2024–25 Preston North End F.C. season

Preston North End

2024–25 season
Owner	Wordon Limited
Chairman	Craig Hemmings
Manager	Ryan Lowe (until 12 August)[1] Mike Marsh, Ched Evans & Peter Murphy (until 17 August)[2] Paul Heckingbottom (from 20 August)[3]
Stadium	Deepdale
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The 2024–25 season is the 145th season in the history of Preston North End Football Club and their tenth consecutive season in the Championship. In addition to the domestic league, the club would also participate in the FA Cup, and the EFL Cup.

Date	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Ref.
9 July 2024	CM	Stefán Teitur Þórðarson	Silkeborg IF	Undisclosed	[4]
13 August 2024	LW	Jeppe Okkels	Utrecht	Undisclosed	[5]

Date	Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Ref.
2 July 2024	CM	Lewis Leigh	Bromley	Undisclosed	[6]

Date	Pos.	Player	From	Date until	Ref.
5 July 2024	AM	Sam Greenwood	Leeds United	End of Season	[7]
7 August 2024	RB	Kaine Kesler-Hayden	Aston Villa	End of Season	[8]

Date	Pos.	Player	To	Date until	Ref.
10 August 2024	CM	Kaedyn Kamara	Workington	9 November 2024	[9]

Date	Pos	Player	Subsequent club	Join date	Ref
30 June 2024	CM	Alan Browne	Sunderland	11 July 2024	[10][11]
30 June 2024	CB	Greg Cunningham	Galway United	17 July 2024	[12][13]
30 June 2024	AM	Ben Woodburn	Salford City	23 July 2024	[12][14]

On 8 May, PNE announced they will spend a week training camp in San Pedro del Pinatar, with a friendly against Lincoln City.^[15] A second friendly was later confirmed, with the traditional pre-season visit to Bamber Bridge added.^[16] In June, a further three were added against Everton, Salford City and Southport.^[17][18] On 20 June, the club announced Fiorentina would visit Deepdale during pre-season.^[19]

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Preston North End v Everton

3 August 2024 Friendly	Preston North End	0-3	Everton	Preston
15:00 BST			Calvert-Lewin 15', O'Brien 61', Lindstrøm 70'	Stadium: Deepdale

On 26 June, the Championship fixtures were announced.^[21]

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On 27 June, the draw for the first round was made, with Preston being drawn at home against Sunderland.^[23] In the second round, they were drawn away to Harrogate Town.^[24]

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As of match played 17 August 2024

List includes all first team players and any other matchday squad players

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		FA Cup		EFL Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Freddie Woodman	3	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
4	MF	ENG	Benjamin Whiteman	3	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
5	DF	ENG	Jack Whatmough	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
6	DF	SCO	Liam Lindsay	3	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
7	FW	IRL	Will Keane	2	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
8	MF	NIR	Ali McCann	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
9	FW	DEN	Emil Riis Jakobsen	3	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
10	MF	DEN	Mads Frøkjær-Jensen	3	1	1+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	1
11	MF	IRL	Robbie Brady	3	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
12	FW	WAL	Ched Evans	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
13	GK	WAL	David Cornell	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
14	DF	ENG	Jordan Storey	2	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
16	DF	WAL	Andrew Hughes	3	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
17	FW	ENG	Layton Stewart	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
18	MF	ENG	Ryan Ledson	2	1	1+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	1
20	MF	ENG	Sam Greenwood (on loan from Leeds United)	3	0	1+1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
21	GK	WAL	James Pradic	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
22	MF	ISL	Stefán Teitur Þórðarson	3	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
23	FW	DEN	Jeppe Okkels	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
25	MF	USA	Duane Holmes	2	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
26	DF	GER	Patrick Bauer	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
28	FW	MNE	Milutin Osmajić	3	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
29	DF	ENG	Kaine Kesler-Hayden (on loan from Aston Villa)	2	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
30	MF	ENG	Kian Taylor	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
31	MF	ENG	Theo Mawene	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
32	DF	POL	Kacper Pasiek	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
33	DF	ENG	Kian Best	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
35	MF	ENG	Noah Mawene	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
36	DF	IRL	Josh Seary	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
44	DF	ENG	Brad Potts	3	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
—	FW	ENG	Finlay Cross-Adair	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	MF	ENG	Kitt Nelson	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0