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2015–16 Preston North End F.C. season

The 2015–16 season was Preston North End's first season back in the Championship, after gaining promotion via the play-offs last season, in their 136th year in existence. Along with competing in the Championship, the club will also participate in the FA Cup and League Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.

Preston North End
2015–16 season
ManagerSimon Grayson
StadiumDeepdale
Championship11th
FA CupThird Round
(eliminated by Peterborough United)
League CupThird round
(eliminated by Bournemouth)
Lancashire Senior CupFirst round
(eliminated by Everton)
Top goalscorerLeague: Daniel Johnson (7)
All: Daniel Johnson (7)
Highest home attendance19,852 (vs Blackburn, 21 Nov 15)
Lowest home attendance5,643 (vs Bournemouth (League Cup, 22 Sep 15)
Average home league attendance13,035

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Last updated: 29 July 2015.
Source: Historical Football Kits

Squad

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No. Name Pos. Nationality Place of birth Age Apps Goals Signed from Date signed Fee End
Goalkeepers
1 Anders Lindegaard GK   Dyrup 40 9 0 West Bromwich Albion 23 January 2016 Loan 2016
26 Steven James GK   Stockport 29 0 0 Academy 1 July 2013 Free 2016
40 Matthew Hudson GK   1 0 Academy 1 July 2015 Free 2016
43 Chris Kirkland GK   Barwell 43 2 0 Sheffield Wednesday 12 August 2015 Free 2016
Defenders
2 Marnick Vermijl RB   Peer 32 28 3 Sheffield Wednesday 7 August 2015 Loan 2016
3 Greg Cunningham LB   Galway 33 38 1 Bristol City 27 July 2015 Undisclosed 2017
5 Tom Clarke CB   Sowerby Bridge 36 140 7 Huddersfield Town 22 May 2013 Free 2017
6 Bailey Wright CB   Melbourne 32 178 8 Academy 1 July 2009 Trainee 2017
15 Calum Woods FB   Liverpool 37 56 0 Huddersfield Town 1 July 2014 Free 2018
23 Paul Huntington CB   Carlisle 37 156 15 Yeovil Town 22 May 2012 Free 2017
28 Nick Anderton LB   28 0 0 Academy 1 July 2014 Free 2016
29 Josh Heaton CB   28 0 0 Academy 1 July 2015 Trainee 2016
Midfielders
4 Ben Pearson CM   Oldham 29 11 0 Manchester United 11 January 2016 £100,000 2018
7 Chris Humphrey WG   Saint Catherine 36 116 7 Motherwell 4 June 2013 Free 2017
8 Neil Kilkenny CM  
 		 Enfield 38 92 4 Bristol City 14 November 2013 Free 2016
11 Daniel Johnson AM   Kingston 32 62 16 Aston Villa 23 January 2015 £50,000 2017
12 Paul Gallagher AM/WG   Glasgow 40 141 30 Leicester City 16 June 2015 Free 2017
16 Alan Browne CM   Cork 29 73 6 Free agent 1 January 2014 Free 2018
19 John Welsh CM   Liverpool 39 152 3 Tranmere Rovers 14 May 2012 Free 2017
31 Liam Grimshaw MF/RB   Burnley 29 0 0 Manchester United 18 January 2016 Undisclosed 2018
32 Adam Reach LW   Chester-le-Street 31 27 5 Middlesbrough 26 September 2015 Loan 2016
Forwards
10 Jermaine Beckford CF   London 40 35 18 Bolton Wanderers 9 June 2015 Free 2017
13 Eoin Doyle CF   Dublin 36 24 2 Cardiff City 1 September 2015 Loan 2016
14 Joe Garner CF   Blackburn 36 138 52 Watford 8 January 2013 Free 2018
18 Andy Little CF   Enniskillen 35 16 2 Rangers 21 June 2014 Free 2016
24 Stevie May CF   Perth 32 8 0 Sheffield Wednesday 1 September 2015 Undisclosed 2018
25 Jordan Hugill CF   Middlesbrough 32 32 5 Port Vale 19 June 2014 Undisclosed 2016
37 Callum Robinson CF   Northampton 29 38 8 Aston Villa 5 January 2016 Loan 2016
Out on Loan
17 Kyel Reid WG   Deptford 36 29 0 Bradford City 1 July 2014 Free 2016
20 Ben Davies LB   Barrow-in-Furness 29 10 0 Academy 25 January 2013 Free 2016
22 Josh Brownhill CM   Warrington 28 61 8 Academy 1 July 2013 Trainee 2016
27 Jack Ryan CF   Barrow-in-Furness 29 2 0 Academy 1 July 2014 Trainee 2016

