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Nicholls leaves with head held high



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Published Date:
04 August 2008
Preston North End boss Alan Irvine says former skipper Kevin Nicholls has left Deepdale with his head held high.
And Irvine wishes him nothing but luck after Nicholls ended his nightmare stay at PNE by linking up with crisis-club Luton Town.

North End have paid up Nicholl's contract just 14 months after a £750,000 switch from Leeds United.

He featured as a second-half sub for his old club in the Hatters' 3-0 friendly defeat to Brighton at Kenilworth Road on Saturday.

Nicholls was handed the captaincy by Paul Simpson after the shock
departure of Graham Alexander to Burnley, but made just 18 starts in all competitions and was plagued by injury and loss of form as North End fought a relegation battle.

Don't miss our 16-page PNE pull-out in. Only in Monday's Lancashire Evening Post.

Irvine said: "Kevin knew it was probably time to move on and he was a bit unfortunate in some respects.

"When I took over he was Preston's captain, but having a few problems with his own form.

"He came to see me and asked to give the captaincy to somebody else.

"I did that, but it was a brave decision by Kevin.

"It takes a lot of courage to come out and say something like that.

Then he got injured and unfortunately for him we moved on.

"He had a couple of new injuries this year, and then he missed the whole of pre-season.

"He has been a very good professional and he has not caused any problems whatsoever. We wish him well."

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john the baptist of the river ribble,

04/08/2008 08:34:06
Alongside Andy Smith the worst signing North End have made in the last ten years.

Good riddance
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'Flo',

Aspen 04/08/2008 08:52:01
This guy was slower than my nana, had less pace than a snail and was as un-fit as LED.
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wubberduck,

Accy 04/08/2008 08:58:47
Flo what does LED mean
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'Flo',

Aspen 04/08/2008 09:15:55
It's a really fat guy that supports PNE. His weight is about 350lbs, dont even get me started on his smell.
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mini-LED,

Pongfordshire 04/08/2008 09:34:51
that's my dad you're talkin about. He can do the 100 meters in 12 seconds....when the last pie is up for grabs at deepdale. :-)
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damo1970,

04/08/2008 09:38:58
sat next to an other club scout last season when checking up on pne, said about nicholls in his report"was all over the midfield, but doesn't do anything of merit." that in my opinion is a complete assessment of his stay at North End. Even on his sub appearences, his first contribution was to give away a foul in a dangerous position. Only good game I feel he played for us,was against Norwich.
However, his biggest problem could of been signing for chuffin Paul Simple, whos form or confidence didn't suffer under him.
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Eugene Henderson,

04/08/2008 09:48:03
Nice that we paid up his contract! He should have paid up for putting up with him. He was a disgrace
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iggypne,

04/08/2008 09:55:59
I'd just like to wish Kevin luck, I'm sure he tried his best at north end.
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Les Chapman's False Teeth,

On holiday 04/08/2008 10:18:20
Predictable set of comments from the one-dimensional Northern buffoons who post on here, apart from IggyPNE - who displays some empathy for a player whose spirit was crushed by bad management, bad form, bad luck, but ultimately bad fans.

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PNEmatt,

04/08/2008 10:20:42
So we paid £750 000 for him. He's been with us for 14 months and I heard he was on around ten grand a week. That's another £600 000 in wages. Add to that we've paid up his contract and we're talking about 1.5 million for Kev Nicholls. That works out at about 80 grand a start for north end. And people question why we can't afford this player and that player!
Still, wish him well......... not his fault for simpson!
At least I'm positive about this season. Up the whites!
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