# 2019–20 Preston North End F.C. season

The 2019–20 season was Preston North End's 140th season in existence, and their fifth consecutive season in the Championship. Along with the Championship, the club also competed in the FA Cup and EFL Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2019 to 22 July 2020.

## Squad

| No. | Name | Pos. | Place of birth | Age | Apps | Goals | Signed from | Date signed | Fee | End |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | Declan Rudd | GK | Diss | 29 | 169 | 0 | Norwich City | 1 July 2017 | £966,000 | 2020 |
| 13 | Michael Crowe | GK | Bexleyheath | 24 | 1 | 0 | Ipswich Town | 1 July 2018 | Free | 2020 |
| 25 | Connor Ripley | GK | Middlesbrough | 27 | 6 | 0 | Middlesbrough | 9 January 2019 | Undisclosed | 2022 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 2 | Darnell Fisher | RB | Reading | 26 | 102 | 0 | Rotherham United | 27 July 2017 | Undisclosed | 2020 |
| 5 | Tom Clarke | CB | Sowerby Bridge | 32 | 247 | 15 | Huddersfield Town | 22 May 2013 | Free | 2020 |
| 6 | Ben Davies | CB/LB | Barrow-in-Furness | 24 | 126 | 2 | Academy | 25 January 2013 | Free | 2021 |
| 14 | Jordan Storey | CB | Yeovil | 22 | 44 | 1 | Exeter City | 1 July 2018 | Undisclosed | 2022 |
| 15 | Joe Rafferty | RB | Liverpool | 26 | 38 | 1 | Rochdale | 23 January 2019 | Undisclosed | 2022 |
| 16 | Andrew Hughes | LB | Cardiff | 28 | 62 | 4 | Peterborough United | 1 July 2018 | Undisclosed | 2021 |
| 21 | Patrick Bauer | CB | Backnang | 27 | 41 | 3 | Charlton Athletic | 1 July 2019 | Free | 2022 |
| 23 | Paul Huntington | CB | Carlisle | 32 | 281 | 18 | Yeovil Town | 22 May 2012 | Free | 2021 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 4 | Ben Pearson | CM/DM | Oldham | 25 | 153 | 2 | Manchester United | 11 January 2016 | £115,000 | 2021 |
| 7 | Tom Bayliss | CM | Leicester | 21 | 5 | 0 | Coventry City | 2 August 2019 | £2,000,000 | 2023 |
| 8 | Alan Browne | CM | Cork | 25 | 251 | 32 | Free agent | 1 January 2014 | Free | 2021 |
| 10 | Josh Harrop | AM/CF | Stockport | 24 | 84 | 12 | Manchester United | 3 July 2017 | Undisclosed | 2021 |
| 11 | Daniel Johnson | AM | Kingston | 27 | 220 | 43 | Aston Villa | 23 January 2015 | £50,000 | 2021 |
| 12 | Paul Gallagher | AM/WG | Glasgow | 35 | 300 | 45 | Leicester City | 16 June 2015 | Free | 2020 |
| 18 | Ryan Ledson | CM | Liverpool | 22 | 45 | 0 | Oxford United | 1 July 2018 | Undisclosed | 2021 |
| 30 | Jack Baxter | CM | Chorley | 19 | 0 | 0 | Academy | 1 July 2017 | Trainee | 2019 |
| 32 | Adam O'Reilly | CM | | 19 | 1 | 0 | Ringmahon Rangers | November 2016 | Undisclosed | 2020 |
| 44 | Brad Potts | CM | Hexham | 25 | 46 | 4 | Barnsley | 3 January 2019 | Undisclosed | 2022 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 9 | Louis Moult | CF | Stoke-on-Trent | 28 | 40 | 8 | Motherwell | 1 January 2018 | Undisclosed | 2021 |
| 20 | Jayden Stockley | CF | Poole | 26 | 52 | 8 | Exeter City | 3 January 2019 | £750,000 | 2022 |
| 24 | Sean Maguire | CF | Luton | 26 | 96 | 18 | Cork City | 24 July 2017 | Undisclosed | 2021 |
| 29 | Tom Barkhuizen | RW/SS | Blackpool | 26 | 148 | 32 | Morecambe | 1 January 2017 | Free | 2022 |
| 31 | Scott Sinclair | LW | Bath | 31 | 18 | 3 | Celtic | 8 January 2020 | Undisclosed | 2022 |
| 35 | David Nugent | CF | Huyton | 35 | 132 | 38 | Derby County | 17 July 2019 | Free | Undisclosed |
| 39 | Billy Bodin | RW/CF | Swindon | 28 | 39 | 4 | Bristol Rovers | 3 January 2018 | Undisclosed | 2020 |
| Out on Loan ||||||||||||
| 3 | Josh Earl | LB/LW | Liverpool | 21 | 36 | 0 | Academy | 1 July 2017 | Trainee | 2021 |
| 17 | Josh Ginnelly | LW | Coventry | 23 | 9 | 0 | Walsall | 1 January 2019 | Undisclosed | 2021 |
| 27 | Connor Simpson | CF | Guisborough | 20 | 1 | 0 | Hartlepool United | 11 January 2018 | Undisclosed | 2020 |
| 50 | Kevin O'Connor | LB | Enniscorthy | 23 | 9 | 0 | Cork City | 24 July 2017 | Undisclosed | 2020 |
| | Graham Burke | SS | Dublin | 26 | 15 | 2 | Shamrock Rovers | 1 July 2018 | Undisclosed | 2021 |
* All appearances and goals up to date as of 22 July 2020.

### Statistics

    As of 22 July 2020
| 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 | ENG | Declan Rudd | 46 | 0 | 46+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Darnell Fisher | 28 | 0 | 25+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | ENG | Ben Pearson | 37 | 1 | 37+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Tom Clarke | 11 | 0 | 7+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Ben Davies | 38 | 0 | 36+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Tom Bayliss | 5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | IRL | Alan Browne | 45 | 4 | 34+8 | 4 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Louis Moult | 2 | 1 | 2+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ENG | Josh Harrop | 35 | 8 | 15+16 | 5 | 1+0 | 1 | 2+1 | 2 |
| 11 | MF | JAM | Daniel Johnson | 33 | 12 | 31+1 | 12 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | SCO | Paul Gallagher | 32 | 6 | 22+10 | 6 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | ENG | Jordan Storey | 14 | 0 | 7+3 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | IRL | Joe Rafferty | 32 | 1 | 27+1 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | WAL | Andrew Hughes | 27 | 0 | 27+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ENG | Ryan Ledson | 17 | 0 | 8+5 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | ENG | Jayden Stockley | 34 | 4 | 9+22 | 4 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | GER | Patrick Bauer | 41 | 3 | 41+0 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ENG | Paul Huntington | 10 | 1 | 8+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 |
| 24 | FW | IRL | Sean Maguire | 43 | 5 | 35+8 | 5 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | ENG | Connor Ripley | 4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | ENG | Tom Barkhuizen | 44 | 11 | 32+9 | 9 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 2 |
| 31 | FW | ENG | Scott Sinclair | 18 | 3 | 11+7 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 35 | FW | ENG | David Nugent | 25 | 1 | 11+13 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 39 | FW | WAL | Billy Bodin | 21 | 3 | 12+7 | 2 | 1+0 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | ENG | Brad Potts | 35 | 2 | 14+17 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| Players out on loan: ||||||||||||
| 17 | MF | ENG | Josh Ginnelly | 4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | ENG | Ethan Walker | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Players who left the club: ||||||||||||
| 19 | MF | ENG | Andre Green | 6 | 1 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 |

#### Goals record

    As of 22 July 2020
| Rank | No. | Nat. | Po. | Name | Championship | FA Cup | League Cup | Total |
| 1 | 11 | | CM | Daniel Johnson | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 2 | 29 | | RW | Tom Barkhuizen | 9 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| 3 | 10 | | AM | Josh Harrop | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 4 | 12 | | CM | Paul Gallagher | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | 24 | | CF | Sean Maguire | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | 8 | | CM | Alan Browne | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | 20 | | CF | Jayden Stockley | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | 21 | | CB | Patrick Bauer | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | 31 | | LW | Scott Sinclair | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | 39 | | RW | Billy Bodin | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | 44 | | CM | Brad Potts | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | 4 | | DM | Ben Pearson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 9 | | CF | Louis Moult | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 15 | | LB | Joe Rafferty | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 19 | | LW | Andre Green | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | 23 | | CB | Paul Huntington | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | 35 | | CF | David Nugent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 57 | 2 | 6 | 65 |

