# 2016–17 Preston North End F.C. season

The 2016–17 season was Preston North End's second consecutive season in the Championship in their 137th year in existence. Along with competing in the Championship, the club will also participate in the FA Cup and League Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.

## Squad

| No. | Name | Pos. | Place of birth | Age | Apps | Goals | Signed from | Date signed | Fee | End |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | Anders Lindegaard | GK | Dyrup | 40 | 24 | 0 | West Bromwich Albion | 2 July 2016 | Free | 2017 |
| 22 | Chris Maxwell | GK | St Asaph | 34 | 40 | 0 | Fleetwood Town | 1 July 2016 | Free | 2020 |
| 40 | Mathew Hudson | GK | Southport | 26 | 1 | 0 | Academy | 1 July 2015 | Free | 2018 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 2 | Marnick Vermijl | RB | Peer | 32 | 51 | 4 | Sheffield Wednesday | 31 August 2016 | Undisclosed | 2019 |
| 3 | Greg Cunningham | LB | Galway | 33 | 90 | 3 | Bristol City | 27 July 2015 | Undisclosed | 2019 |
| 5 | Tom Clarke | CB | Sowerby Bridge | 36 | 194 | 12 | Huddersfield Town | 22 May 2013 | Free | 2019 |
| 6 | Tyias Browning | CB | Liverpool | 30 | 8 | 0 | Manchester United | 30 January 2017 | Loan | 2017 |
| 15 | Calum Woods | RB | Liverpool | 37 | 61 | 0 | Huddersfield Town | 1 July 2014 | Free | 2018 |
| 17 | Tommy Spurr | LB | Leeds | 37 | 19 | 1 | Blackburn Rovers | 1 July 2016 | Free | 2019 |
| 23 | Paul Huntington | CB | Carlisle | 37 | 200 | 16 | Yeovil Town | 22 May 2012 | Free | 2018 |
| 24 | Andy Boyle | CB | Dublin | 33 | 7 | 0 | Dundalk | 1 January 2017 | Free | 2019 |
| 27 | Alex Baptiste | CB | Sutton-in-Ashfield | 38 | 24 | 3 | Middlesbrough | 31 August 2016 | Loan | 2017 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 4 | Ben Pearson | CM | Oldham | 29 | 49 | 1 | Manchester United | 11 January 2016 | £100,000 | 2020 |
| 7 | Daryl Horgan | RM | Galway | 32 | 21 | 2 | Dundalk | 1 January 2017 | Free | 2019 |
| 8 | Alan Browne | CM | Cork | 29 | 116 | 7 | Free agent | 1 January 2014 | Free | 2018 |
| 11 | Daniel Johnson | AM | Kingston | 32 | 111 | 21 | Aston Villa | 23 January 2015 | £50,000 | 2019 |
| 12 | Paul Gallagher | AM/WG | Glasgow | 40 | 189 | 30 | Leicester City | 16 June 2015 | Free | 2019 |
| 14 | Aiden McGeady | WG | Glasgow | 38 | 35 | 8 | Everton | 31 August 2016 | Loan | 2017 |
| 16 | Liam Grimshaw | MF/RB | Burnley | 29 | 7 | 0 | Manchester United | 18 January 2016 | Undisclosed | 2018 |
| 18 | Ben Pringle | CM/LM | Newcastle upon Tyne | 35 | 14 | 0 | Fulham | 4 July 2016 | Undisclosed | 2019 |
| 19 | John Welsh | CM | Liverpool | 39 | 165 | 3 | Tranmere Rovers | 14 May 2012 | Free | 2018 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 9 | Simon Makienok | CF | Næstved | 34 | 29 | 6 | Palermo | 1 July 2016 | Loan | 2017 |
| 10 | Jermaine Beckford | CF | London | 40 | 60 | 21 | Bolton Wanderers | 9 June 2015 | Free | 2017 |
| 21 | Stevie May | CF | Perth | 32 | 13 | 1 | Sheffield Wednesday | 1 September 2015 | Undisclosed | 2018 |
| 25 | Jordan Hugill | CF | Middlesbrough | 32 | 85 | 20 | Port Vale | 19 June 2014 | Undisclosed | 2018 |
| 29 | Tom Barkhuizen | RW | Blackpool | 31 | 17 | 6 | Morecambe | 1 January 2017 | Free | 2019 |
| 37 | Callum Robinson | WG/CF | Northampton | 29 | 78 | 15 | Aston Villa | 4 July 2016 | Free | 2019 |
| Out on Loan ||||||||||||
| 13 | Eoin Doyle | CF | Dublin | 36 | 44 | 7 | Cardiff City | 1 July 2016 | Undisclosed | 2019 |
| 20 | Ben Davies | LB | Barrow-in-Furness | 29 | 12 | 0 | Academy | 25 January 2013 | Free | 2019 |
| 30 | Clive Smith | DF | | 26 | 0 | 0 | Academy | 1 January 2016 | Trainee | 2017 |

