Preston North End have got more right than wrong over the last decade, but as is the nature of football and the transfer market in particular, some deals just do not work out.
Plenty of the players on the below list had success elsewhere in their careers and are good footballers, but for differing reasons their time at Deepdale was far from the best. Some generated plenty of excitement when PNE secured their services, while others offered promise but faded away and certain names just never got going at all.
1. Andy Little
Didn’t work out for the former Rangers man - who went on loan to Blackpool while still at PNE
2. Jamie Jones
Signed to be Preston’s number one. Started okay and had a great game away to his old club Leyton Orient, but fell out of the picture mid way through the season
3. Liam Grimshaw
PNE must’ve been hoping for another Man United success after signing Ben Pearson, but Grimshaw never got going and only made eight appearances in two-and-a-half years Photo: CameraSport - Kevin Barnes
4. Ben Pringle
Arrived with plenty of expectation after shining against PNE in the play-offs a few years prior, but Pringle struggled to find that level of form at Deepdale Photo: Camera Sport