Statistics

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As of 10 April 2016
No. Pos Nat Player Total Championship FA Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   DEN Anders Lindegaard (on loan from West Bromwich Albion) 10 0 10+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
2 DF   BEL Marnick Vermijl (on loan from Sheffield Wednesday) 29 3 17+8 2 1+0 0 2+1 1
3 DF   IRL Greg Cunningham 40 1 37+0 1 1+0 0 2+0 0
4 MF   ENG Ben Pearson 11 0 9+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
5 DF   ENG Tom Clarke 34 0 30+1 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
6 DF   AUS Bailey Wright 34 0 31+0 0 0+0 0 3+0 0
7 MF   JAM Chris Humphrey 13 0 5+5 0 0+0 0 1+2 0
8 MF   AUS Neil Kilkenny 14 1 5+7 1 0+0 0 2+0 0
10 FW   JAM Jermaine Beckford 4 0 0+3 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
11 MF   JAM Daniel Johnson 40 8 38+1 7 0+0 0 1+0 1
12 MF   SCO Paul Gallagher 36 5 35+0 5 0+1 0 0+0 0
13 FW   IRL Eoin Doyle (on loan from Cardiff City) 26 3 14+11 3 1+0 0 0+0 0
14 FW   ENG Joe Garner 39 6 35+1 6 1+0 0 1+1 0
15 DF   ENG Calum Woods 31 0 24+4 0 0+0 0 3+0 0
16 MF   IRL Alan Browne 35 2 22+9 2 1+0 0 3+0 0
19 MF   ENG John Welsh 25 0 13+10 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
23 DF   ENG Paul Huntington 37 0 28+6 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
24 FW   ENG Stevie May 8 0 4+3 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
25 FW   ENG Jordan Hugill 27 4 6+18 2 0+1 0 2+0 2
32 MF   ENG Adam Reach (on loan from Middlesbrough) 31 5 30+0 5 1+0 0 0+0 0
37 FW   ENG Callum Robinson (on loan from Aston Villa) 9 2 3+6 2 0+0 0 0+0 0
40 GK   ENG Matthew Hudson 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
43 GK   ENG Chris Kirkland 2 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
First Team Players on loan:
17 MF   ENG Kyel Reid (at Bradford City) 3 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 1+1 0
20 DF   ENG Ben Davies (at Newport County) 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
22 MF   ENG Josh Brownhill (at Barnsley) 5 1 0+2 0 1+0 0 2+0 1
Players that left the club during the season:
1 GK   ENG Sam Johnstone (on loan from Manchester United) 4 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
1 GK   ENG Jordan Pickford (on loan from Sunderland) 27 0 24+0 0 0+0 0 3+0 0
9 FW   ENG Will Keane (on loan from Manchester United) 22 2 12+8 1 0+0 0 2+0 1
4 DF   IRL Paddy McCarthy (on loan from Crystal Palace) 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Goals record

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As of 10 April 2016
Rank No. Po. Name Championship FA Cup League Cup Total
1 11 MF   Daniel Johnson 7 0 1 8
2 14 FW   Joe Garner 6 0 0 6
3 12 MF   Paul Gallagher 5 0 0 5
32 MF   Adam Reach 5 0 0 5
5 25 FW   Jordan Hugill 2 0 2 4
6 2 DF   Marnick Vermijl 2 0 1 3
13 FW   Eoin Doyle 3 0 0 3
8 9 FW   Will Keane 1 0 1 2
16 MF   Alan Browne 2 0 0 2
37 FW   Callum Robinson 2 0 0 2
11 3 DF   Greg Cunningham 1 0 0 1
8 MF   Neil Kilkenny 1 0 0 1
22 MF   Josh Brownhill 0 0 1 1
Own Goal 3 0 0 3
Total 43 0 6 49

