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It's a big day for Preston's Lillywhites
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 29/03/2025
» Outside Preston North End's Deepdale Stadium there is an eye-catching statue of the club's greatest-ever player, the late Sir Tom Finney. The statue is known as "The Splash" as it was inspired by a dramatic photograph of Finney aqua-planing while playing against Chelsea on a waterlogged Stamford Bridge pitch in 1956.
EPL high-flyers suffer down days
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 14/04/2018
» For most clubs, winning the league title and the League Cup would constitute an extremely satisfying season. But one suspects that when Manchester City look back on recent events they might feel just a little deflated, despite being worthy Premier League champions, a title which they will surely clinch in the coming weeks.