The Preston Chronicle
Squad17 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Preston
Lewis Gibson was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
5 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 Ali McCann
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Ali McCann, and the manager let it.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Lewis Dobbin
Successful dribbles: 19. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market17 Aug 2026
One of our own: Jacob Lawrence joins the Preston first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Jacob Lawrence is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market17 Aug 2026
One of our own: David Young joins the Preston first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. David Young is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market17 Aug 2026
Mark Wilson steps up from the Preston academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Mark Wilson 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.
Market17 Aug 2026
One of our own: Samuel Howard joins the Preston first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Samuel Howard is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
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
- Squad Ben Whiteman dropped after a run of poor form
- Boardroom No investment in the facilities at Preston
- Match Preston and Derby County cancel each other out