2016–17 Preston North End F.C. season explained

Club:	Preston North End
Season:	2016–17
Stadium:	Deepdale
League:	Championship
League Result:	11th
Cup1:	FA Cup
Cup1 Result:	Third round
Cup2:	League Cup
Cup2 Result:	Fourth round
Cup3:	Lancashire Senior Cup
League Topscorer:	Hugill (10)
Season Topscorer:	Hugill (11)
Highest Attendance:	22,185 (vs Arsenal, 7 Jan 2017)
Lowest Attendance:	4,509 (vs Hartlepool United, 9 Aug 16)
Average Attendance:	12,606
Prevseason:	2015–16
Nextseason:	2017–18
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The 2016–17 season was Preston North End's second consecutive season in the Championship in their 137th 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 2016 to 30 June 2017.

Squad

No.	Name	Pos.	Nationality	Place of birth	Age	Apps	Goals	Signed from	Date signed	Fee	End
Goalkeepers
1	Anders Lindegaard	GK		Dyrup		24	0	West Bromwich Albion	2 July 2016	Free	2017
22	Chris Maxwell	GK		St Asaph		40	0	Fleetwood Town	1 July 2016	Free	2020
40	Mathew Hudson	GK		Southport		1	0	Academy	1 July 2015	Free	2018
Defenders
2	Marnick Vermijl	RB		Peer		51	4	Sheffield Wednesday	31 August 2016	Undisclosed	2019
3	Greg Cunningham	LB		Galway		90	3	Bristol City	27 July 2015	Undisclosed	2019
5	Tom Clarke	CB		Sowerby Bridge		194	12	Huddersfield Town	22 May 2013	Free	2019
6	Tyias Browning	CB		Liverpool		8	0	Manchester United	30 January 2017	Loan	2017
15	Calum Woods	RB		Liverpool		61	0	Huddersfield Town	1 July 2014	Free	2018
17	Tommy Spurr	LB		Leeds		19	1	Blackburn Rovers	1 July 2016	Free	2019
23	Paul Huntington	CB		Carlisle		200	16	Yeovil Town	22 May 2012	Free	2018
24	Andy Boyle	CB		Dublin		7	0	Dundalk	1 January 2017	Free	2019
27	Alex Baptiste	CB		Sutton-in-Ashfield		24	3	Middlesbrough	31 August 2016	Loan	2017
Midfielders
4	Ben Pearson	CM		Oldham		49	1	Manchester United	11 January 2016	£100,000	2020
7	Daryl Horgan	RM		Galway		21	2	Dundalk	1 January 2017	Free	2019
8	Alan Browne	CM		Cork		116	7		Free agent	1 January 2014	Free	2018
11	Daniel Johnson	AM		Kingston		111	21	Aston Villa	23 January 2015	£50,000	2019
12	Paul Gallagher	AM/WG		Glasgow		189	30	Leicester City	16 June 2015	Free	2019
14	Aiden McGeady	WG		Glasgow		35	8	Everton	31 August 2016	Loan	2017
16	Liam Grimshaw	MF/RB		Burnley		7	0	Manchester United	18 January 2016	Undisclosed	2018
18	Ben Pringle	CM/LM		Newcastle upon Tyne		14	0	Fulham	4 July 2016	Undisclosed	2019
19	John Welsh	CM		Liverpool		165	3	Tranmere Rovers	14 May 2012	Free	2018
Forwards
9	Simon Makienok	CF		Næstved		29	6	Palermo	1 July 2016	Loan	2017
10	Jermaine Beckford	CF		London		60	21	Bolton Wanderers	9 June 2015	Free	2017
21	Stevie May	CF		Perth		13	1	Sheffield Wednesday	1 September 2015	Undisclosed	2018
25	Jordan Hugill	CF		Middlesbrough		85	20	Port Vale	19 June 2014	Undisclosed	2018
29	Tom Barkhuizen	RW		Blackpool		17	6	Morecambe	1 January 2017	Free	2019
37	Callum Robinson	WG/CF		Northampton		78	15	Aston Villa	4 July 2016	Free	2019
Out on Loan
13	Eoin Doyle	CF		Dublin		44	7	Cardiff City	1 July 2016	Undisclosed	2019
20	Ben Davies	LB		Barrow-in-Furness		12	0	Academy	25 January 2013	Free	2019
30	Clive Smith	DF				0	0	Academy	1 January 2016	Trainee	2017

