2017–18 Preston North End F.C. season

Preston North End
2017–18 season
Manager	Alex Neil
Stadium	Deepdale
Championship	7th
FA Cup	4th round
EFL Cup	1st round
Top goalscorer	League: Sean Maguire (10); All: Jordan Hugill; Sean Maguire (10)
	← 2016–17 2018–19 →

The 2017–18 season was Preston North End's third consecutive season in the Championship, in their 138th year in existence. Along with competing in the Championship, the club also participated in the FA Cup and EFL Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

Squad

No.	Name	Pos.	Place of birth	Age	Apps	Goals	Signed from	Date signed	Fee	End
Goalkeepers
1	Declan Rudd	GK	Diss	33	85	0	Norwich City	1 July 2017	£966,000	2020
22	Chris Maxwell	GK	St Asaph	34	71	0	Fleetwood Town	1 July 2016	Free	2020
28	Matthew Hudson	GK	Southport	26	1	0	Academy	1 July 2015	Trainee	2020
31	Callum Roberts	GK	South shields	25	0	0	Academy	1 July 2017	Trainee	2018
Defenders
3	Greg Cunningham	LB	Galway	33	110	4	Bristol City	27 July 2015	Undisclosed	2019
5	Tom Clarke	CB	Sowerby Bridge	36	214	14	Huddersfield Town	22 May 2013	Free	2020
14	Darnell Fisher	RB	Reading	30	35	0	Rotherham United	27 July 2017	Undisclosed	2021
15	Calum Woods	RB	Liverpool	37	79	0	Huddersfield Town	1 July 2014	Free	2019
17	Tommy Spurr	LB	Leeds	37	24	1	Blackburn Rovers	1 July 2016	Free	2019
20	Ben Davies	CB/LB	Barrow-in-Furness	29	47	1	Academy	25 January 2013	Free	2021
23	Paul Huntington	CB	Carlisle	37	245	17	Yeovil Town	22 May 2012	Free	2018
32	Josh Earl	LB/LW	Liverpool	26	20	0	Academy	1 July 2017	Trainee	2020
Midfielders
4	Ben Pearson	CM/DM	Oldham	29	84	1	Manchester United	11 January 2016	£115,000	2020
7	Daryl Horgan	RM	Galway	32	44	4	Dundalk	1 January 2017	Free	2019
8	Alan Browne	CM	Cork	29	164	15	Free agent	1 January 2014	Free	2020
10	Josh Harrop	AM/CF	Stockport	28	39	4	Manchester United	3 July 2017	Undisclosed	2021
11	Daniel Johnson	AM	Kingston	32	149	23	Aston Villa	23 January 2015	£50,000	2019
12	Paul Gallagher	AM/WG	Glasgow	40	222	32	Leicester City	16 June 2015	Free	2019
19	John Welsh	CM	Liverpool	39	176	3	Tranmere Rovers	14 May 2012	Free	2018
Forwards
21	Louis Moult	CF	Stoke-on-Trent	32	11	2	Motherwell	1 January 2018	Undisclosed	2021
24	Sean Maguire	CF	Luton	30	25	10	Cork City	24 July 2017	Undisclosed	2021
27	Connor Simpson	CF	Guisborough	24	1	0	Hartlepool United	11 January 2018	Undisclosed	2020
29	Tom Barkhuizen	RW/SS	Blackpool	31	64	14	Morecambe	1 January 2017	Free	2020
37	Callum Robinson	WG/CF	Northampton	29	121	23	Aston Villa	4 July 2016	Free	2020
39	Billy Bodin	RW/CF	Swindon	32	19	1	Bristol Rovers	3 January 2018	Undisclosed	2020
Out on Loan
2	Marnick Vermijl	RB	Peer	32	54	4	Sheffield Wednesday	31 August 2016	Undisclosed	2019
6	Andy Boyle	CB	Dublin	33	12	0	Dundalk	1 January 2017	Free	2019
13	Eoin Doyle	CF	Dublin	36	44	7	Cardiff City	1 July 2016	Undisclosed	2019
18	Ben Pringle	CM/LM	Newcastle upon Tyne	35	14	0	Fulham	4 July 2016	£255,000	2019
25	Kevin O'Connor	LB	Enniscorthy	22	9	0	Cork City	24 July 2017	Undisclosed	2020
30	Melle Meulensteen	CM	Nijmegen	25	0	0	Academy	1 July 2017	Trainee	2018

All appearances and goals up to date as of 7 May 2018.

