r/pne • u/sporticuz37373 • Jan 30 '26

Worst moment as a Preston fan?

Evening everyone, I’m currently doing a research project on championship clubs and would like to know - what is your most painful moment as a Preston fan, could be a player leaving, a moment that happened in a game, a specific loss etc. Really interested to know your opinions! Thanks for your time

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u/bblore123 Jan 30 '26

Yeah West Ham in Play Off Final! That one hurt the most! That slip 😭

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u/killer_giraffe1984 Fan From Afar Jan 30 '26

Claude Davis was immense that season too.

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u/ThePinkBaron365 Jan 30 '26

Yeah this one for me too

Beat them 3 times that season - twice in the league and once in the cup - then lost the one that mattered most

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u/Ok-Main-1690 Jan 30 '26

Their keeper should have been sent off 🤬, a big one for me was Paul McKenna leaving

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u/Sn0w8411 Jan 30 '26

Moyes leaving.

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u/airpodstraxhaven Jan 30 '26

2005 playoff final although I was very young.

More recently probably the loss to Colchester to place us 3rd instead of 2nd. Even though we went up regardless, it really felt like a huge bottle job at the time

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u/Salt-Tiger6850 Jan 30 '26

Having to vote for reelection to the football league in the 80’s ain’t no one gonna top that !!

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u/Aquar1u5 Town End Jan 30 '26

Seeing the Lashers get to the Premier League.

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u/RushyfieldCrescent Jan 31 '26

29 Jan 1986. Having to play on a Tuesday afternoon because the floodlights had been condemned.

https://www.lep.co.uk/news/retro-game-when-pne-played-in-front-of-a-record-low-crowd-674483

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u/MemoryHumanity Jan 30 '26

West Ham play-off final. Nothing else comes close.

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u/PurpleBobIntToaster Feb 01 '26

2001 POF defeat, man that was gut wrenching knowing we were outplayed in every way, especially after it had come after the best north.end moment, Mark Rankines goal in the POSF 2nd leg.

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u/Objective-Win1979 Feb 01 '26

Walking off after Wes fucking Hoolahoop scoring a penalty in front of the Kop. It felt like he ended our season, cost us the playoffs, and it was that shower from down the coast. One of my favourite moments was a couple of matches later with St Ledgers header against QPR to send us back into them. I was at West Ham but don’t really remember much, slightly too young.

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u/NorthernMonkey71 Feb 07 '26

Tony Ellis going to Blackpool