2021–22 Preston North End F.C. season

The 2021–22 Preston North End F.C. season was the 142nd edition in Preston North End F.C. existence and their seventh consecutive season in the Championship. They contested the FA Cup and the EFL Cup. The season covered the period from July 2021 to 30 June 2022.

Preston North End

2021–22 season
Manager	Frankie McAvoy (until 6 December)[1] Ryan Lowe (from 7 December)[2]
Stadium	Deepdale
Championship	13th
FA Cup	Third round
EFL Cup	Fourth round
Top goalscorer	League: Emil Riis Jakobsen (17) All: Emil Riis Jakobsen (21)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2020–21 2022–23 →

Squad

As of 1 September 2021

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Name	Nat.	Position(s)	Date of birth (Age)	Apps.	Goals	Year signed	Signed from	Transfer fee	Ends
Goalkeepers
12	Daniel Iversen		GK	(1997-07-19) 19 July 1997 (age 28)	70	0	2021	Leicester City	Loan	2022
25	Connor Ripley		GK	(1993-02-13) 13 February 1993 (age 32)	10	0	2019	Middlesbrough	Undisclosed	2022
28	Mathew Hudson		GK	(1998-07-29) 29 July 1998 (age 27)	1	0	2014	Academy	Trainee	2022
35	Oliver Lombard		GK	(2003-01-06) 6 January 2003 (age 22)	0	0	2021	Academy	Trainee	2022
Defenders
2	Sepp van den Berg		CB/RB	(2001-12-20) 20 December 2001 (age 23)	65	2	2021	Liverpool	Loan	2022
3	Greg Cunningham		LB/CB	(1991-01-31) 31 January 1991 (age 34)	147	5	2021	Cardiff City	Undisclosed	2023
5	Patrick Bauer		CB	(1992-10-28) 28 October 1992 (age 32)	92	8	2019	Charlton Athletic	Free	2022
6	Liam Lindsay		CB	(1995-10-12) 12 October 1995 (age 29)	29	2	2021	Stoke City	Undisclosed	2023
15	Joe Rafferty		RB/LB/DM	(1993-10-06) 6 October 1993 (age 31)	72	2	2019	Rochdale	Undisclosed	2022
16	Andrew Hughes		LB/CB	(1992-06-05) 5 June 1992 (age 33)	142	6	2018	Peterborough United	Undisclosed	2022
22	Matthew Olosunde		RB/CB	(1998-03-07) 7 March 1998 (age 27)	1	0	2021	Rotherham United	Free	2023
23	Paul Huntington		CB	(1987-09-17) 17 September 1987 (age 37)	306	18	2012	Yeovil Town	Free	2022
32	Josh Earl		LB/CB	(1998-10-24) 24 October 1998 (age 26)	73	1	2017	Academy	Trainee	2023
34	Lewis Coulton		LB	(2003-03-03) 3 March 2003 (age 22)	0	0	2021	Academy	Trainee	2022
41	Bambo Diaby		CB	(1997-12-17) 17 December 1997 (age 27)	7	0	2022	Free Agent	Free	2022
Midfielders
4	Benjamin Whiteman		CM/AM/RM	(1996-06-17) 17 June 1996 (age 29)	70	5	2021	Doncaster Rovers	Undislosed	2024
8	Alan Browne		CM/DM/AM/RB	(1995-04-15) 15 April 1995 (age 30)	333	39	2014	Free Agent	Free	2024
11	Daniel Johnson		AM/CM	(1992-10-08) 8 October 1992 (age 32)	298	56	2015	Aston Villa	£50,000	2023
13	Ali McCann		CM/AM/DM	(1999-12-04) 4 December 1999 (age 25)	31	1	2021	St Johnstone	Undisclosed	2025
18	Ryan Ledson		CM/DM	(1997-08-19) 19 August 1997 (age 27)	110	3	2018	Oxford United	Undisclosed	2023
39	Mikey O'Neill		AM/CF	(2004-06-08) 8 June 2004 (age 21)	3	0	2020	Academy	Trainee	2024
26	Adam O'Reilly		CM	(2001-05-11) 11 May 2001 (age 24)	1	0	2016	Ringmahon Rangers	Undisclosed	2023
30	Jack Baxter		DM/CM	(2000-10-17) 17 October 2000 (age 24)	0	0	2017	Academy	Trainee	2022
44	Brad Potts		CM/RM/AM	(1994-07-03) 3 July 1994 (age 31)	131	10	2019	Barnsley	Undisclosed	2022
45	Josh Murphy		LW/RW/SS	(1995-02-24) 24 February 1995 (age 30)	13	0	2021	Cardiff City	Loan	2022
Forwards
9	Ched Evans		CF	(1988-12-28) 28 December 1988 (age 36)	44	7	2021	Fleetwood Town	Undisclosed	2023
19	Emil Riis Jakobsen		CF	(1998-06-24) 24 June 1998 (age 27)	88	23	2020	Randers	Undisclosed	2024
20	Izzy Brown		SS/RW/LW	(1997-01-07) 7 January 1997 (age 28)	0	0	2021	Chelsea	Free	2022
21	Cameron Archer		CF	(2001-12-09) 9 December 2001 (age 23)	20	7	2022	Aston Villa	Loan	2022
24	Sean Maguire		CF/SS/RW	(1994-05-01) 1 May 1994 (age 31)	157	24	2017	Cork City	Undisclosed	2023
27	Jacob Holland-Wilkinson		CF	(2002-10-30) 30 October 2002 (age 22)	0	0	2021	Academy	Trainee	2022
29	Tom Barkhuizen		RW/LW/CF	(1993-07-04) 4 July 1993 (age 32)	206	38	2017	Morecambe	Free	2022
31	Scott Sinclair		LW/SS/AM	(1989-03-25) 25 March 1989 (age 36)	82	14	2020	Celtic	Undisclosed	2022
33	Ethan Walker		LW/CF/RW	(2002-07-28) 28 July 2002 (age 23)	1	0	2018	Academy	Trainee	2022
38	Joe Rodwell-Grant		CF	(2002-10-18) 18 October 2002 (age 22)	2	0	2021	Academy	Trainee	2022
Out on loan:
7	Tom Bayliss		CM/DM/RM	(1999-04-06) 6 April 1999 (age 26)	21	1	2019	Coventry City	£2,000,000	2023
10	Josh Harrop		AM/LM	(1995-12-15) 15 December 1995 (age 29)	93	13	2017	Manchester United	Undisclosed	2023
14	Jordan Storey		CB	(1997-09-22) 22 September 1997 (age 27)	96	2	2018	Exeter City	Undisclosed	2022
40	Jamie Thomas		CF	(1997-01-10) 10 January 1997 (age 28)	1	0	2021	Bamber Bridge	Undisclosed