Disciplinary record

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As of 10 April 2016
No. Po. Name Championship FA Cup League Cup Total
               
1 GK   Jordan Pickford 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1
2 DF   Marnick Vermijl 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
3 DF   Greg Cunningham 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
4 MF   Ben Pearson 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
5 DF   Tom Clarke 4 0 1 0 0 0 5 0
6 DF   Bailey Wright 10 2 0 0 0 0 10 2
7 MF   Chris Humphrey 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
8 MF   Neil Kilkenny 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
9 FW   Will Keane 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
10 FW   Jermaine Beckford 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
11 MF   Daniel Johnson 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
12 MF   Paul Gallagher 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
14 FW   Joe Garner 11 1 0 0 0 0 11 1
15 DF   Calum Woods 6 0 0 0 1 0 7 0
16 MF   Alan Browne 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
17 MF   Kyel Reid 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
19 MF   John Welsh 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
23 DF   Paul Huntington 9 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
25 FW   Jordan Hugill 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
32 MF   Adam Reach 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
Total 87 5 2 0 4 0 93 5

Contracts

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Pos.
 Nat.
Name
 Age
 Status
 Contract length
 Expiry date
 Source
28 DF   Nick Anderton 19 Extended 1 year June 2016 Preston North End Official Site
5 DF   Tom Clarke 27 Signed 2 years June 2017 Preston North End Official Site
23 DF   Paul Huntington 27 Signed 2 years June 2017 Preston North End Official Site
27 FW   Jack Ryan 20 Extended 1 year June 2016 Preston North End Official Site
6 DF   Bailey Wright 22 Extended 2 years June 2017 Preston North End Official Site
7 MF   Chris Humphrey 27 Signed 2 years June 2017 BBC Sport
19 MF   John Welsh 31 Signed 2 years June 2017 BBC Sport
3 DF   Scott Laird 27 Rejected — June 2015 BBC Sport
21 GK   Thorsten Stuckmann 34 Rejected — June 2015 BBC Sport
14 FW   Joe Garner 27 Signed 3 years June 2018 BBC Sport
16 MF   Alan Browne 20 Signed 3 years June 2018 BBC Sport
26 GK   Steven James 20 Signed 1 year June 2016 Preston North End Official Site
15 DF   Calum Woods 28 Signed 3 years June 2018 BBC Sport

Transfers

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Transfers in

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Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
1 July 2015 CF   Jermaine Beckford Bolton Wanderers Free transfer [1]
1 July 2015 AM   Paul Gallagher Leicester City Free transfer [2]
27 July 2015 LB   Greg Cunningham Bristol City Undisclosed [3]
12 August 2015 GK   Chris Kirkland Sheffield Wednesday Free transfer [4]
1 September 2015 CF   Stevie May Sheffield Wednesday Undisclosed [5]
11 January 2016 CM   Ben Pearson Manchester United £100,000 [6][a]
18 January 2016 MF   Liam Grimshaw Manchester United Undisclosed [8]
  1. ^ Although officially undisclosed, Manchester Evening News reported the fee to be £100,000.[7]

Transfers out

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Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
1 July 2015 LB   David Buchanan Northampton Town [a] Free transfer [10]
1 July 2015 CF   Kevin Davies Free agent Released [11]
1 July 2015 CF   Sylvan Ebanks-Blake Chesterfield [b] Free transfer [10]
1 July 2015 LW   Lee Holmes Exeter City [c] Free transfer [10]
1 July 2015 DM   Keith Keane Cambridge United [d] Free transfer [10]
1 July 2015 AM   Jack King Scunthorpe United [e] Free transfer [10]
1 July 2015 LB   Scott Laird Scunthorpe United Free transfer [16]
1 July 2015 GK   Thorsten Stuckmann Doncaster Rovers Free transfer [17]
1 July 2015 RB   Scott Wiseman Scunthorpe United [f] Free transfer [10]
  1. ^ Following Buchanan's release on 28 May 2015, he later signed for Northampton Town.[9]
  2. ^ Following Ebanks-Blake release on 28 May 2015, he later signed for Chesterfield.[12]
  3. ^ Following Holmes' release on 28 May 2015, he later signed for Exeter City.[13]
  4. ^ Following Keane's release on 28 May 2015, he later signed for Cambridge United.[14]
  5. ^ Following King's release on 28 May 2015, he later signed for Scunthorpe United.[15]
  6. ^ Following Wiseman's release on 28 May 2015, he later signed for Scunthorpe United.[18]

