TWO games, six points and eight goals -- now Craig Brown has ordered his team to sort out their away day record with another two wins on the bounce.

Following two morale-boosting victories at Deepdale, Preston hit the road for back-to-back away games, first at Walsall then Nottingham Forest, next Wednesday.

Graham Alexander, who scored a penalty on Saturday and set up Brian O'Neil's goal, misses Saturday's game following his red card sending off against Bradford.

Lee Cartwright is being lined-up to replace him on the right wing for the game, although Brown has hinted that Marlon Broomes, recovering from a hamstring injury, may also slot down the wing.

North End have not won away since April last year, and have failed to collect victories at West Brom, Wigan and Bradford this season.

And Brown said: "I have said all along that we have not being playing badly. I have been in the game a long time and know when a team is playing badly and we were not.

"We are taking our chances at the moment and I am hoping our sticky patch is over for the season. I still can't get over the Bradford game, that was a real throwaway and we have to make sure we don't do that again.

"I have always said September would be an important month for us and that winning away from home is especially important."

Brown will have to do without two of his stars-so-far for both games. American winger Eddie Lewis and Jamaican centre-half Claude Davis both suffered knee ligament damage earlier this month and both are still some way from being fit.

George Koumantarakis, the South African striker crocked all season, is still a way off.

With North End expecting few Wimbledon fans to make the journey to Deepdale, the club is offering a 'kids for a quid' deal in a bid to increase attendance for the Dons' visit in a fortnight.

Also off-the-field, North End presented their accounts for the financial year 2002/03, showing a trading loss of £1.99 million with debts totalling £600,000.