The 2022–23 season is the 143rd season in the existence of Preston North End Football Club and the club's eighth consecutive season in the Championship. In addition to the league, they will also compete in the 2022–23 FA Cup and the 2022–23 EFL Cup. The season covers the period from July 2022 to 30 June 2023.
Squad
No. Name Nat. Position(s) Date of birth (age) Apps. Goals Year signed Signed from Transfer fee Goalkeepers1Freddie WoodmanGK3002022 Newcastle UnitedUndisclosed25David CornellGK102022 Peterborough UnitedFree38James PradicGK002022AcademyTrainee Defenders2Álvaro CarrerasLB2302022 Manchester UnitedLoan3Greg CunninghamLB/CB16372021 Cardiff CityUndisclosed5Patrick BauerCB9682019 Charlton AthleticFree6Liam LindsayCB5622021 Stoke CityUndisclosed14Jordan StoreyCB12542018 Exeter CityUndisclosed16Andrew HughesCB/LB16182018 Peterborough UnitedUndisclosed22Matthew OlosundeRB/CB202021 Rotherham UnitedFree23Bambo DiabyCB1512022Free agentFree Midfielders4Benjamin WhitemanCM/AM/RM9672021 Doncaster RoversUndislosed8Alan BrowneCM/DM/AM/RB360412014 Cork City£31,00010Daniel JohnsonAM/CM321562015 Aston Villa£50,00011Robbie BradyLM/LB/RM2502022 BournemouthFree13Ali McCannCM/AM/DM5832021 St JohnstoneUndisclosed17Josh OnomahCM/AM002023 FulhamFree18Ryan LedsonCM/DM13542018 Oxford UnitedUndisclosed20Ben WoodburnAM/LW/RW2822022 LiverpoolFree transfer30Dana AmaralCM002020AcademyTrainee39Mikey O'NeillAM/CF802021AcademyTrainee44Brad PottsCM/RM/AM156132019 BarnsleyUndisclosed Forwards7Liam DelapCF202023 Manchester CityLoan9Ched EvansCF66122021 Fleetwood TownUndisclosed15Troy ParrottCF/SS/LW1722022 Tottenham HotspurLoan19Emil Riis JakobsenCF113282020 RandersUndisclosed28Tom CannonCF302023 EvertonLoan Out on loan:34Lewis CoultonLB002021AcademyTrainee All appearances and goals up to date as of 28 January 2022.
Statistics
Players with names in italics and marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with Preston North End.
!colspan=14|Players who left the club during the season:
Goals record
Rank No. Nat. Po. Name Championship FA Cup EFL Cup Total19 CFChed Evans9009228CFTom Cannon8008319CFEmil Riis Jakobsen500544CMBrad Potts4015615CFTroy Parrott301474 CMBen Whiteman300373 LBGreg Cunningham20028 CMAlan Browne110213CMAli McCann002214CBJordan Storey200216LBAndrew Hughes200220AMBen Woodburn1012Own Goals11021410AMDaniel Johnson100118CMRyan Ledson100123CBBambo Diaby0101Total433551
Disciplinary record
Rank No. Nat. Po. Name Championship FA Cup EFL Cup Total 16 CBLiam Lindsay12000000001200214CBJordan Storey900000000900311LMRobbie Brady61000000061049 CFChed Evans60100000060144LMBrad Potts70000000070062 RBÁlvaro Carreras6000000006004 CMBen Whiteman50100000050188 CMAlan Browne50000000050010AMDaniel Johnson50000000050013CMAli McCann50000000050016LBAndrew Hughes50000000050018CMRyan Ledson50000000050028CFTom Cannon400100000500141 GKFreddie Woodman3000000003003 LBGreg Cunningham40000000040020AMBen Woodburn30000010040023CBBambo Diaby210000000210187 CFLiam Delap2000000002001915CFTroy Parrott10000000010017CMJosh Onomah100000000100Total!982210010010022
Transfers
In DatePosPlayerFromFeeRef21 June 2022GK Freddie Woodman Newcastle UnitedUndisclosed1 July 2022GK David Cornell Peterborough UnitedFree transfer 1 July 2022 MF Kaedyn Kamara Burnley Undisclosed 4 July 2022LM Robbie Brady AFC BournemouthFree transfer4 July 2022LW Ben Woodburn LiverpoolFree transfer 31 January 2023 CM Josh Onomah Fulham Free Transfer
