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RE: PNE news - themaclad - 20-05-2019
Johnson in Jamaica squad for Gold Cup
RE: PNE news - themaclad - 22-05-2019
New kit
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RE: PNE news - themaclad - 27-06-2019
Hemmings son becomes chairman interesting very interesting
RE: PNE news - themaclad - 03-07-2019
As with last season Stoke home game main match on Sky
RE: PNE news - themaclad - 03-07-2019
Leeds home game moved forward to a Tuesday 22/10/19 Cardiff game moved back one day to 18/3/20
RE: PNE news - themaclad - 07-07-2019
PNE U18 5 Morecambe U18 1
Two schoolboys were among North End’s five goalscorers as the youth team began their pre-season campaign by beating Morecambe 5-1.
With Aaron Bennett’s deflected strike having given the young Lilywhites a half-time advantage, fellow U16 Levi Lewis doubled the lead just after the hour, sparking a late flurry of goals – Louis Potts, Joe Nolan and Tyrhys Dolan extending PNE’s winning margin amid Jack Greenwood’s reply.
Academy manager Nick Harrison set out with two different starting line-ups for each half of the Shrimps’ visit. All 16 scholars – nine second years and seven first years – got 45 minutes each, as did four schoolboys and two trialists.
Jimmy Corcoran was kept busy early on by an individual duel against forward Freddie Price, who twice met left-wing crosses at the near post in the opening stages, but after he’d blazed over initially, PNE’s ‘keeper saved comfortably from the second attempt.
It was North End that went ahead in the 14th minute, as Joe Rodwell-Grant spotted Bennett bursting into space down the right channel. The forward cushioned a pass into the path of Bennett, who waited on the edge of the area to strike it on the bounce, doing so sweetly as a slight deflection assisted in beating the Shrimps ‘keeper.
Wales youth international Bennett showed neat skill on the left minutes later but could not pull back to a team-mate, that after Corcoran had again saved comfortably, this time from outside the box.
Ethan Walker’s free-kick just before the half hour mark was a vicious one, punched away vitally by the goalkeeper, albeit right at Joe Blanchard, who might have converted but for the awkward height and trajectory of the bouncing ball.
Rodwell-Grant did find the net two minutes afterwards, sliding Bennett’s wonderful through ball beyond the goalkeeper, but the offside flag was raised.
Another marginal offside decision saw Bennett himself called back following some inspired vision from Walker, while Price again shot straight at Corcoran before the interval.
A full complement of North End half-time changes meant a quieter start to second half proceedings, the first event of note seeing Tyrhys Dolan clip a cross to the back post for Tyler Williams, who headed across goal and just wide.
A truly exquisite finish from Levi Lewis doubled PNE’s lead on 63 minutes . The pass from substitute goalkeeper Oliver Lombard was fantastic, too, finding Lewis in the opposition area as he chipped the onrushing goalkeeper – perfectly reading the flight of the ball with a supremely executed volley.
After a well-contested opening hour or so, North End closed the game with some excellent attacking play and eight minutes after the second, Louis Potts rounded the goalkeeper from Lewis Leigh’s ball over the defence to make it three.
Joe Nolan finished beautifully with ten minutes still to go when a low cross fell at his feet on the edge of the area, where he placed high into the right corner of goal.
Lucus Kirnon defended well against Greenwood minutes afterwards, halting a mazy run from the Morecambe man, but that couldn’t prevent a clean sheet, as Greenwood popped up again in the 84th minute to head home from a corner.
But second half skipper Dolan restored the four-goal margin with a minute to go, getting so much power behind his 20-yard daisy cutter that the opposition ‘keeper could not keep it out, that ensuring a five-star display in the maiden pre-season outing.
PNE first half line-up: Corcoran; Nicholson, Earl (captain), Blanchard, Coulton; Dooley, McManus; trialist; Bennett; Walker; Rodwell-Grant.
