Preston North End

Preston North End Football Club (often shortened to PNE) is an English football club located in the Deepdale area of Preston, Lancashire. They currently play in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. The club was a founding member of the Football League and completed the inaugural season unbeaten to become the first league champions, in the same season winning the FA Cup without conceding a goal to become the first club to achieve the English football "Double". Preston's unbeaten League and Cup season earned them the nickname "The Invincibles"


Preston's most recent major trophy win was an FA Cup victory over Huddersfield Town F.C. in 1938.



Full name Preston North End Football Club
Nickname(s) The Lilywhites, PNE, The Whites, Preston
Founded 1863
Ground Deepdale, Preston, England (capacity: 23,404)
Owner Trevor Hemmings
Chairman Peter Ridsdale
Manager Simon Grayson
League League One
2013–14 League One, 5th

Current squad
As of 19 July 2013.

1 Germany GK Thorsten Stuckmann
2 Republic of Ireland DF Keith Keane (1st vice-captain)
3 Scotland DF Scott Laird
4 England DF Paul Huntington
5 England DF Tom Clarke
6 Australia DF Bailey Wright (2nd vice-captain)
7 Jamaica MF Chris Humphrey
9 England FW Kevin Davies
10 England FW Stuart Beavon
11 England MF Lee Holmes
13 England MF Joel Byrom
14 England FW Joe Garner
No. Position Player
16 Northern Ireland DF David Buchanan
19 England MF John Welsh (captain)
20 England DF Ben Davies
22 England DF Jack King
24 Republic of Ireland MF Will Hayhurst
26 England GK Steven James
30 England MF Josh Brownhill
31 Republic of Ireland MF Alan Browne
32 Gibraltar DF Scott Wiseman
37 Australia MF Neil Kilkenny
England DF Nick Anderton
England FW Jack Ryan

PNEFC website[www.pnefc.net]
Preston North End's Wiki page[en.wikipedia.org]