Want to keep up with all of the latest news and info on your favorite English Championship club? Want to read up on your club's opponent ahead of a big league clash? We've compiled links to the official club sites and news, squad, fixtures/results, and NewsNow sections for each Championship club so that you don't [. Click to continue reading...

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...

Local charities to benefit from David Beckham book (From Preston and Leyland Citizen)

By Citizen newsdesk »St Catherine's Hospice in Lostock Hall and the Preston mayor's charities are to benefit from sales of the book David Beckham-In at The Deep End, by Preston author, Andrew Atkinson.The book follows Beckham during his time on loan at Preston from Manchester United in 1995 and chronicles the England and LA Galaxy star's time at Deepdale.

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The term "sleeping giant" is a misused one, often used to describe a club that had a few glorious seasons, many years ago. If there are two clubs that deserve this particular epithet, then it would probably have to be Preston North End and Wolverhampton Wanderers. These are clubs that have hit the highest heights [. Click to continue reading...

Taylor Twellman has taken a lot of heat this season. From his outspoken desires to move on to Preston North End, to his multiple injuries this year and his apparent slowness to return to the field, he has not ingratiated himself to the Revolution fanbase. This is kind of sad, because for the six seasons [. Click to continue reading...

Who wouldn't want to be linked to Beckham?

One club that certainly wants to play up its link to the English superstar is Preston North End, where Beckham debuted as a teenager.

So naturally -- after he expressed an interest in owning a team -- PNE is urging him to buy.

"I know David has spoken well of Preston North End over the years.

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For better or worse, there were no deadline-day transfers (in or out) for QPR...The transfer window is now closed for the next four months. The option of signing players on loan remains (although the rumoured Frazier-Campbell from Manchester United went out the window, with his last minute signing for Spurs. Click to continue reading...

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Championship Nominations for Manager of the Month: Wolves' Mick McCarthy; Preston's Alan Irvine; Birmingham's Alex McCleish; Bristol City's Gary Johnson.


Football League - MANAGER OF THE MONTH NOMINATIONS

The nominations are in for the season's first Manager of the Month awards, which are due to be announced at 1. Click to continue reading...

Tony McMahon made his debut for Sheffield Wednesday in their 1-1 draw with Preston North End and had a very solid first outing and, importantly for Boro fans, came through it unscathed. Click to continue reading...

Stuff to read while you find naturally growing marijuana plants at the beach.... Lesson: Don't leave your children unattended around British tourists. (Unprofessional Foul) Becks playing for Preston North End way back in the day. (The Spoiler) Stuff overheard after the US game. (Dan Loney Blog) Somebody's questioning Fabio Capello & his trophy cabinet. Click to continue reading...

Cory Gibbs and Eddie Lewis, both former MLS players, are coming back to the league. After Toronto FC used their top allocation spot the LA Galaxy moved to that top position and the Colorado Rapids have the 2nd spot. So when Cory Gibbs became available the Galaxy had a chance to take him, but they used the top spot on Eddie Lewis.

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Thank God the Premier League starts again this weekend, so Man U are creeping closer to Liverpool's crown of most successful English club ever but will any other records be broken?

Take a look at the records below, thanks to Wikipedia (I love you guys!)

Records in this section refer to The Football League from its founding in 1888 through to 1992, and to both the Premier League and The Football League from 1992 to the present.

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The Los Angeles Galaxy look set to use their top spot in the allocation order to lock up left-sided midfielder Eddie Lewis, who is reportedly returning to Major League Soccer after spending the better part of a decade playing in England.

Lewis, 34, most recently played for Derby County during their historically futile 2007-08 season in the English Premier League. Click to continue reading...

1908 Manchester United Queens Park Rangers 1-1 replay Manchester United Queens Park Rangers 4-0 1909 Newcastle United Northampton Town 2-0 1910 Brighton and Hove Albion Aston Villa 1-0 1911 Manchester United Swindon Town 8-4 1912 Blackburn Rovers Queens Park Rangers 2-1 1913 Professionals Amateurs 7-2 1914- 1918 Not Played

1920 West Bromwich Albion Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 1921 Tottenham Hotspur Burnley 2-0 1922 Huddersfield Town Liverpool 1-0 1923 Professionals Amateurs 2-0 1924 Professionals Amateurs 3-1 1925 Amateurs Professionals 6-1 1926 Amateurs Professionals 6-3 1927 Cardiff City Corinthians 2-1 1928 Everton Blackburn Rovers 2-1 1929 Professionals Amateurs 3-0 1930 Arsenal Sheffield Wednesday 2-1 1931 Arsenal West Bromwich Albion 1-0 1932 Everton Newcastle United 5-3 1933 Arsenal Everton 3-0 1934 Arsenal Manchester City 4-0 1935 Sheffield Wednesday Arsenal 1-0 1936 Sunderland Arsenal 2-1 1937 Manchester City Sunderland 2-0 1938 Arsenal Preston North End 2-1



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1948 Arsenal Manchester United 4-3 1949 Portsmouth Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-1* 1950 World Cup Team Canadian Touring Team 4-2 1951 Tottenham Hotspur Newcastle United 2-1 1952 Manchester United Newcastle United 4-2 1953 Arsenal Blackpool 3-1 1954 Wolverhamton Wanderers West Bromwich Albion 4-4* 1955 Chelsea Newcastle United 3-0 1956 Manchester United Manchester City 1-0 1957 Manchester United Aston Villa 4-0 1958 Bolton Wanderers Wolverhampton Wanderers 4-1 1959 Wolverhampton Wanderers Nottingham Forest 3-1 1960 Burnley Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-2* 1961 Tottenham Hotspur F. Click to continue reading...

