 Other successful players to appear under Beck at Cambridge included striker Steve Claridge (who scored Leicester City's promotion-clinching goal in the 1996 Division One playoff final and the winning goal in their League Cup triumph a year later), and defenders Alan Kimble (who played seven seasons in the Premier League after joining Wimbledon) and Gary Rowett (who went on to play for four different clubs in the Premier League).He made a quick comeback with Preston North End, joining the club on 7 December 1992 with the club in danger of relegation from Division 2 (now League 1).Over the next few months Beck brought in many players, implemented his preferred long ball style of play and got the players to wear tracksuit bottoms under their shorts for better protection on the hard plastic pitch.