Statistics

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Goals record

Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name				Total
1	25		CF		12	0	1	13
2	37		WG		10	1	0	11
3	14		RW		8	0	0	8
4	9		CF		3	0	3	6
	29		RW		6	0	0	6
6	11		AM		5	0	0	5
7	5		CB		4	0	0	4
8	13		CF		1	0	2	3
	27		CB		3	0	0	3
10	2		RB		2	0	0	2
	7		RW		2	0	0	2
	10		CF		2	0	0	2
12	4		CM		1	0	0	1
	12		AM		1	0	0	1
	17		LB		1	0	0	1
	21		CF		1	0	0	1
	23		CB		1	0	0	1
Own Goals					2	0	0	2
Total					64	1	6	71

Disciplinary record

Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name										Total
1	4		CM		14	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	16	0	0
2	3		LB	Greg Cunningham	12	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0
3	25		CF	Jordan Hugill	7	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0
4	8		CM		6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	0	1
	14		RW	Aiden McGeady	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0
6	23		CB	Paul Huntington	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0
7	11		AM		4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
	37		WG	Callum Robinson	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
9	2		RB	Marnick Vermijl	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	5		CB	Tom Clarke	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	6		CB	Bailey Wright	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	0
	22		GK	Chris Maxwell	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	27		CB	Alex Baptiste	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1
14	6		CB	Tyias Browning	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	10		CF	Jermaine Beckford	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
	12		AM		1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
	17		LB	Tommy Spurr	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	18		CM	Ben Pringle	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
	19		CM		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	24		CB	Andy Boyle	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
20	7		RW	Chris Humphrey	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	13		CF	Eoin Doyle	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
	20		LB		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
Total					81	0	5	3	0	0	6	0	1	90	0	6

Contracts

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Contract Length	Status	Expires	Ref.
1 July 2016				2 years	Rejected	2018	^[1]
25 August 2016				2 years	Extended	2019	^[2]
25 August 2016				3 years	Signed	2019
6 September 2016				3 years	Signed	2019	^[3]
8 September 2016				3 years	Signed	2019	^[4]
14 September 2016				3 years	Signed	2019	^[5]
14 September 2016				2 years	Signed	2018
18 October 2016				1 Year	Signed	2018	^[6]
10 November 2016				3 years	Signed	2019	^[7]
29 December 2016				years	Signed	2020	^[8]
2 March 2017				1 year	Extended	2020	^[9]
9 May 2017			Matthew Hudson	18 Months	Extended	2018	^[10]

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2016					Undisclosed	^[11]
1 July 2016					Free transfer	^[12]
1 July 2016					Free transfer	^[13]
2 July 2016					Free transfer	^[14]
4 July 2016					Undisclosed	^[15]
4 July 2016					Free transfer
31 August 2016					Undisclosed	^[16]
1 January 2017					Free transfer	^[17]
1 January 2017					Free transfer	^[18]
1 January 2017					Free transfer

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2016			Nick Anderton		Released
1 July 2016					Compensation
1 July 2016			Josh Heaton		Released
1 July 2016					Free transfer	^[19]
1 July 2016					Released
1 July 2016					Released
1 July 2016				Free agent	Released
1 July 2016					Released
1 July 2016					Released	^[20]
19 August 2016					£1,800,000	^[21]
30 December 2016					Mutual consent	^[22]
6 January 2017					Undisclosed	^[23]

• income –£1,800,000

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
1 July 2016					End of Season	^[24]
31 August 2016					End of Season
31 August 2016					End of Season
30 January 2017					End of Season	^[25]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
2 January 2017					End of season	^[26]
31 January 2017					End of season	^[27]
31 January 2017					End of season	^[28]
31 January 2017					End of season	^[29]
24 March 2017					End of season	^[30]

Competitions

Championship

Matches

FA Cup

See main article: 2016–17 FA Cup.

EFL Cup

See main article: 2016–17 EFL Cup.

