Brentford 1-3 Preston North End: result and report

League One · Saturday 17 September 2011

Result

Brentford 1-3 Preston North End

League One · Saturday 17 September 2011, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Brentford 1-3 Preston North End: match report

Brentford were beaten by Preston North End 1-3 in the League One on Saturday 17 September 2011. It was 1-2 at half-time.

Neil Mellor opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Brentford's goal came from Niall McGinn (21'). Preston North End scored through Neil Mellor (10'), I. Hume (32') and Neil Mellor (73').

Discipline: Brentford received 1 yellow card; Preston North End received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Brentford were 5th on 16 points from 8 and Preston North End 13th on 10 points from 6. Brentford went on to finish that season 9th with 67 points, and Preston North End 18th with 53.

Going into the match Brentford's last five read D-W-W-L-W and Preston North End's W-W-D-W-L.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Goal · Neil MellorPreston North End · 0-1
  • 21'Goal · Niall McGinnBrentford · 1-1
  • 32'Goal · I. HumePreston North End · 1-2
  • 49'Yellow card · Jonathan DouglasBrentford
  • 70'Yellow card · Neil MellorPreston North End
  • 73'Goal · Neil MellorPreston North End · 1-3
  • 76'Yellow card · Connor McLaughlinPreston North End

Team news

Brentford line-up

Richard Lee, Craig Alan Woodman, Karleigh Osborne, Adam Thompson, Marcus Bean, Jonathan Douglas, Jake Reeves, Clayton Donaldson, Myles Weston, Niall McGinn, Miguel Angel Llera

Preston North End expected line-up

Iain Turner, Billy Jones, Craig Morgan, Bongani Khumalo, Ian Ashbee, Darren Carter, Keith Treacy, Iain Edward Hume, Eddie Johnson, Chris Brown, Barry Nicholson