• All appearances and goals up to date as of 7 May 2022.

Statistics

As of 7 May 2022

Players with names in italics and marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with Preston North End.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		FA Cup		League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2	DF	NED	Sepp van den Berg*	49	2	42+2	1	1+0	0	3+1	1
3	DF	IRL	Greg Cunningham	25	0	16+4	0	1+0	0	4+0	0
4	MF	ENG	Ben Whiteman	47	4	41+2	4	0+1	0	2+1	0
5	DF	GER	Patrick Bauer	36	3	33+0	3	1+0	0	1+1	0
6	DF	SCO	Liam Lindsay	16	0	12+2	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
8	MF	IRL	Alan Browne	41	3	35+4	3	0+1	0	0+1	0
9	FW	WAL	Ched Evans	22	2	12+9	2	0+1	0	0+0	0
11	MF	JAM	Daniel Johnson	45	8	34+7	7	1+0	1	2+1	0
12	GK	DEN	Daniel Iversen*	48	0	45+1	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
13	MF	NIR	Ali McCann	31	1	16+12	1	1+0	0	2+0	0
15	DF	IRL	Joe Rafferty	7	1	1+3	0	0+0	0	3+0	1
16	DF	WAL	Andrew Hughes	43	2	39+0	1	0+0	0	4+0	1
18	MF	ENG	Ryan Ledson	28	1	16+9	0	1+0	0	2+0	1
19	FW	DEN	Emil Riis Jakobsen	48	18	38+5	14	1+0	0	2+2	4
21	FW	ENG	Cameron Archer*	20	7	18+2	7	0+0	0	0+0	0
22	DF	USA	Matthew Olosunde	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
23	DF	ENG	Paul Huntington	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
24	FW	IRL	Sean Maguire	27	2	13+10	1	1+0	0	2+1	1
29	FW	ENG	Tom Barkhuizen	13	0	9+3	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
31	FW	ENG	Scott Sinclair	26	2	6+16	0	0+1	0	2+1	2
32	DF	ENG	Josh Earl	30	1	23+5	1	1+0	0	0+1	0
39	MF	ENG	Mikey O'Neill	3	0	0+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
41	DF	SEN	Bambo Diaby	7	0	5+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
44	MF	ENG	Brad Potts	39	1	22+12	1	1+0	0	4+0	0
45	MF	ENG	Josh Murphy*	12	0	0+12	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
Players out on loan:
7	MF	ENG	Tom Bayliss	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
10	MF	ENG	Josh Harrop	1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
14	DF	ENG	Jordan Storey	20	0	15+2	0	0+0	0	3+0	0
38	FW	ENG	Joe Rodwell-Grant	2	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
40	FW	WAL	Jamie Thomas	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
Players who left the club:
1	GK	ENG	Declan Rudd	4	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	3+0	0
21	FW	ENG	Connor Wickham	2	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0

