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Fleetwood Town v Preston North End

Highbury 25/7/2023

FORM GUIDE



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MANAGER

Scott Brown

Aberdeen
Following his departure from Celtic in 2021, Brown signed with fellow Scottish Premiership side Aberdeen as a player-coach, working as assistant manager to Stephen Glass in addition to his role on the field.[171] After Glass' dismissal in February 2022, Brown's role as assistant manager was immediately given to Lee Sharp upon the appointment of Jim Goodwin.[172] Brown would depart Aberdeen the following month, citing a desire to pursue coaching opportunities elsewhere; he retired from playing in May 2022 and thus moved into full-time management.[173]

Fleetwood Town
On 12 May 2022, Brown was appointed head coach of EFL League One side Fleetwood Town.[174][175] On 7 January 2023, Brown led Fleetwood to the FA Cup fourth round for the first time in their history when his side beat EFL Championship side Queens Park Rangers 2–1 at Highbury Stadium.[176] On 7 February 2023, he subsequently led them to the fifth round after beating Sheffield Wednesday 1–0 in a replay.[177]

Personal view he's doing a decent job amid the turmoil off the field

HISTORY OF NOTE

Frank Searle

Frank Searle (born Eric Frank Searle; 18 March 1921 – 26 March 2005) was an English photographer who studied the disputed existence of the Loch Ness Monster. He took up residence at Loch Ness in 1969 living a frugal existence in a tent looking for definitive proof of the monster's existence. Eventually photographs began to appear from 1972 onwards and earned Frank a degree of fame as a monster hunter.

However, as the detail of the pictures increasingly improved with time, people began to suspect they were fakes. The matter was finally exposed in 1976 when the Scottish Sunday Mail carried a centre-page article proving that one of his photographs was taken from a postcard showing an Apatosaurus. Another picture was also proven to be a wooden post at a pier that was covered with cloth to make it monster-like.

As his reputation declined, he was involved with some skirmishes with other monster researchers which eventually led to a failed molotov cocktail attack on one of their boats. Searle denied any involvement in the matter and was never charged over it. Eventually he left the loch for good in the early 1980s to allegedly embark on a treasure hunting expedition.

Some years later he was eventually tracked down by Andrew Tullis for his documentary The Man who Captured Nessie. Searle had been living in a bedsit in Fleetwood, Lancashire, but had died only a few weeks before.



Preston North End will travel to face Fleetwood Town on Tuesday evening for the penultimate match of pre-season.

Fresh from winning 2-0 on home turf against Aberdeen at the weekend, Ryan Lowe’s side will continue their preparation for the new Championship campaign with a 7pm kick-off against the League One outfit.

Calvin Ramsay, Duane Holmes and Layton Stewart all made their first appearances for the club in that victory over the Dons and they’ll be hoping for more minutes on Tuesday evening.


There will be a couple of familiar faces in the Cod Army ranks, with North End Academy products and former first teamers Danny Mayor and Josh Earl now at Highbury, while forward Jayden Stockley is also a Fleetwood player, although he didn’t feature at the weekend against Blackburn Rovers.

Fleetwood Town – managed by Scott Brown – are preparing for their tenth campaign in the third tier, and they’ll be looking to build on last season’s 13th-placed finish.

As with friendlies suspect a lot of changes from Saturday, Holmes, Stewart and Ramsay may start although Ramsay will probably be a sub again given his recovery from injury. May be there depending on the weather and cricket practice
Usually competitive games against the Cod