2008–09 Preston North End F.C. season

English football club season March 2015 March 2015 Preston North End 2008–09 Alan Irvine Derek Shaw Deepdale Championship 6th (qualified for playoffs) Play-offs Semi-finals FA Cup Third round League Cup Second round Jon Parkin (11) Neil Mellor (12) 19,840 (vs Sheffield United) 5,150 (vs Chesterfield) 2007–08 2009–10 During the 2008–09 English football season, Preston North End F.C. competed in the Championship. Season summary Having spent most of the previous season embroiled in a relegation battle, this season Preston edged into the play-offs in sixth place, pipping Cardiff City on the last day of the season. Though being level with seventh-placed Cardiff with 74 points and a goal difference of +12 each, Preston gained sixth place by virtue of having scored one more goal than Cardiff over the course of the season. The run of form that had seen Preston reach the playoffs saw manager Alan Irvine named the Championship's Manager of the Month for April. Preston were drawn against third-placed Sheffield United in the semi-finals. United won 2–1 over legs, consigning Preston to another season in the second tier of English football. Kit For the fourth consecutive season, Preston's kits were manufactured by Italian company Diadora, who introduced new home and away kits. The home kit was a white shirt with navy shorts and navy and white hooped socks, inspired by the club's kit from the late fifties and early sixties. (White shorts were worn for the away match at Wolverhampton Wanderers on 10 January). The away kit was a yellow shirt with navy sleeves, yellow shorts and yellow socks with navy turnovers.http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/English_Football_League/season/2008-2009/championship.html Championship 2008-2009 - Historical Football Kits www.historicalkits.co.uk Lancastrian support services company Enterprise remained Preston's kit sponsors. Results Legend WinDrawLoss Football League Championship 2008 8 9 y Ipswich Town 1 1–2 Report Preston North End Lisbie 2 McKenna 21 Whaley 34 Portman Road Ipswich 22,307 W 2008 8 16 y Preston North End 2 2–0 Report Crystal Palace Nicholson 58 Chaplow 90 Deepdale Preston 14,225 W 2008 8 23 y Sheffield Wednesday 3 1–1 Report Preston North End McAllister 20 Chaplow 77 Hillsborough Sheffield 17,963 D 2008 8 30 y Preston North End 4 2–1 Report Charlton Athletic Mellor 58 Nicholson 66 Gray 19 pen. Deepdale Preston 12,089 W 2008 9 13 y Coventry City 5 0–0 Report Preston North End Ricoh Arena Coventry 16,544 D 2008 9 16 y Preston North End 6 2–1 Report Nottingham Forest Mawene 50 Mellor 59 Mawene 67 Deepdale Preston 13,145 W 2008 9 20 y Preston North End 7 1–3 Report Wolverhampton Wanderers Mellor 59 pen. Iwelumo 36 66 72 pen. Deepdale Preston 17,567 L 2008 9 27 y Burnley 8 3–1 Report Preston North End Guðjónsson 33 Caldwell 64 Eagles 90 Nicholson 22 Turf Moor Burnley 16,276 L 2008 9 30 y Preston North End 9 0–2 Report Swansea City Bodde 19 Gomez 80 pen. Deepdale Preston 10,558 L 2008 10 4 y Watford 10 2–1 Report Preston North End Harley 12 Smith 21 St Ledger 5 Vicarage Road Watford 14,087 L 2008 10 18 y Preston North End 11 2–1 Report Reading Ingimarsson 55 Elliott 81 Hunt 27 pen. Deepdale Preston 12,316 W 2008 10 21 y Plymouth Argyle 12 1–0 Report Preston North End Fallon 18 Home Park Plymouth 9,824 L 2008 10 25 y Sheffield United 13 0–1 Report Preston North End Ehiogu 50 Bramall Lane Sheffield 24,445 L 2008 10 28 y Preston North End 14 2–0 Report Watford Jones 43 Wallace 68 Deepdale Preston 11,234 W 2008 11 1 y Preston North End 15 2–3 Report Southampton Jones 36 Elliott 42 Pearce 64 Surman 69 McGoldrick 90 Deepdale Preston 11,508 L 2008 11 8 y Norwich City 16 2–2 Report Preston North End Lita 14 