Goals record

As of 7 May 2022

Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name	Championship	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	19		CF	Emil Riis Jakobsen	16	0	4	20
2	11		CM	Daniel Johnson	7	1	0	8
3	21		CF	Cameron Archer	7	0	0	7
4	4		CM	Ben Whiteman	4	0	0	4
	8		CM	Alan Browne	4	0	0	4
6	5		CB	Patrick Bauer	3	0	0	3
7	2		CB	Sepp van den Berg	1	0	1	2
	9		CF	Ched Evans	2	0	0	2
	16		LB	Andrew Hughes	1	0	1	2
	24		CF	Sean Maguire	1	0	1	2
	31		RW	Scott Sinclair	0	0	2	2
12	13		CM	Ali McCann	1	0	0	1
	15		RB	Joe Rafferty	0	0	1	1
	18		CM	Ryan Ledson	0	0	1	1
	32		LB	Josh Earl	1	0	0	1
	44		CM	Brad Potts	1	0	0	1
Own Goals					2	0	0	2
Total					53	1	11	65

Disciplinary record

As of 7 May 2022

Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name	Championship			FA Cup			League Cup			Total
1	4		CM	Ben Whiteman	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0
2	11		AM	Daniel Johnson	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0
	16		LB	Andrew Hughes	7	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	8	0	1
4	2		CB	Sepp van den Berg	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	8	0	0
5	8		CM	Alan Browne	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0
6	18		CM	Ryan Ledson	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0
7	9		CF	Ched Evans	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
8	6		CB	Liam Lindsay	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0
	19		CF	Emil Riis Jakobsen	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
	44		CM	Brad Potts	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
11	3		LB	Greg Cunningham	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	5		CB	Patrick Bauer	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
	13		CM	Ali McCann	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	14		CB	Jordan Storey	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	32		LB	Josh Earl	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
16	5		CB	Patrick Bauer	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	24		CF	Sean Maguire	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	29		RW	Tom Barkhuizen	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	31		RW	Scott Sinclair	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
20	1		GK	Declan Rudd	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
	12		GK	Daniel Iversen	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	21		CF	Cameron Archer	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total					83	2	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	87	2	2

Contracts

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Signed	Contract Length	Expiry Date	Ref.
1 July 2021	LB		Lewis Coulston	Signed	1 Year	June 2022	[3]
1 July 2021	CF		Jacob Holland-Wilkinson	Signed	1 Year	June 2022	[3]
1 July 2021	GK		Oliver Lombard	Signed	1 Year	June 2022	[3]
1 July 2021	CF		Joe Rodwell-Grant	Signed	1 Year	June 2022	[3]

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
9 June 2021	CB		Liam Lindsay	Stoke City	Undisclosed	[4]
1 July 2021	SS		Izzy Brown	Chelsea	Free transfer	[5]
1 July 2021	RB		Matthew Olosunde	Rotherham United	Free transfer	[6]
5 August 2021	CF		Jamie Thomas	Bamber Bridge	Free transfer	[7]
31 August 2021	CM		Ali McCann	St Johnstone	Undisclosed	[8]
13 September 2021	CF		Connor Wickham	Crystal Palace	Free transfer	[9]
31 January 2022	CB		Bambo Diaby	Free agent	—	[10]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
1 July 2021	CB		Sepp van den Berg	Liverpool	End of season	[11]
4 August 2021	GK		Daniel Iversen	Leicester City	End of season	[12]
31 August 2021	LW		Josh Murphy	Cardiff City	End of season	[13]
24 January 2022	CF		Cameron Archer	Aston Villa	End of season	[14]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
21 August 2021	CF		Jacob Holland-Wilkinson	AFC Fylde	18 September 2021	[15]
27 August 2021	CM		Tom Bayliss	Wigan Athletic	End of season	[16]
8 September 2021	GK		Oliver Lombard	Kendal Town	10 October 2021	[17]
17 September 2021	LW		Ethan Walker	AFC Fylde	October 2021	[18]
21 September 2021	CF		Jacob Holland-Wilkinson	Lancaster City		[19]
8 October 2021	DM		Jack Baxter	Radcliffe	13 November 2021	[20]
16 October 2021	GK		Connor Ripley	Salford City	23 October 2021	[21]
22 October 2021	CF		Joe Rodwell-Grant	Bamber Bridge	1 January 2022	[22][a]
2 November 2021	LB		Lewis Coulton	Bamber Bridge	4 December 2021	[24]
19 November 2021	CM		Adam O'Reilly	Stalybridge Celtic	1 January 2022	[25]
19 November 2021	LW		Ethan Walker	AFC Fylde	1 January 2022	[26]
19 January 2022	CB		Jordan Storey	Sheffield Wednesday	End of season	[27]
20 January 2022	CM		Adam O'Reilly	St Patrick's Athletic	31 July 2022	[28]
21 January 2022	LB		Lewis Coulton	Warrington Town	23 April 2022[b]	[30]
21 January 2022	CF		Jacob Holland-Wilkinson	Bamber Bridge	February 2022	[31]
25 January 2022	CF		Jamie Thomas	FC Halifax Town	End of season	[32]
27 January 2022	AM		Josh Harrop	Fleetwood Town	End of season	[33]
28 January 2022	CF		Joe Rodwell-Grant	Lancaster City	March 2022	[34]
25 February 2022	GK		Mathew Hudson	Bamber Bridge	End of season	[35][36]
11 March 2022	CB		Joe Blanchard	Lancaster City	Work experience	[37]
22 March 2022	CB		Teddy Mfuni	Witton Albion	End of season	[38]

