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The West Lancashire derby (sometimes also known as the M55 derby) is a local rivalry in English football between Lancashire clubs Blackpool and Preston North End. [1] The derby has taken place across all four tiers of English football, but not the top flight since the formation of the Premier League.
A Blackpool fan was stabbed in his back in 1987. [12] The local rivals have always been Preston North End and matches between the two clubs have usually resulted in trouble. Blackpool played Bolton again for the first time for four years in 1989, and was again the cue for revenge attacks on Bolton fans in the Sherpa Van Trophy. The Bolton team ...
Preston North End Football Club, commonly referred to as Preston, North End or PNE, is a professional association football club in Preston, Lancashire, England. They currently play in the EFL Championship, the second level of the English football league system. Originally a cricket club, Preston has been based at Deepdale since 1875. The club ...
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Blackpool had also had beaten Yeovil Town at Wembley in the third-tier 2007 Football League One play-off final. [8] [9] West Ham also had play-off final experience having lost the 2004 Football League First Division play-off final against Crystal Palace but winning the following season's play-off final against Preston North End. [8]
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