2015–16 Preston North End F.C. season explained

Club:	Preston North End
Season:	2015–16
Stadium:	Deepdale
League:	Championship
League Result:	11th
Cup1:	FA Cup
Cup1 Result:	Third Round (eliminated by Peterborough United)
Cup2:	League Cup
Cup2 Result:	Third round (eliminated by Bournemouth)
Cup3:	Lancashire Senior Cup
Cup3 Result:	First round (eliminated by Everton)
League Topscorer:	Daniel Johnson (7)
Season Topscorer:	Daniel Johnson (7)
Highest Attendance:	19,852 (vs Blackburn, 21 Nov 15)
Lowest Attendance:	5,643 (vs Bournemouth (League Cup, 22 Sep 15)
Average Attendance:	13,035
Prevseason:	2014–15
Nextseason:	2016–17
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The 2015–16 season was Preston North End's first season back in the Championship, after gaining promotion via the play-offs last season, in their 136th year in existence. Along with competing in the Championship, the club will also participate in the FA Cup and League Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.

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Squad

No.	Name	Pos.	Nationality	Place of birth	Age	Apps	Goals	Signed from	Date signed	Fee	End
Goalkeepers
1	Anders Lindegaard	GK		Dyrup		9	0	West Bromwich Albion	23 January 2016	Loan	2016
26	Steven James	GK		Stockport		0	0	Academy	1 July 2013	Free	2016
40	Matthew Hudson	GK				1	0	Academy	1 July 2015	Free	2016
43	Chris Kirkland	GK		Barwell		2	0	Sheffield Wednesday	12 August 2015	Free	2016
Defenders
2	Marnick Vermijl	RB		Peer		28	3	Sheffield Wednesday	7 August 2015	Loan	2016
3	Greg Cunningham	LB		Galway		38	1	Bristol City	27 July 2015	Undisclosed	2017
5	Tom Clarke	CB		Sowerby Bridge		140	7	Huddersfield Town	22 May 2013	Free	2017
6	Bailey Wright	CB		Melbourne		178	8	Academy	1 July 2009	Trainee	2017
15	Calum Woods	FB		Liverpool		56	0	Huddersfield Town	1 July 2014	Free	2018
23	Paul Huntington	CB		Carlisle		156	15	Yeovil Town	22 May 2012	Free	2017
28	Nick Anderton	LB				0	0	Academy	1 July 2014	Free	2016
29	Josh Heaton	CB				0	0	Academy	1 July 2015	Trainee	2016
Midfielders
4	Ben Pearson	CM		Oldham		11	0	Manchester United	11 January 2016	£100,000	2018
7	Chris Humphrey	WG		Saint Catherine		116	7	Motherwell	4 June 2013	Free	2017
8	Neil Kilkenny	CM		Enfield		92	4	Bristol City	14 November 2013	Free	2016
11	Daniel Johnson	AM		Kingston		62	16	Aston Villa	23 January 2015	£50,000	2017
12	Paul Gallagher	AM/WG		Glasgow		141	30	Leicester City	16 June 2015	Free	2017
16	Alan Browne	CM		Cork		73	6		Free agent	1 January 2014	Free	2018
19	John Welsh	CM		Liverpool		152	3	Tranmere Rovers	14 May 2012	Free	2017
31	Liam Grimshaw	MF/RB		Burnley		0	0	Manchester United	18 January 2016	Undisclosed	2018
32	Adam Reach	LW		Chester-le-Street		27	5	Middlesbrough	26 September 2015	Loan	2016
Forwards
10	Jermaine Beckford	CF		London		35	18	Bolton Wanderers	9 June 2015	Free	2017
13	Eoin Doyle	CF		Dublin		24	2	Cardiff City	1 September 2015	Loan	2016
14	Joe Garner	CF		Blackburn		138	52	Watford	8 January 2013	Free	2018
18	Andy Little	CF		Enniskillen		16	2	Rangers	21 June 2014	Free	2016
24	Stevie May	CF		Perth		8	0	Sheffield Wednesday	1 September 2015	Undisclosed	2018
25	Jordan Hugill	CF		Middlesbrough		32	5	Port Vale	19 June 2014	Undisclosed	2016
37	Callum Robinson	CF		Northampton		38	8	Aston Villa	5 January 2016	Loan	2016
Out on Loan
17	Kyel Reid	WG		Deptford		29	0	Bradford City	1 July 2014	Free	2016
20	Ben Davies	LB		Barrow-in-Furness		10	0	Academy	25 January 2013	Free	2016
22	Josh Brownhill	CM		Warrington		61	8	Academy	1 July 2013	Trainee	2016
27	Jack Ryan	CF		Barrow-in-Furness		2	0	Academy	1 July 2014	Trainee	2016

