Originally Posted by
Eric the Half a Bee
100% sarcastic, though our record is, in some ways, better than we think up there.
We've won 15 times at Deepdale, a joint club record with wins at Nottingham Forest, though we've played 50 games in Preston and only 31 at Forest.
12 of our wins have been by a single goal, 2 were by a 2 goal margin (both 3-1) and there was a 6-2 win up there in 1962.
We've lost 25 times up there, by no means a bad record at any ground for the number of visits, but the manner of them is quite extraordinary.
Lost by 1 goal - 4
Lost by 2 goals - 5
Lost by 3 goals - 7
Lost by 4 goals - 3
Lost by 5 goals - 1
Lost by 6 goals - 3
Lost by 7 goals - 1
Lost by 9 goals - 1
21 defeats have been by 2 goals or more. 16 have been by 3 goals or more. We've lost as many by 5 goals or more than we've lost by 2 goals or fewer.
We've conceded 119 goals at Deepdale in 50 games - that's almost 2.5 a game. Whenever we've lost up there, we've conceded 3.76 goals a game on average. Our second worst venue for conceding is QPR, where we've conceded 90 goals in 41 trips. In defeats at Deepdale alone, we've conceded 94 goals in 25 games.
However, we've scored 53 goals at Preston, our 2nd best record away from home, just one goal fewer than we've scored at Bristol City.
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