Liverpool Echo.co.uk (Free subscription) | 20/11/2008
PINNED to the wall of Alan Irvine’s crammed little office at Preston’s training ground is a piece of paper that he occasionally looks at to provide peace of mind.
BBC News (Free subscription) | 19/11/2008
Boss Alan Irvine on his first year in charge at Preston
TEAMtalk (Free subscription) | 16/11/2008
Preston manager Alan Irvine paid tribute to Chris Brown after he scored twice to help the club to their first win at Blackpool in 16 years.
Daily Mail online | Sport (Free subscription) | 17/11/2008
Richard Chaplow pulled the strings in midfield and the front pair applied the finish — with Brown netting twice — to give Preston their first success at Bloomfield Road since 1992.Hammill, the 20-year-old winger on loan from Liverpool, took a pass from Alan Gow to smash a superb shot past Andy Lonergan from 15 yards for his first goal in senior football in England. Then Chaplow, described by...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 16/11/2008
... alliance is proving profitable. "Chris is an important player for us," said Preston manager Alan Irvine. "Hopefully he's over his problems but I don't think it's necessarily something that is gone forever. He is working very hard: he spends a lot of hours in the gym doing exercises he's been given." Preston trailed at the interval, but the supply line to Brown and Mellor was superior...