Summary

Games played	51 (46 Championship, 1 FA Cup, 4 League Cup)
Games won	19 (16 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 3 League Cup)
Games drawn	14 (14 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup)
Games lost	18 (16 Championship, 1 FA Cup, 1 League Cup)
Goals scored	71 (64 Championship, 1 FA Cup, 6 League Cup)
Goals conceded	73 (63 Championship, 2 FA Cup, 8 League Cup)
Goal difference	-2
Clean sheets	14 (12 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 2 League Cup)
Yellow cards	88 (79 Championship, 3 FA Cup, 7 League Cup)
Red cards	6 (6 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 1 League Cup)
Worst Discipline	Ben Pearson (15, 0, 0)
Best result	5–0 vs Bristol City (4 April 2017)
Worst result	0–6 vs Newcastle United (25 Oct 16)
Most appearances	Tom Clarke & Jordan Hugill (46)
Top scorer	Jordan Hugill (12)
Points	62

Notes and References

1. News: Josh Brownhill: Bristol City sign Preston North End midfielder . BBC Sport . 2 June 2016 . 2 June 2016.
2. News: Paul Huntington and Daniel Johnson: Preston North End pair sign new contracts . BBC Sport . 25 August 2016 . 25 August 2016.
3. News: Tom Clarke: Preston North End captain agrees three-year contract . BBC Sport . 6 September 2016 . 6 September 2016.
4. News: Greg Cunningham: Preston's player of the year signs new three-year deal. BBC Sport . 8 September 2016 . 8 September 2016.
5. News: Preston: Paul Gallagher and Jordan Hugill stay at Championship side . BBC Sport . 14 September 2016 . 14 September 2016.
6. News: John Welsh: Preston North End midfielder extends contract until summer 2018 . BBC Sport . 18 October 2016 . 18 October 2016.
7. News: Ben Davies signs New Deal . Preston North End F.C. Official Site . 10 November 2016 . 10 November 2016.
8. News: Ben Pearson: Preston North End midfielder signs new deal . BBC Sport . 29 December 2016 . 29 December 2016.
9. News: Chris Maxwell: Preston North End goalkeeper agrees new deal . BBC Sport . 2 March 2017 . 2 March 2017.
10. News: Preston North End: Jermaine Beckford and Anders Lindegaard released . BBC Sport . 9 May 2017 . 9 May 2017.
11. News: Eoin Doyle Completes Permanent Move . Preston North End Official Site . 29 June 2016 . 29 June 2016.
12. News: Chris Maxwell To Sign Three-Year Deal . Preston North End Official Site . 16 May 2016 . 16 May 2016.
13. News: Tommy Spurr Agrees Three Year Deal . Preston North End Official Site . 27 June 2016 . 27 June 2016.
14. News: Anders Lindegaard Completes Permanent Move To Deepdale . Preston North End Official Site . 2 July 2016 . 2 July 2016.
15. News: Callum Robinson and Ben Pringle: Preston North End sign duo . BBC Sport . 4 July 2016 . 4 July 2016.
16. News: Preston sign Aiden McGeady, Marnick Vermijl and Alex Baptiste . BBC Sport . 31 August 2016 . 31 August 2016.
17. News: Preston North End Agree Pre-Contract Deal With Tom Barkhuizen . Preston North End Official Site . 18 November 2016 . 18 November 2016.
18. News: Andy Boyle And Daryl Horgan To Join In January . Preston North End Official Site . 12 December 2016 . 12 December 2016.
19. News: Keeper Jones signs new Stevenage terms . BBC . 14 June 2016 . 14 June 2016.
20. News: Retained List Confirmed . Preston North End Official Site . 10 May 2016 . 10 May 2016.
21. News: Joe Garner joins Rangers on three-year deal . Sky Sports . 19 August 2016 . 19 August 2016.
22. News: Chris Humphrey Departs Deepdale . Preston North End Official Site . 30 December 2016 . 31 December 2016.
23. News: Bailey Wright: Australia international joins Bristol City from Preston . BBC Sport . 6 January 2017 . 6 January 2017.
24. News: PNE Complete Signing Of Simon Makienok . Preston North End Official Site . 7 June 2016 . 7 June 2016.
25. News: Everton's Tyias Browning Joins On Loan . Preston North End Official Site . 30 January 2017 . 30 January 2017.
26. News: Ben Davies Joins Fleetwood Town On Loan . Preston North End Official Site . 2 January 2017 . 2 January 2017.
27. News: Eoin Doyle Joins Portsmouth On Loan . Preston North End Official Site . 31 January 2017 . 31 January 2017.
28. News: Chesterfield Take Liam Grimshaw On Loan . Preston North End Official Site . 31 January 2017 . 31 January 2017.
29. News: St Johnson Loan Move For Clive Smith . Preston North End Official Site . 31 January 2017 . 1 February 2017.
30. News: Josh Earl Signs From PNE. Lancaster City Official Site. 24 March 2017. 24 March 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170820034315/http://www.lancastercityfc.co.uk/news/new-signing-josh-earl-signs-from-pne-1769363.html. 20 August 2017. dead.