Statistics

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Goals record

Rank	No.	Po.	Name				Total
1	11	MF		7	0	1	8
2	14	FW	Joe Garner	6	0	0	6
3	12	MF		5	0	0	5
	32	MF	Adam Reach	5	0	0	5
5	25	FW	Jordan Hugill	2	0	2	4
6	2	DF	Marnick Vermijl	2	0	1	3
	13	FW	Eoin Doyle	3	0	0	3
8	9	FW	Will Keane	1	0	1	2
	16	MF		2	0	0	2
	37	FW	Callum Robinson	2	0	0	2
11	3	DF	Greg Cunningham	1	0	0	1
	8	MF	Neil Kilkenny	1	0	0	1
	22	MF	Josh Brownhill	0	0	1	1
Own Goal				3	0	0	3
Total				43	0	6	49

Disciplinary record

No.	Po.	Name							Total
1	GK	Jordan Pickford	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	1
2	DF	Marnick Vermijl	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
3	DF	Greg Cunningham	10	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
4	MF		2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
5	DF		4	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
6	DF	Bailey Wright	10	2	0	0	0	0	10	2
7	MF	Chris Humphrey	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
8	MF	Neil Kilkenny	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
9	FW	Will Keane	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
10	FW	Jermaine Beckford	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
11	MF		4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
12	MF		10	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
14	FW	Joe Garner	11	1	0	0	0	0	11	1
15	DF	Calum Woods	6	0	0	0	1	0	7	0
16	MF		2	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
17	MF	Kyel Reid	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
19	MF		5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
23	DF	Paul Huntington	9	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
25	FW	Jordan Hugill	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
32	MF	Adam Reach	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
Total			87	5	2	0	4	0	93	5

Contracts

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2015	CF				Free transfer	^[1]
1 July 2015	AM				Free transfer	^[2]
27 July 2015	LB				Undisclosed	^[3]
12 August 2015	GK				Free transfer	^[4]
1 September 2015	CF			Sheffield Wednesday	Undisclosed	^[5]
11 January 2016	CM				£100,000	^[6]
18 January 2016	MF			Manchester United	Undisclosed	^[7]

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2015	LB				Free transfer
1 July 2015	CF				Released	^[8]
1 July 2015	CF				Free transfer
1 July 2015	LW				Free transfer	^[9]
1 July 2015	DM				Free transfer
1 July 2015	AM				Free transfer
1 July 2015	LB			Scunthorpe United	Free transfer	^[10]
1 July 2015	GK				Free transfer	^[11]
1 July 2015	RB			Scunthorpe United	Free transfer

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
8 July 2015	CF				End of season	^[12]
31 July 2015	GK				31 December 2015	^[13]
6 August 2015	RB				End of season	^[14]
1 September 2015	CF				End of season
26 September 2015	LM				End of Season	^[15] ^[16]
31 December 2015	GK			Manchester United	23 January 2016	^[17]
5 January 2016	CF				End of Season
23 January 2016	GK				End of Season	^[18]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
5 August 2015	CF				23 October 2015	^[19] ^[20]
10 August 2015	LB		Nick Anderton		7 September 2015	^[21]
11 September 2015	GK				11 December 2015	^[22]
2 October 2015	WG				2 January 2016	^[23]
23 October 2015	CF				End of Season
17 November 2015	CF				30 January 2016	^[24]
18 November 2015	GK		Steven James		16 January 2016	^[25]
26 November 2015	CB		Josh Heaton		3 January 2016	^[26]

Competitions

Pre-season friendlies

On 1 June 2015, Preston North End announced their first friendly against Chorley, competing for the Jack Kirkland Trophy.^[27] Pre-season friendlies were announced on the club's fixture list.^[28]

Championship

Matches

Lancashire Senior Cup

Overall summary

Summary

Games played	50 (46 Championship, 1 FA Cup, 3 League Cup)
Games won	17 (15 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 2 League Cup)
Games drawn	18 (17 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 1 League Cup)
Games lost	15 (14 Championship, 1 FA Cup, 0 League Cup)
Goals scored	51 (45 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 6 League Cup)
Goals conceded	48 (45 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 3 League Cup)
Goal difference	0
Clean sheets	16 (15 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 1 League Cup)
Yellow cards	88 (83 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 4 League Cup)
Red cards	3 (3 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup)
Worst discipline	Joe Garner (11, 1)
Best result	W 3–0 vs Charlton Athletic (20 Oct 15)
Worst result	L 0–2 vs Hull City (29 Aug 15) L 1–3 vs Sheffield Wednesday (3 Oct 15) L 1–3 vs Huddersfield Town (26 December 2015) L 1–3 Brentford (23 January 2016)
Most appearances	Daniel Johnson (38 starts, 2 sub)
Top scorer	Daniel Johnson (7)
Points	62

