George Gryba

Striker - Preston
25 Jun 2028
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Marked for George Gryba

96 Edition

The Preston Chronicle

29 May 2028
From our football correspondent Uneasy

The dugout29 May 2028

Elyh Harrison keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Preston may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Squad29 May 2028

George Gryba is a better footballer than he was

Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 19 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.

Squad29 May 2028

Lewis Gibson falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Market29 May 2028

A season away well spent by Odel Offiah

44 games, 0 goals, and a squad option that has arrived without a fee attached. The interesting question at Preston now is not whether he plays but who he displaces.

The dugout29 May 2028

Léo Leroy gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

The dugout29 May 2028

Odel Offiah knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Preston, and both men came out saying it was fine.

The dugout29 May 2028

When it matters, Jamal Lewis plays

It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.

Market29 May 2028

Johnny Kenny linked with a move away

The name of Johnny Kenny keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Preston say nothing, which says plenty.

Squad29 May 2028

A season on the outside for Samuele di Benedetto

He trains hard, says the right things and goes home to an empty flat. Nobody at Preston has done anything wrong, which is exactly what makes it so difficult to fix.

In brief

Back issues
82 Edition

The Preston Chronicle

21 Feb 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Match19 Feb 2028

Mamadou Sangaré settles it late for Preston

The 85th minute, half the ground already edging towards the exits, and Mamadou Sangaré decided nobody was going anywhere. Norwich City had no time left to answer.

Squad21 Feb 2028

7 saves: Melker Ellborg was the team

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 7 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.

Player ratings21 Feb 2028

Pape Matar Sarr pops up at the right end — 7.89

7.89, 1 on the scoresheet, and the specific comedy of a back-four player celebrating like somebody who does this every week. He does not, and that is exactly why the ground reacted the way it did.

The dugout21 Feb 2028

Michael Ayodele says Preston went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Squad21 Feb 2028

Michael Ayodele is a better footballer than he was

Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 19 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.

Transfer targets21 Feb 2028

Door shut on Jake Waters

Preston asked and Campobasso said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Match19 Feb 2028

Preston see off Norwich City

Three points for Preston, 2‑1 the final word against Norwich City in a contest settled by the finer margins.

Player ratings21 Feb 2028

Ninety minutes of Mamadou Sangaré at his very best

Marked 8.24. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Preston.

Squad21 Feb 2028

George Gryba stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” George Gryba and Preston agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

In brief

50 Edition

The Preston Chronicle

12 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad12 Jul 2027

23 days out for Thierry Small after a fracture

A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Preston will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.

Market12 Jul 2027

Jordan Storey puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Preston, and it is not being withdrawn.

Transfer targets12 Jul 2027

Marco Nasti turns down Preston

The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: Cremonese keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.

Market12 Jul 2027

Shrewsbury Town are about to pick up the phone

A conversation is coming this week. Preston will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.

Squad12 Jul 2027

Jamal Lewis in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Preston this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Transfer targets12 Jul 2027

Stoke City tell Preston: Mamadou Doumbia is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

Market12 Jul 2027

Lee Nicholls attracts admirers

The name of Lee Nicholls has come up in conversations Preston were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.

Squad12 Jul 2027

George Gryba stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” George Gryba and Preston agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

The dugout12 Jul 2027

Léo Leroy knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Preston, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief