Young Preston North End duo join neighbours Bamber Bridge on short-term loans
Valuable experience for the pair.
Preston North End academy duo George Gryba and Nathan Snowball have joined Bamber Bridge on month-long loans.
Both players started on Saturday for Brig in a 1-1 draw with Whitby Town, which leaves them seventh in the Northern Premier League Premier Division, five points outside the playoff places.
George Gryba has been in regular goal-scoring form for North End’s academy this season, including finding the winning goal in a Central League Cup victory over Blackpool.
Gryba, 17, has been in six first-team matchday squads this season, all of those as an unused substitute but an incredible opportunity nonetheless for a player who was 16 years old at the time.
The move presents him with his first experience outside of PNE since joining the club last year on a scholarship.
Nathan Snowball joined North End last summer from Morecambe, who he made his professional debut for in the EFL Trophy in November 2024, becoming their youngest ever player.
Snowball, also 17, had a brief loan spell at Morpeth Town from December 2024 to January 2025 and was named the Shrimps’ First Year Player of the Season in the same campaign.