1. On 1 December, Rodwell-Grant's loan at Bamber Bridge was extended.^[23]
2. On 24 February, Coulton's loan at Warrington Town was extended until April.^[29]

Transfers out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
10 May 2021	CM		Paul Gallagher	Retired		[39]
15 June 2021	CF		Jayden Stockley	Charlton Athletic	Undisclosed	[40]
30 June 2021	LW		Billy Bodin	Oxford United	Released	[41][42]
30 June 2021	CF		Graham Burke	Shamrock Rovers	Released	[41][43]
30 June 2021	CM		Ben Dooley	Atherton Laburnum Rovers	Released	[41][44]
30 June 2021	RW		Josh Ginnelly	Heart of Midlothian	Released	[41][45]
30 June 2021	RB		Harry Huddart	Swansea University	Released	[41][44]
30 June 2021	CF		Louis Moult	Burton Albion	Released	[41][46]
30 June 2021	CF		David Nugent		Released	[41]
30 June 2021	RB		Kyi Nicholson		Released	[41]
12 July 2021	CB		Lewis Earl	Stockport County	Free transfer	[47]
13 January 2022	CF		Connor Wickham	Milton Keynes Dons	Contract expiry	[48][49]
31 March 2022	GK		Declan Rudd	Retired		[50]

Pre-season friendlies

Preston North End announced they would play friendlies against Bamber Bridge,^[51] St Johnstone,^[52] Celtic,^[53] Bolton Wanderers,^[54] Accrington Stanley,^[55] Manchester City,^[56] Wigan Athletic^[51] and Manchester United^[57] as part of their pre-season preparations.

Bamber Bridge v Preston North End

10 July 2021 Friendly	Bamber Bridge	3–8	Preston North End	Chorley
15:00 BST	Thomas 44', 62' Yeates 86'	Report	Leigh 16' Potts 36' Barkhuizen 37' Mawene 39' Harrop 53', 83' Maguire 60' Riis 90+1'	Stadium: Euxton Training Ground Attendance: 0 (Behind-closed-doors)

St Johnstone v Preston North End

13 July 2021 Friendly	St Johnstone	1–1	Preston North End	Tulloch, Scotland
19:00 BST	Wotherspoon 50'	Report	Whiteman 35'	Stadium: McDiarmid Park

Celtic v Preston North End

17 July 2021 Friendly	Celtic	0–1	Preston North End	Parkhead, Scotland
17:30 BST		Report	Whiteman 64' (pen.)	Stadium: Celtic Park

Preston North End v Bolton Wanderers

20 July 2021 Friendly	Preston North End	0–1	Bolton Wanderers	Leyland
19:00 BST		Report	Jones 51'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 1,100+

Accrington Stanley v Preston North End

24 July 2021 Friendly	Accrington Stanley	1–1	Preston North End	Accrington
15:00 BST	Pritchard 67'	Report	Thomas[58] 55'	Stadium: Wham Stadium

Manchester City v Preston North End

27 July 2021 Friendly	Manchester City	2–0	Preston North End	Manchester
19:00 BST	Mahrez 25' Edozie 64'	Report		Stadium: Academy Stadium Attendance: 0 (Behind-closed-doors)