Loans in

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Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref.
8 July 2015 CF   Will Keane Manchester United End of season [19]
31 July 2015 GK   Jordan Pickford Sunderland 31 December 2015 [20][21]
6 August 2015 RB   Marnick Vermijl Sheffield Wednesday End of season [22]
1 September 2015 CF   Eoin Doyle Cardiff City End of season [5]
26 September 2015 LM   Adam Reach Middlesbrough End of Season [23][24]
31 December 2015 GK   Sam Johnstone Manchester United 23 January 2016 [21]
5 January 2016 CF   Callum Robinson Aston Villa End of Season [24]
23 January 2016 GK   Anders Lindegaard West Bromwich Albion End of Season [25]

Loans out

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Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Ref.
5 August 2015 CF   Jack Ryan Morecambe 23 October 2015 [26][27]
10 August 2015 LB   Nick Anderton Aldershot Town 7 September 2015 [28]
11 September 2015 GK   Jamie Jones Colchester United 11 December 2015 [29]
2 October 2015 WG   Kyel Reid Bradford City 2 January 2016 [30]
23 October 2015 CF   Jack Ryan Southport End of Season [27]
17 November 2015 CF   Andy Little Blackpool 30 January 2016 [31]
18 November 2015 GK   Steven James Droylsden 16 January 2016 [32]
26 November 2015 CB   Josh Heaton Tamworth 3 January 2016 [33]

Competitions

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Pre-season friendlies

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On 1 June 2015, Preston North End announced their first friendly against Chorley, competing for the Jack Kirkland Trophy.[34] Pre-season friendlies were announced on the club's fixture list.[35]

11 July 2015 (2015-07-11) Jack Kirkland Trophy Chorley 0–0 Preston North End Chorley
15:00 GMT (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Victory Park
Attendance: 2,022
Referee: Scott Oldham
14 July 2015 (2015-07-14) Friendly Bamber Bridge 0–4 Preston North End Bamber Bridge
19:00 BST Report Garner   19' (pen.)
Beckford   45'
Reid   49'
Hugill   70'		 Stadium: Sir Tom Finney Stadium
Attendance: 1,623
Referee: Neil Swarbrick
18 July 2015 (2015-07-18) Friendly Preston North End 1–0 Heart of Midlothian Preston
15:00 BST Garner   65' Report Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 4,860 (1,614 away)
Referee: Darren Handley
21 July 2015 (2015-07-21) Friendly Southport 0–4 Preston North End Blowick
19:00 BST Report Hugill   43'
Little   57'
Keane   80'
Brownhill   90'		 Stadium: Merseyrail Community Stadium
Attendance: 967 (594 away)
Referee: Peter Wright
24 July 2015 (2015-07-24) Friendly Motherwell 1–2 Preston North End Livingston, Scotland
19:00 BST Moult   89' Report Garner   28'
Kilkenny   30'		 Stadium: Almondvale Stadium
Attendance: 483
Referee: John Beaton
28 July 2015 (2015-07-28) Friendly Carlisle United 4–3 Preston North End Carlisle
19:15 BST Miller   ?'
Kennedy   ?'
Grainger   38' (pen.), ?' (pen.)		 Report Hugill   12', 49'
Keane   ?'		 Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 1,938
Referee: Richard Clark
29 July 2015 (2015-07-29) Friendly Ashington 0–1 Preston North End XI Ashington
19:30 BST Report Ryan   62' Stadium: Woodhorn Lane
Attendance: 500
Referee: Michael Oliver
1 August 2015 (2015-08-01) Friendly Bury 3–2 Preston North End Bury
15:00 BST Soares  
Clarke  
Tutte   pen.'		 Report Garner   14'
Keane   31'		 Stadium: JD Stadium
Attendance: 1,307 (366 PNE fans)

