Tag: caretaker

30 March 2026 Off

Roy Hodgson: Bristol City caretaker boss says role ‘hard to turn down’

By Total Football News

Roy Hodgson said there was much he missed about football after coming out of retirement to return to the dugout as caretaker manager of Bristol City.

The 78-year-old accepted the role at the Championship club until the end of the season following the sacking of Gerhard Struber on Friday.

The former England manager has not worked since leaving Crystal Palace in 2024 and confirmed he will only be in the

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3 May 2025 Off

Aaron Ramsey unsure of future after Cardiff caretaker boss stint

By Total Football News

The former Arsenal and Juventus midfielder added: “But I love being in this role. I think the players have really bought into it. It’s been a real joy to be in this role. I don’t know is the answer. We’ll see.”

The defeat at Norwich was Ramsey’s first in charge having overseen two draws.

Relegation was all but inevitable by the time he had been handed the reins, with predecessors

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28 April 2025 Off

Alan Sheehan: Swansea City future talks will end next week, says caretaker boss

By Total Football News

Alan Sheehan says his future will be decided next week as he continues negotiations over a deal to become Swansea City’s permanent head coach.

Sheehan, 38, has enjoyed a positive spell as caretaker boss since taking the reins following the departure of Luke Williams in February.

Swansea have taken time to consider their managerial options, but have now decided Sheehan is the man to lead the Championship club next season.

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22 April 2025 Off

Aaron Ramsey: Cardiff City caretaker boss’ hope in the relegation gloom

By Total Football News

For Ramsey, still registered as a player and with no coaching experience, there was a chance to enhance his hero status by inspiring an improbable escape act.

And despite the high stakes, it was relatively risk-free for his reputation because too much damage had already been done to lay any of the blame for relegation on him.

As for Tan, chairman Mehmet Dalman and chief executive Ken Choo, things could

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3 March 2025 Off

Alan Sheehan: Swansea City caretaker ‘interested in conversation’ over job

By Total Football News

Having been relegated from the Premier League in 2018, Swansea made the Championship play-offs in 2020 and 2021.

Since then, they have had finishes of 15th, 10th and 14th in the second tier.

Sheehan believes Swansea’s next managerial appointment must be part of a rebuilding process if the club are to re-establish themselves as promotion contenders.

“Get it right, that’s all I would say,” the former Luton and Southampton coach

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19 February 2025 Off

David Lowe: Blackburn caretaker boss praises staff and players

By Total Football News

Blackburn Rovers interim boss David Lowe has said he is enjoying his time in temporary charge of the club.

The 59-year-old took over as caretaker manager following John Eustace’s departure to Derby County and has picked up two wins from his opening two matches at the helm.

“I’ve been surrounded by some fantastic people, fantastic players and my family’s been very supportive so I’ve really enjoyed it,” Lowe told BBC

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2 January 2025 Off

Burnley 0-0 Stoke City: Ryan Shawcross signs off Potters caretaker spell with draw

By Total Football News

Stoke interim manager Ryan Shawcross told BBC Radio Stoke:

“It’s a really pleasing point. In the first half we were slightly passive but went for it in the second half and I felt we were the better side.

“Four points from two games, I’m delighted. Burnley are a really good team, Sunderland are a really good team, and to take that amount of points from those two games is brilliant.

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2 April 2024 0

Neil Warnock: Former Plymouth Argyle boss says he would have taken caretaker role at club

By Total Football News
Neil Warnock watches on
Neil Warnock’s last managerial role was a short-lived period in charge of Aberdeen earlier this year

Neil Warnock says he would have taken over at Plymouth Argyle until the end of the season if he had been offered the role after Ian Foster’s sacking.

Warnock guided Argyle to promotion from what is now League Two in 1996.

He has helped the likes of Huddersfield Town, Middlesbrough, Rotherham United and Cardiff

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