01-07-2024, 11:48
Preston North End can confirm that Alan Browne’s contract expired yesterday evening on 30th June 2024.
Alan has informed the club that he will not be accepting the offer of a three-year extension to his existing contract and he therefore leaves North End with the best wishes of everybody.
Whatever the remaining period of his playing career has in store for him, the club would like to wish Alan, Shauna, and their family all the best for the future. He will forever remain welcome back at Deepdale.
In 2014, an 18-year-old Irishman joined Preston North End with the ambition of making it in the English game.
Slight in stature and quiet in nature, not many – if any – would have foreseen what he was to do at the football club.
Club captain and a member of the 400 Club, Alan leaves PNE with club legend status.
A crunching tackle in midfield and an assist on his debut in March 2014 was a sign of things to come.
Browney was becoming more and more involved in the first team set-up, and by the time the 2014/15 Play-Off final came along, he was helping his side lift the trophy to become a Championship player.
With the likes of John Welsh and Paul Gallagher among those in midfield, competition for places was rife, yet his influence was growing with every outing.
Within his first three second-tier seasons, Browne had been named Young Player of the Year and Player of the Year, and the 12 goals scored in the 2018/19 campaign was his best return to date.
Following the departure of Tom Clarke in 2020, Browney was officially handed the captaincy – albeit having worn the armband already on a number of occasions.
The No.8 soon became the 27th player to reach 300 appearances for North End, and continued to celebrate different landmarks, including his first Lancashire derby victory over rivals Blackpool – something he always wanted to do.
Consistently playing around 40 games a season, it wasn’t long before he cemented his name even further into the history books, as in January 2024 he joined only 12 other players in making 400 appearances.
That total’s since been taken to 412 and his performances throughout the 2023/24 campaign earned him the Sir Tom Finney Player of the Year award for the second time.
It’s been a decade of highs and lows, and Alan has been there for all of them, and he now leaves with the best wishes of everyone at Preston North End.
Alan has informed the club that he will not be accepting the offer of a three-year extension to his existing contract and he therefore leaves North End with the best wishes of everybody.
Whatever the remaining period of his playing career has in store for him, the club would like to wish Alan, Shauna, and their family all the best for the future. He will forever remain welcome back at Deepdale.
In 2014, an 18-year-old Irishman joined Preston North End with the ambition of making it in the English game.
Slight in stature and quiet in nature, not many – if any – would have foreseen what he was to do at the football club.
Club captain and a member of the 400 Club, Alan leaves PNE with club legend status.
A crunching tackle in midfield and an assist on his debut in March 2014 was a sign of things to come.
Browney was becoming more and more involved in the first team set-up, and by the time the 2014/15 Play-Off final came along, he was helping his side lift the trophy to become a Championship player.
With the likes of John Welsh and Paul Gallagher among those in midfield, competition for places was rife, yet his influence was growing with every outing.
Within his first three second-tier seasons, Browne had been named Young Player of the Year and Player of the Year, and the 12 goals scored in the 2018/19 campaign was his best return to date.
Following the departure of Tom Clarke in 2020, Browney was officially handed the captaincy – albeit having worn the armband already on a number of occasions.
The No.8 soon became the 27th player to reach 300 appearances for North End, and continued to celebrate different landmarks, including his first Lancashire derby victory over rivals Blackpool – something he always wanted to do.
Consistently playing around 40 games a season, it wasn’t long before he cemented his name even further into the history books, as in January 2024 he joined only 12 other players in making 400 appearances.
That total’s since been taken to 412 and his performances throughout the 2023/24 campaign earned him the Sir Tom Finney Player of the Year award for the second time.
It’s been a decade of highs and lows, and Alan has been there for all of them, and he now leaves with the best wishes of everyone at Preston North End.
Why should a man go to work, if he has the health and strength to stay in bed?