Statistics

As of 7 May 2018

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		FA Cup		League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Declan Rudd	18	0	16	0	2	0	0	0
3	DF	IRL	Greg Cunningham	21	1	20	1	1	0	0	0
4	MF	ENG	Ben Pearson	34	0	34	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF	ENG	Tom Clarke	20	2	14+4	2	2	0	0	0
7	MF	IRL	Daryl Horgan	21	2	2+17	1	2	1	0	0
8	MF	IRL	Alan Browne	47	8	38+6	6	2	2	0+1	0
10	MF	ENG	Josh Harrop	39	4	11+27	2	1	2	0	0
11	MF	JAM	Daniel Johnson	36	3	25+8	3	1+1	0	0+1	0
12	MF	SCO	Paul Gallagher	34	2	22+10	2	0+1	0	1	0
14	DF	ENG	Darnell Fisher	34	0	33	0	1	0	0	0
15	DF	ENG	Calum Woods	18	0	11+5	0	1+1	0	0	0
17	DF	ENG	Tommy Spurr	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
19	MF	ENG	John Welsh	11	0	5+4	0	2	0	0	0
20	DF	ENG	Ben Davies	35	1	33+1	1	0	0	1	0
21	FW	ENG	Louis Moult	11	2	3+7	2	1	0	0	0
22	GK	WAL	Chris Maxwell	31	0	30	0	0	0	1	0
23	DF	ENG	Paul Huntington	47	1	45	1	2	0	0	0
24	FW	IRL	Sean Maguire	25	10	19+5	10	0	0	0+1	0
27	FW	ENG	Connor Simpson	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
29	FW	ENG	Tom Barkhuizen	47	8	43+3	8	0+1	0	0	0
32	DF	ENG	Josh Earl	20	0	16+3	0	1	0	0	0
37	FW	ENG	Callum Robinson	43	8	31+10	8	1	0	1	0
39	FW	WAL	Billy Bodin	19	1	14+3	1	2	0	0	0
Player(s) out on loan:
2	DF	BEL	Marnick Vermijl	3	0	0+2	0	0	0	1	0
6	DF	IRL	Andy Boyle	5	0	3	0	0+1	0	1	0
25	DF	IRL	Kevin O'Connor	9	0	4+4	0	0	0	1	0
Player(s) who left the club:
9	FW	ENG	Jordan Hugill	29	10	26+1	8	0+1	0	1	2
16	MF	ENG	Liam Grimshaw	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
27	FW	ENG	Stephy Mavididi	11	0	4+6	0	0	0	1	0

Goals record

As of 7 May 2018

Rank	No.	Po.	Name	Championship	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	24	CF	Sean Maguire	10	0	0	10
1	—	CF	Jordan Hugill	8	0	2	10
3	8	CM	Alan Browne	6	2	0	8
	29	WG	Tom Barkhuizen	8	0	0	8
	37	WG	Callum Robinson	8	0	0	8
6	10	AM	Josh Harrop	2	2	0	4
7	11	AM	Daniel Johnson	3	0	0	3
8	5	CB	Tom Clarke	2	0	0	2
	7	WG	Daryl Horgan	1	1	0	2
	12	CM	Paul Gallagher	2	0	0	2
	21	CF	Louis Moult	2	0	0	2
11	3	LB	Greg Cunningham	1	0	0	1
	20	CB	Ben Davies	1	0	0	1
	23	CB	Paul Huntington	1	0	0	1
	39	LW	Billy Bodin	1	0	0	1
Own Goals				1	0	0	1
Total				55	5	2	62

Disciplinary record

As of 7 May 2018

Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name	Championship			FA Cup			League Cup			Total
Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name
1	4		CM	Ben Pearson	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	1	0
2	14		RB	Darnell Fisher	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	0	0
3	11		AM	Daniel Johnson	8	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0
3	23		CB	Paul Huntington	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0
5	—		CF	Jordan Hugill	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0
6	12		CM	Paul Gallagher	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0
7	3		LB	Greg Cunningham	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0
	8		CM	Alan Browne	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0
	19		CM	John Welsh	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0
10	10		AM	Josh Harrop	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
	15		RB	Calum Woods	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
	20		CB	Ben Davies	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
13	32		LB	Josh Earl	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
13	39		LW	Billy Bodin	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0
15	1		GK	Declan Rudd	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
15	29		WG	Tom Barkhuizen	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
18	5		CB	Tom Clarke	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	6		CB	Andy Boyle	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	24		CF	Sean Maguire	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
20	37		WG	Callum Robinson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total					105	5	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	108	5	0

Contracts

Date	Position	Name	Contract Length	Status	Expires	Ref.
13 September 2017	LB	Josh Earl	3 years	Signed	June 2020	^[1]
16 October 2017	RB	Calum Woods	2 years	Signed	June 2019	^[2]
23 October 2017	WG	Callum Robinson	3 years	Signed	June 2020	^[3]
22 March 2018	CB	Ben Davies	3+1⁄2 years	Signed	June 2021	^[4]
22 May 2018	RB	Darnell Fisher	3 years	Signed	June 2021	^[5]
1 June 2018	CB	Tom Clarke	2 years	Signed	June 2020	^[6]
6 June 2018	GK	Matthew Hudson	2 years	Signed	June 2020	^[7]
6 June 2018	CF	Sean Maguire	3 years	Signed	June 2021	^[8]
8 June 2018	CM	Paul Gallagher	1 year	Signed	June 2019	^[9]

