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BY HECK, PAUL’S SO ANGRY AT HIS LILYWHITES

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The LeaguePaper Team
22 February 2026

FUMING: Heckingbottom

PRESTON manager Paul Heckingbottom cut a distinctly frosty figure after watching his team surrender the point that would have moved them into the play-offs ahead of the rest of the weekend’s fixtures.
He said: “Anger is the real emotion, I think. Yes, we should have taken a point there. Nature of that and, yes, it’s anger.
“You can take losing, but I’m disappointed. The game itself, we had a feeling Michael would go five at the back, he changed it second half.
We picked a team that would play well against that.
“I f...

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