Championship

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League table

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
9 Brentford 46 19 8 19 72 67 +5 65
10 Birmingham City 46 16 15 15 53 49 +4 63
11 Preston North End 46 15 17 14 45 45 0 62
12 Queens Park Rangers 46 14 18 14 54 54 0 60
13 Leeds United 46 14 17 15 50 58 −8 59
Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Matches

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9 August 2015 (2015-08-09) 1 Preston North End 0–0 Middlesbrough Preston
12:00 BST Report Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 15,974
Referee: Chris Kavanagh
15 August 2015 (2015-08-15) 2 Milton Keynes Dons 0–1 Preston North End Milton Keynes
15:00 BST Report Gallagher   28' Stadium: stadium:mk
Attendance: 11,035
Referee: Andy Madley
18 August 2015 (2015-08-18) 3 Rotherham United 0–0 Preston North End Rotherham
19:45 BST Report Stadium: AESSEAL New York Stadium
Attendance: 9,078
Referee: David Coote
22 August 2015 (2015-08-22) 4 Preston North End 1–2 Ipswich Town Preston
15:00 BST Johnson   37' Report Pitman   24'
Fraser   65'		 Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 12,330
Referee: Mark Brown
29 August 2015 5 Hull City 2–0 Preston North End Kingston upon Hull
15:00 BST Hernández   37'
Davies   82'		 Report Stadium: KC Stadium
Attendance: 16,949
Referee: Fred Graham
12 September 2015 (2015-09-12) 6 Preston North End 1–2 Derby County Preston
15:00 BST Johnson   90' Report Martin   23', 36' Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 14,552
Referee: Richard Clark
15 September 2015 (2015-09-15) 7 Preston North End 1–1 Bristol City Preston
19:45 BST Kilkenny   40' Report Wilbraham   81' Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 9,963
Referee: Eddie Ilderton
19 September 2015 (2015-09-19) 8 Brentford 2–1 Preston North End London
15:00 BST Vibe   62'
Djuricin   65'		 Report Johnson   1' Stadium: Griffin Park
Referee: Tim Robinson
26 September 2015 (2015-09-26) 9 Preston North End 1–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers Preston
15:00 BST Johnson   10'
Garner   19'
Wright   78'   81'		 Report McDonald   90+1' Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 13,049
Referee: Trevor Kettle
3 October 2015 (2015-10-03) 10 Sheffield Wednesday 3–1 Preston North End Sheffield
15:00 BST Lee   45+1'
Pudil   55'
McGugan   90+6'		 Report Browne   76' Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium
Attendance: 20,383
Referee: Andy Woolmer
17 October 2015 (2015-10-17) 11 Preston North End 0–0 Cardiff City Preston
15:00 BST Report Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 11,125
Referee: Stuart Atwell
20 October 2015 (2015-10-20) 12 Charlton Athletic 0–3 Preston North End London
19:45 BST Report Gallagher   2', 36'
Johnson   62'		 Stadium: The Valley
Attendance: 13,586
Referee: Simon Hooper
24 October 2015 (2015-10-24) 13 Brighton & Hove Albion 0–0 Preston North End Brighton
15:00 BST Report Stadium: Falmer Stadium
Attendance: 24,629
Referee: Andy Davies
31 October 2015 (2015-10-31) 14 Preston North End 0–0 Bolton Wanderers Preston
15:00 GMT Report Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 14,494
Referee: Dean Whitestone
3 November 2015 (2015-11-03) 15 Preston North End 1–0 Nottingham Forest Preston
19:45 GMT Doyle   2' Report Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 10,216
Referee: Tony Harrington
7 November 2015 (2015-11-07) 16 Queens Park Rangers 0–0 Preston North End London
15:00 GMT Report Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 15,190
Referee: Robert Lewis
21 November 2015 (2015-11-21) 17 Preston North End 1–2 Blackburn Rovers Preston
15:00 BST Garner   67' Report Pickford   31' (o.g.)
Rhodes   52' (pen.)		 Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 19,852
Referee: Mike Dean
28 November 2015 (2015-11-28) 18 Fulham 1–1 Preston North End London
19:45 GMT McCormack   77' Report Garner   11' Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 17,362
Referee: Graham Horwood
5 December 2015 (2015-12-05) 19 Burnley 0–2 Preston North End Burnley
15:00 GMT Report Keane   63'
Johnson   86'		 Stadium: Turf Moor
Attendance: 18,614
Referee: Kevin Friend
12 December 2015 (2015-12-12) 20 Preston North End 1–0 Reading Preston
15:00 GMT Garner   52' (pen.) Report Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 10,649
Referee: Geoff Eltringham
15 December 2015 (2015-12-15) 21 Preston North End 1–1 Birmingham City Preston
19:45 GMT Reach   19' Report Morrison   67' Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 10,668
Referee: Kevin Wright
20 December 2015 (2015-12-20) 22 Leeds United 1–0 Preston North End Leeds
15:00 GMT Browne   46' (o.g.) Report   30' Pickford Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 22,461
Referee: Gavin Ward
26 December 2015 (2015-12-26) 23 Huddersfield Town 3–1 Preston North End Huddersfield
15:00 GMT Wells   38', 55'
Huws   76'		 Report Reach   90' Stadium: John Smith's Stadium
Attendance: 12,315
Referee: Chris Kavanagh
28 December 2015 (2015-12-28) 24 Preston North End 1–0 Hull City Preston
