10 things....
Preston
1They're in Lancashire, home of original dirty northern bastards.
2 An old Chairman lived in a house called Deepdale. He was deep in debt to a mega-rich landlord from the Industrial Revolution, who then bought himself a footy club cheap.
3 Lawro is a very particular pundit if pressed-on plagiarism. Or possibly just ghost writing, if considered truly lilywhite!
4 They've tried to regain past status by playing-off Millennium north end history - and failed.
5 Tom Finney certainly was plumb loyal but shoulda joined to a big club. He'd then have got more than working man's wages in the brown ball and boot era.
6 The area around their ground is almost semi-rural. It's merely more an outstanding landscape than brown field, a la ex-campus Falmer.
7 On a players pre-season jolly to a Spanish Costa, they arranged a blind-drunk date. Only two 'senoritas' from El Blackpool turned up looking for a hen night on the beach.
8 Cromwell fought the battle of Preston and got promoted. Four hundred years later...
9 It's a very long way from Sussex, especially for an evening game. The M6 is a tail-back of two halves in sub-consciousness.
10 PNE stands for premature nocturnal ejaculation - of a vocal home fans kind.
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