• Preston North End formed 150-years ago in 1863. They currently play in the third tier of English football, Sky Bet League One. 

• PNE were founding members of the Football league and completed in the inaugural season, going unbeaten and thus becoming the first league champions. 

• In the same season they also lifted 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 remains an unequalled feat in English football.

• The Lilyhwhites’ most recent major trophy success came in 1938 when they lifted the FA Cup.

• Based on results achieved during the 112 seasons in the Football League from 1888-89 to 2010-11, Preston were the fourth most-successful team of all time domestically. 

• Only Notts County have played more Football League matches than Preston North End. 

• PNE’s stadium, Deepdale, was built in 1875 and was first used for association football in 1878.

• The biggest attendance seen was 42,684 for a Division One clash with Arsenal in April 1938. 

• The stadium currently has a capacity of 23,404 seats following a complete reconstruction between 1996 and 2009. 

• The stadium was also chosen as the location for the National Football Museum due to the club being the first-ever winners of the Football League. 

• Having been one of the largest football stadiums in the world when it closed in 2010, it was moved to Urbis in Manchester in 2012.

• Outside the Sir Tom Finney Stand is a statue of the former player himself, this is known as ‘The Splash’ or the ‘Tom Finney Splash’. 

• Preston have made the play-offs for a record eight times, spanning across all three league divisions, but they have not yet been promoted via this route.

• In the fourth tier they lost 4-2 in the 1994 final to Wycombe Wanderers at Wembley stadium. A year later they were beaten in the semi-final stage by Bury. 

• Their next play-off appearance was in the third tier in 1999 where they were beaten by Gilligham in the semi-final. They were promoted automatically the following season and during their first season in the Championship they were beaten in the final by Bolton Wanderers at the Millenium Stadium. 

• In 2005 they reached the play-offs once more overcoming Derby County to reach the final where they were beaten by West Ham United. The following season they were beaten in the semi-finals by Leeds United.

• Preston last reached the play-offs in 2009 after narrowly overtaking Cardiff City on the final day of the season. Their elation was short-lived however as they were beaten in the semi-finals by Sheffield United via a Greg Halford goal at Bramall Lane.