* 1938 – The first televised FA Cup Final takes place between Huddersfield Town and Preston North End.

He left Manchester United to become manager of Preston North End for the 1973 – 74 season.

David Gold has loaned this trophy to the National Football Museum which is housed in Preston North End's Deepdale Stadium and it is on permanent display to the public.

West Ham won the FA Cup in 1964 with Hurst scoring the second equaliser in a tight and exciting 3 – 2 victory over Preston North End at Wembley.

In the Cracking Contraptions episode " The Soccamatic ", Wallace says to Gromit, " How do you like my Preston North End soccamatic, Gromit ?".

In 1888 the team won the trophy for the first time, beating strong favourites Preston North End 2 – 1 in the final.

of Scotland defeats Preston North End of England to win the " Championship of the World " after the two teams win the Association football Cup competitions in their respective countries.

By this time they had started to build a sizeable following in Manchester, and their first gig in the North of England at Clouds in Preston attracted a large audience, but descended into a riot after technical problems and friction between the bands on the bill.

The accents of Northern England are also distinctive including a range of variations: Northumberland, County Durham, Newcastle upon Tyne, Sunderland, Cumbria, Lancashire with regional variants in Bolton, Burnley, Blackburn, Manchester, Preston, Blackpool, Merseyside and Wigan, Yorkshire is also distinctive, having variations between the North Riding of Yorkshire, West Riding of Yorkshire and East Riding of Yorkshire.

However, following the sale of club captain Andrew Procter to Preston North End in the January 2012 transfer window, the third-longest serving management team of John Coleman and Jimmy Bell departed for Rochdale.

This colour choice is thought to be in homage to Preston North End who had recently done The Double.

* North West England: Blackburn, Blackpool, Bolton, Preston, Stockport, Warrington

The participating towns are East Lyme, Griswold, Groton, Ledyard, Montville, New London, North Stonington, Norwich, Preston, Sprague, Stonington, and Waterford.

The first club to achieve a double was Preston North End in 1889, winning the FA Cup and the Football League in the inaugural season of the league.

* John Preston Arthur, A History of Watauga County, North Carolina: With Sketches of Prominent Families.

The daughter of Ron Atkins, the former left wing Labour MP for Preston North, Atkins was educated at the Colchester County High School, and is a graduate of the London School of Economics, gaining a BSc in Economics.

The signature of Chief Waramaug, who led the Wyantenock tribe in the early 18th century, appears on several local Colonial-era property records, including " The New Milford North Purchase ," which encompassed a substantial swath of southern Litchfield County, including contemporary New Preston.

Industry appeared in Washington in 1746, when Edward Cogswell secured the right to mine iron ore, as part of the New Milford North Purchase, and established an ironworks along the East Aspetuck River in New Preston.

At the request of residents in the northern part of Preston ( now the Town of Griswold ), the North Society was established in 1716.

The Prospect community is general considered to cover as far east as Preston and Red Hill Rd., and as far North as Old Maxton / Red Spring Rd.

Prosper was a small rural town on Preston Road ( SH 289 ) in North Texas about north of Frisco, but in recent years – true to its name – it has prospered.

Snoqualmie Valley Transportation provides door-to-door transportation for the public in North Bend, Snoqualmie, Preston, Fall City, Carnation, Duvall and Monroe.

Chorley is located 8. 1 miles North of Wigan 10. 8 miles south west of Blackburn, 11 miles north west of Bolton 12 miles south of Preston and 19. 5 miles north west of Manchester.

* Stagecoach North West operate bus services which connect the town to Bolton, Blackburn, Preston and Manchester, and the Network Chorley routes within the borough.

* David Unsworth ( former footballer and current Preston North End development coach )

West End was incorporated in 1911 and renamed Venable in honor of chemistry professor and UNC president Francis Preston Venable.

* George Smith ( footballer born 1879 ) ( 1879 – 1908 ), footballer who played for several clubs, including Preston North End and Blackburn Rovers

The following two seasons saw Hillsborough host two more FA Cup semi-finals, both between Preston North End and Tottenham Hotspur.

After leaving the Old Vic, Richardson appeared in the West End as Dr Sloper in a Henry James adaptation, The Heiress, in 1949 ; David Preston in Home at Seven, in 1950 ; and Vershinin in Three Sisters in 1951.

* Record FA Cup defeat – 0 – 6 v. Preston North End ( 30 January 1897 ), 2 – 8 v. Bradford Park Avenue ( 30 January 1946 )

Sunderland won their first FA Cup in 1937 with a 3 – 1 victory over Preston North End, and remained in the top league for 68 successive seasons ( spanning 80 years because of the war years ' interruption ) until they were relegated for the first time in 1958.

The club's 42 points were five clear of nearest rivals Preston North End, and this performance led The Times to describe the players as " a wonderfully fine team ".

The club's sixth league championship came in the 1935 – 36 season, and they won the FA Cup the following season, after a 3 – 1 victory against Preston North End at Wembley Stadium.

* The Football League – Liverpool 51, Preston North End 47, The Wednesday 44, Newcastle United 43, Manchester City 43, Bolton Wanderers 41

* The Football League – Sunderland 47 points, Everton 42, Aston Villa 39, Preston North End 35, Blackburn Rovers 32, Sheffield United 32

* FA Cup – Preston North End beat Huddersfield Town 1-0

* FA Cup final – Huddersfield Town 1 – 0 Preston North End at Stamford Bridge, London

* Jon Parkin ( 1981 – present ) Professional footballer, playing for Preston North End in the Championship and nicknamed ' The Beast '

The club then became one of the twelve founders of the English Football League in 1888 and finished the inaugural season in a creditable third place, as well as reaching their first ever FA Cup Final, losing 3 – 0 to the first " Double " winners, Preston North End.

