Now, whisper it but Preston are 'only' seven points short of the play-off places - victory tonight would move them to within four points of the top six ahead of the weekend games (I knew that ...

Blackburn beat Preston 2-1 on Friday to move back into the Championship play-off places ... Heckingbottom's Preston remain 15th as their run of four games unbeaten came to an end.

Blackburn returned to the Championship play-off ... a derby as the game got under way, with both sides showing plenty of intensity and some firm challenges being made. Preston registered the ...

"We were too easy to play against in the first half in ... but it's frustrating how the game ended." The loss saw Preston remain in 15th place in the table, but they had a very late penalty ...