Wigan Athletic v Preston North End

30 July 2021 Friendly	Wigan Athletic	3–2	Preston North End	Wigan
19:30 BST	Keane 26' Humphrys 54' Lang 69'	Report	Darikwa 48' (o.g.) Rodwell-Grant 87'	Stadium: DW Stadium

Preston North End v Manchester United

31 July 2021 Friendly	Preston North End	Cancelled	Manchester United	Preston
14:00 BST				Stadium: Deepdale
Note: Match was cancelled due to a number of suspected COVID-19 cases in the United squad.[59]

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
				Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
EFL Championship	12 September 2020	May 2021	Matchday 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
FA Cup	9 January 2021	9 January 2021	Third round	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
EFL Cup	5 September 2021	5 September 2020	First round	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Lancashire Senior Cup	12 October 2021		First round	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total				0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—

Last updated: 24 April 2021
Source: Competitions

EFL Championship

Main article: 2021–22 EFL Championship

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
10	West Bromwich Albion	46	18	13	15	52	45	+7	67
11	Queens Park Rangers	46	19	9	18	60	59	+1	66
12	Coventry City	46	17	13	16	60	59	+1	64
13	Preston North End	46	16	16	14	52	56	−4	64
14	Stoke City	46	17	11	18	57	52	+5	62
15	Swansea City	46	16	13	17	58	68	−10	61
16	Blackpool	46	16	12	18	54	58	−4	60

Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences^[60]

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	16	16	14	52	56	−4	64	9	10	4	33	28	+5	7	6	10	19	28	−9

Last updated: 7 May 2022.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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
H/A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	L	L	W	W	D	D	D	D	D	L	D	W	L	W	W	L	L	W	D	L	W	W	D	D	L	W	D	D	W	D	W	L	D	D	W	D	L	L	W	W	D	L	L	W	W
Position	23	24	24	20	16	13	14	17	15	17	18	18	18	19	19	15	17	16	14	16	18	14	14	15	13	15	13	13	14	11	12	11	12	11	12	12	13	14	15	14	12	13	15	15	14	13

Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2022. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

PNE's fixtures were announced on 24 June 2021.^[61]

Preston North End v Hull City

7 August 2021 1	Preston North End	1–4	Hull City	Preston
15:00 BST	Riis Jakobsen 8' Barkhuizen  45+5' Ledson  65'	Report	Lewis-Potter 35',  75' Smallwood 62' Magennis 85' Eaves  90+1' Cannon 90+2'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 12,452 Referee: Gavin Ward

Reading v Preston North End

14 August 2021 2	Reading	2–1	Preston North End	Reading
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Azeez 28' Morrison  59' Bristow  66' Swift 69' Laurent  90+6'	Report	Johnson 61' (pen.)	Stadium: Select Car Leasing Stadium Referee: Josh Smith

Huddersfield Town v Preston North End

17 August 2021 3	Huddersfield Town	1–0	Preston North End	Huddersfield
19:45 BST	Campbell  56' Sarr  68' van den Berg 74' (o.g.)	Report	Lindsay  41' Whiteman  64'	Stadium: John Smith's Stadium Referee: James Linington
Note: Live on Sky Sports

Preston North End v Peterborough United

21 August 2021 4	Preston North End	1–0	Peterborough United	Preston
15:00 BST	Bauer 14' Whiteman  51' Ledson  84'	Report		Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 9,952 Referee: Dean Whitestone

Preston North End v Swansea City

28 August 2021 5	Preston North End	3–1	Swansea City	Preston
15:00 BST	van den Berg 21' Riis Jakobsen 45+2' Whiteman 52',  71' Ledson  59' Johnson  61' Sinclair  85'	Report	Piroe 19' Benda  51'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 10,180 Referee: Thomas Bramall

Bristol City v Preston North End

11 September 2021 6	Bristol City	0–0	Preston North End	Ashton Gate
15:00 GMT		Report	Whiteman  55'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Attendance: 17,967 Referee: Tim Robinson

Sheffield United v Preston North End

14 September 2021 7	Sheffield United	2–2	Preston North End	Sheffield
19:45 BST	Gibbs-White 7' Norwood  45+2' Norrington-Davies  74' Berge 84'	Report	Riis Jakobsen  13', 90+5' Johnson 19'	Stadium: Bramall Lane Referee: Geoff Eltringham

Preston North End v West Bromwich Albion

18 September 2021 8	Preston North End	1–1	West Bromwich Albion	Preston
15:00 BST	van den Berg  4' Whiteman 26'	Report	Phillips 45+2' Bartley  76'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 13,850 Referee: Andy Davies