Kennedy 62 Brown 2 Mellor 81 Carrow Road Norwich 23,225 D 2008 11 16 y Blackpool 17 1–3 Report Preston North End Hammill 10 Brown 55 87 Mellor 68 Bloomfield Road Blackpool 9,643 W 2008 11 22 y Preston North End 18 2–1 Report Barnsley Chaplow 21 St Ledger 88 Campbell-Ryce 33 Deepdale Preston 12,153 W 2008 11 25 y Derby County 19 2–2 Report Preston North End Hulse 8 Stewart 32 Davidson 21 pen. Mellor 29 Pride Park Derby 25,534 D 2008 11 29 y Preston North End 20 2–0 Report Bristol City Elliott 30 Wallace 55 Deepdale Preston 11,161 W 2008 12 6 y Cardiff City 21 2–0 Report Preston North End Johnson 42 Chopra 76 pen. Ninian Park Cardiff 16,560 L 2008 12 9 y Preston North End 22 1–0 Report Doncaster Rovers Parkin 82 Deepdale Preston 13,152 W 2008 12 13 y Preston North End 23 1–0 Report Birmingham City Parkin 90 Deepdale Preston 10,943 W 2008 12 20 y Queens Park Rangers 24 3–2 Report Preston North End Helguson 16 34 Blackstock 86 Sedgwick 28 Davidson 60 pen. Loftus Road White City 14,103 L 2008 12 26 y Preston North End 25 2–0 Report Derby County St Ledger 30 Parkin 68 Deepdale Preston 15,197 W 2008 12 28 y Barnsley 26 1–1 Report Preston North End Cureton 16 Wallace 73 Oakwell Barnsley 13,851 D 2009 1 10 y Wolverhampton Wanderers 27 1–3 Report Preston North End Ebanks-Blake 20 Elliott 24 61 St Ledger 41 Molineux Wolverhampton 26,138 W 2009 1 17 y Preston North End 28 2–1 Report Burnley Davidson 53 pen. Mellor 85 pen. Blake 77 Deepdale Preston 15,692 W 2009 1 27 y Swansea City 29 4–1 Report Preston North End Gomez 2 Scotland 29 Bauza 69 Tate 87 Brown 90 Liberty Stadium Swansea 14,774 L 2009 1 31 y Preston North End 30 0–0 Report Sheffield United Deepdale Preston 14,889 D 2009 2 3 y Preston North End 31 1–1 Report Plymouth Argyle Parkin 43 Mackie 13 Deepdale Preston 10,660 D 2009 2 7 y Reading 32 0–0 Report Preston North End Madejski Stadium Reading 19,570 D 2009 2 14 y Preston North End 33 1–0 Report Norwich City Parkin 41 Deepdale Preston 12,033 W 2009 2 21 y Southampton 34 3–1 Report Preston North End Surman 19 Saganowski 29 42 Wallace 73 St Mary's Stadium Southampton 14,790 L 2009 2 28 y Preston North End 35 3–2 Report Ipswich Town Davidson 6 pen. Parkin 41 Elliott 61 Miller 31 63 Deepdale Preston 12,709 W 2009 3 3 y Nottingham Forest 36 2–1 Report Preston North End Earnshaw 58 71 Parkin 63 City Ground Nottingham 17,568 L 2009 3 7 y Crystal Palace 37 2–1 Report Preston North End Stokes 32 Danns 34 Jones 29 Selhurst Park London 16,340 L 2009 3 10 y Preston North End 38 1–1 Report Sheffield Wednesday Parkin 90 Jeffers 30 Deepdale Preston 12,381 D 2009 3 14 y Preston North End 39 2–1 Report Coventry City Turner 38 Parkin 72 Morrison 17 Deepdale Preston 13,251 W 2009 3 21 y Charlton Athletic 40 0–0 Report Preston North End The Valley London 19,215 D 2009 4 4 y Bristol City 41 1–1 Report Preston North End Maynard 59 Mawene 69 Ashton Gate Bristol 16,596 D 2009 4 11 y Preston North End 42 0–1 Report Blackpool Adam 43 Deepdale Preston 21,273 L 2009 4 13 y Doncaster Rovers 43 0–2 Report Preston North End Brown 26 Mellor 72 Keepmoat Stadium Doncaster 11,648 W 2009 4 13 y Preston North End 44 6–0 Report Cardiff City Mellor 17 41 Parkin 51 Kennedy 54 Brown 75 Lee Williamson 86 Deepdale Preston 13,692 W 2009 4 25 y Birmingham City 45 1–2 Report Preston North End Fahey 57 McKenna 69 Wallace 89 St Andrews Birmingham 24,825 W 2009 5 3 y Preston North End 46 2–1 Report Queens Park Rangers Parkin 37 St Ledger 74 Agyemang 57 Deepdale Preston 18,264 W Football League Playoffs 2009 Football League play-offs 2009 5 8 y Preston North End Semi Final 1st Leg 1–1 Report Sheffield United St Ledger 21 Howard 46 Deepdale Preston 19,840 D 2009 5 11 y Sheffield United Semi Final Second Leg 1–0 Report Preston North End