Sheffield United vs Preston North End
UTB | Official Matchday Programme of Sheffield United | Issue 23 Sheffield United vs Preston North End | Sky Bet Championship Saturday 29th April, 2023 | KO 3pm | Bramall Lane
UTB | Official Matchday Programme of Sheffield United | Issue 23
Sheffield United vs Preston North End | Sky Bet Championship
Saturday 29th April, 2023 | KO 3pm | Bramall Lane
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D PRESTON NOR<br />
N NORTH END PRES<br />
ND PRESTON NORT<br />
ON NORTH END PRE<br />
END PRESTON NOR<br />
TON NORTH END PR<br />
H END PRESTON NO<br />
STON NORTH END P<br />
TH END PRESTON N<br />
TON NORTH END<br />
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— OPPOSITION FOCUS<br />
<strong>Preston</strong> <strong>North</strong> <strong>End</strong>'s<br />
NON-LEAGUE NUGGETS<br />
Football historian LEIGH EDWARDS profiles six notable <strong>Preston</strong> players signed from non-League clubs...<br />
FRED ELSE<br />
England B international<br />
goalkeeper Fred Else<br />
was an important figure<br />
as <strong>Preston</strong> were League<br />
Championship runnersup<br />
in 1957-58. Previously<br />
with Axwell Park CW, he<br />
turned professional at<br />
Deepdale in August 1953<br />
and was ever-present<br />
on three occasions<br />
including 1956-57 when<br />
<strong>Preston</strong> finished third<br />
in the top-flight. He<br />
made 215 First Division<br />
appearances prior to<br />
joining Blackburn Rovers<br />
in August 1961. Helping<br />
them reach the League<br />
Cup semi-finals in 1961-<br />
62, he was ever-present<br />
in 1963-64 and moved to<br />
Barrow in July 1966. He<br />
starred in their 1966-67<br />
promotion success and<br />
became a maths teacher<br />
in Barrow where he died<br />
in July 2015.<br />
SHEFFIELD UNITED <strong>vs</strong> PRESTON NORTH END<br />
LES DAGGER<br />
Winger Les Dagger<br />
helped <strong>Preston</strong> finish<br />
League Championship<br />
runners-up in 1957-<br />
58. Starting with West<br />
Auckland, he joined<br />
<strong>Preston</strong> in May 1956 and<br />
made his First Division<br />
debut in their 6-0 victory<br />
at home to Sunderland<br />
six months later. He<br />
featured prominently<br />
as <strong>North</strong> <strong>End</strong> reached<br />
the FA Cup sixth round<br />
in 1959-60 and netted<br />
eight goals in 61 League<br />
outings before moving<br />
to Carlisle <strong>United</strong> in June<br />
1961. Ever-present as they<br />
won promotion in 1961-<br />
62, he later played for<br />
Southport. He worked as<br />
a painter and decorator,<br />
then for Lancashire<br />
County Council, helping<br />
teach handicapped adults<br />
and children. He died in<br />
<strong>Preston</strong> in March 2011.<br />
GORDON MILNE<br />
Right-half Gordon Milne<br />
gained 14 England caps<br />
after leaving <strong>Preston</strong>. The<br />
son of former <strong>Preston</strong><br />
manager Jimmy Milne, he<br />
played for Morecambe<br />
prior to joining <strong>Preston</strong> in<br />
January 1956. He netted<br />
three goals in 81 League<br />
games for his hometown<br />
club, moving to Liverpool<br />
in September 1960.<br />
Helping twice win the<br />
League Championship,<br />
he also appeared in the<br />
1966 ECWC final and<br />
joined Blackpool in May<br />
1967. He became Wigan<br />
Athletic’s player-boss<br />
in January 1970, then<br />
managed England Youth,<br />
Coventry City, Leicester<br />
City, Besiktas, Nagoya<br />
Grampus Eight, Bursaspor<br />
and Trabzonspor before<br />
appointed Newcastle<br />
<strong>United</strong>’s director<br />
of football.
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