Birmingham City v Preston North End

25 September 2021 9	Birmingham City	0–0	Preston North End	Birmingham
15:00 BST	Bela  45+1'	Report	Bauer  39' Storey  62' Ledson  73'	Stadium: St Andrew's Referee: Matt Donohue

Preston North End v Stoke City

28 September 2021 10	Preston North End	1–1	Stoke City	Preston
19:45 BST	Cunningham  31' Whiteman 38' Riis Jakobsen  88'	Report	Powell 6' Østigård  25' Wilmot  83' Tymon  90' Clucas  90+3'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 10,930 Referee: John Brooks

Queens Park Rangers v Preston North End

2 October 2021 11	Queens Park Rangers	3–2	Preston North End	Shepherd's Bush, London
15:00 BST	Dykes 17' Dunne 71' Chair 74' Amos  90+5'	Report	Riis Jakobsen 27' Earl 46'	Stadium: Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium Referee: Jeremy Simpson

Preston North End v Derby County

16 October 2021 12	Preston North End	0–0	Derby County	Preston
15:00 BST	Johnson  5' Storey  62'	Report		Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 18,092 Referee: Josh Smith

Preston North End v Coventry City

20 October 2021 13	Preston North End	2–1	Coventry City	Preston
19:45 BST	Hughes  23' Bauer  50', 61' Riis Jakobsen 69'	Report	Walker 45' Kelly  51'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 10,837 Referee: Darren England

Blackpool v Preston North End

23 October 2021 14	Blackpool	2–0	Preston North End	Blackpool
15:00 BST	Anderson 27',  90+7' Madine 68' Grimshaw  88' Carey  90+4' Husband  90+8'	Report	Sinclair  31' Bauer  39' Browne  45+3'  90+7' Potts  84' Maguire  90+8'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 13,946 Referee: Tim Robinson

Preston North End v Luton Town

30 October 2021 (2021-10-30) 15	Preston North End	2–0	Luton Town	Preston
15:00 BST	Riis Jakobsen 27', 45+3' (pen.) Browne  38'	Report	Bell  24' Lockyer  37'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 11,059 Referee: Dean Whitestone

Bournemouth v Preston North End

2 November 2021 (2021-11-02) 16	Bournemouth	1–2	Preston North End	Kings Park
19:45 GMT	Lerma  58' Billing 60',  83' Mepham  62'	Report	Whiteman 52' McCann 78' Barkhuizen  84'	Stadium: Vitality Stadium Referee: David Webb

Nottingham Forest v Preston North End

6 November 2021 17	Nottingham Forest	3–0	Preston North End	West Bridgford
15:00 GMT	Grabban 32' (pen.),  50', 70' Colback 41' Taylor  90+3'	Report	Hughes  26' McCann  43' Storey  52'	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 27,129 Referee: Simon Hooper

Preston North End v Cardiff City

20 November 2021 18	Preston North End	1–2	Cardiff City	Preston
15:00 GMT	Maguire 2' Cunningham  56' Iversen  66'	Report	Ng  35' McGuinness 51' Collins 66' Colwill  87' Harris  88'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 10,749 Referee: Leigh Doughty

Middlesbrough v Preston North End

23 November 2021 19	Middlesbrough	1–2	Preston North End	Middlesbrough
19:45 GMT	McNair 33'	Report	Browne  63' Evans  75', 77' Riis Jakobsen 81' Earl  85' Johnson  90+2'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 18,013 Referee: Andy Woolmer

Preston North End v Fulham

27 November 2021 20	Preston North End	1–1	Fulham	Preston
12:30 GMT	van den Berg  26' Evans 72'	Report	Ream 15' Robinson  48' Onomah  80'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 9,838 Referee: Chris Kavanagh

Blackburn Rovers v Preston North End

4 December 2021 21	Blackburn Rovers	1–0	Preston North End	Blackburn
15:00 GMT	Lenihan  15' Brereton 53' van Hecke  65' Travis  68'	Report	Riis Jakobsen  65' Evans  83'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 18,487 Referee: Gavin Ward

Preston North End v Barnsley

11 December 2021 22	Preston North End	2–1	Barnsley	Preston
15:00 GMT	Browne 57' Johnson 78'	Report	Woodrow  27', 65' Andersen  77'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 11,106 Referee: Keith Stroud

Stoke City v Preston North End

3 January 2022 23	Stoke City	1–2	Preston North End	Stoke-on-Trent
15:00 GMT	Wilmot 46' Allen  64' Doughty  79' Ince  90+4'	Report	Hughes  49', 81' Potts 59' Ledson  90+1'	Stadium: Bet365 Stadium Attendance: 20,002 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

