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ERRORS PROVED COSTLY – HECK

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The LeaguePaper Team
23 August 2026

BLOW: Heckingbottom

PAUL Heckingbottom felt that Preston fell just short as they made several errors that proved crucial against a Wolves team that was only recently relegated from the Premier League.
The Preston manager said: “We knew we’d have to get everything 100 per cent right to beat them.
“Their quality is undoubted, but we’ve played against teams before that have had the quality without the intensity and the hunger that they had, which made it a tough day for us.
“We were going to make changes just before they scored their second goal, b...

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