ADAM Boyd returns to the Hartlepool United side for their home game with Preston.

Pools have lost their last six at home – with only a Boyd penalty to show during that run – while the opposition have gone 13 games without victory.

Gary Liddle is named on the bench, with Antony Sweeney moved to central midfield and Andy Monkhouse on the left wing.

HARTLEPOOL UNITED: Flinders; Austin, Wright, Hartley, Horwood; Solano, Murray, Sweeney, Monkhouse; Boyd, Poole. Subs: Rafferty (gk), Humphreys, Liddle, Luscombe, Haslam.

PRESTON NORTH END: Stuckmann; Gray, Morgan, McCombe, Coutts, Proctor, Nicholson, Mayor, Mellor, Doyle. Subs: McLaughlin, Carlisle, Smith, Arestidou, Forte.

Referee: Jock Waugh (Sheffield)