Preston North End v Birmingham City

15 January 2022 24	Preston North End	1–1	Birmingham City	Preston
15:00 GMT	Bauer 31' Whiteman  72'	Report	Mengi  56' Hogan 86'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 12,821 Referee: Andy Davies

Preston North End v Sheffield United

18 January 2022 25	Preston North End	2–2	Sheffield United	Preston
19:45 GMT	Hughes  38' Browne 71' Cunningham  82' Riis 89'	Report	Bogle 17',  80' Sharp 39' (pen.) Hourihane  60'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 12,954 Referee: David Webb

Swansea City v Preston North End

22 January 2022 26	Swansea City	1–0	Preston North End	Landore
15:00 GMT	Manning  12', 51' Latibeaudiere  87' Smith  88'	Report	Cunningham  64' Evans  87' Bauer  90+1'	Stadium: Swansea.com Stadium Attendance: 16,842 Referee: Josh Smith

West Bromwich Albion v Preston North End

26 January 2022 27	West Bromwich Albion	0–2	Preston North End	West Bromwich
20:00 GMT	Furlong  49' Townsend  78'	Report	Riis Jakobsen 41',  52' Whiteman  48' Evans  69' Archer 76' Maguire  90+5'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 20,776 Referee: Keith Stroud

Preston North End v Bristol City

29 January 2022 28	Preston North End	2–2	Bristol City	Preston
15:00 GMT	Riis Jakobsen 52', 90+5'	Report	Martin 12' Semenyo 81'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 11,936 Referee: John Busby

Millwall v Preston North End

1 February 2022 29	Millwall	0–0	Preston North End	Bermondsey
19:45 GMT	Bennett  60' Hutchinson  63' Burey  83'	Report	van den Berg  17' Whiteman 63'	Stadium: The Den Attendance: 10,183 Referee: Kevin Friend

Hull City v Preston North End

5 February 2022 30	Hull City	0–1	Preston North End	Kingston upon Hull
15:00 GMT		Report	Archer 51',  85' Johnson  79'	Stadium: MKM Stadium Attendance: 14,273 Referee: Darren Bond

Preston North End v Huddersfield Town

9 February 2022 31	Preston North End	0–0	Huddersfield Town	Preston
19:45 GMT	Potts  72'	Report	Holmes  80' O'Brien  89'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 11,120 Referee: Robert Jones

Peterborough United v Preston North End

12 February 2022 32	Peterborough United	0–1	Preston North End	Peterborough
15:00 GMT		Report	Bauer  28' van den Berg  73' Archer 80'	Stadium: Weston Homes Stadium Attendance: 9,072 Referee: Tim Robinson

Preston North End v Reading

19 February 2022 33	Preston North End	2–3	Reading	Preston
15:00 GMT	Johnson 57' Archer 74' van den Berg  90+5'	Report	João 2', 19' Swift 55'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 12,817 Referee: John Busby

Preston North End v Nottingham Forest

22 February 2022 34	Preston North End	0–0	Nottingham Forest	Preston
19:45 GMT	Johnson  45+1' Earl  77' Whiteman  90+1'	Report	Colback  60' McKenna  73'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 12,598 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

Coventry City v Preston North End

26 February 2022 35	Coventry City	1–1	Preston North End	Coventry
15:00 GMT	Rose  32' Hamer  69' Dabo  86' Tavares 90+8'	Report	Earl  14' Lindsay  17'  84' Whiteman  74' Johnson 89' (pen.) Evans  90+2'	Stadium: Coventry Building Society Arena Attendance: 19,743 Referee: Keith Stroud

Preston North End v Bournemouth

5 March 2022 36	Preston North End	2–1	Bournemouth	Preston
15:00 GMT	Potts  24' Archer 54' van den Berg  58' Johnson  82' Riis Jakobsen 89' Browne  90'	Report	Lowe 50' Billing  90+8'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 12,173 Referee: Matt Donohue

Cardiff City v Preston North End

12 March 2022 37	Cardiff City	0–0	Preston North End	Leckwith
15:00 GMT	Hugill  68' Ralls  71'	Report	Hughes  51' Potts  90+3'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 19,743 Referee: James Linington

Luton Town v Preston North End

16 March 2022 38	Luton Town	4–0	Preston North End	Luton
19:45 GMT	Berry 9', 42' Onyedinma 28' Diaby 59' (o.g.) Campbell  87'	Report	Hughes  27' Whiteman  75'	Stadium: Kenilworth Stadium Attendance: 9,408 Referee: Steve Martin

Derby County v Preston North End

2 April 2022 39	Derby County	1–0	Preston North End	Derby
15:00 BST	Bird  55' Davies  66' Morrison 80' Knight  84'	Report	Lindsay  32' Whiteman  61' Johnson  87'	Stadium: Pride Park Stadium Attendance: 23,600 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

