Simon Whaley

The 20-year-old made 85 appearances for the Shakers before signing for North End, since his debut in October 2002, scoring 11 goals including strikes against Leyton Orient and Wycombe earlier in the season.

Whaley signed a four-and-a-half year deal with North End.

He made his debut in the league match against Millwall on January 14th 2006, coming on as a second half substitute to replace Brian Stock.

He went on to make a further 17 appearances, scoring three goals, ironically all away from Deepdale in consecutive games against Coventry, Leicester and Hull.

Last season his early form had him grabbing all the headlines from his former Bury team mate David Nugent and he was heading the early scoring charts with three goals in the first six games.

He went on to bag a further three before the end of October before being forced to wait until the final game of the season to add to his tally, when he score the only goal in the 1-0 win over Birmingham.

He finished the season with seven goals in 33 starts.