### Statistics

    As of 7 May 2017
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Championship | Championship | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | DEN | Anders Lindegaard | 10 | 0 | 8+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | BEL | Marnick Vermijl | 19 | 2 | 13+5 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | IRL | Greg Cunningham | 44 | 0 | 40+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | ENG | Ben Pearson | 33 | 1 | 28+2 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Tom Clarke | 46 | 4 | 42+0 | 4 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Tyias Browning | 8 | 0 | 8+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | IRL | Daryl Horgan | 21 | 2 | 10+10 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | IRL | Alan Browne | 36 | 0 | 22+10 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | DEN | Simon Makienok (on loan from Palermo) | 29 | 6 | 8+17 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+0 | 3 |
| 10 | FW | JAM | Jermaine Beckford | 18 | 2 | 4+14 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | JAM | Daniel Johnson | 44 | 4 | 31+9 | 4 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | SCO | Paul Gallagher | 34 | 1 | 28+3 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | IRL | Aiden McGeady (on loan from Everton) | 35 | 8 | 32+2 | 8 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ENG | Liam Grimshaw | 7 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | ENG | Tommy Spurr | 19 | 1 | 11+6 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ENG | Ben Pringle | 14 | 0 | 7+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ENG | John Welsh | 7 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | SCO | Stevie May | 4 | 1 | 2+2 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | WAL | Chris Maxwell | 40 | 0 | 37+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ENG | Paul Huntington | 38 | 1 | 26+7 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | IRL | Andy Boyle | 7 | 0 | 7+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | ENG | Jordan Hugill | 47 | 13 | 35+9 | 12 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 27 | DF | ENG | Alex Baptiste (on loan from Middlesbrough) | 24 | 3 | 23+1 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | ENG | Tom Barkhuizen | 17 | 6 | 12+5 | 6 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 37 | FW | ENG | Callum Robinson | 45 | 11 | 33+8 | 10 | 1+0 | 1 | 0+3 | 0 |
| Out on Loan: ||||||||||||
| 13 | FW | IRL | Eoin Doyle | 15 | 3 | 6+5 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+2 | 2 |
| 20 | DF | ENG | Ben Davies (at Fleetwood Town) | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| Player who left during the season: ||||||||||||
| 6 | DF | AUS | Bailey Wright | 21 | 0 | 18+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | JAM | Chris Humphrey | 14 | 0 | 4+6 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | ENG | Joe Garner | 3 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |

#### Goals record

    As of 7 May 2017
| Rank | No. | Nat. | Po. | Name | Championship | FA Cup | League Cup | Total |
| 1 | 25 | | CF | Jordan Hugill | 12 | 0 | 1 | 13 |
| 2 | 37 | | WG | Callum Robinson | 10 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| 3 | 14 | | RW | Aiden McGeady | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 4 | 9 | | CF | Simon Makienok | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | 29 | | RW | Tom Barkhuizen | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | 11 | | AM | Daniel Johnson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | 5 | | CB | Tom Clarke | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | 13 | | CF | Eoin Doyle | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | 27 | | CB | Alex Baptiste | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | 2 | | RB | Marnick Vermijl | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | 7 | | RW | Daryl Horgan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | 10 | | CF | Jermaine Beckford | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | 4 | | CM | Ben Pearson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 12 | | AM | Paul Gallagher | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 17 | | LB | Tommy Spurr | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 21 | | CF | Stevie May | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 23 | | CB | Paul Huntington | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 64 | 1 | 6 | 71 |

#### Disciplinary record

    As of 7 May 2017
| Rank | No. | Nat. | Po. | Name | Championship | Championship | Championship | FA Cup | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | 4 | | CM | Ben Pearson | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 3 | | LB | Greg Cunningham | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 25 | | CF | Jordan Hugill | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 8 | | CM | Alan Browne | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 14 | | RW | Aiden McGeady | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 23 | | CB | Paul Huntington | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 11 | | AM | Daniel Johnson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 37 | | WG | Callum Robinson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 2 | | RB | Marnick Vermijl | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 5 | | CB | Tom Clarke | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 6 | | CB | Bailey Wright | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 22 | | GK | Chris Maxwell | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 27 | | CB | Alex Baptiste | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | 6 | | CB | Tyias Browning | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 10 | | CF | Jermaine Beckford | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | 12 | | AM | Paul Gallagher | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | 17 | | LB | Tommy Spurr | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 18 | | CM | Ben Pringle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 19 | | CM | John Welsh | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 24 | | CB | Andy Boyle | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | 7 | | RW | Chris Humphrey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | 13 | | CF | Eoin Doyle | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | 20 | | LB | Ben Davies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 81 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 90 | 0 | 6 |

### Contracts

| Date | Position | Name | Contract Length | Status | Expires |
| 1 July 2016 | CM | Josh Brownhill | 2 years | Rejected | 2018 |
| 25 August 2016 | CB | Paul Huntington | 2 years | Extended | 2019 |
| 25 August 2016 | AM | Daniel Johnson | 3 years | Signed | 2019 |
| 6 September 2016 | CB | Tom Clarke | 3 years | Signed | 2019 |
| 8 September 2016 | LB | Greg Cunningham | 3 years | Signed | 2019 |
| 14 September 2016 | AM | Paul Gallagher | 3 years | Signed | 2019 |
| 14 September 2016 | CF | Jordan Hugill | 2 years | Signed | 2018 |
| 18 October 2016 | CM | John Welsh | 1 Year | Signed | 2018 |
| 10 November 2016 | CB | Ben Davies | 3 years | Signed | 2019 |
| 29 December 2016 | CM | Ben Pearson | 3+1⁄2 years | Signed | 2020 |
| 2 March 2017 | GK | Chris Maxwell | 1 year | Extended | 2020 |
| 9 May 2017 | GK | Matthew Hudson | 18 Months | Extended | 2018 |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2016 | CF | Eoin Doyle | Cardiff City | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2016 | GK | Chris Maxwell | Fleetwood Town | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2016 | LB | Tommy Spurr | Blackburn Rovers | Free transfer |
| 2 July 2016 | GK | Anders Lindegaard | West Bromwich Albion | Free transfer |
| 4 July 2016 | CM | Ben Pringle | Fulham | Undisclosed |
| 4 July 2016 | LW | Callum Robinson | Aston Villa | Free transfer |
| 31 August 2016 | RB | Marnick Vermijl | Sheffield Wednesday | Undisclosed |
| 1 January 2017 | RW | Tom Barkhuizen | Morecambe | Free transfer |
| 1 January 2017 | CB | Andy Boyle | Dundalk | Free transfer |
| 1 January 2017 | RM | Daryl Horgan | Dundalk | Free transfer |