Backed by the loudest supporters in the Premier League last season, measured at average peak volume at 129.2 decibels, almost as loud as a jet, Sunderland will look to improve on last season's respectable 15th-place finish. The Black Cats were the only newly-promoted team to survive in the Premiership, an accomplishment in itself, but manager Roy Keane has made it clear through his summer signings that he wants more from his club. Click to continue reading...

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Jozy Altidore left. So did Brad Guzan. Juan Toja could be leaving soon too, as could Kenny Cooper.

As the list of MLS players set to make moves to Europe continues to grow, one name not on that list is Taylor Twellman, the New England Revolution striker who had his bid for a multi-million dollar move to Preston North End rejected last winter.

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Michael Keane of St Patrick's Athletic has been sacked for tucking in too much into the starchy foods.As a teenager, Keane had been tipped for big things after breaking into the first team at Preston North End.He took the tip too literally and went ahead and became bigger and now finds himself too large altogether.

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Michael Keane of St Patrick's Athletic has been sacked for tucking in too much into the starchy foods.As a teenager, Keane had been tipped for big things after breaking into the first team at Preston North End.He took the tip too literally and went ahead and became bigger and now finds himself too large altogether.

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As has been noted on various QPR messageboards
Blackpool Gazette - Seasiders star "training with QPR"
KASPARS Gorkss is understood to be training with QPR ahead of the new season.
The Latvian's transfer from Blackpool to Rangers has yet to go through but dialogue between the clubs is ongoing and it is thought that a deal will be agreed before the new campaign begins. Click to continue reading...

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Tranmere Official Site - Curtis Training With Rovers

Defender John Curtis is training with Rovers on a trial basis during pre-season.
The former Manchester United and Blackburn Rovers full back has been at Prenton Park for a week and a half and has taken full part in training with the First Team squad. Click to continue reading...

David Nugent never really settled in at Fratton Park last season after arriving from Preston North End for £5m and didn't score in his 15 appearances. With Peter Crouch and Jermain Defoe arriving at Pompey this summer, Nugent has become... Click to continue reading...

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QPR Official Site - DOWIE: 'LETS START AS WE MEAN TO CONTINUE'
Iain Dowie insists Rangers will cope with the loss of midfield maestro Akos Buzsaky and is determined to see his players hit the ground running in early August.
Buzsaky will miss the start of the season owing to ankle surgery, but the R's gaffer insists he has the squad to cope with the absence of a player he describes as 'top quality. Click to continue reading...

After all, David Nugent has demonstrated that he's more than capable of scoring against Championship opposition, as the striker's eighteen goals for Preston last season will testify. This campaign has been an entirely different kettle of fish, with the player either injured, unfit or out of favour with Harry Redknapp, who has seemed willing to [. Click to continue reading...

If the bustle of preseason player movement is any indication, the 2008 season will likely fail to transpire the same way its predecessor did. After all, with key departures (Andy Dorman, Pat Noonan, and possibly Avery John) and the arrivals of Chris Albright (LA), Mauricio Castro (Honduras), it's fair to say that this isn't your older sibling's Revolution anymore. Click to continue reading...

Fans of Preston North End can consider themselves unlucky not to be in Monday's FA Cup quarter final draw. Their team did them proud against Portsmouth on Sunday and, if it hadn't been for some inspired goalkeeping from David James, they surely would have gone on to win the match rather than lose to an [. 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...

Some more transfer heresy and hearsay.... Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson is after Congolese defensive "wonderkid" Paul Jose Mpoklu but will have to beat off interest from Tottenham in the 15-year-old. (Daily Mirror) Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has promised that he'll be staying at Arsenal for twenty more years. Click to continue reading...

Sol Campbell won the FA Cup twice with Arsenal and he might not get a better chance to land a hat-trick of winner's medals with Portsmouth this season. Pompey have what seems like a favourable last 16 draw at Deepdale on Sunday, although Soccernet reports that the England defender is warning his team-mates against complacency [. Click to continue reading...

Saturday's roundup of the best transfers... Everton's record signing Yakubu faces a fight to win back trust from his teammates and fans after he didn't come back on time from his Africa Cup of Nations sojourn. (Various) Barcelona boss Frank Rijkaard is after Didier Drogba and will try to prise him from Chelsea's clutches with a [. Click to continue reading...

Transfer malarkey and all that jazz... Arsenal's bench warming midfield elder statesman Gilberto has signalled that he may be off soon after declaring that he doesn't have a future at the North London club. (Various) Chelsea will bag Ghana midfielder Anthony Annan for the cheap as chips price of £1m in the summer. Click to continue reading...

Moyes and Ferguson are two bookends, at utterly separate stages of their career, but ther are the two shining lights of Scottish management. Whereas Sir Alex has managed five clubs; East Stirlingshire, St Mirren Aberdeen, Scotland, and Manchester United - Moyes has managed just two Preston North End and Everton - and at both clubs [. 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...

The Times has lovingly compiled the Top 25 January signings, and in at number one is David Bentley's transfer from Arsenal to Blackburn. Times journo Tom Dart writes: "Already on loan, Blackburn made the deal permanent two years ago. Whatever the undisclosed fee was, it was a bargain – Bentley blossomed and was [. Click to continue reading...

BRAD GUZAN: Brad Guzan's transfer speculaton hit SkySports for the first time adding credibility from both sides of the pond to his potential suitors. Celtic is the most recently named party interested in the shotstopper, while we have all heard the rumors involving Arsenal. Some other suitors include Liverpool, Auxerre, and Greek champions Olympiakos. Click to continue reading...

Preston North End are currently in last place in the English Coca Cola Championship. They need a proven goal scorer and apparently want that guy to be Taylor Twellman. The New England Revolution have reportedly turned down an $800,000 offer that would take Twellman to England to play the Championship's last place team.

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