Only one previous meeting over 50 plus years ago, League Cup we won 2-0, so far this season they have been like a Eurovision song hopeful nil points and nil goals, losing at home to MK Dons 0-2 on Saturday at home.

The game kicks off at 7.30 pm been a while since we had one of those, this has been done to hopefully let the away fans catch the last train back which leaves about 10 pm, just remember though we had a penalty shoot out which lasted 34 kicks last season

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Ex North Ender Barky is a top notch signing, well liked at Deepdale, hopefully has a mare on Tuesday



MANAGER

Andrew John Whing (born 20 September 1984) is an English football manager and former professional footballer who played as a right back. He is currently the head coach of EFL League Two club Barrow.[5]



The town officially called Barrow in Furness, survives mainly it's ship/submarine building industry, in the near vicinity is Furness Abbey built in 1123



In 2002 it was famous for a breakout of Legionellosis which led to seven deaths, during Covid the highest rate of infection was Barrow, this year the Port has been given the Royal status

Team News
North End head to Barrow with a number of players absent. Brad Potts, Daniel Jebbison, Jordan Thompson, Robbie Brady and Will Keane all missed the opening day through injury and are expected to be unavailable again on Tuesday night.

Seven summer signings made their debut for the club against Queens Park Rangers, while goalkeeper Jack Walton was an unused substitute, and he’ll no doubt be hoping to make his bow against the League Two side.

Liam Lindsay, who went off with an injury at Loftus Road, will be assessed.

The Hosts

Barrow have had a tough start to the season, losing their opening two matches to teams expected to be pushing for promotion into League One.

After finishing 16th last term, the Bluebirds have had a busy summer and their most recent addition is a name familiar to North End supporters. Tom Barkhuizen, who made more than 200 appearances for PNE, made the move to Barrow last month.

In charge at the SO Legal Stadium is former Coventry City and Oxford United defender Andy Whing, who took over as head coach in January 2025.

Match Officials

Referee: Ross Joyce
Assistant Referees: Daniel Woodward and Lewis Raper
Fourth Official: Matthew Parry

Ross Joyce will referee North End for the fifth time in his career on Tuesday, with all of the previous occasions also being first round cup ties.

PNE won all four of those fixtures, coming out on top against Barnet, Huddersfield Town, and Mansfield Town on two occasions.

So far this season, Joyce has refereed two League One matches, showing six yellow cards.


MACS VIEW

Awkward game, should win but depends who is fit and what side he puts out, going to be warm so again ftness will play a part, could be an Okells masterclass

An unconvincing performance which went our way to one of those moments were an inexperienced keeper and a defender get their communication wrong. A nothing ball from Whiteman was majestically headed into his own net by Charlie Raglan, it was cruel on the home side who deserved more from the game.
Another warm night even on the far outpost of Cumbria, a sell out away section for the second away match on the trot, heaven knows we are loyal having watched some of the crap we have put out over recent years.
Debuts for Walton and Carroll(who apparently spent most of the half throwing up on the pitch), we started the better With Mads pulling the stings in midfield, sadly the Dane did a groin early on and once he had been substituted we lost a bit of our pzazz
A couple of decent efforts from us before Barrow twigged we were struggling to break them down, they grew into the game may have been slightly unlucky when a foul was given on keeper Walton, not sure whether he did have both hands on the ball when the home forward took the ball from him, they were also close to taking the lead just before the break when a shot went narrowly wide.



Second half similar we still stuggled to brreak them down, home effort from the halfway line just over the top and a mix up between Gibson and Walton almost led to a goal keeper did well to save the shot.
Then the break through which helped the game open up, we had more chances although apart form a Thor free kick was well saved by the keeper most of his other efforts ended up in the Irish Sea. Small made a difference when he came on, but at the death on a goal post saved us froma penalty shoot out, Barkhuizen's effort rebounded to safety. Through but not without luck

Barrow 0 Preston North End 1

Referee: Ross Joyce.

Attendance: 3,108 (938 PNE fans).



THE BOSS

Paul Heckingbottom was pleased with “quite a lot” of his side’s performance in Barrow.

North End progressed to the second round of the Carabao Cup thanks to a 1-0 victory over the Sky Bet League Two side.

The win came courtesy of a second-half own goal from Charlie Raglan, who inadvertently headed beyond goalkeeper Ben Winterbottom in the 66th minute.

Hecky said: “I’m pleased with the result and pleased with quite a lot of the performance. I wouldn't say like timeframes, 60 minutes’ worth or anything, just moments we were really good, but likewise moments really frustrated me.

“We've got through, there’s just areas where we can get better and also it's the right thing to do to play the rest of the group today. It’s an opportunity to impress but more importantly for me an opportunity for us to practice again and build those relationships because I felt like the moments where we got things wrong or that I wasn’t happy with were just down to that.

“It's just a brand new group and we want to get our messages across and be as effective as we can whichever XI’s on the pitch.”

PNE made it to the fourth round last year, with one of the wins in the competition coming against another League Two side in Harrogate Town.

North End were 5-0 winners last August and the manager felt his side could have been more comfortable this time around, if they’d have capitalised more on their 22 shots.


Hecky said: “That would be my only criticism. To create that much, it shows we've done a lot of things really well but on the flip side we could have made the game a lot easier for ourselves.

“For example I bet when we were away at Harrogate this time last season we didn't have that many shots but the game was comfortable because we were clinical and we took chances. So there’s lots and lots of good things in the performance, but things where we need to be better as well.”

The negative of the night, though, was the forced departure of Mads Frøkjær, who left the pitch hobbling in the first half. With a number of first team players already missing through injury, PNE will be hoping the Dane won’t be missing for too long.

Hecky said: “He just felt his groin. He felt it slightly about two minutes before he pulled up and then he just went to twist and stretch and he just felt it, so of course you can't take any chances with that.

“Fingers crossed on what the results of the scan will be on that because he's worked really hard. He's looked fit and I was looking forward to watching him play tonight.

“At the minute that is the downside from this game and it's always the risk in football matches. You pick up injuries but we want to try and get more of our boys back rather than losing a couple more.”