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POACHER LANG ON SONG WITH DOUBLE

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The LeaguePaper Team
6 September 2026

By Jonny Bentley

TOP TEN: Preston North End’s Callum Lang enjoys his opening goal
PICTURES: MI News & Sport

PAUL Heckingbottom was full of praise for Preston’s two-goal hero Callum Lang.
The 27-year-old opened the scoring at Deepdale with a poacher’s finish in the ninth minute before nodding in a 28th-minute second.
Stanley Mills accidentally halved the arrears early in the second half when bundling into his own net on just his second Preston start.
On Lang, Preston boss Heckingbottom said: “[Lang’s] worked really hard in the closed season...

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