NO NIGERIAN PLAYER IS KNOWN TO HAVE PLAYED AT PRESTON

NO NIGERIAN PLAYER IS KNOWN TO HAVE PLAYED AT PRESTON

 

In all of living memory it will  appear that no known Nigerian player of repute has played at club side level for Preston North End,a football Club revered for been one of the oldest and most consistently ran sporting enterprise globally.

The club warehouses a great museum for English football.

League

• Football League First Division (first tier)^[27]
• Champions: 1888–89, 1889–90
• Runners-up: 1890–91, 1891–92, 1892–93, 1905–06, 1952–53, 1957–58
• Football League Second Division/Football League First Division/Championship (second tier)^[27]
• Champions: 1903–04, 1912–13, 1950–51
• Runners-up: 1914–15, 1933–34
• Play-off Runners-up: 2000–01, 2004–05
• Play-off Semi-finalists: 2005–06, 2008–09
• Football League Third Division/Football League Second Division/League 1 (third tier)^[27]
• Champions: 1970–71, 1999–2000
• Play-off Winners: 2014–15
• Play-off Semi-finalists: 1988–89, 1998–99, 2013–14
• Football League Fourth Division/Football League Third Division/League 2 (fourth tier)^[27]
• Champions: 1995–96
• Runners-up: 1986–87
• Play-off Runners-up: 1993–94
• Play-off Semi-finalists: 1994–95

Cup

• FA Cup
• Winners: 1889, 1938
• FA Charity Shield
• Runners-up: 1938
• Football League War Cup
• Winners: 1941

Other

In 1996, Preston's Third Division title made them the third club to have been champions of all four professional leagues in English football. This feat has also been achieved by Wolverhampton Wanderers in 1988, local rivals Burnley in 1992, and both Sheffield United and Portsmouth in 2017.

Club records

• Most Goals (Overall): Tom Finney, 210 goals from 473 appearances.
• Most League Goals: Tom Finney, 187 goals from 433 appearances.
• Most League Goals in a Season: Ted Harper, 37 in Football League Second Division, 1932–33^[28]
• Record Attendance: 42,684 v Arsenal, Football League First Division, 23 April 1938^[28]
• Record Cup Victory: 26–0 v Hyde, FA Cup, 15 October 1887^[28]
• Record League Victory: 10–0 v Stoke, Football League Division One, 14 September 1889^[28]
• Record Defeat: 0–7 v Blackpool, Division 1, 1 May 1948
• Transfer Record (Paid): £1,500,000 for David Healy from Manchester United, December 2000^[28]
• Transfer Record (Received): £10,000,000 for Jordan Hugill to West Ham Utd, January 2018^[29]
• Youngest Ever Player: Brandon Zibaka 16 years and 161 days^[30]
• Oldest Ever Player: Bob Kelly 41 years and two months^[31]

Sponsors

The club's main sponsors since shirt sponsorship was introduced in 1979 have been as follows:^[33]

Years	Sponsor(s)
1979–1984	Pontins
1984–1985	David Leil
1985–1986	Lombard Continental
1986–1990	Garratt's Insurance
1990–1992	Ribble Valley Shelving
1992–1995	Coloroll
1995–2002	Baxi
2002–2005	New Reg
2005–2010	Enterprise
2010–2012	Tennent's
2012–2013	Magners
2013–2014	The Football Pools/Carers Trust[34]
2014–2016	Virgin Trains[35]
2016–2017	888sport
2017–	Tempobet [36]

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