The bulldozers will now move in to demolish the Town End terracing which has presided over the Deepdale scene since 1933, after North End cruised in to the top six in the division after this excellent victory over Wolves.

The Town End fans danced on their beloved terracing throughout the game, singing and chanting turning a funeral for an old lady in to a carnival.

The rest of the stadium, inspired by the jumping up and down of the fans like something from the Last Night of the Proms joined in, turning Deepdale in to a wall of noise.

As top the match, well the only surprise really was that it took Preston until two minutes before half time to take the lead.

The goal came after Michael Jackson had chased a lost cause to clear the ball just as it was crossing the North End goalline, and Preston went up to the other end of the park to go in front.

Mark Rankine sprinted in to the Wolves half with players snapping at his heels. Paul McKenna appeared like magic at Rankine's's left shoulder and the Preston player played a lovely ball to him.

McKenna took the ball on and as Michael Oakes came out to try to close him down he hit a rocket of a shot that flew high in to the top of the net to send the Barmy Army behind the Town End goal wild.

Moments later, Lee Cartwright set up Jon Macken for what looked like a certain goal but Oakes made a save of sheer quality to turn the ball for a corner.

Wolves came more in to the match in the second half and Tepi Moilanen made a brilliant save from point blank range to keep out a shot from Adam Proudlock and then he just failed to get the touch required to a cross from George Ndah.

David Healy went off to enormous applause to be replaced by new signing Richard Cresswell and the debut boy scored in less than five minutes.

A lovely piece of skill by Jon Macken on the corner of the box turned the Wolves defence inside out, Cresswell took the ball beyond two defenders and then produced the kind of finish that has made him a Preston target for two years.

His goal was greeted by a wave of almost hysterical noise and Wolves knew that there was no way back as Preston took the points to move in to the play off zone.

On the final whistle the Town End crowd produced their celebrations. They danced up and down, they sang the Preston anthem "Can't help falling in love with you" and they refused to go home as the police and stewards stood politely by until David Moyes and the Preston players came back out on to the pitch to wave to them.

Moyes and his boys obliged, the noise grew louder and the fans in the other sections of the ground applauded the Town End supporters until everyone slipped away and disappeared in to the night in happy mood on a carnival night of Deepdale footballing action.

Those bulldozers will, in a matter of hours, demolish a monument that has stood the test of time as the like of Tom Finney, Charlie Wayman and Willie Cunningham plied their trade down the years.

When the new stand is in place, Deepdale will be complete on three sides with the Lowthorpe Road side the final piece in the rebuilding jigsaw.

it could well be, that when the Town End stand is reopened then it will be Premiership football that will be played in front of it as Preston North End now storm towards the play-offs carried along on a tidal wave of emotional football.

As I broadcast the match commentary around the world on the internet, I admit to offering a tear or two as the emotion of the Town End performance took over.

Around me in the Sir Tom Finney Stand, others stood watching, fighting back the tension, drama and emotion of a wonderful piece of football theatre. It was quite an occasion.