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Heckingbottom set for pitch battle

PRESTON boss Paul Heckingbottom believes visiting teams will find life tough at Deepdale due to the poor state of the club’s pitch.
Accepting there won’t be too many ‘pretty’ games of football played there between now and the end of the season, he even changed up the tactics to make sure his players made the most of their home advantage.
Bobbly and with many bare patches, it was clear that Pompey struggled to play their wide game at times, while Heckingbottom admitted the winning goal from Alfie Devine was probably their only quality moment of the afternoon...

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