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GRAYSON GLEE AT ‘VALUABLE’ POINT

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Simon Grayson
19 March 2017

By John McDougall

SO CLOSE: Blackburn Rovers’ Elliott Bennett scores their first goal and, inset, Sam Gallagher looks dejected at full-time
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PRESTON boss Simon Grayson believes the late point earned against Blackburn in this Lancashire derby could turn out to be a valuable one in their late charge for promotion.
Tom Barkhuizen handed North End an early lead but Elliott Bennett and Craig Conway gave Blackburn the advantage heading towards fulltime. But with 90 minutes on the clock Aiden McGeady’s last-gasp strike rescued a point for the Lilywhites....

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