15:00 GMT Gallagher   66' Report Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 13,891
Referee: Peter Bankes
2 January 2016 (2016-01-02) 25 Preston North End 2–1 Rotherham United Preston
15:00 GMT Doyle   64'
Clarke-Harris   90' (o.g.)		 Report Andreu   35' Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 12,027
Referee: Charles Breakspear
12 January 2016 (2016-01-12) 26 Bristol City 1–2 Preston North End Bristol
19:45 GMT Wilbraham   56' Report Baker   54' (o.g.)
Cunningham   80'		 Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium
Attendance: 14,586
Referee: James Lingington
16 January 2016 (2016-01-16) 27 Ipswich Town 1–1 Preston North End Ipswich
15:00 GMT Murphy   38' Report Johnson   7' Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 21,108
Referee: Simon Hooper
23 January 2016 (2016-01-23) 28 Preston North End 1–3 Brentford Preston
15:00 GMT Reach   24' Report Cunningham   22' (o.g.)
Judge   43'
Swift   80'		 Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 11,080
Referee: David Webb
2 February 2016 (2016-02-02) 29 Derby County 0–0 Preston North End Derby
19:45 GMT Report Stadium: Pride Park Stadium
Attendance: 27,252
Referee: Oliver Langford
6 February 2016 (2016-02-06) 30 Preston North End 2–1 Huddersfield Town Preston
15:00 GMT Lynch   83' (o.g.)
Browne   90'		 Report Wells   80' Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 12,653
Referee: Darren Drysdale
13 February 2016 (2016-02-13) 31 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–2 Preston North End Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT Mason   66' Report   17' Gallagher
  53' Reach		 Stadium: Molineux Stadium
Attendance: 21,204
Referee: Kevin Johnson
20 February 2016 (2016-02-20) 32 Preston North End 1–0 Sheffield Wednesday Preston
15:00 GMT Garner   73' Report   49'   66' Forestieri Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 16,923
Referee: Keith Stroud
23 February 2016 (2016-02-23) 33 Preston North End 2–1 Charlton Athletic Preston
15:00 GMT Garner   35'
Robinson   52'		 Report Guðmundsson   57'
Lennon   74'		 Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 10,075
Referee: James Adcock
27 February 2016 (2016-02-27) 34 Cardiff City 2–1 Preston North End Cardiff
15:00 GMT Pilkington   44' (pen.), 80' (pen.) Report   87' Robinson Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 15,566
Referee: Brendan Malone
5 March 2016 (2016-03-05) 35 Preston North End 0–0 Brighton & Hove Albion Preston
15:00 GMT Report Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 11,881
Referee: Mark Heywood
8 March 2016 (2016-03-08) 36 Nottingham Forest 1–0 Preston North End Nottingham
19:45 GMT Oliveira   37' Report Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 16,747
Referee: Mark Brown
12 March 2016 (2016-03-12) 37 Bolton Wanderers 1–2 Preston North End Bolton
15:00 GMT Trotter   22' Report Hugill   57'
Vermijl   86'		 Stadium: Macron Stadium
Attendance: 18,423
Referee: Paul Tierney
19 March 2016 (2016-03-19) 38 Preston North End 1–1 Queens Park Rangers Preston
15:00 GMT Doyle   90+2' Report Polter   5' Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 11,322
Referee: Andy Woolmer
2 April 2016 (2016-04-02) 39 Blackburn Rovers 1–2 Preston North End Blackburn
12:30 BST Ward   13' Duffy   24' Report Garner   25pen' Hugill   43' Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 21,029
Referee: Eddie Ilderton
5 April 2016 (2016-04-05) 40 Preston North End 1–2 Fulham Preston
19:45 BST Vermijl   63' Report   5' McCormack
  74' Dembele		 Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 10,358
Referee: Scott Duncan
9 April 2016 (2016-04-09) 41 Middlesbrough 1–0 Preston North End Middlesbrough, England
15:00 BST Adomah   32' Report Stadium: Riverside Stadium
Attendance: 26,390
Referee: Oliver Langford
16 April 2016 (2016-04-16) 42 Preston North End 1–1 Milton Keynes Dons Preston
15:00 BST Beckford   6' Report   54' Maynard Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 10,457
Referee: Stuart Attwell
19 April 2016 (2016-04-19) 43 Birmingham City 2–2 Preston North End Birmingham
15:00 BST Donaldson   13', 59'
Maghoma   38'
Lafferty   90+1'		 Report Gallagher   3'
Garner   35'
Pearson   40'
Wright   58'
Huntington   68'
Browne   73'
Cunningham   89'		 Stadium: St Andrew's
Attendance: 14,366
Referee: Keith Stroud
22 April 2016 (2016-04-22) 44 Preston North End 0–1 Burnley Preston
19:45 BST Garner   45'
Wright   60'
Robinson   90+6'		 Report Barton   6',   80'
Marney   43'
Lowton   45'
Gray   73'
Mee   82'		 Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 17,789 (5,630 away)
Referee: Kevin Friend
30 April 2016 45 Reading 1–2 Preston North End Reading
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Quinn   86' Report Beckford   56'
Johnson   90+1'		 Stadium: Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 15,834
Referee: Darren Deadman
7 May 2016 (2016-05-07) 46 Preston North End 1–1 Leeds United Preston
12:30 BST Hugill   90+2' Report Wood   78pen' Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 18,473
Referee: Brendan Malone