Out DatePosPlayerToFeeRef27 June 2022CM Tom Bayliss Shrewsbury TownReleased27 June 2022LB Josh Earl Fleetwood TownReleased30 June 2022RW Tom Barkhuizen Derby CountyReleased30 June 2022CM Jack Baxter Stafford RangersReleased30 June 2022CB Joe BlanchardFree agencyReleased30 June 2022SS Izzy BrownFree agencyReleased30 June 2022GK Declyn DugganFree agencyReleased30 June 2022FW Vaughn GreenFree agencyReleased30 June 2022CF Jacob Holland-Wilkinson Stoke CityReleased30 June 2022GK Mathew Hudson BuxtonReleased30 June 2022CB Paul Huntington Carlisle UnitedReleased30 June 2022CM Levi LewisFree agencyReleased30 June 2022GK Oliver LombardFree agencyReleased30 June 2022CB Teddy Mfuni Warrington TownReleased30 June 2022RB Joe Rafferty PortsmouthReleased30 June 2022GK Connor Ripley MorecambeReleased30 June 2022CF Joe Rodwell-Grant Wigan AthleticReleased30 June 2022LW Scott Sinclair Bristol RoversReleased30 June 2022CF Jamie Thomas Bamber BridgeReleased30 June 2022LW Ethan Walker Blackburn RoversReleased 1 September 2022 AM Josh Harrop Northampton Town Mutual Agreement 26 January 2023 CF Sean Maguire Coventry City Free Transfer 30 January 2023 CM Adam O'Reilly Derry City Undisclosed
Loans in DatePosPlayerFromUntilRef 25 July 2022 CF Troy Parrott Tottenham Hotspur End of Season 26 July 2022 LB Álvaro Carreras Manchester United End of Season 10 January 2023 CF Thomas Cannon Everton End of Season 12 January 2023 CF Liam Delap Manchester City End of Season
Loans out DatePosPlayerToUntilRef 27 July 2022 LB Lewis Coulton Chester 17 November 2022 1 August 2022 FW Aaron Bennett Altrincham 31 October 2022 12 August 2022 RB Josh Seary Warrington Town 2 January 2023 7 September 2022 CB Harry Nevin Stafford Rangers 8 October 2022 11 October 2022 CB Harry Nevin Nantwich Town 1 January 2023 18 November 2022 CM Dana De Oliveira Amaral Ashton United 15 January 2023 14 January 2023 CF Mikey O'Neill Grimsby Town End of Season 14 February 2023 LB Lewis Coulton Bradford (Park Avenue) End of Season 16 February 2023 AM Aaron Bennett Altrincham End of Season 10 March 2023 CF Finlay Cross-Adair Bamber Bridge End of Season 23 March 2023 CM Dana De Oliveira Amaral Warrington Rylands End of Season 14 April 2023 GK James Pradic Bamber Bridge End of Season
Pre-season and friendlies On 26 May, PNE announced their first pre-season friendlies, against Bamber Bridge and Accrington Stanley. A pre-season training camp in Alicante was also confirmed by the club. A home fixture against Scottish side Heart of Midlothian was later added to the schedule. A fourth friendly, against Leicester City was confirmed. As part of the training camp in Spain, a friendly with Getafe was announced.
Competitions Overall record
Championship
League table
Results summary
Matches
On 23 June, the league fixtures were announced.
FA Cup
PNE entered the competition in the third round and were drawn at home to Huddersfield Town. In the fourth round draw on 8th Jan 2020, a home tie against English giants Tottenham Hotspur to be played 28th Jan 2023.
EFL Cup
PNE were drawn away to Huddersfield Town in the first round and Wolverhampton Wanderers in the second round.
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