Preston North End

Deepdale stands on the land of what was once Deepdale Farm, from which it takes its name. Though the land was leased by North End, the town’s sports club, as early as 1875 it was only used for cricket and rugby; they didn’t actually play association football until 1878 and only adopted the code for football proper in 1880. Preston North End have had some famous footballing names pass through their ranks over the years. Sir Tom Finney remains the club’s top scorer and was considered to be one of the best footballers of all time when he played for the club between 1946 and 1960. Bill Shankly, who later went on to be the founding father of modern day Liverpool Football Club, also played for Preston.