The Preston Chronicle
Transfer targets24 Aug 2026
Fabian Gonzalez turns down Preston
The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: La Equidad keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.
Squad24 Aug 2026
A one-man rearguard from Daniel Iversen
There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Robbie Brady, 34, rolls back the years — 8.00
There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 8.00 at 34, and nobody on the pitch was better.
Transfer targets24 Aug 2026
Preston rebuffed over Fedor Lapoukhov
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. CSKA Sofia have kept their man, and Preston go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Lewis Dobbin was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 21. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Match22 Aug 2026
Preston come up short against Derby County
Derby County left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Match18 Aug 2026
Preston come up short against Ipswich Town
Ipswich Town left with the points after a 0‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Words at Preston training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Jordan Storey is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
The dugout24 Aug 2026
The manager’s verdict
“That is on me. I pick the team and I picked wrong.” Managers say that when they mean it and when they need to be seen to, and after 1‑2 Henry Hamilton left the room before anybody could ask which.
In brief
- The dugout Somebody else is better right now than Pol Valentín
- The dugout Callum Lang gets it from the manager
- The dugout The plan did not have a place for Delano Burgzorg