NICKNAME: The Lilywhites or North End

FOUNDED: 1881

MANAGER: Alan Irvine

GROUND: Deepdale

LAST SEASON:

League 6th FA Cup Third Round Carling Cup Second Round

HONOURS:

Division One Champions (1) 1888-89

Division Two Champions (3) 1903-04, 1912-13, 1950-51

Nationwide Two Champions (1) 1999-00

Division Three Champions (1) 1970-71

Nationwide Three Champions (1) 1995-96

FA Cup Winners (2) 1889, 1938

RECORD VICTORY: League 10-0, v Stoke, Division One, 14-09-89 Cup 26-0 v Hyde, FA Cup First Round, 14-10-1887

RECORD DEFEAT: 0-7 v Blackpool, Division One, 09-05-1948

RECORD ATTENDANCE: 42,684 v Arsenal, Division One, 23-04-1938

RECORD TRANSFER FEE PAID: £1.5m, David Healy to Manchester United, December 2000.

RECORD TRANSFER FEE RECEIVED: Undisclosed (believed to be £6m), David Nugent from Portsmouth, July 2007

TOP LEAGUE GOALSCORER: Season: Ted Harper, 37, 1932-33 All–time Tom Finney, 187, 1946-60

MOST LEAGUE APPEARANCES: Alan Kelly, 447, 1961-75