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Preston North End

Preston North End Football Club are a professional English football team. It currently (2006-2007) plays in the Football League Championship and is managed by Paul Simpson. more...

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Nicknamed the \"Lilywhites\", \"North End\" or simply \"PNE\", the club is based at the Deepdale ground in the city of Preston, Lancashire and are rivals to hated Blackpool F.C. (with Mark Lawrenson calling it the fiercest rivalry in all sport!).

They were founder members of the Football League in 1888 and were league champions in the league's first two seasons, but have not won a title since. Their last major trophy was the 1938 F.A Cup, and they have been outside the top division since 1961. Between 1985 and 1996 they endured five seasons in the basement division of the English League, but since 2000 they have been in the second tier of the league. They have qualified for the playoffs in 2001, 2005 and 2006, but defeats in each of these campaigns prevented them from reaching the Premiership.

Famous former managers of Preston North End include David Moyes, Gary Peters, Brian Kidd, John McGrath, Billy Davies, Bobby Charlton and Cliff Britton. Famous players to have worn a Preston shirt include Bill Shankly, Mark Lawrenson, David Nugent, David Beckham, David Healy, Jon Macken, John Thomas, Howard Kendall, John Goodall and the President of Preston North End, the legendary Sir Tom Finney.

Invincibles

Formed in 1880 and one of the founding members of the Football League in 1888, scoring the first goal against Burnley, winning 5-2 on 8th September 1888. Preston North End won the first league championship (1888-89) and became the first club to achieve the 'double' of winning the FA Cup (1889, beating Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-0) and the Football League championship in the same season. This double was even more extraordinary in that the league was won without a single defeat, a feat which would not be repeated in the top division until 2003-04 (by Arsenal). Equally impressive was that the cup was won without conceding a single goal.

The photo has the Preston's chairman and manager, Major William Sudell (back row, fifth from the left), who led the struggle for professionalism. He was responsible for giving \"The Football League\" its name and was its first treasurer. John Goodall (front row, centre) was the star of the side, winning 14 caps for England and was often nicknamed \"Johnny Allgood\".

During this period the team was nicknamed \"The Invincibles\" and featured a collection of local and Scottish players renowned for their eccentric behaviour. One centre forward used to walk his fox on the pitch during half time.

In 1887, Preston set the record score for a competitive football game in England, winning 26-0 against Hyde United in the FA Cup.

Tom Finney

Preston's most famous player is the legendary Tom Finney, one of England's finest ever forwards who combined playing throughout his long career for his home town club with running a successful plumbing business. Finney scored 30 times for England, in the company of such greats as Stanley Matthews who starred for local rivals Blackpool F.C. Finney retired as a player in 1960 but remains close to the club and still serves as Club President. Sir Tom Finney (knighted in 1998) remains a legendary figure at PNE and the \"Splash\" statue, based on the award winning ‘Splash' photograph of Sir Tom playing against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge in August 1956, has been created by artist Peter Hodgekinson and takes a prominent position outside the ground at Deepdale.