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2017	GK	Declan Rudd	Norwich City	£966,000	^[10]
3 July 2017	AM	Josh Harrop	Manchester United	Undisclosed	^[11]
24 July 2017	CF	Sean Maguire	Cork City	Undisclosed	^[12]
24 July 2017	LB	Kevin O'Connor	Cork City	Undisclosed	^[13]
26 July 2017	RB	Darnell Fisher	Rotherham United	Undisclosed	^[14]
1 January 2018	CF	Louis Moult	Motherwell	Undisclosed	^[15]
3 January 2018	RW	Billy Bodin	Bristol Rovers	Undisclosed	^[16]
11 January 2018	CF	Connor Simpson	Hartlepool United	Undisclosed	^[17]

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2017	CF	Jermaine Beckford	Bury	Released	^[18]^[a]
1 July 2017	GK	Anders Lindegaard	Burnley	Released	^[18]^[b]
1 July 2017	RB	Clive Smith	Free agent	Released	^[18]
8 August 2017	CF	Stevie May	Aberdeen	Undisclosed fee	^[21]
31 August 2017	DM	Liam Grimshaw	Motherwell	Mutual consent	^[22]^[c]
31 January 2018	CF	Jordan Hugill	West Ham United	£10 Million	^[24]

^ Jermaine Beckford joined Bury following his release from the club.^[19]
^ Anders Lindegaard joined Burnley following his release.^[20]
^ Liam Grimshaw joined Motherwell following his release from the club.^[23]

Loans in

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	End date	Ref.
4 August 2017	CF		Stephy Mavididi	Arsenal	3 January 2018	^[25]^[a]

^ Mavididi's loan was cut short, so he could join Charlton Athletic.^[26]

Loans out

Start date	Position	Name	To	End date	Ref.
31 August 2017	CF	Eoin Doyle	Oldham Athletic	January 2018	^[27]
8 September 2017	CF	Myles Mason	Sutton Coldfield Town	6 October 2017	^[28]
8 September 2017	CM	Melle Meulensteen	Lancaster City	January 2018	^[28]
8 September 2017	CM	Oscar O'Neil	Bamber Bridge	6 October 2017	^[28]
9 January 2018	CM	Ben Pringle	Oldham Athletic	30 June 2018	^[29]
25 January 2018	LB	Kevin O'Connor	Fleetwood Town	30 June 2018	^[30]
30 January 2018	CB	Andy Boyle	Doncaster Rovers	30 June 2018	^[31]
20 February 2018	FW	Michael Howard	Cork City	30 June 2018	^[32]

Pre-season

Friendlies

As of 7 June 2017, Preston North End have announced seven pre-season friendlies against Bamber Bridge, Stockport County, Morecambe, Accrington Stanley, Burnley, Fleetwood Town^[33] and Newcastle United.^[34]

7 July 2017	Bamber Bridge	0–7	Preston North End	Bamber Bridge
19:00 BST		Report	Davies 17' May 35' Robinson 42' Barkhuizen 55' Hugill 63', 82' Meulensteen 80'	Stadium: Irongate Attendance: 2,186 Referee: David McNamara

15 July 2017	Stockport County	1–2	Preston North End	Edgeley
15:00 BST	Oswell 26'	Report	Robinson 34' Barkhuizen 40'	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 1,470 Referee: Joe Hull

18 July 2017	Morecambe	0–2	Preston North End	Morecambe
19:30 BST		Report	Barkhuizen 36' Pearson 56'	Stadium: Globe Arena Attendance: 974 Referee: Darren Handley

19 July 2017	Accrington Stanley	2–3	Preston North End	Accrington
19:30 BST	Edwards 58' Pearson 88'	Report	Browne 37' Robinson 42' Cunnigham 75'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 989 Referee: Darren Handley

22 July 2017	Preston North End	1–1	Newcastle United	Deepdale
15:00 BST	Barkhuizen 33'	Report	Mitrović 8'	Stadium: Deepdale Stadium Attendance: 7,280

25 July 2017	Preston North End	1–2	Burnley	Deepdale
19:45 BST	Maguire 65'	Report	Walters 21' Long 53'	Stadium: Deepdale Stadium Attendance: 5,633 Referee: Rob Jones

28 July 2017	Fleetwood Town	1–5	Preston North End	Fleetwood
19:30	Bolger 16'	Report	Huntington 45+2' Barkhuizen 54' Johnson 72' (pen.) Horgan 75' Coyle 84' (o.g.)	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 2,108 Referee: Michael Salisbury

Competitions

Championship

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
5	Middlesbrough	46	22	10	14	67	45	+22	76	Qualification for Championship play-offs^[a]
6	Derby County	46	20	15	11	70	48	+22	75	Qualification for Championship play-offs^[a]
7	Preston North End	46	19	16	11	57	46	+11	73
8	Millwall	46	19	15	12	56	45	+11	72
9	Brentford	46	18	15	13	62	52	+10	69

Source: English Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
Notes:

^ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the Premier League.

