article_snippet.sent: It would take something to go seriously awry for the Robins not to be returning to the second tier after a two-year absence, and the Robins did the Robins job well enough to prevent any late scares in the north west.
article_snippet.sent: A six-minute rendition of
article_snippet.sent: ’ rang out of the gleeful away end at Deepdale - populated by 2,400 - as that return got ever closer.
article_snippet.sent: It was an afternoon whereby neither side played with any nerves - there are reasons why these two occupy the automatic promotion places - although lacking a fluidity you would perhaps expect.
article_snippet.sent: There was an illusion of this being an open game, but the two five-man midfields shattered that.
article_snippet.sent: Before then results elsewhere had threatened from free-kicks, managed to get into decent positions, but didn’t threaten nearly enough.
article_snippet.sent: Preston were on the ropes, Preston biggest crowd in two years growing restless immediately after half-time.
article_snippet.sent: At that stage, it took Simon Grayson
article_snippet.sent: Simon Grayson will be frustrated at the way in which Simon Grayson side switched off from a routine set piece.
article_snippet.sent: This could’ve been a day they made the title race very interesting indeed.