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The North End Gentry Supporter-led. Memory-led. Always with us.

Permanent archive

Every Gentry Day deserves a lasting record.

This archive begins with the completed Charlton 2026 collection and will grow carefully: year by year, photograph by photograph, with remembrance and proper credit at its heart.

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Earlier years

Help us build the record properly

Earlier Gentry Days will be added only when dates, captions, credits and context can be checked. If you have photographs, programmes or memories, please help identify the year and the people shown.

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Charlton 2026 preview

Bowlers, journeys, the away end and the people behind the day

A small selection from the current archive. The full record keeps the wider day visible.

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Annual Gentry Day record graphic listing opponents and dates from 2005 to 2026.
Site archive A visual proof that Gentry Day is an established Preston tradition rather than a one-off idea.
Preston supporters in bowlers with a Sons of Preston flag at a station on Gentry Day.
Supporter submission The day starts long before kick-off, and the station pictures remain part of the ritual.
Group of supporters in bowlers and suits together at a station before the match.
Supporter submission Group shots at the station do as much as anything to explain the day properly.
Young supporters in bowlers walking through the city on Gentry Day.
Supporter submission Younger supporters carrying the tradition properly on the approach.
Supporters pictured together in a pub or social setting during Gentry Day.
Supporter submission The social side of the day matters too, provided the tradition keeps its weight.
A wide stand full of Preston supporters raising bowler hats together.
Supporter submission The defining image of the modern day: bowlers up together in the stand.

Archive principles

Accurate, credited and dignified

Remembrance comes before spectacle. We will correct mistakes, respect requests concerning personal material and distinguish confirmed history from supporter recollection.

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