Tag: Andy

Man City: Prime Minister Andy Burnham to release details of his meetings with Man City owners
11 October 2026 Off

Man City: Prime Minister Andy Burnham to release details of his meetings with Man City owners

By Total Football News

Burnham was mayor of Manchester from 2017 until earlier this year and his tenure took place during a sustained period of success for City.

As mayor, he championed investment from the Gulf as a way of growing Manchester’s economy, a strategy which was initially pursued by the city’s leaders before Burnham became the inaugural elected mayor of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority.

“I don’t think I misspoke,” said Burnham of

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Manchester City charges: Premier League clubs fear political interference in appeal after Andy Burnham comments
8 October 2026 Off

Manchester City charges: Premier League clubs fear political interference in appeal after Andy Burnham comments

By Total Football News

Burnham’s comments came in an interview with the BBC’s political editor Chris Mason the next day.

When asked about ‘Brand Manchester’ taking a hit, the Prime Minister drew a parallel with a previous Premier League case with Everton, saying he still held the view “firmly” that they “weren’t fairly treated”.

Everton were deducted 10 points, later reduced to six on appeal, by an independent commission for breaching Premier

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Andy Burnham: Prime Minister says drinking ban in stands at football matches could be scrapped | Football News
23 September 2026 Off

Andy Burnham: Prime Minister says drinking ban in stands at football matches could be scrapped | Football News

By Total Football News

Prime Minister Andy Burnham still wants to see beer return to football stands.

Currently, it is against the law to drink in the stands at football game. It was made illegal in 1985 due to concerns about hooliganism.

But Burnham – an Everton fan – said before he entered Downing Street that such a ban was wrong.

And, speaking while on a trip to the UN in New York, he

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Blackburn Rovers: Tony Mowbray’s unfinished chapter reopen, writes Andy Bayes
9 June 2026 Off

Blackburn Rovers: Tony Mowbray’s unfinished chapter reopen, writes Andy Bayes

By Total Football News

An interview with Tony Mowbray at the back of Blackburn Rovers’ training ground at Brockhall was something I had pretty much consigned to the past but looked back on with fond memories – until this week.

As soon as our conversation started, it felt as though four years had disappeared in an instant. There we were again, swapping pleasantries, talking football and slipping effortlessly back into familiar territory. Some people

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Tony Parkes: BBC Radio Lancashire’s Andy Bayes’ tribute to Blackburn legend
24 April 2026 Off

Tony Parkes: BBC Radio Lancashire’s Andy Bayes’ tribute to Blackburn legend

By Total Football News

Tony’s Rovers story began in 1970, when he was plucked from non-league Buxton Town for a trial.

A striker turned midfielder, he became a constant presence – part of the 1974–75 promotion side under Gordon Lee, and again influential in the team that rose back to the second tier under Howard Kendall in 1980. A broken leg in 1981 ended his playing days but opened the door to a remarkable

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Andy Mangan joins Swansea City staff as first-team consultant
7 April 2026 Off

Andy Mangan joins Swansea City staff as first-team consultant

By Total Football News

His most recent coaching post was at Brazilian club Botafogo, where he was on the staff of Davide Ancelotti.

Ancelotti, the son of managerial legend Carlo, studied for his coaching pro licence in Wales, on the same course as Mangan and Swansea head coach Vitor Matos.

Mangan had been lined up to Carlo Ancelotti’s Real Madrid coaching staff in 2024, only for the move to collapse after his work permit

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‘A game both teams were desperate not to lose’, says Andy Bayes
8 March 2026 Off

‘A game both teams were desperate not to lose’, says Andy Bayes

By Total Football News

This wasn’t a game for the neutral to sit down with a cup of tea and enjoy two Championship teams going head to head.

It felt very much like a game that both teams were desperate not to lose.

With six minutes of normal time to play, it looked highly likely that both head coaches could have shaken hands and taken a point each. The sign of a goal coming

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Regan Poole: Portsmouth defender joins Andy Moon and Chris Wise
13 October 2025 Off

Regan Poole: Portsmouth defender joins Andy Moon and Chris Wise

By Total Football News

Portsmouth defender Regan Poole sits down with Chris Wise and Andrew Moon to discuss his hopes for the season, injuries and his career.

How do you go from being released at 15 by Cardiff to playing for Manchester United in Europe in just a few years?

Listen here for Poole’s take on the Championship play-offs being a realistic goal for this season and his own doubts after a recent injury.

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Sheffield Wednesday: Owls first-team coach Andy Parslow to leave club
11 October 2025 Off

Sheffield Wednesday: Owls first-team coach Andy Parslow to leave club

By Total Football News

Sheffield Wednesday first-team coach Andy Parslow has announced he has terminated his contract with the side amid the financial turmoil at the club.

The club have failed to pay wages on time on five occasions in the last seven months, with September’s pay packet being the latest to be delayed.

“It was a really difficult decision. It’s not one that I took lightly at all and not something that

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Liverpool transfer news: Atletico Madrid keen on Andy Robertson – would move appeal?
14 June 2025 Off

Liverpool transfer news: Atletico Madrid keen on Andy Robertson – would move appeal?

By Total Football News

Robertson has had a very successful stint on Merseyside since joining from Hull City in 2017, and has a year left on his deal.

He has won everything, adding a second league title last season as Arne Slot’s side comfortably claimed the Premier League. Robertson was still a big part of that, starting 33 of 38 games.

And though some fans might be ready to move on, at 31 the

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