December 2008 Archives

TO SOME, it's the end of the world as we know it again.

Blues lose, sound the alarm bells, it's crisis time.

Yes, it was not a very clever way to end a game that was closing to a goalless draw.

A couple of misjudgments, an error, and Jon Parkin punishes Blues in the first minute of stoppage time, inflicting a fourth defeat of the season, and only a second away from home.

THEY just won't let it lie...

It's seven years now since Preston North End defeated Blues in the play-offs on penalties at Deepdale.

You know, the one where Trevor Francis got in a strop because the spot-kicks were not taken at the redeveloped Town End, which was a building site, but instead in front of Preston's fans.