	A. Chambers  56' O'Donnell  71' Cain  72'	Report	Clarke  64'	Attendance: 10,038 Referee: Nigel Miller

Overall summary

Summary Games played 63 (46 League One, 6 FA Cup, 2 League Cup, 6 League Trophy, 3 Play-offs) Games won 36 (25 League One, 4 FA Cup, 1 League Cup, 3 League Trophy, 3 Play-offs) Games drawn 16 (14 League One, 1 FA Cup, 0 League Cup, '''2'''''' League Trophy, Play-offs) Games lost 10 (7 League One, 1 FA Cup, 1 League Cup, 1 League Trophy, Play-offs) Goals scored 84 (79 League One, 8 FA Cup, 3 League Cup, 10 League Trophy, 8 Play-offs) Goals conceded 56 (40 League One, 5 FA Cup, 3 League Cup, 6 League Trophy, 0 Play-offs) Goal difference +28 Clean sheets 30 (20 League One, 3 FA Cup, 1 League Cup, 3 League Trophy, 3 Play-offs) Yellow cards 91 (70 League One, 8 FA Cup, 2 League Cup, 7 League Trophy, 4 Play-offs) Red cards 1 (1 League One, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup, 0 League Trophy) Worst discipline Joe Garner (11 , 0 ) Best result W 5–1 vs Crewe Alexandra (15 Mar 15) Worst result L 0–3 vs Rochdale (1 Nov 14) Most appearances Tom Clarke (45 (1) Chris Humphrey (34 (12) Paul Gallagher (45 (1) Top scorer Joe Garner (27) Points 89

Score overview Opposition Home score Away score Double Barnsley 1–0 1–1 No Bradford City 1–2 3–0 No Bristol City 1–1 1–0 No Chesterfield 3–3 2–0 No Colchester United 4–2 0–1 No Coventry City 1–0 2–0 Yes Crawley Town 2–0 1–2 No Crewe Alexandra 5–1 1–1 No Doncaster Rovers 2–2 1–1 No Fleetwood Town 3–2 1–1 No Gillingham 2–2 1–0 No Leyton Orient 2–2 2–0 No Milton Keynes Dons 1–1 2–0 No Notts County 0–0 3–1 No Oldham Athletic 1–0 4–0 Yes Peterborough United 2–0 1–0 Yes Port Vale 2–0 2–2 No Rochdale 1–0 0–3 No Scunthorpe United 2–0 4–0 Yes Sheffield United 1–1 1–2 No Swindon Town 3–0 0–1 No Walsall 1–0 1–3 No Yeovil Town 1–1 2–0 No

Club staff

Position	Name
Manager	Simon Grayson
Assistant manager	Glynn Snodin
First team coach	John Dreyer
Goalkeeping coach	Alan Kelly, Jnr.
Physio	Matt Jackson

References

1. "Lee Frecklington believes nerves will be a key factor" - The Football League, 9 May 2014
2. "Preston North End: Ex-captain John Mousinho among six let go". BBC Sport. 20 May 2014.
3. "Preston North End defender Ben Davies has signed a two-year contract extension with the Club.". Preston North End FC. 30 May 2014.
4. "Neil Kilkenny: Preston North End midfielder signs new contract". BBC Sport. 23 June 2014.
5. "Preston North End: Alan Browne signs new two-year contract". BBC Sport. 1 July 2014.