Tag: climb

26 November 2025 Off

Hull City 0-2 Ipswich Town – Tractor Boys climb up to fourth

By Total Football News

Hull went into the game without suspended Matt Crooks, while full-back Lewis Coyle made his 200th appearance for the club.

Ipswich boss Kieran McKenna, meanwhile, rotated almost his entire midfield and attack, making six changes to the starting line-up from their goalless draw with Wrexham at the weekend.

After a fairly nondescript opening 10 minutes, Hull’s Joe Gelhardt demonstrated the confidence of a player with six goals in his previous

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27 January 2025 Off

Carlton Morris: Luton must ‘dig deep and find another level’ to climb table

By Total Football News

Morris said it was crucial the squad and supporters stick together over the coming weeks.

“We still feel their support and that’s huge for us, huge for the dressing room. The last thing we want is for it to turn toxic and start blaming each other. That’s just where you don’t want to be,” he said.

“What we need to remember as well is that teams at Championship level are

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7 December 2024 Off

Portsmouth 3-0 Bristol City: Pompey climb off foot of Championship

By Total Football News

It was suggested in the build-up that Pompey needed two wins from their next four home games and their start, despite Storm Darragh, seemed to match those ambitions.

Portsmouth’s high tempo press from the front caused problems as the visitors played out from the back, and in the 20th minute it paid off as Murphy stole the ball off Ryan Dickie and fed Bishop.

His initial shot was saved by

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7 November 2024 Off

Luton climb out of relegation zone with Cardiff win

By Total Football News

The Hatters faithful – who had seen just two wins from seven home Championship matches – were unimpressed with referee Matt Donohue after he failed to award Luton a penalty.

Their mood was almost made worse seven minutes after the restart as Perry Ng picked out substitute Yakou Meite whose looping header was tipped over by Thomas Kaminski.

Having survived that scare, Rob Edwards’ side took the lead in the

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24 October 2024 Off

Millwall 1-0 Plymouth Argyle: Millwall beat Plymouth to climb away from drop zone

By Total Football News

There was early drama when a first-minute Plymouth attack was ended by a clumsy challenge on Mustapha Bundu in the home side’s penalty area.

Referee Sam Allison pointed straight to the spot, only to realise the assistant official had already flagged for offside.

Millwall did not have long to wait for their opening.

Mumba dithered on the ball and was dispossessed by Esse, who found Honeyman on the right. He

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