Preston North End 2-1 Charlton Athletic: result and report

Championship · Saturday 30 August 2008

Result

Preston North End 2-1 Charlton Athletic

Championship · Saturday 30 August 2008, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Preston North End 2-1 Charlton Athletic: match report

Preston North End defeated Charlton Athletic 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 30 August 2008. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Andy Gray opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Preston North End's goals came from Neil Mellor (58') and Barry Nicholson (66'). Charlton Athletic scored through Andy Gray (19', penalty).

Discipline: Preston North End received 2 yellow cards; Charlton Athletic received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Preston North End were 4th on 7 points from 3 and Charlton Athletic 6th on 6 points from 3. Preston North End went on to finish that season 6th with 75 points, and Charlton Athletic 24th with 39.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Preston North End win, 0 draws and 1 for Charlton Athletic.

Going into the match Preston North End's last five read D-W-W and Charlton Athletic's W-L-W.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 19'Penalty goal · Andy GrayCharlton Athletic · 0-1
  • 55'Yellow card · Nicky BaileyCharlton Athletic
  • 58'Goal · Neil MellorPreston North End · 1-1
  • 62'Yellow card · Youl MawenePreston North End
  • 66'Goal · Barry NicholsonPreston North End · 2-1
  • 69'Yellow card · Darren AmbroseCharlton Athletic
  • 86'Yellow card · Michael HartPreston North End

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Preston North End 1, draws 0, Charlton Athletic 1.

Team news

Charlton Athletic expected line-up

Scott Carson, Luke Young, Souleymane Diawara, Alex Song, Zhi Zheng, Darren Ambrose, Matt Holland, Darren Bent, Hermann Hreidarsson, Talal El Karkouri