Tag: black

18 October 2026 Off

“Arrogant” Sunderland struggling in Premier League but what is wrong with Black Cats?

By Total Football News

Whether or not Sunderland‘s squad is deep enough, heading to Bournemouth to face a side who were without a league win before Sunday and had also just played in Europe on Thursday should have been one they were relishing.

Yet Sunderland could not have made it easier for the hosts at Vitality Stadium.

One of the recent summer recruits, Kevin Danso – a loan signing from Tottenham Hotspur –

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18 September 2026 Off

Exeter Chiefs and AFC Bournemouth sharing expertise after Black Knight takeover

By Total Football News

Meanwhile, Baxter said the club’s new owners have brought some financial stability to Sandy Park.

The deal, worth about £25m, meant Black Knight took over what had been a members-owned club in Exeter and settled a number of their outstanding debts.

In the three months since the takeover, Baxter said the club has already invested in new training and medical equipment.

“The most important thing that’s changed is that we’re

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6 September 2026 Off

Brentford 1-1 Sunderland: Enzo le Fee’s late penalty rescues point for Black Cats

By Total Football News

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30 August 2026 Off

Sunderland 1-0 Fulham: Wilson Isidor gives Black Cats victory at Stadium of Light

By Total Football News

Fulham head coach Alvaro Arbeloa criticised his team’s attitude, commitment and desire after defeat by Sunderland, whose first Premier League win of the season came courtesy of substitute Wilson Isidor’s strike.

Isidor came on in the 64th minute and made a decisive impact in a scrappy game of few clear-cut chances.

He nearly scored when found unmarked in a central position in the penalty area, only to hit the foot

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23 April 2026 Off

Leicester ‘face £70m black hole’ after disastrous spending gamble

By Total Football News

From the outside it might seem difficult to understand quite how the Foxes got here.

Leicester have been relegated despite having several of the highest-paid players in the Championship.

Even the six-point deduction for failing financial rules in 2023-24 may not mathematically send them down, after just two wins from 19 league games in 2026.

Just last month Leicester reported a deficit of £71.1m for the 2024-25 season, when they

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1 November 2025 Off

Unai Emery: Aston Villa go “from black and white to full colour” in three years

By Total Football News

On 6 November 2022 a packed house at Villa Park exploded with joy as Aston Villa beat Manchester United on home soil for the first time since 1995.

A dream debut for new head coach Unai Emery, less than a week after the work permit hurdles that delayed his appointment had finally been cleared.

There had been fleeting moments of joy in the past but, for many years, never anything

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25 September 2025 Off

Premier League black market tickets: Liverpool shut down 145,000 accounts in crackdown

By Total Football News

Liverpool have shut down 145,000 ticket accounts over the past two years as part of a crackdown against touting, BBC Sport can reveal.

They also issued a record 1,114 lifetime bans last season – a move that followed the discovery of mass manipulation of software used to buy tickets.

The Premier League champions said 500 people were denied entry to Anfield for trying to gain access with a burner phone

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28 July 2025 Off

Sunderland transfer news: Black Cats agree £17m deal for Granit Xhaka

By Total Football News

A successful two-year spell in Germany followed, where Xhaka helped Leverkusen to their first ever Bundesliga title in 2024.

The deal will take Sunderland’s summer spending to a £114m this summer, albeit having recouped around £37m through the sales of Jobe Bellingham and Tommy Watson.

Only the traditional big six clubs in the Premier League have spent more than the Black Cats after they gained promotion from the Championship through

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8 June 2025 Off

Uriah Rennie: First black Premier League referee dies aged 65

By Total Football News

Uriah Rennie, the Premier League’s first black referee, has died aged 65.

Rennie officiated more than 300 games between 1997 and 2008, including 175 Premier League matches.

“We are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of our former chair and trailblazing referee, Uriah Rennie,” said a Sheffield & Hallamshire County Football Association statement., external

“Uriah made history as the Premier League’s first Black referee, officiating over 300 top-flight

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24 May 2025 Off

Tommy Watson: From outcast to eternal Black Cats hero

By Total Football News

What is also remarkable is that in the first home game at the Stadium of Light last month after the deal was announced, Watson was booed by some fans in light of his pending move to the south coast.

Former Black Cats striker Marco Gabbiadini described that response as “brainless”, but there is no doubt that Watson has had the last laugh in a way that nobody will ever

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