Ali McCann

Defensive Midfielder - Preston
15 Nov 2026
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Marked for Ali McCann

11 Edition

The Preston Chronicle

12 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings12 Oct 2026

Jordan Thompson runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 28. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad12 Oct 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.

Match10 Oct 2026

Lewis Dobbin sends Preston past Hull City

It finished 2‑1, and it was Lewis Dobbin’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Preston.

The terraces12 Oct 2026

The crowd has taken to Lewis Dobbin

At 23 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.

Player ratings12 Oct 2026

A masterclass from Lewis Dobbin

Marked 8.13 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

Squad12 Oct 2026

The manager makes an example of Ali McCann

“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.

In brief

Back issues
3 Edition

The Preston Chronicle

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

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