Halford 59 Bramall Lane Sheffield 26,354 L FA Cup 2008–09 FA Cup 2009 1 3 y Preston North End 3 0–1 Report Liverpool Riera 25 Torres 90 Deepdale Preston 23,046 L League Cup 2008–09 Football League Cup 2008 8 12 y Preston North End 1 2–0 Report Chesterfield Mellor 37 90 Deepdale Preston 5,150 W 2008 8 26 y Preston North End 2 0–1 Report Derby County Green 40 Deepdale Preston 8,037 L Players First-team squad 1 ENG GK Andy Lonergan 2 SCO DF Michael Hart 3 SCO DF Callum Davidson 4 ENG MF Richard Chaplow 5 FRA DF Youl Mawéné 6 JAM MF Lee WilliamsonWilliamson was born in Derby, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and was called up by Jamaica in 2008 before making his international debut for Jamaica in September 2015. on loan from Watford 7 ENG MF Chris Sedgwick 8 ENG FW Karl Hawley 9 ENG FW Chris Brown 10 SCO MF Barry Nicholson 11 ENG MF Darren Carter 12 IRL DF Sean St LedgerSt Ledger was born in Solihull, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his grandfather and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in May 2009. 14 ENG DF Liam Chilvers 15 ENG MF Simon Whaley 16 ENG MF Paul McKenna captain 19 ENG DF Billy Jones 21 ENG DF Neal Trotman 22 IRL GK Wayne Henderson 25 SCO MF Ross Wallace 26 ENG FW Jon Parkin 27 IRL DF Eddie Nolan 29 IRL FW Stephen Elliott 30 ENG GK Chris Neal 31 ENG GK Andrew Murphy 33 ENG FW Neil Mellor 34 CAN MF Phil Appiah 35 ENG DF Dean Stott 36 ENG FW Rob Turner 40 NIR MF Adam BartonBarton was born in Clitheroe, England, but also qualified to represent Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland internationally through his parents and represented Northern Ireland at U-21 level before making his debut for Northern Ireland in November 2010 and then representing the Republic of Ireland at U-21 level. Left club during season 6 ENG MF Jason Jarrett to Brighton & Hove Albion 6 ENG DF Andrew Davies on loan from Stoke City 17 ENG FW Brett Ormerod to Blackpool 18 ENG DF Matt Hill to Wolverhampton Wanderers 18 ENG DF Wayne Brown on loan from Hull City 20 SCO DF Jay McEveleyMcEveley was born in Liverpool, England, and represented England at U-20 and U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally and represented Scotland at B level before making his international debut for Scotland in August 2007. on loan from Derby County 23 ENG MF Lewis Neal to Carlisle United 24 ENG MF Joe Anyinsah to Carlisle United Transfers In +DateNationPositionNameClub FromFee30 June 20081 July 2008 Preston clinch Nicholson signing http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/p/preston/7481802.stm 14 August 2026 BBC Sport en-GBScotlandMFBarry NicholsonAberdeenFree1 September 20081 September 2008 Preston recruit Parkin from Stoke http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/p/preston/7589650.stm 14 August 2026 BBC Sport en-GBEnglandFWJon ParkinStoke CityUndisclosed1 September 20081 September 2008 Preston sign Elliott from Wolves http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/p/preston/7593027.stm 14 August 2026 BBC Sport en-GBRepublic of IrelandFWStephen ElliottWolverhampton WanderersUndisclosed2 January 20092 January 2009 Preston make Nolan deal permanent http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/p/preston/7808380.stm 14 August 2026 BBC Sport en-GBRepublic of IrelandDFEddie NolanBlackburn RoversUndisclosed12 January 200912 January 2009 Wallace completes Preston switch http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/p/preston/7825000.stm 14 August 2026 BBC Sport en-GBScotlandMFRoss WallaceSunderlandUndisclosed Out DateNationPositionNameClub ToFee1 September 2008EnglandDFMatt HillWolverhampton WanderersUndisclosed9 January 20099 January 2009 Cumbrians complete double signing