Jermaine Beckford once again remains Preston's biggest injury concern ahead of Ipswich's visit to Deepdale. The striker has not played a competitive game for North End since signing permanently over the summer after sustaining a pre-season knock which manager Simon Grayson is hopeful he can shake off soon. Fellow forward Jordan Hugill will serve the second match of a three-game suspension he a...Full Story »

Jermaine Beckford hit a Wembley hat-trick as Preston ended their play-off jinx at the 10th attempt. The striker, fittingly wearing the number 10 shirt, wrote his name in North End folklore as they swept aside Swindon 4-0 to clinch promotion to the Sky Bet Championship. Having lost their previous nine play-off campaigns - the worst record of any club - there were fears Preston would choke on th...Full Story »

Preston put the disappointment of missing out on automatic promotion behind them with a 1-0 victory at Chesterfield in the League One play-off semi-final first leg. Jermaine Beckford scored the only goal of the game early on for the team who surrendered second spot on the final day of the regular season. The goal came during Preston's only real spell of sustained pressure, while Chesterfield c...Full Story »

Preston took another step towards automatic promotion as they blitzed past a relegation-haunted Notts County with a 3-1 win at Meadow Lane. The Lilywhites had to be patient to make the breakthrough, but it came in the 23rd minute when Jermaine Beckford produced a terrific finish from Joe Garner's pass. Garner then got on the scoresheet himself when he lashed in from inside the six-yard box to ...Full Story »

Preston tightened their grip on automatic promotion from League One as Jermaine Beckford's first-half strike secured a 1-0 win over Rochdale. Veteran striker Beckford slotted home his sixth goal in 10 games to extend North End's unbeaten league run to 12 games, with the victory moving them seven points clear of third-placed Swindon. Preston started well and had a great chance to take the lead ...Full Story »

Four Joe Garner goals helped make it eight league games unbeaten for promotion-chasing Preston after a 5-1 win over struggling Crewe at Deepdale. Jermaine Beckford added a fifth while Oliver Turton struck in vain for the visitors, who have now won just one of their last six matches. Preston's early pressure told in the 11th minute when Garner fired them in front with his low right-foot shot fr...Full Story »

Jermaine Beckford secured a last-gasp 2-2 draw for Preston against fellow League One promotion chasers Doncaster. Doncaster threatened after four minutes when Abdul Razak fired a shot from 30 yards which was pushed away by Sam Johnstone low to his left. But the hosts took the lead after 13 minutes through Daniel Johnson, who has now scored in each of the last four games. The midfielder picked ...Full Story »

Substitute Sylvan Ebanks-Blake came off the bench to score his first goal since April 2013 and spare Preston's blushes in a 1-1 draw with Yeovil. Promotion-chasing North End appeared to be heading for defeat against the struggling Glovers, who led through Gozie Ugwu, before Ebanks-Blake salvaged a point 14 minutes from time. Strikers Jermaine Beckford and Kevin Davies were off target with earl...Full Story »

Jermaine Beckford salvaged a point for Preston as the promotion-chasers were forced to settle for a 1-1 draw at lowly Crewe. Substitute striker Beckford ran on to a flick-on from Kevin Davies and finished from close range in the 83rd minute. In a breathless finish at Gresty Road, teenager George Cooper had fired the hosts in front two minutes earlier. Improving Crewe mounted a tight rearguard ...Full Story »

Jermaine Beckford's first league goal for Preston earned them a 1-0 victory at Peterborough and ensured his boss brought up a century in style. Beckford, on loan from Bolton, collected a pass from Kevin Davies, breezed between two defenders and coolly clipped the ball past goalkeeper Ben Alnwick in first-half stoppage time. And that proved enough to ensure Simon Grayson's 100th match at the No...Full Story »