Relive the greatest moments of Preston North End Football Club through the newspaper reports of the time, captured in these unique, beautiful, hand made books, which includes:
- The inside cover full personalised with the recipients name and a message.
- The recipients name gold embossed on the front cover (optional)
This commerative book makes an ideal and unique football gift for any Preston fan. Starting with the club defeating Blackpool 2-1 to become the 1913 Division Two Champions. It goes on to cover a selection of great games through the decades of the 20th Century and many highlights from the present era.
Early stories in the Preston Football Book include beating Aston Villa 6-1 in 1920, the 4-0 defeat of Liverpool in 1952 and the 8-0 thrashing of Birmingham City in 1958. The Gift Books also revisit the glory of the club’s successful FA Cup runs, including the historic victory in 1938, when Preston North End won the FA Cup by beating Huddersfield Town 1-0 at Wembley Stadium, plus the finals of 1922, 1937, 1954 and 1964. Read about the last game of the 1953 season, when Preston beat Derby County, but lost the league title to Arsenal on goal difference. The Preston Books also contain reports on Ton Finney’s final game in 1960, Nobby Stiles signing for £20,000 in 1973, his appointment as the Lilywhites’ manager in 1977 and Bobby Charlton’s resignation in 1975. More recent newspaper content in this Gift Book includes Preston winning the Division Three title in 1996 and becoming Champions of Division Two in 2000. .
A unique and wonderful gift and must have for all Preston North End fans.
To view the contents, click on this link (PDF file)
How the Books are Made
The papers are reproduced from scans of original Mirror newspapers going
back over a 100 years that are stored in our extensive archive.They are individually
printed to order onto a high quality thicker paper to provide greater durability.
The books are 38 x 30 cm in size. Total number of pages: 104.