Preston North End v Blackpool

5 April 2022 40	Preston North End	1–0	Blackpool	Preston
19:45 BST	Archer 45+3' Whiteman  45+1' Johnson  62' Hughes  64' McCann  90+2'	Report		Stadium: Deepdale Referee: David Webb

Preston North End v Queens Park Rangers

9 April 2022 41	Preston North End	2–1	Queens Park Rangers	Preston
15:00 BST	Dunne 42' (o.g.) Archer 50'	Report	Field  85' Gray 90+3' (pen.)	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 10,873 Referee: Tony Harrington

Preston North End v Millwall

15 April 2022 42	Preston North End	1–1	Millwall	Preston
15:00 BST	Wallace 6' (o.g.)	Report	Wallace 22' Kieftenbeld  31'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 11,979 Referee: Thomas Bramall

Fulham v Preston North End

19 April 2022 43	Fulham	3–0	Preston North End	Fulham
19:45 BST	Mitrović 9', 41' Cairney  20' Carvalho 34'	Report	Whiteman  45+1'	Stadium: Craven Cottage Referee: Leigh Doughty

Preston North End v Blackburn Rovers

25 April 2022 44	Preston North End	1–4	Blackburn Rovers	Preston
19:45 BST	Browne 29',  38' Whiteman  62'	Report	Pickering  1' Gallagher 9',  21' Buckley 12',  63' Lenihan 37' Travis 52'	Stadium: Deepdale Referee: Jeremy Simpson

Barnsley v Preston North End

30 April 2022 45	Barnsley	1–3	Preston North End	Barnsley
12:30 BST	Marsh 17'	Report	Johnson 23', 54' Riis Jakobsen 74'	Stadium: Oakwell Stadium Referee: David Webb

Preston North End v Middlesbrough

7 May 2022 46	Preston North End	4–1	Middlesbrough	Preston
12:30 BST	Browne 24' Fry 35' (o.g.),  66' Johnson  45' van den Berg  45' Riis Jakobsen 53', 74' (pen.) McCann  56'	Report	McNair  45'  73' Daniels  45' Tavernier 48' Dijksteel  58' Jones  72' Crooks  84'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 17,691 Referee: Tim Robinson

FA Cup

Main article: 2021–22 FA Cup

PNE were drawn away to Cardiff City in the third round.^[62]

Cardiff City v Preston North End

9 January 2022 Third round	Cardiff City	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Preston North End	Leckwith
14:00 GMT	Davies 42' Ng  63' Harris 116'	Report	Johnson 53' (pen.) Browne  113'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 0 (Behind-closed-doors) Referee: Simon Hooper

EFL Cup

Main article: 2021–22 EFL Cup

Preston North End were drawn away to Mansfield Town^[63][64] and Morecambe^[65][66] in the first and second round respectively, then at home against Cheltenham Town^[67][68] and Liverpool^[69] in the third and fourth round.

Mansfield Town v Preston North End

10 August 2021 First round	Mansfield Town	0–3	Preston North End	Mansfield
19:45 BST		Report	Sinclair 45+1', 81' Riis Jakobsen 71' Bauer  78'	Stadium: One Call Stadium Attendance: 2,526 Referee: Ross Joyce

Morecambe v Preston North End

24 August 2021 Second round	Morecambe	2–4	Preston North End	Morecambe
19:45 BST	Duffus  39' O'Connor 45+4' Stockton 61'	Report	Riis Jakobsen 7', 33' Hughes  45+3' Ledson  54', 64' van den Berg 79',  90'	Stadium: Mazuma Stadium Attendance: 4,334 Referee: James Oldham

Preston North End v Cheltenham Town

21 September 2021 Third round	Preston North End	4–1	Cheltenham Town	Preston
19:45 BST	Hughes 25' Rafferty 37' Maguire 82' Rudd  85' Riis 90+3'	Report	Barkers  28' Thomas  32' Vassell 56',  90+2'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 6,561 Referee: Dean Whitestone

Preston North End v Liverpool

27 October 2021 Fourth round	Preston North End	0–2	Liverpool	Preston
19:45 BST		Report	Minamino 62' Origi 84'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 22,131 Referee: David Coote

Lancashire Senior Cup

Main article: Lancashire Senior Cup

Preston North End were drawn away to Rochdale in the first round.^[70]

Rochdale v Preston North End

12 October 2021 First round	Rochdale	0–2	Preston North End	Spotland
14:00 BST		Report	Sinclair	Stadium: Crown Oil Arena

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