Result summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	19	16	11	57	46	+11	73	9	8	6	26	22	+4	10	8	5	31	24	+7

Last updated: 7 May 2018.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	D	L	W	D	D	W	W	D	W	D	D	L	L	L	L	D	W	D	W	W	W	D	D	W	L	D	D	W	W	D	D	D	L	W	W	L	W	L	L	L	W	W	D	W	W
Position	7	9	12	7	7	10	5	4	4	4	6	5	7	9	10	14	13	11	13	10	10	9	8	9	8	9	10	11	9	7	7	7	9	9	9	8	8	8	10	10	11	11	8	9	7	7

Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2018. Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

On 21 June 2017, the league fixtures were announced.^[35]^[36]

5 August 2017 1	Preston North End	1–0	Sheffield Wednesday	Preston
15:00 BST	Pearson 22' Hugill 67' Johnson 79' (pen.)	Report	Forestieri 33' Bannan 55' Pudil 74'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 18,267 Referee: Tony Harrington

12 August 2017 2	Leeds United	0–0	Preston North End	Leeds
15:00 BST	Vieira 74'	Report	Pearson 31' 60' Cunningham 68'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 32,880 Referee: Scott Duncan

15 August 2017 3	Derby County	1–0	Preston North End	Derby
19:45 BST	Johnson 45' Vydra 58' (pen) Weimann 90+3'	Report	Robinson 36' Huntington 57' Browne 74'	Stadium: Pride Park Stadium Attendance: 24,371 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

19 August 2017 4	Preston North End	1–0	Reading	Preston
15:00 BST	Pearson 12' Hugill 22' Fisher 38'	Report	Moore 19' Evans 45+1' Gunter 90+2'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 11,174 Referee: Andy Madley

26 August 2017 5	Middlesbrough	0–0	Preston North End	Middlesbrough
15:00 BST	Clayton 65'	Report	Pearson 63' Harrop 89'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 25,295 Referee: Darren England

9 September 2017 6	Preston North End	1–1	Barnsley	Preston
15:00 BST	Maguire 23' Hugill 36'	Report	Potts 26' McCarthy 50' Pearson 87'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 12,813 Referee: Peter Banks

12 September 2017 7	Preston North End	3–0	Cardiff City	Preston
19:45 BST	Fisher 7' Harrop 38', 75' Welsh 64' Maguire 70' Browne 78'	Report	Gunnarsson 24' Bamba 39' Peltier 82'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 10,796 Referee: Oliver Langford

16 September 2017 8	Birmingham City	1–3	Preston North End	Birmingham
15:00 BST	Davis 23' Colin 35' Maghoma 54'	Report	Hugill 27' 60' Earl 31' Johnson 56' 57' Barkhuizen 67' Welsh 70'	Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 21,168 Referee: Keith Stroud

23 September 2017 9	Preston North End	0–0	Millwall	Preston
15:00 BST	Barkhuizen 17' Huntington 45+1' Fisher 84'	Report	Wallace 78'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 12,363 Referee: Darren Bond

26 September 2017 10	Hull City	1–2	Preston North End	Hull
19:45 BST	Larsson 24' Dawson 36' McGregor 37' Campbell 37' Bowen 50'	Report	Barkhuizen 37' Fisher 61' Robinson 88' Johnson 90+2'	Stadium: KCOM Stadium Attendance: 15,443 Referee: James Linington

30 September 2017 11	Preston North End	2–2	Sunderland	Preston
15:00 BST	Fisher 23' Harrop 55' Hugill 57'	Report	Honeyman 28' McGeady 59' Steele 68'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 17,621 Referee: Chris Kavanagh

14 October 2017 12	Fulham	2–2	Preston North End	Fulham
15:00 BST	Cairney 67' Norwood 74' (pen.) Odoi 90+5'	Report	Hugill 18' Maguire 25' Earl 39' Johnson 51' Woods 73'	Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 18,435 Referee: Darren England

21 October 2017 13	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3–2	Preston North End	Wolverhampton
15:00 BST	Cavaleiro 44' Bonatini 59' (pen.), 63' Douglas 73' Roderick 85' Saïss 90+2'	Report	Browne 48' 90+1' Hugill 65' 90' Huntington 71' Coady 76' (o.g.) Johnson 90+2'	Stadium: Molineux Stadium Attendance: 27,352 Referee: Stephen Martin

28 October 2017 14	Preston North End	2–3	Brentford	Preston
15:00 BST	Huntington 25' Maguire 41' Barkhuizen 66' Woods 82'	Report	Yennaris 25' Sawyers 56' Watkins 69'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 12,005 Referee: David Coote

1 November 2017 15	Preston North End	0–2	Aston Villa	Preston
19:45 GMT	Browne 55'	Report	Chester 12' Snodgrass 33' Davis 63'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 14,212 Referee: Peter Bankes

