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Tony Mowbray: Are Blackburn Rovers fans happy with his appointment as head coach? Have your say
8 June 2026 Off

Tony Mowbray: Are Blackburn Rovers fans happy with his appointment as head coach? Have your say

By Total Football News

Tony Mowbray has been appointed as Blackburn Rovers head coach for the upcoming Championship season.

The 62-year-old returns to Ewood Park for a second spell in charge after more than five years at the club between 2017 and 2022.

Previous interim boss Michael O’Neill decided against taking the role on a permanent basis after replacing the sacked Valerien Ismael in February.

  • Blackburn fans, are you happy with Mowbray’s appointment?

  • If

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Blackburn Rovers: Benni McCarthy wants to return ‘home’ as head coach
2 June 2026 Off

Blackburn Rovers: Benni McCarthy wants to return ‘home’ as head coach

By Total Football News

After retiring from playing in 2013, McCarthy joined the coaching staff at Scottish Premiership side Hibernian before going on to manage Cape Town City and AmaZulu in his home country of South Africa.

He was also Manchester United’s first-team striker coach between 2022 and 2024 and has been with the Kenya national team since March 2025.

But McCarthy said there are a “few special places” in his heart, including Blackburn.

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Spygate: Southampton owner Dragan Solak will not sack head coach Tonda Eckert
1 June 2026 Off

Spygate: Southampton owner Dragan Solak will not sack head coach Tonda Eckert

By Total Football News

The EFL’s commission said it was “deplorable” of the club to have used junior staff members to “conduct the clandestine observations”.

Solak admitted that such a culture was “unacceptable”, but he blamed “a huge amount of misunderstanding, ignorance and arrogance, we have dysfunctions in the club, but we will actually make an effort for people to understand that whoever orders them to do something, that is putting them out of

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Spygate: Southampton head coach Tonda Eckert authorised spying, panel says
21 May 2026 Off

Spygate: Southampton head coach Tonda Eckert authorised spying, panel says

By Total Football News

The most damning section for the Southampton head coach comes in the second determination of the judgement.

This states the German not only knew about the spying, but also had given his blessing.

Eckert was shown to have approved spying on Oxford to discover their formation after they had just changed manager.

In the case of Middlesbrough, he wanted to find out about the availability of a certain player –

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Tonda Eckert: Southampton head coach on squad fitness
7 May 2026 Off

Tonda Eckert: Southampton head coach on squad fitness

By Total Football News

Southampton boss Tonda Eckert hopes his squad will be at “full strength” for their upcoming Championship play-off matches.

The Saints head coach said that he is “quite positive” defender Jack Stephens and midfielder Kuryu Matsuki will be available alongside a full squad for their games against Middlesbrough and a potential play-off final.

Club captain Stephens has not been available since April’s clash against Bristol City, and when asked if Matsuki

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Philippe Clement: Norwich City owner delighted by ‘special’ head coach
6 May 2026 Off

Philippe Clement: Norwich City owner delighted by ‘special’ head coach

By Total Football News

Norwich City’s owner has hailed Philippe Clement as a “special manager” following the team’s dramatic improvement under the Belgian.

The Canaries were next to bottom of the Championship when Clement was appointed last November, but won 19 games under Clement to finish ninth.

“You need some good fortune in sport, and we had good fortune to connect with Philippe,” Mark Attanasio told BBC Radio Norfolk’s Canary Call phone-in.

Clement, who

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Ed Still: Watford head coach sacked after less that three months in charge
3 May 2026 Off

Ed Still: Watford head coach sacked after less that three months in charge

By Total Football News

This has been inevitable for quite a few weeks, and the announcement comes as no surprise. No matter what would have happened against Coventry yesterday (and it was another abject performance) Still was on his way.

In the past two months the results have been awful, the performances dreadful and tactically the Hornets have lacked structure and recognised game-plan.

The players have looked fed up as well – morale, confidence,

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James Morrison: West Bromwich Albion appoint former midfielder as permanent head coach
30 April 2026 Off

James Morrison: West Bromwich Albion appoint former midfielder as permanent head coach

By Total Football News

Analysis – BBC WM’s West Brom commentator Steve Hermon

The decision to give James Morrison the job permanently is a no‑brainer. The work he has done in his third interim spell has been nothing short of remarkable.

When he stepped in after the sacking of Eric Ramsay, Albion were rock bottom in confidence and on a 10‑game winless run.

His first match – a 2–1 loss to fellow strugglers Oxford

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Bristol City opinion: Looking at who might be new Robins head coach?
30 April 2026 Off

Bristol City opinion: Looking at who might be new Robins head coach?

By Total Football News

With Roy Hodgson completing what will surely be his managerial swansong at Bristol City and it being highly likely the club is going to confirm James Ellis, the former Arsenal technical director, as sporting director, fan attention will now switch to who the next head coach will be.

Social media has been awash with suggested names of who will step into Gerhard Struber’s shoes, with some more realistic than others.

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