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Championship 2026-27 season preview: Club-by-club guide to new campaign
14 August 2026 Off

Championship 2026-27 season preview: Club-by-club guide to new campaign

By Total Football News

Steve Hermon, BBC Radio WM

Head coach: James Morrison

Last season: 21st

Key ins: Barney Stewart (Falkirk), Jimmy-Jay Morgan (Chelsea, loan), Conor Townsend (Ipswich), Matt Ingram (Oxford United), Felix Horn Myhre (SK Brann), Rabby Nzingoula (Strasbourg)

Key outs: Jed Wallace (Bristol City), Karlan Grant (Charlton), Josh Maja (Le Havre), Daryl Dike (Orlando City), Josh Griffiths (Stoke).

Expectations? A massive improvement on last season, hopefully. The club inexplicably flirted with relegation

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EFL: Rainbow ball returns to EFL as part of anti-homophobia campaign
20 February 2026 Off

EFL: Rainbow ball returns to EFL as part of anti-homophobia campaign

By Total Football News

Puma’s Rainbow ball will return to the English Football League as part of an on-going campaign against discrimination and homophobia.

The special edition rainbow ball was introduced in 2024 to mark LGBTQ+ History Month and will be used at every EFL game from 20 February until 1 March.

Manufacturers Puma will make a donation to Football v Homophobia for every goal scored with their rainbow ball across the Championship, League

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Newcastle 2-1 Tottenham: Magpies maintain unbeaten start to campaign with win over Spurs
1 September 2024 Off

Newcastle 2-1 Tottenham: Magpies maintain unbeaten start to campaign with win over Spurs

By Total Football News

The win lifted Newcastle up to fourth in the Premier League table with seven points from nine matches, but they would drop to fifth if Liverpool beat Manchester United later on Sunday.

Tottenham would have gone second with a win, but are now 10th after losing for the first time in this campaign.

Boss Ange Postecoglou will be wondering how they left the north east without anything to show for

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Former England goalkeeper Joe Hart joins Match of the Day team for new campaign
13 August 2024 Off

Former England goalkeeper Joe Hart joins Match of the Day team for new campaign

By Total Football News

Former England goalkeeper Joe Hart will appear as a studio pundit on Match of the Day during the new season.

Hart, who won 75 international caps, was part of the BBC Sport team to cover the ‘Three Lions’ run to the final of Euro 2024 this summer.

The 37-year-old made 340 appearances in the English top flight and helped Manchester City win two Premier League titles, an FA Cup

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Man Utd end worst Premier League campaign with win
19 May 2024 0

Man Utd end worst Premier League campaign with win

By Total Football News

Before their season-finale against Brighton, Ten Hag said Manchester United were in a stronger position now than they were 12 months ago.

But they have swapped a third-place finish and the Champions League for eighth, along with the possibility of no European football next season.

Their performance at Amex Stadium summed up an underwhelming season, as United struggled to deal with Brighton’s intricate passing and were pinned into their own

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Stuart Webber: Ex-Norwich sporting director condemned by anti-racism campaign groups over comments
27 March 2024 0

Stuart Webber: Ex-Norwich sporting director condemned by anti-racism campaign groups over comments

By Total Football News
Stuart Webber
Stuart Webber left his role as Norwich’s sporting director in November 2023

Anti-racism campaign groups have condemned “disgraceful” comments made by ex-Norwich sporting director Stuart Webber about five black footballers.

Webber said in an interview with the Pink Unexternal-link the players might have ended up “in jail” or “something else” had they not become professional footballers.

The 39-year-old referred to Raheem Sterling, Abu Kamara, Jonathan Rowe, Max Aarons and

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