Peter Crouch said he was quite pleased with the goal as it was one out of the great headers he has scored till date. He has endless people telling him that it came off the back of his head, although he was trying to flick it in. Crouch wanted to make a significant difference when he made an entry at Preston. As per Crouch, he hoped to do some act straight away to get his head on to the free kick of Joe Allen only through his first touch which was quite amazing. All strikers get a bit restless towards the beginning of every season to achieve the mark. Crouch was no different as he was in the right direction and the only thing that came in between his happiness was that they only achieved a single point at Deepdale and still hoping for the first win. The team is confident that things would fall in place soon.

Soon after the match was over, Crouch started appreciating the importance of a goal and feels proud to be a part of the 200 club. He scored his 200^th goal with 2-2 draw in Senior English Club Football. This was his 1^st goal that he achieved after scoring in 2003 for Norwich. He did ensure that the Stoke returned to potteries with some points.

Upon his achievements and victories of the Preston and the past, people have been coming up with names to best describe him. He said that he was quite impressed to know how people referred him as a veteran and he did like it. Crouch believes in making big contributions and the biggest impact for the player is obviously to score a goal. Although it seldom works as per plan, but Crouch believes in enjoying it when it makes an impact and continue as long as he can.