4 November 2017 16	Ipswich Town	3–0	Preston North End	Ipswich
15:00 GMT	McGoldrick 25' 49' Waghorn 45+1' Celina 64'	Report	Hugill 23' Welsh 45' Pearson 84'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 14,390 Referee: Andrew Madley

17 November 2017 17	Preston North End	0–0	Bolton Wanderers	Preston
19:45 GMT	Huntington 77' Boyle 86'	Report	Henry 2' Ameobi 53' Beevers 67'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 15,213 Referee: Simon Hooper

21 November 2017 18	Bristol City	1–2	Preston North End	Bristol
19:45 GMT	Wright 23' Woodrow 90+4'	Report	Gallagher 45' Woods 45+3' Pearson 64' Robinson 78' Hugill 90+4'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium Attendance: 17,355 Referee: Darren Bond

25 November 2017 19	Norwich City	1–1	Preston North End	Norwich
15:00 GMT	Maddison 34' Vrancic 55' Reed 63' Oliveira 71'	Report	Daniel Johnson 6' Fisher 41' Barkhuizen 70' Davies 73' Gallagher 80'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 21,167 Referee: Tim Robinson

2 December 2017 20	Preston North End	1–0	Queens Park Rangers	Preston
15:00 GMT	Huntington 79' Pearson 79' Hugill 88'	Report	Mackie 22' Luongo 86' Bidwell 90' Baptiste 90+5' 90+6'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 11,290 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

9 December 2017 21	Burton Albion	1–2	Preston North End	Burton upon Trent
15:00 GMT	Turner 47' Buxton 53' Brayford 85' Akins 90+3'	Report	Fisher 21' Clarke 66' Horgan 83' Gallagher 89'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 3,659 Referee: Keith Stroud

16 December 2017 22	Preston North End	1–0	Sheffield United	Preston
15:00 GMT	Paul Gallagher 32' Hugill 58' Johnson 87'	Report		Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 15,202 Referee: Tim Robinson

23 December 2017 23	Preston North End	1–1	Nottingham Forest	Preston
15:00 GMT	Huntington 75' Pearson 86' Gallagher 89'	Report	Vaughan 31' Bridcutt 42' Brereton 49', 58' Osborn 68'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 13,481 Referee: Scott Duncan

26 December 2017 24	Barnsley	0–0	Preston North End	Barnsley
15:00 GMT	Williams 90+2'	Report	Calum Woods 9' Huntington 12' Harrop 77'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 14,014 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

29 December 2017 25	Cardiff City	0–1	Preston North End	Cardiff
19:45 GMT	Peltier 22' Paterson 90+4'	Report	Barkhuizen 27' Browne 36' Pearson 48' Clarke 90' Hugill 90+4'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 17,751 Referee: James Linington
Note: Live on Sky TV

1 January 2018 26	Preston North End	2–3	Middlesbrough	Preston
15:00 GMT	Robinson 14' Hugill 40' Johnson 63' Harrop 67'	Report	Ayala 13', 73' Christie 56' Howson 65' Friend 72' Gestede 89' Randolph 90+2'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 15,101 Referee: David Coote

13 January 2018 27	Millwall	1–1	Preston North End	Bermondsey
15:00 GMT	O'Brien 43' Gregory 70'	Report	Pearson 58' Hugill 77' Robinson 80'	Stadium: The Den Attendance: 11,751 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

20 January 2018 28	Preston North End	1–1	Birmingham City	Preston
15:00 GMT	Davies 17' Johnson 45' Earl 88'	Report	Davis 37' Kieftenbeld 59' Gallagher 63'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 13,529 Referee: Andy Davies

30 January 2018 29	Nottingham Forest	0–3	Preston North End	West Bridgford
19:45 GMT	Fox 44' Darikwa 45' Vaughan 86'	Report	35' 75' Bodin 60' Barkhuizen 83' (pen.) Johnson	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 22,044 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

3 February 2018 30	Preston North End	2–1	Hull City	Deepdale, Preston
15:00 GMT	Cunningham 36' Bodin 41' Browne 45+1' (pen.) Pearson 66'	Report	Bowen 29' Clark 90+5'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 11,605 Referee: Steve Martin

10 February 2018 31	Brentford	1–1	Preston North End	Brentford
15:00 GMT	McEachran 17' Jozefzoon 62' Egan 90+1'	Report	Fisher 32' Gallagher 63' Barkhuizen 54' Cunningham 73' 74'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 9,194 Referee: Simon Hooper

17 February 2018 32	Preston North End	1–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Preston
15:00 GMT	Browne 52'	Report	Costa 61'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 18,570 Referee: Robert Jones

20 February 2018 33	Aston Villa	1–1	Preston North End	Birmingham
19:45 GMT	Grabban 65'	Report	Barkhuizen 37'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 30,894 Referee: Darren England

24 February 2018 34	Preston North End	0–1	Ipswich Town	Preston
15:00 GMT		Report	Carayol 21'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 11,511 Referee: Scott Duncan

