The Preston Chronicle
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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Preston lose Alfie Devine
14 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
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
The manager makes an example of Daniel Iversen
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Lewis Dobbin runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 19. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Market17 Aug 2026
One of our own: James Watson joins the Preston first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. James Watson 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
Preston promote Michael Young from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Michael 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
Edward Barnes steps up from the Preston academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Edward Barnes 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
Simon Graham steps up from the Preston academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Simon Graham 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.
In brief
- Squad Words at Preston training over how hard people work
- Boardroom No investment in the facilities at Preston
- Match Preston and Middlesbrough cancel each other out