PNE second half line-up: Lombard; Leigh, Williams, Kirnon, trialist; Nolan, Huddart; Holland-Wilkinson, Dolan (captain), Lewis; Potts.
RE: PNE news - themaclad - 09-07-2019
Tom Barkhuizen Signs New Contract
Preston North End forward Tom Barkhuizen has put pen to paper on a new deal with the club.
The 26-year-old has signed a three-year contract, taking him until at least the summer of 2022.
Having joined the club in January 2017 from Morecambe, ‘Barky’ has gone on to be an integral part of the squad at Deepdale, going on to make over 100 appearances, scoring 21 goals in the process.
He signed for the Lilywhites from Morecambe and has been a vital to the team with his work-rate, pace and productivity in the final third.
Speaking after signing the contract Tom said: “You can’t put a price on a manager who trusts you. We have a really good relationship and when he signed his new contract a few months ago it partly made up my mind that I really wanted to stay.
“I enjoy working for him; I enjoy being part of this dressing room. I have been here for a few years, we all get along really well and things like that you can’t put a price on, it is just a really good place to be around and that’s while I’ll be here for another three years.
“It is the trust that gets the best out of me, knowing that he has 100 per cent faith in what I do. From the outside I might not look like the most pleasing role; but the fact that the manager backs me, it does mean a lot and makes me want to go out onto the pitch and give everything for him.”
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Manager Alex Neil was delighted at his player’s commitment to the club: “The two years I have been here, Tom has been an important part of the team. In the first season he played more games than anybody else and he is affective for us. He gives us that running power and he very rarely misses games. His deal is reflected in his importance to the team.
“He I very good tactically. All the information I give him, he carries it out very well and his running power – particularly with the likes of Gally [Paul Gallagher] and Pearo’s [Ben Pearson] putting the balls in behind, it really stretched defences for us and he chips in with a few goals as well.
“He is only going to improve as a player and we are really excited to see how he develops in the next couple of years. The last couple of years have been the highest level he has played at and he has adapted really well and he is only going to improve from this point.”
RE: PNE news - themaclad - 02-08-2019
Ex North Ender Jon Parkin has retired the Beast will be remembered for getting three in the 6-4 at Leeds top bloke biography is a fun read as well
RE: PNE news - themaclad - 04-08-2019
PNE U18 5 Rochdale U18 3
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The youth team kicked off their EFL North West Youth Alliance campaign for the 2018/19 season by beating Rochdale 5-3 at UCLan Sports Arena.
Ethan Walker had edged the Lilywhites into a half-time lead, but the visitors overturned that opener with two goals of their own handing them the advantage by the hour mark.
However, three PNE goals in the space of five minutes saw the hosts take control of the game once again going into the final quarter of an hour, in which each side exchanged another goal apiece.
Walker was on target once more, with Joe Rodwell-Grant, Ben Dooley and an own goal seeing North End through to take all three points. Lewis Earl captained the team in the season opener.
The youth team have now scored five goals in a match on four occasions this season; in friendlies against Morecambe, Salford City and Grimsby Town and now in this opening league encounter versus Rochdale, too.
The match also marked the return of Hafizul Rahman, who came off the bench for the final eight minutes of the game in what was his first competitive appearance for the youth team in nearly two years.
Hafi suffered a broken leg in an away match against Wigan Athletic in September 2017, in what was only his second appearance as a scholar, having signed as a first year earlier that summer.
The winger returned during pre-season last year but a recurrence of the injury kept him out for the entirety of the 2018/19 campaign as well. He is eligible to play in league matches this season.
Everyone at Preston North End is delighted to see Hafi back in action for the youth team.
PNE line-up: Corcoran; Dooley, Earl, Williams; McFayden; Nolan, McManus (Bennett, 25 (Rahman, 82)); Potts (Huddart, 67), Dolan, Walker; Holland-Wilkinson (Rodwell-Grant, 76). Subs not used: Lombard.
RE: PNE news - themaclad - 06-08-2019
Bounce game against Salford we wn 2-1