Tag: Cup

Wrexham: Championship promotion contenders coming into their own before Chelsea FA Cup tie
5 March 2026 Off

Wrexham: Championship promotion contenders coming into their own before Chelsea FA Cup tie

By Total Football News

They are far from the finished article, but since losing to Swansea in the last weekend before Christmas, Wrexham have taken more points than anyone else in the Championship.

“If you look at the group since that Christmas period you can really feel a change in the group,” added Dobson. “There’s a real togetherness, a confidence and there’s a belief too.

“We’ve got to keep that going, try not to

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Kieffer Moore: Forward targeting Wrexham promotion and Wales World Cup double
13 February 2026 Off

Kieffer Moore: Forward targeting Wrexham promotion and Wales World Cup double

By Total Football News

Wrexham put their promotion push to one side this weekend as they host another of Moore’s former clubs, Ipswich Town, in the fourth round of the FA Cup on Friday night (19:45 GMT).

Phil Parkinson’s men stunned Premier League Nottingham Forest in the third round and are targeting a spot in the fifth round for the first time in almost three decades.

It has ensured a significant amount remains at

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Tribute paid to Norwich City fan who died at FA Cup match
16 January 2026 Off

Tribute paid to Norwich City fan who died at FA Cup match

By Total Football News

The family of a lifelong Norwich City supporter who died on Sunday after a match at Carrow Road has said his “love of football and the club has passed on through the generations”, and would continue to do so.

Jim Davies, 80, died after collapsing shortly after the final whistle in the third round FA Cup tie against Walsall.

In a statement released through the club, they said: “Jim began

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FA Cup: Liberato Cacace’s ‘crazy’ Wrexham celebration after injury woes
14 January 2026 Off

FA Cup: Liberato Cacace’s ‘crazy’ Wrexham celebration after injury woes

By Total Football News

Prior to the contest, Parkinson revealed he showed his players iconic clips of Wrexham’s rich history in the world’s oldest national football competition – which included the famous 2-1 win over Arsenal in 1992.

“Yesterday we saw the games that Wrexham had played in the past,” Cacace said.

“It’s great to add to the history of the FA Cup for Wrexham and I’m glad as well personally that I could

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Mohamed Salah: Questions still remain as Liverpool forward heads off to Africa Cup of Nations
13 December 2025 Off

Mohamed Salah: Questions still remain as Liverpool forward heads off to Africa Cup of Nations

By Total Football News

Speaking after the game, Ekitike described sharing a pitch with Salah as “a blessing”, adding he was “the kind of player who makes us like to watch football”.

But the French forward and Co won’t now share a pitch with their team-mate until January at the earliest, with Salah potentially missing eight games if Egypt go all the way to the final in Morocco on 18 January.

“I suppose

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From ninth tier to World Cup? Richard Kone’s incredible rise
25 November 2025 Off

From ninth tier to World Cup? Richard Kone’s incredible rise

By Total Football News

Several Championship clubs were linked with Kone following an excellent 18 months at Wycombe and in August, it was QPR who secured his signature.

As has been the case throughout Kone’s rollercoaster journey over the past two years, another milestone – and perhaps the biggest of them all – was just around the corner.

His first Ivory Coast senior call-up and debut.

Three months on from joining the Hoops,

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Callum Wilson and Danny Welbeck making their cases for England recall for World Cup
23 November 2025 Off

Callum Wilson and Danny Welbeck making their cases for England recall for World Cup

By Total Football News

Welbeck, meanwhile, is enjoying a renaissance at Brighton and manager Fabian Hurzeler perfectly summed up the forward’s form after the win against Brentford.

“He is like a good red wine,” Hurzeler told BBC Match of the Day.

“The older he gets, the better he gets – and we are very pleased to have him in our squad as a leader, as a player, as a personality.”

Welbeck is the leading

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Crystal Palace face four games in eight days after Carabao Cup win
31 October 2025 Off

Crystal Palace face four games in eight days after Carabao Cup win

By Total Football News

Arsenal will get an additional day’s rest, as their Premier League game at home to Wolves is set for 13 December.

Oliver Glasner’s Palace, who lost 1-0 at Arsenal on Sunday, have commitments in the Premier League and the Conference League every midweek until Christmas, and January also has no empty slots.

There is a midweek round of Premier League fixtures until 6 January, with the first legs of the

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Carabao Cup: Liam Delap returns for Chelsea against Wolves
28 October 2025 Off

Carabao Cup: Liam Delap returns for Chelsea against Wolves

By Total Football News

Chelsea face wider issues beyond their strikers and Joao Pedro’s goalless run.

Forward Cole Palmer has played two full matches all season and is not expected return from a groin injury until December.

Winger Jamie Bynoe-Gittens, signed from Borussia Dortmund for a fee rising to £52m, has no goals and one assist in 10 matches. Alejandro Garnacho, a £40m recruit from Manchester United, has one goal in seven matches and

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