Joe Garner's hat-trick helped Preston take a huge step towards automatic promotion with a 3-0 home win against Swindon. Defeat ends Swindon's automatic promotion hopes while victory for MK Dons means Preston's potential promotion party will have to wait until next weekend. Deepdale erupted in the second minute when Garner fired Preston in front. Paul Gallagher swept the ball forward and Sky Be...Full Story »

A Joe Garner brace kept Preston in the hunt for automatic promotion as they secured a 2-0 victory against a Chesterfield team that played for 87 minutes with 10 men. Garner took his tally for the campaign to 14 with a strike in each half as the visitors secured their first away league win of the year. Chesterfield lost Sam Hird in only the third minute when the defender was red carded for pull...Full Story »

Rochdale ended Preston's winning run with an emphatic 3-0 win at Spotland. The Lilywhites were a whisker away from the opening goal when Joe Garner headed against Paul Gallagher's free-kick against the crossbar. The home side made the most of that escape and edged ahead in the 28th minute when Michael Rose's free-kick from just inside the Preston half was swung towards the back post and defend...Full Story »

Joe Garner's second-half hat-trick saw Preston come from behind to beat Fleetwood 3-2 and climb up to second in the League One table. North End's run of six straight victories looked like coming to a halt at Deepdale as Stephen Jordan's header and a Scott Laird own goal gave the visitors an early 2-0 lead. But striker Garner came to life after the break and scored a 19-minute treble, taking hi...Full Story »