3 March 2018 35	Bolton Wanderers	1–3	Preston North End	Horwich
15:00 GMT	Beevers 12', 31' Morais 36'	Report	Cunningham 45+2' Gallagher 46' Barkhuizen 53' Pearson 64' Maguire 77', 90+2', 78'	Stadium: Macron Stadium Attendance: 18,141 Referee: Peter Bankes

6 March 2018 36	Preston North End	2–1	Bristol City	Preston
15:00 GMT	Browne 20' Gallagher 47' Huntington 58' Pearson 68' Maguire 69' Rudd 90+2' Maguire 90+6'	Report	Brownhill 38' Diédhiou 67', 90+2' Reid 71' Bryan 85' Flint 90+1'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 11,264 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

11 March 2018 37	Preston North End	1–2	Fulham	Preston
15:00 GMT	Maguire 76' Woods 85'	Report	Mitrovic 69', 90+1' Bettinelli 90+4'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 12,970 Referee: Simon Hooper

17 March 2018 38	Sunderland	0–2	Preston North End	Sunderland
15:00 GMT	Clarke-Salter 34' 60'	Report	Maguire 50' Robinson 63' Earl 81'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 28,543 Referee: Darren Bond

30 March 2018 39	Sheffield Wednesday	4–1	Preston North End	Owlerton, Sheffield
15:00 BST	Hutchinson 1' Nuhiu 16', 50', 90+2' João 52' Forestieri 90+6'	Report	Moult 72' Davies 90+5'	Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium Attendance: 26,588 Referee: Tim Robinson

2 April 2018 40	Preston North End	0–1	Derby County	Preston
12:45 BST	Pearson 43' Fisher 88'	Report	Lawrence 52' Nugent 68'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 13,520 Referee: Tony Harrington

7 April 2018 41	Reading	1–0	Preston North End	Reading
15:00 BST	Barrow 12' Bacuna 17' Swift 60'	Report	Davies 11' Fisher 27'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 15,501 Referee: Andy Madley

10 April 2018 42	Preston North End	3–1	Leeds United	Preston
19:45 BST	Davies 47' Gallagher 49' (pen.) Maguire 52' Browne 60', 82' Clarke 78'	Report	Roofe 13' O'Connor 63' Ekuban 90'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 14,188 Referee: Lee Probert

14 April 2018 43	Queens Park Rangers	1–2	Preston North End	Shepherd's Bush, London
15:00 BST	Smith 13' Ingram 38' Robinson 70' Luongo 83'	Report	Cunningham 41' Robinson 45', 74'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 13,760 Referee: Robert Jones

21 April 2018 44	Preston North End	0–0	Norwich City	Preston
15:00 BST	Clarke 73' Fisher 87' Cunningham 89'	Report	Hanley 27' Lewis 61' Klose 88' Maddison 89' Pinto 90+5'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 13,038 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

28 April 2018 45	Sheffield United	0–1	Preston North End	Sheffield
15:00 BST	Fleck 44' L. Evans 52' Stevens 66' Sharp 81'	Report	Fisher 28' Harrop 31' Browne 57' Rudd 90+5'	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 28,568 Referee: James Linington

6 May 2018 46	Preston North End	2–1	Burton Albion	Preston
12:30 BST	Robinson 26' Bodin 35' 50' Huntington 82' Moult 90+3'	Report	Boyce 48' Akpan 63' Akins 80'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 17,058 Referee: Andy Madley

FA Cup

In the FA Cup, PNE entered the competition in the third round and were drawn away to Wycombe Wanderers.^[37]

6 January 2018 Third round	Wycombe Wanderers	1–5	Preston North End	High Wycombe
15:00 GMT	O'Nien 45+1'	Report	Harrop 2', 85' Browne 38', 78' (pen.) Horgan 50' Boyle 89'	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 4,928 Referee: Peter Bankes

27 January 2018 Fourth round	Sheffield United	1–0	Preston North End	Sheffield
	Sharp 80' (pen)	Report		Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 15,680 Referee: Graham Scott

EFL Cup

On 16 June 2017, Preston North End were drawn an away tie against Accrington Stanley in the first round.^[38]

8 August 2017 First round	Accrington Stanley	3–2	Preston North End	Accrington
19:45 BST	Richards-Everton 20' Clark 86' Kee 90+3'	Report	Hugill 70', 90+1'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 2,879 Referee: Eddie Ilderton

Summary

Games played	49 (46 Championship, 2 FA Cup, 1 EFL Cup)
Games won	20 (19 Championship, 1 FA Cup, 0 EFL Cup)
Games drawn	16 (16 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 0 EFL Cup)
Games lost	13 (11 Championship, 1 FA Cup, 1 EFL Cup)
Goals scored	64 (57 Championship, 5 FA Cup, 2 EFL Cup)
Goals conceded	51 (46 Championship, 2 FA Cup, 3 EFL Cup)
Goal difference	+13
Clean sheets	15 (15 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 0 EFL Cup)
Yellow cards	105 (102 Championship, 3 FA Cup, 0 EFL Cup)
Red cards	5 (5 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 0 EFL Cup)
Worst Discipline	Ben Pearson 13 , 1 , 0 )
Best result	5–1 vs Wycombe Wanderers, 6 Jan 18
Worst result	0–3 vs Ipswich Town, 4 Nov 17
Most appearances	Paul Huntington (47)
Top scorer	Sean Maguire (10)
Points	73

