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  • Date:2008-12-13
  • Kick-off:17:20
  • Venue:Deepdale
  • Attendance:10943
  • Referee:Oliver, C

Live Commentary

90mins

That's it, it's all over, the referee has blown the final whistle.

90mins

Goal!! Jon Parkin scores for Preston.

90mins

Birmingham are replacing Quincy Owusu-Abeyie with Kemy Agustien.

83mins

Stephen Elliott is replaced by Karl Hawley.

80mins

Richard Chaplow is being taken off, Barry Nicholson has come on in his place.

78mins

Chris Brown is being taken off, Jon Parkin has come on in his place.

64mins

Nigel Quashie is booked for unsporting behaviour.

63mins

Birmingham are replacing Franck Queudrue with Stuart Parnaby.

61mins

The referee has booked Franck Queudrue.

59mins

Marcus Bent is replaced by Cameron Jerome.

46mins

The second half is under way with the score currently at 0 v 0.

45mins

The ref has blown his whistle for half time.

27mins

Liam Ridgewell is booked for unsporting behaviour.

0mins

It's 5:20pm on Saturday, December 13th, the match has kicked off.


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Match Report

Super-sub Jon Parkin, also known as The Beast, scored his second winning goal in five days to take Preston back into the top six.

Preston had the first chances after three minutes when crosses by left-winger Ross Wallace and right-back Eddie Nolan were both saved by Birmingham City keeper Maik Taylor.

In the eighth minute Lee Carsley had a low drive which was saved one-handed by Andy Lonergan with the ball heading for the bottom left-hand corner of the net.

After a quarter-of-an-hour a cross by Quincy Owusu-Abeyie led to an effort by centre-back Radhi Jaidi being saved before Preston left-back Callum Davidson saw his shot saved.

Stephen Elliott had a shot turned away for a corner and Owusu-Abeysie crossed for Kevin Phillips to have an effort saved.

Owusu-Abeysie then saw his cross saved before Taylor kept Preston captain Paul McKenna's 20-yard left-foot shot out.

Five minutes before the interval Wallace on the right wing had a left-foot shot palmed around the post.

In the 62nd minute, David Murphy crossed the ball to Phillips and he had an effort saved.

Wallace then had another cross saved before Nigel Quashie went close with a long-range effort.

The game appeared to be heading for a goalless draw when, in stoppage time, Wallace put over an inch-perfect left-wing cross that found Parkin.

The big striker, who had replaced Chris Brown with 12 minutes to go, chested the ball down inside the six-yard box before flicking it into the bottom left-hand corner of the net to send the Deepdale fans into raptures.

Preston North End

Birmingham City

Corners

53

Fouls

1511

Goal attempts

1311

Shots off target

63

Offsides

23

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