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Meetings between The Blades and Preston date all the way back to 20th November, 1893. Recent-ish results:
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To date, our League results against Preston read:
Home: P: 51 W: 34 D: 10 L: 7 F: 94 A: 46
Away: P: 51 W: 11 D: 16 L: 24 F: 56 A: 89
Apart from our home defeat to Preston in the 4th round FA Cup replay in 2015 our matching fortunes have seen us meet almost every year.
Perhaps the most significant meeting in recent years was the two-leg play-off semi-final in 2009. This game would decide who would go on to meet Burnley at the new Wembley on May 25th in the final, the winners going up into the Premier League. The Blades drew the first leg at Deepdale on May 8th 1-1, our goal coming from Brian Howard.
Three days later, we won the return leg at Bramall Lane 1-0, our goal coming from Greg Halford.
The final was watched by 80,518 and our usual no-show in vital games meant a near-inevitable 0-1 defeat.
Going back to 2001, here’s a selection of goals from Preston against The Blades:
On 30th August 2014, Nigel Clough’s Blades drew 1-1 at Deepdale in Division One, our goal coming from Jose Baxter:
On 17th March, 2014 we played out a (fairly) exciting 0-0 draw at Preston in the League: