Preston North End 2-0 Peterborough United: result and report

Championship · Saturday 22 August 2009

Result

Preston North End 2-0 Peterborough United

Championship · Saturday 22 August 2009, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Preston North End 2-0 Peterborough United: match report

Preston North End defeated Peterborough United 2-0 in the Championship on Saturday 22 August 2009. The half-time score was 2-0.

Neil Mellor opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Preston North End's goals came from Neil Mellor (8') and Billy Jones (30'). Peterborough United did not score.

Discipline: Preston North End received 3 yellow cards; Peterborough United received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Preston North End were 7th on 5 points from 3 and Peterborough United 20th on 1 point from 3. Preston North End went on to finish that season 18th with 54 points, and Peterborough United 24th with 34.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Goal · Neil MellorPreston North End · 1-0
  • 23'Yellow card · Barry NicholsonPreston North End
  • 30'Goal · Billy JonesPreston North End · 2-0
  • 38'Yellow card · D. CarterPreston North End
  • 39'Yellow card · Callum DavidsonPreston North End
  • 44'Yellow card · Gabriel ZakuaniPeterborough United