Notes

References

^ "Josh Earl: Preston North End defender signs three-year contract". BBC Sport. 13 September 2017. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
^ "Calum Woods: Preston North End defender signs new contract". BBC Sport. 16 October 2017. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
^ "Callum Robinson: Preston North End forward signs deal until summer of 2020". BBC Sport. 23 October 2017. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
^ "Ben Davies: Preston North End defender signs new three-and-a half-year deal". BBC Sport. 22 March 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
^ "Darnell Fisher: Preston defender signs contract extension with Championship side". BBC Sport. 22 May 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
^ "Tom Clarke: Preston North End captain agrees new two-year contract". BBC Sport. 1 June 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
^ "Matthew Hudson Agrees New Two-Year Deal". Preston North End. 6 June 2018. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
^ "Sean Maguire Extends Stay With Preston North End". Preston North End. 6 June 2018. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
^ "Gallagher signs new deal at PNE". Preston North End. 8 June 2018. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
^ "Declan Rudd: Preston North End re-sign Norwich City goalkeeper". BBC Sport. 20 June 2017. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
^ "Josh Harrop: Preston North End sign Manchester United attacker on four-year deal". BBC Sport. 23 June 2017. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
^ "Sean Maguire To Join PNE". Preston North End Official Site. 3 June 2017. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
^ "Preston North End Agree To Sign Cork City's Kevin O'Connor". Preston North End Official Site. 30 June 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
^ "Darnell Fisher Signs For Preston North End". Preston North End Official Site. 26 July 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
^ "Preston North End Reach Agreement Over Louis Moult Transfer". Preston North End Official Site. 14 December 2017. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
^ "Preston North End Sign Billy Bodin From Bristol Rovers". Preston North End Official Site. 3 January 2018.
^ "Connor Simpson: Preston North End sign Hartlepool striker". BBC Sport. 11 January 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Retained List Confirmed". Preston North End Official Site. 8 May 2017. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
^ "Bury sign Jermaine Beckford on free transfer after Preston release". SkySports. 12 May 2017. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
^ "Anders Lindegaard: Burnley sign goalkeeper on deal until end of season". BBC. 21 September 2017. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
^ "Aberdeen sign Stevie May on permanent deal". Preston North End Official Site. 8 January 2017.
^ "Liam Grimshaw Cancels Contract". Preston North End Official Site. 31 August 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
^ "Defenders Liam Grimshaw and Peter Hartley join Motherwell". BBC. 31 August 2017. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
^ "Preston North End sell Jordan Hugill to West Ham United". Preston North End Official Site. 31 January 2018.
^ "Stephy Mavididi Joins PNE On Season Long Loan". Preston North End Official Site. 4 August 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
^ "Stephy Mavididi: Arsenal prospect agrees second loan spell at Charlton". BBC Sport. 3 January 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
^ "Eoin Doyle Joins Latics On Loan". Preston North End Official Site. 31 August 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Young Trio Set For Loan Spells". Preston North End Official Site. 8 September 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
^ "Ben Pringle: Preston midfielder loaned to Oldham Athletic until end of the season". BBC Sport. 9 January 2018. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
^ "Kevin O'Connor: Fleetwood Town sign defender from Preston North End on loan". BBC Sport. 25 January 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
^ "Andy Boyle: Doncaster Rovers sign Preston defender on loan". BBC Sport. 30 January 2018. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
^ "Michael Howard Signs Professional Deal And Cork City Loan". PNEFC. 20 February 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
^ "2017/18 Pre-Season Fixtures Announced". Preston North End Official Site. 19 May 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
^ "PNE To Host Newcastle United In Pre-Season Friendly". Preston North End Official Site. 7 June 2017. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
^ "2017/18 Fixtures Announced". Preston North End Official Site. 21 June 2017. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
^ "Fixture List". Preston North End Official Site. June 2017. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
^ "PNE To Travel To Wycombe In FA Cup third round". Preston North End Official Site. 4 December 2017. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
^ "PNE Face Accrington Stanley In Carabao Cup first round". Preston North End Official Site. 16 June 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2017.

[20] Jermaine Beckford joined Bury following his release from the club.^[19]

[22] Anders Lindegaard joined Burnley following his release.^[20]

[26] Liam Grimshaw joined Motherwell following his release from the club.^[23]

[30] Mavididi's loan was cut short, so he could join Charlton Athletic.^[26]

[table_note_res_PLPO0.84293270057204-39] Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the Premier League.