### Transfers out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 July 2016 | LB | Nick Anderton | Barrow | Released |
| 1 July 2016 | CM | Josh Brownhill | Bristol City | Compensation |
| 1 July 2016 | CB | Josh Heaton | Droylsen | Released |
| 1 July 2016 | GK | Jamie Jones | Stevenage | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2016 | CM | Neil Kilkenny | Melbourne City | Released |
| 1 July 2016 | GK | Chris Kirkland | Bury | Released |
| 1 July 2016 | CF | Andy Little | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2016 | LM | Kyel Reid | Coventry City | Released |
| 1 July 2016 | CF | Jack Ryan | Bradford Park Avenue | Released |
| 19 August 2016 | CF | Joe Garner | Rangers | £1,800,000 |
| 30 December 2016 | RM | Chris Humphrey | Hibernian | Mutual consent |
| 6 January 2017 | CB | Bailey Wright | Bristol City | Undisclosed |
* income –£1,800,000
* ↑ Following Anderton's release, he signed for Barrow.
* ↑ Following Heaton's release, he signed for Droylsden.
* ↑ Following Kilkenny's release, he signed for Melbourne City.
* ↑ Following Kirkland's release, he signed for Bury.
* ↑ Following Reid's release, he signed for Coventry City.
* ↑ Following Ryan's release, he signed for Bradford Park Avenue.
* ↑ Following Humphrey's departure, he signed for Hibernian.

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date until |
| 1 July 2016 | CF | Simon Makienok | Palermo | End of Season |
| 31 August 2016 | CB | Alex Baptiste | Middlesbrough | End of Season |
| 31 August 2016 | RW | Aiden McGeady | Everton | End of Season |
| 30 January 2017 | RB | Tyias Browning | Everton | End of Season |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date until |
| 2 January 2017 | LB | Ben Davies | Fleetwood Town | End of season |
| 31 January 2017 | CF | Eoin Doyle | Portsmouth | End of season |
| 31 January 2017 | DM | Liam Grimshaw | Chesterfield | End of season |
| 31 January 2017 | RB | Clive Smith | St Johnstone | End of season |
| 24 March 2017 | LB | Josh Earl | Lancaster City | End of season |

## Competitions
### Championship
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 9 | Derby County | 46 | 18 | 13 | 15 | 54 | 50 | +4 | 67 |
| 10 | Brentford | 46 | 18 | 10 | 18 | 75 | 65 | +10 | 64 |
| 11 | Preston North End | 46 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 64 | 63 | +1 | 62 |
| 12 | Cardiff City | 46 | 17 | 11 | 18 | 60 | 61 | −1 | 62 |
| 13 | Aston Villa | 46 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 47 | 48 | −1 | 62 |

#### Matches
### EFL Cup
## Summary

| Games played | 51 (46 Championship, 1 FA Cup, 4 League Cup) |
| Games won | 19 (16 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 3 League Cup) |
| Games drawn | 14 (14 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup) |
| Games lost | 18 (16 Championship, 1 FA Cup, 1 League Cup) |
| Goals scored | 71 (64 Championship, 1 FA Cup, 6 League Cup) |
| Goals conceded | 73 (63 Championship, 2 FA Cup, 8 League Cup) |
| Goal difference | -2 |
| Clean sheets | 14 (12 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 2 League Cup) |
| Yellow cards | 88 (79 Championship, 3 FA Cup, 7 League Cup) |
| Red cards | 6 (6 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 1 League Cup) |
| Worst Discipline | Ben Pearson (15 , 0 , 0 ) |
| Best result | 5–0 vs Bristol City (4 April 2017) |
| Worst result | 0–6 vs Newcastle United (25 Oct 16) |
| Most appearances | Tom Clarke & Jordan Hugill (46) |
| Top scorer | Jordan Hugill (12) |
| Points | 62 |