40th round, League One

  Preston North End FC  1 (0) - (1) 1  Portsmouth FC             

Deepdale
Attendance: 9,464
Goals:
Po: 3`Wallace
Pr: 77`Keane

Read full match report here

Stick up Oslo

39th round, League One

  Preston North End FC  0 (0) - (0) 0  Leyton Orient FC         

Deepdale
Attendance: 8,405 (210 away fans)

Read full match report here

2012/2013, Brentford away

Heavy metal.

Using an airline that actually gives a damn like Norwegian or SAS the trip over from Oslo went very well and we where all rested and happy when we arrived on friday afternoon. Ossi was in charge of booking hotels and found a gem of an hotell in Sussex rd next to Hyde park. The first room we where given had a triple(!) bed and the bathroom door almost opened due to the fact that there was no space in the entire room not already being filled with bed. This might have been great for a 3 person love couple but the Branch does not swing that way.

This is the golden ticket, Mr. Wonka.

After explaining to the hotel manager that we did not want a room meant for horny hobbits he said they where fully booked the entire weekend and that we had to specify our reservation if we had special needs. After it was explained to him that there where no where to choose "Air to breath" as an requirement and that he would have to get us a room in another hotel he gave us the option to upgrade our room to a bigger one. (Remember that the hotel was fully booked. Not so much really.) So with out any more dicking around we paid 40 pounds and got on with it. The room was still crap but a lot bigger.

Ossi & Ben watching the worlds tallest woman.

When in England we use cabs more than we would back home. Partly because it`s a lot cheaper but also because we tend to get along great with cab drivers. Mabye because a lot of them are x-army. Or so they say. This weekend was no exception and we had a great time. This one cabby in particularly, who once reluctantly had beaten up George Best, asked me a question:

- What is the one thing the English and the Norwegians have i common? No one in this cab have gotten that one right yet.
I found the question quite obvious and replied:
- The hatred for the Germans.

The cabby was impressed and stopped the meter.

At the Fox & Hounds with about 50 lads

As always getting to a bar occupied by Preston lads is a proper treat. Familiar faces all around a beer in hand and a pat on the back. At home at last. Good stuff seing the CSC again - quality lads.

Congrats on getting married to Marshy also by the way. For some reason he was no longer in costume at the game. We only got one beer in at the bar before getting on a train west. But some catching up was done and some news was passed on.

Getting from the bar to the train station is when the buzz gets going. Good times waiting for the train singing songs about Blackpool scum and our own greatness. 

Ben waiting for the train sporting a nice Fjällräven

On the train the walls screamed for Trev`s artwork and we where happy to oblige. We have to thank Mr. T again for making the stickers you now can see all over London. His art is on more walls than Banksy.
Some fans may claim to be gentry but the Prestonians truly are their bowlers and ties worthy. When overtaking a train or subway with songs and ruckus ordinary people getting off or on gets treated with the utmost respect and courtesy.

Sticker by Trev. Fist by Ben. Crime by the Fox.

As a great man once said - Football ruins a perfect day out. And he was right. Once again. The game was not played the way it`s supposed to and the way we have played it the last couple of games. The passing game was of and not many passes up front found a striker. Not sure how many shots we had on goal in the first half but in the second I can`t remember one between the posts.

Rudd wearing Stuckmann`s old jersey.

The penalty put a shit end to a shit game. But what the pitch lacked the terraces made up for. 818 Preston faithful made the experience great with non stop singing through out the game. And when the final whistle blew the singing continued and gave the lads a great start on their way back home to Lancashire. Did they deserve it? Doesn`t matter really... saturday was about the Gentry. For 90 minutes we owned Griffin Park and our colors hang proud from the old terrace walls.

Griffin Park is White & Navy.

So until next time lads - take care and keep the Preston train going. We are back on the right track. Proud to be a part of the hordes this weekend. To all the people we got to talk to - it was great meeting you. To the ones we didn`t get the chance to talk to we`ll have a chat next time we come over.

Hail Proud Preston!

38th round, League One

               Brentford FC  1 (0) - (0) 0  Preston North End FC

Griffin Park

Attendance: 6,512 (818 away fans)

Goal:

B: 90`Saunders (pen)

Read full match report here

37th round, League One

         
           Notts County FC  0 (0) - (1) 1  Preston North End FC

Meadow lane
Attendance: 3,587 (368 away fans)
Goal:
P: 34`Hollis (OG) 

36th round, League One

   Preston North End FC  2 (2) - (0) 0  Stevenage FC               

Deepdale
Attendance: 9,000
Goals:
P: 6`Holmes 16`Hayhurst

Read full match report here

35th roundt, League One

                      MK Dons  1 (1) - (1) 1  Preston North End FC

stadium:mk

Attendance: 8,412 (678 away fans)
Goals:
M: 2`Chicksen
P: 7`Hayhurst

Read full match report here