Feels great to finally end our long wait for an away win, especially against our bogey side, the Rams! Alfie Devine scorcher is a goal-of-the-season contender

In my many years of travel to this neck of the woods, it is not often that I have seen Preston win a league match against Derby County especially in their new-ish stadium, Pride Park.

- JOHN SMITH

In fact, apart from the season when we beat them twice behind closed doors during the covid pandemic in 2020-21, before Saturday we had only recorded one victory in our last 24 league games with them either at home or away.

Therefore prior to kick off, I personally was not over optimistic that Saturday would be the day that we would win on our travels for the first time in seven months.

I had no need to worry though as the 1,800 travelling faithful who made the journey to the East Midlands were rewarded for giving their team some great vocal backing throughout the game with a strong North End performance and a welcome three points.