Expert inventors show off the Soccamatic. Mid-table Preston could do with this contraption to fire them into the play-off places. Wallace and Gromit present the Preston North End Soccamatic. Shades of Gordon Banks from Gromit (followed by shades of Kevin Pressman). Spotted on The Offside Rules Click to continue reading...

Wolves' unbeaten record is shattered After a full mid-week fixture list in The Championship, Wolves' superb start to the season was ended by fellow promotion hopefuls Reading but Birmingham failed to capitalise after being held away from home. Click to continue reading...

It's goals, goals, goals and controversy After another weekend of exciting Football League action, we take a look back on a week that saw Wolves extend their lead at the top of the Championship, Oldham remain on top in League One and the League Two leadership change hands once again. Click to continue reading...

Real football in the football league So we're a month into the new season in the Football League and already fans are setting their sights high after their best start in 87 years or drowning their sorrows after another below par start to the season. It's been as tight, surprising, dramatic and entertaining as usual in the Football League and here's a look back on the first month of 2008/09. Click to continue reading...

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Premiership -- Paul Robinson has had a wretched start to his Blackburn career. The Premiership's second worst goalkeeper last season, is off to an even worse beginning to the 2008/9 campaign. So far, 31 shots faced - 7 goals conceded. Leaving aside Robinson (as Fabio Capello should have) Blackburn have been playing well. Click to continue reading...

It's all very well claiming a goal if it gets deflected into the net by a defender, but Pompey's Hermann Hreidarsson is taking things too far by claiming his team's winner against Preston. The official Portsmouth site reports that the Icelander thinks he should be awarded for the goal, despite appearing to handle the ball [. Click to continue reading...

Pompey aim to reach the quarter finals of the FA Cup by beating Preston on Sunday afternoon. Ahead of the match, Sky Sports reports that Harry Redknapp has become the latest manager to criticise the Premier League's proposals to play a 39th match overseas. You may remember that the Portsmouth manager already 'saw it coming' [. Click to continue reading...

Pompey travel to Preston on Sunday with a very strong chance of making it to the quarter finals of the FA Cup. The Guardian report that Harry Redknapp might feel even more confident after discovering that recent signing Lassana Diarra has never been on the losing side in a cup competition since joining Chelsea from [. Click to continue reading...

Arsenal will travel to Old Trafford in February to face their title-rivals Manchester United in the fifth round of the FA Cup. The draw was as tough as it could get for the two sides, who sit at the top of the Premier League with only goal differential separating Alex Ferguson's squad from Arsene Wenger's. Click to continue reading...

And why not after the Premier League away-day specialists were drawn away to Preston in the 5th round. While there's sure to be a cracking atmosphere for the game at Deepdale, the BBC report that Harry Redknapp is confident of landing an FA Cup quarter final spot and taking a step nearer to Wembley. "It could [. Click to continue reading...

Upsets left right and centre in today's FA Cup action. But what was the biggest shock?Coventry somehow managed to obliterate Blackburn 4-1, whilst League One Huddersfield beat Birmingham 2-1. Special mention should also go to Sheffield United who booted out Bolton with a 1-0 win lowly and injury ravaged Oldham, who beat Everton 1-0 at [. Click to continue reading...

Sources tell me that San Jose has made another deal today sending a forth-round draft pick in next year's SuperDraft to Chivas USA for keeper Preston Burpo. Honestly a smart deal for the Quakes as Burpo has some starting experience and should be able to see plenty of playing time in San Jose between the pipes. Click to continue reading...

Going down to the Football League this season has meant getting used to a new regime. There's no induction or welcome pack and, as a club, you find out about the different rules only when they hit you. And that's just what happened last week when Preston announced they had cut prices for Saturday's game [. Click to continue reading...

There's no stopping Paul Anderson these days. The 19-year-old on-loan winger at Swansea scored his third league goal and his fifth overall of the season today as the Swans crushed League One leaders Leyton Orient, 5-0. It is the second straight match in which the Leicester product has netted. Their next match is a week from tomorrow when they face Bournemouth in league play. Click to continue reading...

The Toxteth terror has scored a pair in each of Cardiff's last two matches. The first was a league match where the Bluebirds drew with Preston.


The second is a win over West Brom. Cheers.
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Portsmouth have signed striker David Nugent from Championship side Preston North End for a 6m pound fee beating out Sunderland who also had an offer accepted

The 22 year old passed his medical at Fratton Park and signed a four year contract this morning. Click to continue reading...