The 1988 – 89 season began with Wolves losing 3 – 1 to Bury at Gigg Lane, but they soon found their winning ways and by the time of their 6 – 0 home win over Preston North End on 26 November 1988, in which the still prolific Steve Bull scored four goals, a second successive promotion was looking increasingly likely.

Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby | The Lord Stanley of Preston

On 27 November 1745 when Bonnie Prince Charlie and his Jacobites passed through Preston and Wigan on their way south to Manchester and Derby in the hope of taking London and the Crown, Chorley was a mustering point for the Government scouts tracking them.

* The founder members are: Accrington FC ( 1888 – 1893 ), Aston Villa, Blackburn Rovers, Bolton Wanderers, Burnley, Derby County, Everton, Notts County, Preston North End, Stoke FC, West Bromwich Albion and Wolverhampton Wanderers.

* The Football League – Aston Villa 47 points, Sheffield United 36, Derby County 36, Preston North End 34, Liverpool 33, Sheffield Wednesday 31

Derby recording artists included singer Mel Carter, saxophonist Freddie Mitchell, singer and session artist Billy Preston, and Van " Piano Man " Walls.

Running north west from Luton, the road travels through Bedford, bypasses Rushden, Kettering and Market Harborough, continues through Leicester, Loughborough, Derby and Matlock before going through the Peak District to Bakewell, Buxton, Stockport, Manchester, Salford, Pendleton, Irlams o ' th ' Height, Pendlebury, Swinton, Walkden, Little Hulton, Bolton, Chorley, Preston, Lancaster, Kendal and Penrith before reaching Carlisle.

Derby County and Preston North End are also promoted.

: Division Two ( 20 clubs ) — Arsenal, Barnsley, Birmingham City, Blackpool, Bristol City, Bury, Derby County, Fulham, Glossop, Grimsby Town, Huddersfield Town, Hull City, Leeds City, Leicester City, Leyton Orient, Lincoln City, Nottingham Forest, Preston North End, Stockport County, Wolverhampton Wanderers

Unfortunately this practice, while emininently suitable for the route from Sheffield, Derby and Nottingham to London was not at all suited to the route from Euston to Glasgow via Crewe, Preston and Carlisle ( the ' West Coast Main Line ') and it took several years to convince the senior staff responsible for such matters that this was the case.

As of January 2011, the Branches are in: Adelaide ; Auckland ; Bedford ; Belfast ; Birmingham ; Boscombe Down ; Brisbane ; Bristol ; Brough ; Brussels ; Cambridge ; Canberra ; Cardiff ; Chester ; Christchurch ; Christchurch, NZ ; Coventry ; Cranfield ; Cranwell ; Cyprus ; Derby ; Dublin ; FAA Yeovilton ; Farnborough ; Gatwick ; Gloucester and Cheltenham ; Hamburg ; Hamilton ; Hatfield ; Heathrow ; Highland ; Hong Kong ; Isle of Man ; Isle of Wight ; Loughborough ; Malaysia ; Manchester ; Marham ; Medway ; Melbourne ; Montreal ; Munich ; Oxford ; Palmerston North ; Paris ; Perth ; Preston ; Prestwick ; Riyadh ; Seattle ; Singapore ; Solent ; Southend ; Stevenage ; Swindon ; Sydney ; Toulouse ; UAE ; Washington DC ; Wellington ; Weybridge ; Xiamen ; and Yeovil.

Derby County, West Ham United and Preston North End complete the top six.

Preston North End, Derby County and Sheffield United complete the top six.

* 2 June 2006 — Billy Davies leaves Preston North End to become manager of Derby County.

This park is more formal than its neighbour and includes beautiful bedding displays, a Rose Garden and the regal Derby Walk, all of which are maintained by Preston City Council's Horticultural Services.

Jones began his football career at Manchester United, but struggled to get into the first team and spent loan spells at Preston North End, NEC Nijmegen and Derby County, before joining Derby on a permanent basis.

In moving to Derby, Jones would link up once again with Billy Davies, manager of Preston during his loan spell there.

Jewell made a couple of signings at Derby, he signed former Birmingham City and Blackburn Rovers midfielder Robbie Savage and former Manchester United and West Ham United goalkeeper Roy Carroll His first win as manager came only on penalties in an FA Cup game against Sheffield Wednesday, four days before they were knocked out of the competition to 22nd-placed Championship side Preston North End.

William McIntosh " Billy " Davies ( born 31 May 1964 ) is a Glasgow-born Scottish former football manager, noted for his achievement in the Football League Championship with East Midlands Rivals Derby County and Nottingham Forest and Preston North End which has led him to be described, in 2011, as " probably the best manager at this level, in the game.

" despite only one promotion in 7 years He won the 2007 Playoffs with Derby County, finished as runners-up in 2005 with Preston and reached the semi-finals in 2006 ( Preston ), 2010 and 2011 ( both with Nottingham Forest ).

He also holds the record for the most Football League Championship Manager of the Month awards ( jointly with Neil Warnock having won two each at Preston, Derby and Nottingham Forest ).

Kennedy's performances for Norwich were impressive, and he scored in games with Derby and Preston North End.

The Football League was open to clubs all over the United Kingdom, but the first twelve entrants ( Accrington, Aston Villa, Blackburn Rovers, Bolton Wanderers, Burnley, Derby County, Everton, Notts County, Preston North End, Stoke ( now Stoke City ), West Bromwich Albion and Wolverhampton Wanderers ) were all from the Midlands or North of England ( in later years the competition became the de facto English league, though some clubs from outside England still compete in it ).