Neal Trotman paid a surprise visit to St Anthony's Primary School last Thursday afternoon as part of his player sponsorship deal with Barrow Financial Services.

The centre-half dropped by to say hello to all the pupils, sign a few autographs and answer a range of testing and unusual questions including "is it scary on the pitch?", "do you know my cousin Andrew Lonergan?" and "are you 13-years-old?"

John Barrow kindly donated Neal's yellow 'Trotman 21' shirt to the lucky Charlotte Kelly, whose name was picked out of a random draw to win the prestigious souvenir.

Speaking after the question and answer session, Trotman's sponsor Mr Barrow explained: "We are proud to sponsor Neal and we anticipate that he will have a long and successful career at Deepdale.

"We are delighted that he took the time to attend and the children were thrilled to meet a professional footballer who plays for Preston North End."

For all sorts of sponsorship opportunities at Preston North End, please contact either Zoe or Emma in the Commericial Department on 01772  693311