[1] "Josh Earl: Preston North End defender signs three-year contract". BBC Sport. 13 September 2017. Retrieved 24 October 2017.

[2] "Calum Woods: Preston North End defender signs new contract". BBC Sport. 16 October 2017. Retrieved 24 October 2017.

[3] "Callum Robinson: Preston North End forward signs deal until summer of 2020". BBC Sport. 23 October 2017. Retrieved 24 October 2017.

[4] "Ben Davies: Preston North End defender signs new three-and-a half-year deal". BBC Sport. 22 March 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2018.

[5] "Darnell Fisher: Preston defender signs contract extension with Championship side". BBC Sport. 22 May 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2018.

[6] "Tom Clarke: Preston North End captain agrees new two-year contract". BBC Sport. 1 June 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2018.

[7] "Matthew Hudson Agrees New Two-Year Deal". Preston North End. 6 June 2018. Retrieved 9 June 2018.

[8] "Sean Maguire Extends Stay With Preston North End". Preston North End. 6 June 2018. Retrieved 9 June 2018.

[9] "Gallagher signs new deal at PNE". Preston North End. 8 June 2018. Retrieved 9 June 2018.

[10] "Declan Rudd: Preston North End re-sign Norwich City goalkeeper". BBC Sport. 20 June 2017. Retrieved 20 June 2017.

[11] "Josh Harrop: Preston North End sign Manchester United attacker on four-year deal". BBC Sport. 23 June 2017. Retrieved 23 June 2017.

[12] "Sean Maguire To Join PNE". Preston North End Official Site. 3 June 2017. Retrieved 4 June 2017.

[13] "Preston North End Agree To Sign Cork City's Kevin O'Connor". Preston North End Official Site. 30 June 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2017.

[14] "Darnell Fisher Signs For Preston North End". Preston North End Official Site. 26 July 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2017.

[15] "Preston North End Reach Agreement Over Louis Moult Transfer". Preston North End Official Site. 14 December 2017. Retrieved 14 December 2017.

[16] "Preston North End Sign Billy Bodin From Bristol Rovers". Preston North End Official Site. 3 January 2018.

[17] "Connor Simpson: Preston North End sign Hartlepool striker". BBC Sport. 11 January 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2018.

[Retained_List-18] "Retained List Confirmed". Preston North End Official Site. 8 May 2017. Retrieved 8 May 2017.

[19] "Bury sign Jermaine Beckford on free transfer after Preston release". SkySports. 12 May 2017. Retrieved 12 May 2017.

[21] "Anders Lindegaard: Burnley sign goalkeeper on deal until end of season". BBC. 21 September 2017. Retrieved 29 September 2017.

[23] "Aberdeen sign Stevie May on permanent deal". Preston North End Official Site. 8 January 2017.

[24] "Liam Grimshaw Cancels Contract". Preston North End Official Site. 31 August 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2017.

[25] "Defenders Liam Grimshaw and Peter Hartley join Motherwell". BBC. 31 August 2017. Retrieved 20 September 2017.

[27] "Preston North End sell Jordan Hugill to West Ham United". Preston North End Official Site. 31 January 2018.

[28] "Stephy Mavididi Joins PNE On Season Long Loan". Preston North End Official Site. 4 August 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2017.

[29] "Stephy Mavididi: Arsenal prospect agrees second loan spell at Charlton". BBC Sport. 3 January 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2018.

[31] "Eoin Doyle Joins Latics On Loan". Preston North End Official Site. 31 August 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2017.

[Trio_Loaned_Out-32] "Young Trio Set For Loan Spells". Preston North End Official Site. 8 September 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2017.

[33] "Ben Pringle: Preston midfielder loaned to Oldham Athletic until end of the season". BBC Sport. 9 January 2018. Retrieved 9 January 2018.

[34] "Kevin O'Connor: Fleetwood Town sign defender from Preston North End on loan". BBC Sport. 25 January 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2018.

[35] "Andy Boyle: Doncaster Rovers sign Preston defender on loan". BBC Sport. 30 January 2018. Retrieved 30 January 2018.

[36] "Michael Howard Signs Professional Deal And Cork City Loan". PNEFC. 20 February 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2018.

[37] "2017/18 Pre-Season Fixtures Announced". Preston North End Official Site. 19 May 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2017.

[38] "PNE To Host Newcastle United In Pre-Season Friendly". Preston North End Official Site. 7 June 2017. Retrieved 7 June 2017.

[40] "2017/18 Fixtures Announced". Preston North End Official Site. 21 June 2017. Retrieved 28 June 2017.

[41] "Fixture List". Preston North End Official Site. June 2017. Retrieved 28 June 2017.

[42] "PNE To Travel To Wycombe In FA Cup third round". Preston North End Official Site. 4 December 2017. Retrieved 7 December 2017.

[43] "PNE Face Accrington Stanley In Carabao Cup first round". Preston North End Official Site. 16 June 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2017.

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