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George Mutch scores for Preston North End at the FA Cup Fina

Photograph of George Mutch scoring a penalty to make the score 1-0 for Preston North End against Huddersfield Town in the last minute of the FA Cup Final, 30th April 1938. Mutch drove the ball into the underside of the crossbar, giving the Huddersfield goalkeeper, Hesford, no chance

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King James I knights a tasty loin of beef - Arise Sir Loin

King James I knights a tasty loin of beef at Hoghton Tower, near Preston, Lancashire, in 1617. Historians are somewhat unsurpringly divided as to the likelihood and validity of this tale. A number of legends claim the naming of the sirloin cut from it being knighted by a monarch, although it is variously ascribed to Henry VIII, Elizabeth I and James I. According to the Lancashire tradition, James I drew his short sword and told the Hoghton Tower pages to bring the beef to him. They went down on their knees and the king said "Arise, Sir Loin." Date: 1617

© The Russell Butcher Collection / Mary Evans Picture Library

Sir Tom Finneys Splash Lights Up Red At Deepdale

Sir Tom Finney's The Splash fountain lights up red at Deepdale.
Unveiled by Sir Tom Finney himself on 31 July 2004, the stadium. Sir Tom made 569 first-class appearances for PNE.
The sculpture was inspired by the 1956 Sports Photograph of the Year which shows Finney beating two Chelsea defenders at a waterlogged Stamford Bridge