bristol city were never destined to become the first football league club to win promotion this season at deepdale , even though they are inching ever closer .
swindon 's win over peterborough meant steve cotterill will have to wait until tuesday to finish the job of returning to the championship , but almost as importantly they made sure preston would n't make any ground on them in the top two .
it would take something to go seriously awry for the robins not to be returning to the second tier after a two-year absence .