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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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TON NO<br />

H END PRESTON<br />

STON NORTH END P<br />

TH END PRESTON N<br />

ESTON NORTH END<br />

RTH END PRESTON N<br />

RESTON NORTH END<br />

ORTH END PRESTON<br />

PRESTON NORTH EN<br />

NORTH END PRESTO<br />

RESTON NORTH E<br />

PREST<br />

Gordon Milne &<br />

Jack King<br />

PETER LITCHFIELD<br />

Goalkeeper Peter<br />

Litchfield was <strong>Preston</strong>’s<br />

‘Player of the Year’ in<br />

1983-84. Initially with<br />

Droylsden, he joined<br />

<strong>Preston</strong> in January 1979<br />

and made his League<br />

debut in place of Roy<br />

Tunks their 1-0 victory<br />

at home to Chelsea in<br />

February 1981. He then<br />

contested a first-team<br />

slot with Martin Hodge<br />

and missed just one<br />

match in 1983-84, playing<br />

107 League games for<br />

<strong>Preston</strong> before moving to<br />

newly-promoted Bradford<br />

City in July 1985. Everpresent<br />

in 1985-86, he<br />

was loaned to Oldham<br />

Athletic prior to joining<br />

Scunthorpe <strong>United</strong><br />

in July 1989. He has<br />

settled in the Bradford<br />

area and worked as a<br />

sales rep for a company<br />

producing cables.<br />

GEOFF TWENTYMAN<br />

Central defender Geoff<br />

Twentyman missed just<br />

two matches for <strong>Preston</strong><br />

in 1984-85. The son of<br />

the former Carlisle and<br />

Liverpool defender of the<br />

same name, he played<br />

for Formby and Chorley<br />

prior to joining <strong>Preston</strong> in<br />

August 1983. He replaced<br />

Tommy Booth in the<br />

heart of their defence<br />

and netted four goals<br />

in 98 League games<br />

before moving to Bristol<br />

Rovers in August 1986.<br />

Ever-present in three<br />

successive seasons, he<br />

captained them to the<br />

Third Division title and<br />

Leyland/DAF Cup final in<br />

1989-90. He joined Yate<br />

Town in February 1993,<br />

then helped Linfield clinch<br />

the Irish League title and<br />

has become the main<br />

sports presenter for BBC<br />

Radio Bristol.<br />

JACK KING<br />

UTB 77<br />

Central defender Jack<br />

King featured in <strong>Preston</strong>’s<br />

2014-15 promotion<br />

campaign. He played<br />

for Didcot Town, then<br />

Brackley Town before<br />

returning to Didcot in<br />

November 2005 and<br />

starring as they won<br />

the Hellenic League<br />

Premier Division title<br />

in 2005-06. Helping<br />

Farnborough Town to<br />

win the Southern League<br />

Premier Division title in<br />

2009-10, then Woking to<br />

win the Conference South<br />

title in 2011-12, he joined<br />

<strong>Preston</strong> in July 2012. He<br />

also appeared in midfield<br />

and netted seven goals in<br />

78 League outings prior<br />

to joining Scunthorpe<br />

<strong>United</strong> in May 2015.<br />

Moving to Stevenage<br />

initially on loan in August<br />

2016, he later played for<br />

Ebbsfleet <strong>United</strong>.<br />

SHEFFIELD UNITED <strong>vs</strong> PRESTON NORTH END

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