Only needed one again

Another win away from home another clean sheet and another classic away performance of soaking up the pressure before sneaking a late winner, it's not been a bad Christmas for the team from Deepdale.
Game of two halves, the home side dominated the first half thanks in part to North End's iffy defending where Huntington was having a struggle against Shrewsbury's lively on loan forward Tom Eaves. 
A quiet opening spell you could say dull eventually came to live thanks to Eaves, his run down the right hand side of the pitch caused problems for the non tackling North End defenders who were bailed out by a good save by Rudd at his near post.
More defensive mishaps this time by Brownhill let in Taylor whose shot brought a good save form the diving Rudd, at the other end Brownhill's shot looked goal bound until it hit a Shrews defender and went for a corner.
Not a great half for the visitors however they upped the tempo in the second half and looked the better side although the final pass was sadly lacking, littl was seen of the Shrews as an attacking force apart from one effort which went way over the bar.
North End continued to push and probe with full back Buchanan prominent. North End made three substitutions all forwards as manager Grayson went for the win. 
10 minutes from the the winner, for once North End got behind the Shrewsbury defence and fired the ball across the face of the goal, defender Woods under pressure from Gallagher bundled the ball into the net. (0-1)
North End eased through the last minutes of the game to claim the points much to the delight of the 1600 visiting fans.
Not pretty but professional, seven wins out of the last eight away games, if the home form was decent the Whites would be miles clear but it isn't and they are not.

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL

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