You can't get closer to the ground than where Finney's is located - as it is housed in the former National Football Museum - in Deepdale stadium. Finney's Cafe and Sports Bar is a recent addition and it's dual services as cafe and bar is the perfect blend - you can get a beer with your fry upYou can't get closer to the ground than where Finney's is located - as it is housed in the former National Football Museum - in Deepdale stadium. Finney's Cafe and Sports Bar is a recent addition and it's dual services as cafe and bar is the perfect blend - you can get a beer with your fry up
You can't get closer to the ground than where Finney's is located - as it is housed in the former National Football Museum - in Deepdale stadium. Finney's Cafe and Sports Bar is a recent addition and it's dual services as cafe and bar is the perfect blend - you can get a beer with your fry up

20 Preston North End pubs we have loved and lost over the years - and some that we still religiously gather at on matchdays

By Naomi Moon
Published 16th May 2023, 07:47 BST
Updated 16th May 2023, 07:48 BST
As the 2022/23 football season draws to an end, we thought we’d look back at some of the much-loved Preston pubs fans have graced over the years.

As a city that once prided itself on having a pub for every day of the year – the speed with which they are closing down you’d be lucky to find a pub for every month of the year these days. And this trend is felt deeply with the number of pre- and post-match pubs where avid Preston North End supporters would gather – pumped full of hope for the game to come, then filled with jubilation after a win, or drowned their sorrows following a sore loss. Many of these pubs are no longer trading, but those that are still open provide a welcome for fans. READ MORE: Some of Preston’s long lost forgotten pubs. IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: More pictures of long lost Preston pubs. MORE MEMORIES: Popular Preston pubs from the 90s

Sumners was a firm favourite amongst Preston North End fans and was always packed to the rafters on matchdays. But in 2018, not long after being sold by the Greene King, Sumners was mysteriously demolished - before such a order granting the act was given! Plans are afoot to turn the plot into housing. The pub was originally built in 1985 to replace the old Sumners Hotel which stood adjacent to the where the present building once stood and was also demolished, this time as part of a road widening scheme

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Sumners was a firm favourite amongst Preston North End fans and was always packed to the rafters on matchdays. But in 2018, not long after being sold by the Greene King, Sumners was mysteriously demolished - before such a order granting the act was given! Plans are afoot to turn the plot into housing. The pub was originally built in 1985 to replace the old Sumners Hotel which stood adjacent to the where the present building once stood and was also demolished, this time as part of a road widening scheme Photo: Archive

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Preston North End Fans showing their emotions watching PNE V Colchester at The Sumners Pub, Watling Street Road, Preston. The team were beaten 1-0 to miss out on the automatic promotion place and went into the play-offs back in 2015

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Preston North End Fans showing their emotions watching PNE V Colchester at The Sumners Pub, Watling Street Road, Preston. The team were beaten 1-0 to miss out on the automatic promotion place and went into the play-offs back in 2015 Photo: Paul Simpson

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The original Sumners Hotel, in Watling Street Road, Preston, pictured in 1984. It was demolished in 1986 as part of a road widening scheme

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The original Sumners Hotel, in Watling Street Road, Preston, pictured in 1984. It was demolished in 1986 as part of a road widening scheme Photo: Archive

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Another lost Preston North End haunt is the Withy Trees pub on the corner of Garstang Road and Lytham Road. It was here that the more discerning PNE supporter would gather to talk tactics. But in 2019 it was closed down by Brewery Greene King and sold off

8. PNE matchday pubs

Another lost Preston North End haunt is the Withy Trees pub on the corner of Garstang Road and Lytham Road. It was here that the more discerning PNE supporter would gather to talk tactics. But in 2019 it was closed down by Brewery Greene King and sold off Photo: Archive

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