SKY TV and the Football League have confirmed that North End will have two games live on TV in the first batch of matches to be broadcast by the satellite company in the early part of the season.

The first will be the away game at Coventry City's Ricoh Arena on Saturday 1st September, this will now be a 5.20pm kick-off.

The second match is a home game, and a big one too, as the home game against recently relegated Charlton Athletic on Saturday 24th November has been chosen to host the Sky cameras. Again this will have a 5.20pm kick-off at Deepdale.