Tag: BBC

21 July 2026 Off

BBC Sport quiz: Who am I? Guess Premier League footballer No 1

By Total Football News

Welcome to our Who am I? game.

The rules are simple. Each day there’s a new footballer and the challenge is to guess who they are in as few attempts as possible.

After each wrong guess you unlock a new clue. Guess the answer after as few clues as possible to score more points.

Three is a good score, four or five points is exceptional.

So take part and return

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15 June 2026 Off

Middlesbrough: BBC Radio Tees looks back at Boro’s UEFA Cup adventures

By Total Football News

The man who brought these players to the Riverside was McClaren, who admitted he had an amazing five years on Teesside after being sold on Steve Gibson’s vision.

“The goal was to win a trophy, we’d done that, I just felt the next season I needed more firepower and a bigger squad,” McClaren said.

“We wanted to go further into cups, do well in the league and not just make

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12 June 2026 Off

Kenny Jackett: BBC Radio Solent remember former Portsmouth boss

By Total Football News

Kenny Jackett arrived at Fratton Park at a strange time.

The club had just won promotion from League Two but manager Paul Cook had walked away to join Wigan Athletic.

Michael Eisner’s purchase of the club from the Pompey Supporters Trust was being completed. The League Two promotion side was breaking up, with key players Enda Stevens and Michael Doyle having already departed.

For the first 18 months, Jackett did

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10 June 2026 Off

Kieran Trippier & Raul Jimenez join Wolves: BBC Radio WM’s Mike Taylor on a productive week

By Total Football News

“I want to reach the easy wins,” said Wolves’ executive chairman Nathan Shi at the fans’ forum last month.

He wasn’t talking about Raul Jimenez, but in terms of raising the morale of their supporters, bringing him back is the easiest win imaginable.

The idea had clearly been fully formed some time before the final home game against Fulham, but the impassioned singing of Raul’s song around Molineux that day

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8 May 2026 Off

Eric Steele: A tribute as Rams legend Eric Steele retires from BBC Radio Derby

By Total Football News

So that is time on another season – and my 650th Derby County commentary for BBC Radio Derby – which came to a poignant end against Sheffield United.

That match also marked the final broadcast for a much‑loved colleague as Eric Steele hung up his microphone at the end of the campaign.

Eric and I have worked hundreds of games together since he returned to Radio Derby in 2018, beginning

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5 May 2026 Off

Watch BBC Radio WM’s Football Phone-In: West Bromwich Albion special with Steve Hermon and Richard Sneekes

By Total Football News

Watch BBC Radio WM’s Football Phone-In: WBA Specialpublished at 15:42 BST

Call 08081 009956 or text 81333, starting your message with WM

Former West Bromwich Albion midfielder Richard Sneekes is tonight’s legend, joining Steve Hermon in the studio to look back at the Baggies’ season.

Watch the show by clicking the play button at the top of the screen.

This article was originally posted on https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/c4g8zk98lm4t

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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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30 March 2026 Off

Nigel Farage was invited to Ipswich Town meeting, BBC told

By Total Football News

After that initial exchange, however, Reform is understood to have contacted the club before a visit at the stadium was ultimately arranged.

During that visit, Farage took a tour of the stadium and was allowed to pose for photos and film a promotional video, which included the club’s branding and sponsors.

In the 30-second clip, he can be seen holding a “Farage 10” shirt and sitting in the home dressing

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