FA Cup

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9 January 2016 (2016-01-09) Round 3 Peterborough United 2–0 Preston North End Peterborough
15:00 GMT Samuelsen   7'
Washington   52'		 Report Stadium: London Road Stadium
Attendance: 7,665
Referee: Tony Harrington

League Cup

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12 August 2015 (2015-08-12) First round Crewe Alexandra 1–3 Preston North End Crewe
19:45 BST King   36' Report Hugill   5'
Keane   13'
Brownhill   86'		 Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 2,852
Referee: Scott Duncan
25 August 2015 (2015-08-25) Second round Preston North End 1–0 Watford Preston
19:45 BST Vermijl  8' Report Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 6,250
Referee: Steve Martin
22 September 2015 (2015-09-22) Third round Preston North End 2–2
(2–3 p)		 Bournemouth Preston
19:45 BST Hugill   84'
Johnson   118' (pen.)		 Report MacDonald   23'
Pugh   96'		 Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 5,643
Referee: Nigel Miller
Penalties
Hugill  
Keane  
Reid  
Browne  
Johnson  		   Stanislas
  Cook
  Gosling
  Pugh

Lancashire Senior Cup

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7 September 2015 (2015-09-07) First round Everton 3–0 Preston North End Blowick
19:45 BST Rodríguez   10'
Grant  
Walsh   ?'		 Report Stadium: Merseyrail Community Stadium
Attendance: TBC
Referee: Darren Bond

Overall summary

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References

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