Preston North End have announced that they will award a new shirt to a young fan after footage from the League One play-off final confirmed that the one given to him by striker Jermaine Beckford was snatched away.

Beckford scored a hat-trick in the 4-0 win playoff-final win over Swindon Town at Wembley on the weekend and gave away his shirt to eight-year-old fan Ted dockray before cameras showed an unidentified woman forcefully snatching it away from him.

A club statement read: "The club have been in consultation with the Football League and the parents of the child who is alleged to have had the shirt taken from him as seen on television cameras covering the match.

"Please note, no one involved in this situation is connected with Preston North End in any way, shape or form.

"The people seated in the area of the incident attended the Play-Off Final as part of the League One Football League Kids' Cup Final which was played earlier in the day.

"We are delighted to say that Jermaine is more than happy to sign and present the child involved with his spare match shirt from the game. The club will also provide a stadium tour for the youngster.

"If the shirt that Jermaine wore is returned to us, we will of course present this to the child in question instead."