FRIDAY (March 31): Iain Anderson, Colin Murdock and Sean Gregan were all back in contention for the big derby showdown at Bloomfield Road after over coming a dead leg, a dead leg and an ankle injury respectively.

SATURDAY (April 1): High noon showdown it wasn't, as Preston and Blackpool did 'battle' at Bloomfield. It could be the last derby for years -- lets hope so if performances like this are going to be the norm. Final score 0-0.

MONDAY (April 3): David Moyes picked up the manager of the month award for March, but immediately vowed to make sure it wouldn't be the kiss of death for his side.

TUESDAY (April 4): A Michael Jackson goal saw Preston beat second placed Wigan 1-0, leaving them seven points clear at the top of the table.

WEDNESDAY (April 5): But despite the win, David Moyes was stirring erring on the side of caution. He said: "I can't remember when somebody went up on 82 points."

THURSDAY (April 6): Ticket details were released for the Monday, April 24 game at Cambridge.

The fixture is all ticket. North End have been allocated 284 seats in the covered Hobbin stand and 1,800 terracing tickets in the South Terrace.

Seating tickets at £10 and £6 (concessions) while terracing tickets and £9 and £6 (concessions.)

Coaches to the game cost £12.50 for travel club members and £14.50 for non members.

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