#### Disciplinary record

    As of 22 July 2020
| Rank | No. | Nat. | Po. | Name | Championship | Championship | Championship | FA Cup | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | 2 | | RB | Darnell Fisher | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 4 | | CM | Ben Pearson | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 10 | | AM | Josh Harrop | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 12 | | AM | Paul Gallagher | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 20 | | CF | Jayden Stockley | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 1 | | GK | Declan Rudd | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 8 | | CM | Alan Browne | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 11 | | AM | Daniel Johnson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 15 | | LB | Joe Rafferty | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 18 | | CM | Ryan Ledson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 5 | | CB | Tom Clarke | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 6 | | CB | Ben Davies | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 16 | | LB | Andrew Hughes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 21 | | CB | Patrick Bauer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 23 | | CB | Paul Huntington | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 29 | | RW | Tom Barkhuizen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | 24 | | CF | Sean Maguire | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | 25 | | GK | Connor Ripley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | 35 | | CF | David Nugent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | 39 | | RW | Billy Bodin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | 44 | | CM | Brad Potts | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 62 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 0 | 2 |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2019 | CB | Patrick Bauer | Charlton Athletic | Free transfer |
| 17 July 2019 | CF | David Nugent | Derby County | Free transfer |
| 2 August 2019 | CM | Tom Bayliss | Coventry City | £2,000,000 |
| 8 January 2020 | LW | Scott Sinclair | Celtic | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Date until | Ref. |
| 1 August 2019 | LW | | Andre Green | Aston Villa | 30 June 2020 | |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date until |
| 1 July 2019 | GK | Chris Maxwell | Hibernian | 22 January 2020 |
| 31 July 2019 | SS | Graham Burke | Shamrock Rovers | 30 June 2020 |
| 3 August 2019 | LB | Josh Earl | Bolton Wanderers | 5 January 2020 |
| 16 August 2019 | LB | Jack Armer | Lancaster City | 1 January 2020 |
| 2 September 2019 | CF | Connor Simpson | Accrington Stanley | 30 June 2020 |
| 12 December 2019 | CF | Ethan Walker | Altrincham | 30 June 2020 |
| 7 January 2020 | LB | Kevin O'Connor | Waterford | 30 June 2020 |
| 13 January 2020 | LB | Josh Earl | Ipswich Town | 30 June 2020 |
| 15 January 2020 | LB | Jack Armer | Lancaster City | 30 June 2020 |
| 16 January 2020 | LW | Josh Ginnelly | Bristol Rovers | 30 June 2020 |
| 21 January 2020 | DM | Jack Baxter | Clitheroe | 30 June 2020 |
| 24 January 2020 | CM | Adam O'Reilly | Stalybridge Celtic | 30 June 2020 |
| 24 January 2020 | CF | Ethan Walker | Stalybridge Celtic | 30 June 2020 |
| 27 February 2020 | GK | Michael Crowe | Bamber Bridge | 30 June 2020 |
| 28 February 2020 | AM | Tyrhys Dolan | Clitheroe | 30 June 2020 |
| 28 February 2020 | LB | Lincoln McFayden | Clitheroe | 30 June 2020 |

### Transfers out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 July 2019 | CB | Andy Boyle | Dundalk | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | FW | Darren Brannigan | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | GK | James Cottam | Fleetwood Town | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2019 | CF | Michael Howard | Morecambe | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | MF | Jerome Jolly | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | GK | Callum Lenton | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | DF | Precieux Ngongo | Gretna 2008 | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | CM | Josh Pollard | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | LM | Ben Pringle | Gillingham | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | MF | Lewis Simmons | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | LB | Tommy Spurr | Retirement | Retired |
| 1 July 2019 | CB | Tom Stead | Chorley | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | RB | Marnick Vermijl | MVV Maastricht | Free Transfer |
| 12 July 2019 | LW | Callum Robinson | Sheffield United | £7,020,000 |
| 22 January 2020 | GK | Chris Maxwell | Blackpool | Mutual consent |

## Pre-season

PNE announced five pre-season fixtures on 5 June 2019. A home friendly against Southampton was later confirmed and Bolton Wanderers was also added.

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 6 | Swansea City | 46 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 62 | 53 | +9 | 70 | Qualification for Championship play-offs |
| 7 | Nottingham Forest | 46 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 58 | 50 | +8 | 70 | |
| 8 | Millwall | 46 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 57 | 51 | +6 | 68 | |
| 9 | Preston North End | 46 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 59 | 54 | +5 | 66 | |
| 10 | Derby County | 46 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 62 | 64 | −2 | 64 | |
| 11 | Blackburn Rovers | 46 | 17 | 12 | 17 | 66 | 63 | +3 | 63 | |
| 12 | Bristol City | 46 | 17 | 12 | 17 | 60 | 65 | −5 | 63 | |
* ↑ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the Premier League.

#### Result summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 22 July 2020. Source: BBC Sport

#### Results by matchday

| Matchday | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | L | W | W | D | W | W | D | D | W | L | D | W | W | W | L | L | L | L | W | W | D | D | L | L | D | W | W | D | W | W | L | W | L | L | L | D | L | L | D | W | D | L | W | D |
| Position | 23 | 10 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 |

#### Matches

On Thursday, 20 June 2019, the EFL Championship fixtures were revealed.

### FA Cup

The third round draw was made live on BBC Two from Etihad Stadium, Micah Richards and Tony Adams conducted the draw.

### EFL Cup

The first round draw was made on 20 June. The second round draw was made on 13 August 2019 following the conclusion of all but one first-round matches. The third round draw was confirmed on 28 August 2019, live on Sky Sports.