Preston North End set for relegation – Part 2

After last Saturday’s home defeat against almost relegated Plymouth the odds are lengthening on PNE relegation to League 1.

So where are we now?

All teams below have played 45 games and have one to go:

Stoke  50pts  Goal Difference -17   Last Game Derby v Stoke

Derby   49pts   Goal Difference -8  Last Game  Derby v Stoke
PNE    49pts   GD -11    Bristol City v PNE
Luton  49pts  GD -22   WBA v Luton

Hull    48pts    GD -10    Hull v Portsmouth
Plymouth  46pts    GD -36  Plymouth v Leeds
Cardiff   43pts   GD -22   Norwich v Cardiff

If PNE get 0 points:
Hull and Luton need to get 1 point to overtake PNE.

If PNE get 1 point:
Cardiff, Plymouth down.  Luton and Hull will need to win to overtake PNE.

If PNE get 3 points:  theyll stay up.

On current form Bristol will beat PNE.  Hull should get a point, Luton could be struggling to get a point but end of season effect may make WBA weaker.

It’s a tight call, Luton have won their last 3 and PNE have lost their last 4.  Does that favour Luton.  PNE have a variable record against Bristol City who are fighting to stay in the play-offs and play at promoted fighting for the top slot Leeds United today.

 

North End low down

Just for the record hoping there’ll be great news in 6 months.   After a poor start North End are second from the bottom of the Championship.   The season was opened with a win, since there there has been 2 draws and 4 defeats.

Tonight Leeds v PNE.  Could this be the start of a comeback.  Leeds are top of the league.

It’s 130 years since PNE took part in the opening games of the first Football League season, 8th September 1888, beating Burnley 1-0.

The PNE team that lost to bottom Reading at home last Saturday was:

Rudd
5. Clarke
23. Huntington
6. Davies
2. Fisher Substituted for Harrop at 56’minutes
12. Gallagher Substituted for Nmechaat 57’minutes
11. Johnson
3. Earl Booked at 90mins
29. Barkhuizen
7. Robinson
9. Moult Substituted for Burkeat 80’minutes

Substitutes
10. Harrop
14. Storey
16. Hughes
19. Burke
21. Barker
22. Maxwell
45. Nmecha

PNE Football League Award

PNE won Best Fan Marketing Campaign at this years Football League Awards ceremony last night.  They were also nominated for two other similar awards. 

It’s only on the BBC at the moment, here is a link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/7971194.stm

It’s not on the PNE website yet but there is a fullsome explanation of what it is for; http://www.pnefc.net/page/NewsIndex/0,,10362,00.html 

Also a link to the Football League awards webpage. http://www.football-league.co.uk/page/FLAwardsSection/0,,10794,00.html