Former PNE boss replaced Graham Westley in 2013
Simon Grayson has recalled the phone call from Peter Ridsdale which led to him being appointed as Preston North End boss. In February 2013, Grayson was named as the new PNE manager - with the club sitting 17th in League One. One week on from the dismissal of Graham Westley, the former Huddersfield Town and Leeds United boss came through the door. He took North End up via the play-offs in 2014/15 and stayed on board until 2017, when Sunderland lured him away.
“I said: 'You've still got a manager!' and he said: 'Well, no, if you tell me that you'd take the job, we would maybe do something about it'. I said that I was going to Dubai and wasn't missing another holiday, because my wife would kill me. I said I'd think about it. Peter went through with what he said he was going to do, which put a bit more pressure on me - because they had no manager.
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