LONDON, May 10 (Reuters) - Preston North End's Jermaine Beckford scored with an astonishing 60-metre lob to round off a 3-0 win over Chesterfield on Sunday and book a place at Wembley in the League One playoff final.
Preston, haunted by nine successive playoff failures, completed a 4-0 aggregate success with a comfortable victory in the second leg at Deepdale.
The final flourish came in the 87th minute when former Everton striker Beckford spotted Chesterfield keeper Joe Murphy off his line and took aim from inside his own half to send a shot arcing perfectly into the net.