Score overview

Opposition	Home score	Away score	Double
Birmingham City	1–1	2-2
Blackburn Rovers	1–2	2–1
Bolton Wanderers	0–0	2–1
Brentford	1–3	1–2
Brighton & Hove Albion	0–0	0–0
Bristol City	1–1	2–1
Burnley	0–1	2–0
Cardiff City	0–0	1–2
Charlton Athletic	2–1	3–0
Derby County	1–2	0–0
Fulham	1–2	1–1
Huddersfield Town	2–1	1–3
Hull City	1–0	0–2
Ipswich Town	1–2	1–1
Leeds United	1–1	0–1
Middlesbrough	0–0	0–1
Milton Keynes Dons	1–1	1–0
Nottingham Forest	1–0	0–1
Queens Park Rangers	1–1	0–0
Reading	1–0	2–1
Rotherham United	2–1	0–0
Sheffield Wednesday	1–0	1–3
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–1	2–1

Notes and References

1. News: Preston North End Sign Jermaine Beckford On Two Year Deal . Preston North End FC . 8 June 2015.
2. News: Preston North End Sign Paul Gallagher On Two Year Deal . Preston North End FC . 16 June 2015.
3. News: Cunningham Completes Permanent Move . Preston North End FC . 27 July 2015.
4. News: Chris Kirkland: Preston North End sign goalkeeper . BBC Sport . 12 August 2015.
5. News: PNE Land Strike Duo On Deadline Day . Preston North End FC . 1 September 2015 . 2 September 2015.
6. News: Ben Pearson: Manchester United midfielder joins Preston North End . BBC Sport . 11 January 2016 . 11 January 2016.
7. News: Liam Grimshaw: Man Utd youngster joins Preston North End . BBC Sport . 18 January 2016 . 18 January 2016.
8. News: Kevin Davies Departs Preston North End . Preston North End FC . 1 July 2015.
9. News: Preston North End Retained List . Preston North End FC . 28 May 2015.
10. News: Iron sign Preston defender Laird . BBC Sport . 11 June 2015.
11. News: Doncaster sign keeper Stuckmann . BBC Sport . 10 June 2015.
12. News: North End Capture Manchester United Forward . Preston North End FC . 8 July 2015.
13. News: Sunderland Goalkeeper Jordan Pickford Joins On Season-Long Loan . Preston North End FC . 31 July 2015 . 31 July 2015.
14. News: Marnick Vermijl Completes Season Long Loan . Preston North End FC . 6 August 2015 . 6 August 2015.
15. News: Adam Reach Joins PNE Until December . Preston North End FC . 26 September 2015 . 27 September 2015.
16. News: Preston re-sign Callum Robinson and extend Adam Reach loan . BBC Sport . 5 January 2016 . 5 January 2016.
17. News: Sam Johnstone: Man Utd keeper returns to Preston on loan . BBC Sport . 31 December 2015 . 31 December 2015.
18. News: Anders Lindegaard: Preston sign West Brom goalkeeper on loan . BBC Sport . 23 January 2016 . 23 January 2016.
19. News: Jack Ryan Joins Morecambe On Loan . Preston North End FC . 5 August 2015 . 5 August 2015.
20. News: Jack Ryan: Preston striker joins Southport on loan . BBC Sport . 23 October 2015 . 23 October 2015.
21. News: Nick Anderton Joins Aldershot On Loan . Preston North End FC . 10 August 2015 . 10 August 2015.
22. News: Jamie Jones: Colchester United sign Preston North End keeper . BBC Sport . 11 September 2015 . 11 September 2015.
23. News: Kyel Reid: Preston North End winger back at Bradford on loan . BBC Sport . 2 October 2015 . 2 October 2015.
24. News: Andy Little: Blackpool sign Preston North End striker on loan . BBC Sport . 17 November 2015 . 17 November 2015.
25. News: Steven James Joins Droylsden . Preston North End F.C. . 18 November 2015 . 18 November 2015.
26. News: Josh Heaton Joins Tamworth On Youth Loan . Preston North End F.C. . 26 November 2015 . 26 November 2015.
27. News: Preston North End To Face Chorley In Pre-Season Fixture . Preston North End FC . 1 June 2015.
28. News: Fixtures & Results . Preston North End FC . June 2015.