Away fans on their way

The branch will be over for the away game against Bury. It`s been several months since our last visit to Preston and we can`t wait to down our first glass of Sass. 

2nd round, Capital One Cup

Preston North End FC  4 (3) - (1) 1  Crystal Palace

Deepdale

Attendance: 5,194

Goals:  P: 2`63`Wroe 18`Sodje 41`Monkana  C: 37`Wilbraham

Read full match report here

Making your mark - Stockholm, Sweden

3rd round, League One

AFC Bournemouth  1 (0) - (0) 1  Preston North End FC

Dean Court

Attendance 5,329 (348 away fans)

Goals:  

B: 53`Elphick  

P: 73`Sodje

Red card: 27`Arter (B)

Read full match report here

What makes us special?

Preston North End is 1 out of 6 teams that have won the Football League War Cup (1941). The other teams being West Ham United, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Blackpool, Charlton Atlethic/Aston Villa and Bolton Wanderers.


(The picture is ment as an illustration and doesn`t necessarily have anything to do with the fact or quote bellow it.)

2nd round, League One

Shrewsbury Town FC  1 (1) - (0) 0  Preston North End FC

Greenhouse Meadow

Attendance: 6,444

Goals: 

S: 4`Parry

Read full match report here

How you rollin?

This is an example of how your licence plate should look like. In this case the first letter is the first in the surname of the driver, the number 7 is in honour of Sir Tom Finney and the rest is pretty much a given.
All in all looking damn good!

Picture published with approval of CSC public relations departement.

Simonsen - one of us?

It`s pretty much everything people in and around Lancashire are talking about these last days: Does newly signed goalkeeper Steve Preben Arthur Simonsen hail from either Norway or Denmark? We have tried to find out the truth using all tools available (Google).
Apart from his dark blond hair, his name and characteristic gap between the front teeth, who many people from Vestfold & Telemark are known for we do not have much solid proof of where his family might have come from.

In the picture above you see a classic attack on an enemy by headbutting them underneath their feet. Used mostly in northern parts of Norway when fighting moose or even polarbears. On the other hand is this technique also seen in Danish lovemaking.

 

This old hand gesture brings back so many memories being one of the first things a Norwegian kid sees. When a Norwegian kid is first allowed inside the farmhouse after spending his first 5 weeks alone in the forest (kids eat a lot the first couple of weeks) the father of the house beats his son five times. And for every beating he tells his son how many rounds to go. In this case 3. More if the father is poor with numbers.

It could also be a Danish hand signal for ordering beer. It`s not allowed to order less than 3 beers at a time in Denmark. 

 

This one is not that hard. It can basically mean two things either the good old pick up line "want to provide your kids with a strong chin? Step into the barn and I will help you out." In Denmark this gesture is used to show very drunk fighters where to hit. In the whole of Scandinavia it`s a great shame to fight someone who doesn`t now how.

We will not rest until we know the truth. Are you one of us, Preben?

 

1st round, League One

 

Preston North End FC  0 (0) - (0) 0  Colchester United FC

Deepdale stadium

Attendance: 10,034

Read full match report here.

Johnstone`s Paint Trophy

 

Preston North End have been drawn away at npower League One rivals Carlisle United in the first round of the JPT...

The Lilywhites will travel to Cumbria at the beginning of September to face Gregg Abbott's men who have previous success in winning the competition.

Last season, North End entered the competition in the second round, overcoming Morecambe and Rochdale to reach the northern semi-finals.

Full match details will be announced first right here on PNE.Com, so please keep checking for further details.

From www.pnefc.net

2nd round draw

After defeating Huddersfield 2-0 at Deepdale monday night Preston are through to the 2nd round of the Capital One Cup more commonly known as the League Cup. The opponent for the 2nd round tie is London club Crystal Palace. We are quite happy with the draw and are optimistic about advancing to the 3rd round. But aren`t we allways..
The league cup is laughed at by any team that dosen`t win it. We on the other hand consider this tiny three eared bucket an important piece of silverware. Which the trophy cabinet at Deepdale definitely have the need and room for.

The 2nd round ties will take place in the week commencing August 27 with the 25 winners of these games being joined in the next round by the seven teams exempt due to European commitments. Preston will play at home.

Radio star

The picture above might be of an older model and we might have Twitter as an extra source of information now but the radio is the branchmen`s best way to follow our famous club`s games. Listening to the radio would bring back a lot of memories if we where old enough to have lived during the post TV age period. We`re not old enough to have experienced that so no memories of all matches being broadcasted on the pictureless medium. We are making them memories now. In 2012 we listen to PNE Player via our top modern Mac Book Airs and experiencing what our fathers did some odd 50-60 years ago. Listening to the radio gives you a totally different experience than watching it on the big screen. We are grateful that we are able to get the action live and thank everyone involved in making it happen. After all if we want visual pleasure it`s only a couple of train- buss- and plane rides away.

1st round, Capital One Cup

Preston North End FC  2 (2) - (0) 0  Huddersfield Town

Deepdale stadium

Attendance: 5,500

Goals: 29`King 40`Wroe

Read full match report here.

New Skipper

Manager Graham Westley has announced John Mousinho as the new Club captain ahead of the first competitive game.

The former Brentford and Stevenage midfielder has held the armband on a number of occasions during the pre-season campaign and his appointment was officially on Friday.

 

Picture borrowed from pnefc.net

The new skipper said the following to mypne:

“I’ll be especially proud this year just because of the nature of what has happened to the Club in the last few months; the turnover over players and staff. We have a new set of players a relatively new manager, I think the fans are looking forward to it and now we have a new captain and it is something I am really looking forward to – leading the lads out in front of the fans for the opening game of the season. 

"I’ve been excited about it for a long time, it will be a really proud moment and something I am really relishing.”

 

That`s good to hear mate. We will hold you to those words and hope it shows all ready from the start of the season. The fans need you to show your heart, the young players need someone to look up too, the men need someone to make them stay focused and the manager needs someone he can trust.

We hope you`re the guy for the job.

Blog on!

It`s on again. A new season is at it`s beginning and we can win. We can win it all. The league, the cups, the hearts and the minds. The first match of the season is the cup tie against Huddersfield monday. We will win of course and advance. Every year, Championship or League One (or Two) we belive that this is the year we`ll do it all. We`re going all the way. Needless to say all of us who year after year think this way and truly belive that "this is the year" have been let down more times than a nerd in a night club but this year it`s different. This season is ours. We`re going all the way cha!