The Preston Chronicle
Market17 Aug 2026
Preston get their man
The chase for Harrison Reed ended with $4.2M changing hands and Fulham out of reasons to say no. The supporters will judge the fee the only way that matters: on Saturdays.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Daniel Iversen 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.
Market17 Aug 2026
Union Brescia watching Harrison Reed
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Preston have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
3 academy players handed senior numbers at Preston
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Squad17 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Milutin Osmajić
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Milutin Osmajić, and the manager let it.
Market17 Aug 2026
Preston promote Matthew Young from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Matthew Young has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market17 Aug 2026
Nathan Murphy steps up from the Preston academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Nathan Murphy has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Match15 Aug 2026
Preston come up short against Derby County
Derby County left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Alfie Devine 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.
In brief
- Player ratings Robbie Brady runs at them all day
- Squad Ben Whiteman dropped after a run of poor form
- Boardroom No investment in the facilities at Preston