http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/carlisle_united/7815485.stm 14 August 2026 BBC Sport en-GBEnglandMFJoe AnyinsahCarlisle UnitedUndisclosed27 January 200927 January 2009 Jarrett completes Brighton switch http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/brighton/7851255.stm 14 August 2026 BBC Sport en-GBEnglandMFJason JarrettBrighton & Hove AlbionFree30 January 200930 January 2009 Ormerod returns eight years on http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/blackpool/7860599.stm 14 August 2026 BBC Sport en-GBEnglandFWBrett OrmerodBlackpoolUndisclosed31 January 200931 January 2009 Winger Neal makes Carlisle switch http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/carlisle_united/7862544.stm 14 August 2026 BBC Sport en-GBEnglandMFLewis NealCarlisle UnitedFree Loan In DateNationPositionNameClub FromLength31 July 200831 July 2008 Wallace makes Preston loan switch http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/p/preston/7535710.stm 14 August 2026 BBC Sport en-GBScotlandMFRoss WallaceSunderlandUntil January29 September 200829 September 2008 North End sign McEveley on loan http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/p/preston/7642228.stm 14 August 2026 BBC Sport en-GBScotlandDFJay McEveleyDerby CountyOne Month7 October 20087 October 2008 Preston sign Nolan from Blackburn http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/p/preston/7655615.stm 14 August 2026 BBC Sport en-GBRepublic of IrelandDFEddie NolanBlackburn RoversUntil January27 October 200827 October 2008 Hull City defender joins Preston North End on loan https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/3795929.hull-city-defender-wayne-brown-joins-preston-north-end-loan/ 14 August 2026 Lancashire Telegraph en-GB 0307-1235EnglandDFWayne BrownHull CityOne Month13 February 200913 February 2009 Preston seal loan deal for Davies http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/p/preston/7888323.stm 14 August 2026 BBC Sport en-GBEnglandDFAndrew DaviesStoke CityOne Month26 March 200926 March 2009 Preston seal Williamson loan deal http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/p/preston/7966389.stm 14 August 2026 BBC Sport en-GBEnglandMFLee WilliamsonWatfordUntil end of season Loan Out DateNationPositionNameClub ToLength11 September 2008Naylor Andy 11 September 2008 Albion sign Championship winger https://www.theargus.co.uk/sport/3664365.albion-sign-championship-winger/ 14 August 2026 The Argus enEnglandMFJoe AnyinsahBrighton & Hove AlbionOne Month11 September 200811 September 2008 Northampton sign striker Hawley http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/n/northampton_town/7610868.stm 14 August 2026 BBC Sport en-GBEnglandFWKarl HawleyNorthampton TownOne Month31 October 200831 October 2008 Magpies swoop for Neal loan deal http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/n/notts_county/7702295.stm 14 August 2026 BBC Sport en-GBEnglandMFLewis NealNotts CountyOne Month27 February 200927 February 2009 Preston loan Henderson to Grimsby http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/g/grimsby_town/7915730.stm 14 August 2026 en-GBRepublic of IrelandGKWayne HendersonGrimsby TownOne Month19 March 200919 March 2009 Trotman joins Colchester on loan http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/colchester_united/7953135.stm 14 August 2026 BBC Sport en-GBEnglandDFNeal TrotmanColchester UnitedOne Month20 March 200920 March 2009 Hawley joins Colchester on loan http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/colchester_united/7955296.stm 14 August 2026 BBC Sport en-GBEnglandFWKarl HawleyColchester UnitedOne Month Notes notes 32em References notes 32em Category:Preston North End F.C. seasons Preston North End