The Deepdale Duck is a large, yellow duck that is the official team mascot for Preston North End F.C.. Preston North End Football Club are an English professional football club located in the Deepdale area of the city of Preston, Lancashire, currently playing in the second tier of English league football, The Championship. ...

The duck often takes part in pre-match and half time entertainment. The Deepdale Duck was beaten in a half-time Penalty shootout (football) by the West Ham United F.C. mascots at the 2005 play-off final, a match that West Ham went on to win 1-0 and gain promotion to the FA Premier League. The Duck (with his side-kick Gary Robinson) visits over 150 primary schools a year with their (in)famous 'Deepdale Roadshow'. He also works hard for many local and national charaties and childrens organisations. He has appeared many times in national newspapers, TV shows and every national TV News programme. In 1998 the Duck was awarded Sky TV's 'Goal Celebration of the Month Award'. He even managed to attend the Labour Party Conference in Bournemouth when they were promoting the World Cup bid. Penalty shootouts, officially named kicks from the penalty mark, are a method sometimes used to decide which team progresses to the next stage of a tournament (or wins the tournament) following a draw in a game of football. ... West Ham United Football Club is an English football club based in West Ham, London Borough of Newham, and have played their home matches at the 35,146 capacity Boleyn Ground stadium since 1904. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... A play-off structure involving the top six teams has been used to determine the winners of the Super League competition in British rugby league since 2000. ... For the Scottish equivalent see Scottish Premier League The FA Premier League (often referred to as the Barclays Premiership in England and the Barclays English Premier League or just simply The EPL internationally) is a league competition for football clubs located at the top of the English football league system...