Heckingbottom exit inevitable after months of decline

In a results-driven industry, there comes a point when poor form can no longer be explained away or tolerated. For Preston North End, that point arrived with the dismissal of Paul Heckingbottom. A return of six defeats from their opening seven league matches of the season left the club with little room to manoeuvre, and made a change in the dugout increasingly unavoidable.The notion of drawing a line between one season and the next no longer applies either. Those six defeats must be viewed in th