This will be his fifth Championship game of the season, his last match was the 2-2 draw between Plymouth and Charlton on 8th November.
His last match that involved Preston was the 2-2 draw at Cardiff on 22nd September 2007, whilst his last game at Deepdale was the 3-2 defeat against Southend on 9 April 2007. In 2006/07 he was twice at Deepdale in the matches against Leicester and Ipswich.
The assistants against Barnsley will be Ross Joyce from Cleveland and Glyn Mellor from Derbyshire. The fourth official is Steven Cummins from Cheshire.