Preston North End goalkeeper Andy Lonergan joined the club in July 2011 for an undisclosed fee. The keeper signed a three-year deal.

A former England under-21 international, Lonergan was Preston's player of the year in 2009/10 and is a proven consistent performance, having made 147 consecutive starts for his hometown club.

He had made almost 250 career appearances prior to joining Leeds, the majority coming for Preston with only a handful of appearances being made elsewhere on short-term loans earlier in his career.

The Preston-born goalkeeper was attracting interest from Everton, and then United manager Simon Grayson was delighted to complete the signing of his long-time target.

Andy made an impressive start to life at Leeds, but a broken finger, sustained at Doncaster in October 2011, led to him being sidelined through injury.

Andy returned to the starting line-up in December 2011 and went on to make 38 appearances during his first full season with the club. The Lancastrian made a number of vital saves during the season, including a penalty save from Darius Henderson during the 1-0 win at Millwall in March.