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Allan Saint-Maximin: Children ‘don’t have to accept’ being racially abused
11 September 2026 Off

Allan Saint-Maximin: Children ‘don’t have to accept’ being racially abused

By Total Football News

Club America issued a statement expressing “absolute solidarity” with Saint-Maximin and his family, who had the “support of everyone who is part of this institution”.

His team-mates held up a ‘No to racism’ banner before their game against Necaxa.

“It was not the fault of Club America,” Saint-Maximin says. “I have nothing against them, the players or the Mexican people. I love the club. It was one of the best

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Man City: Iliman Ndiaye says ‘you don’t say no’ when City want you
7 September 2026 Off

Man City: Iliman Ndiaye says ‘you don’t say no’ when City want you

By Total Football News

Iliman Ndiaye says “you don’t say no” when Manchester City come calling, and playing in the Champions League is where he belongs.

The 26-year-old could have gone to Tottenham but made a £60m move from Everton to City on transfer deadline day and was thrown straight into the starting XI for his new side in a 1-0 Premier League victory over Coventry at the weekend.

In the final week of

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Wrexham: Does it matter if Premier League chasers don’t get promoted this season?
17 April 2026 Off

Wrexham: Does it matter if Premier League chasers don’t get promoted this season?

By Total Football News

Hollywood duo Ryan Reynolds and Rob Mac (who recently changed his name from Rob McElhenney) have made their ambitions clear ever since their first interview as owners in 2021.

A member of the media asked the actors what their perfect ending would be. Reynolds responded: “We’d be lying if it wasn’t the Premier League.”

So far, so good. They’re one promotion away from the top flight and their latest accounts

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Portsmouth opinion: Don’t write off Colby Bishop despite struggles
6 March 2026 Off

Portsmouth opinion: Don’t write off Colby Bishop despite struggles

By Total Football News

In the second half of last season, Colby Bishop was one of the best strikers in the Championship.

His nine goals from 1 January onwards put him near the top of the scoring charts for that period whilst playing for a side battling against relegation.

This after consecutive seasons of reaching 20 goals in League One and a remarkable comeback from heart surgery which could easily have ended his career.

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Conor Coady: ‘You don’t know what people are going through’
28 February 2026 Off

Conor Coady: ‘You don’t know what people are going through’

By Total Football News

The EFL’s chief executive officer Trevor Birch says “we all have a role to play in creating an environment in which everyone feels they truly belong”.

How can the football world help? Coady reiterated his advice to “listen and learn”.

“Listen to people’s stories and listen to what people have gone through,” Coady said.

“I think that’s the biggest way to gain experience and learn about different situations and different

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Tony Pulis column: ‘I was seen as a dinosaur but I don’t see many managers moaning about set-pieces now’
29 October 2025 Off

Tony Pulis column: ‘I was seen as a dinosaur but I don’t see many managers moaning about set-pieces now’

By Total Football News

Hello. I’m Tony Pulis and welcome to my new BBC Sport column, Going Direct.

From tactics to man-management, I’m going to be tackling a different aspect of the modern game every week, and comparing old-school ideas to new trends.

There’s only one place to start, and that’s with the rise of set-pieces, which is probably the story of the season so far.

I was seen as a dinosaur for my

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Darren Cann: ‘We don’t referee differently with VAR’
28 April 2025 Off

Darren Cann: ‘We don’t referee differently with VAR’

By Total Football News

Match officials do not referee matches any differently despite the “safety net” of video assistant referees, says retired Premier League official Darren Cann.

Cann, 56, retired this month after over 1,000 games as an assistant referee, including a record 579 in the Premier League.

The VAR system was introduced in the Premier League at the start of the 2019-20 season.

There is often a suggestion that referees do not make

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Man Utd 0-1 Wolves: ‘If we don’t score, nothing matters’ – Ruben Amorim concern
20 April 2025 Off

Man Utd 0-1 Wolves: ‘If we don’t score, nothing matters’ – Ruben Amorim concern

By Total Football News

The nearest the 22-year-old came on this occasion – a day when United managed just two shots on target – was failing by inches to connect with a low Alejandro Garnacho cross at the far post, when a touch would surely have diverted the ball in given he was less than a yard out.

Aside from that, it was the usual mixture of industry and physical will from Hojlund.

The

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Oxford United: Without a stadium, we don’t have a club, says CEO
2 April 2025 Off

Oxford United: Without a stadium, we don’t have a club, says CEO

By Total Football News

Oxford United chief executive Tim Williams has warned there will be no football club without a stadium to play in.

The lease on the Kassam Stadium, where the U’s currently play, expires in June 2026 and the club is still awaiting a decision from planners about a proposed new ground at The Triangle site near Kidlington, which is expected this summer.

But the club, who are 19th in the Championship,

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Manchester City ‘don’t deserve’ bonus for winning Club World Cup, says Pep Guardiola
28 March 2025 Off

Manchester City ‘don’t deserve’ bonus for winning Club World Cup, says Pep Guardiola

By Total Football News

However, even if City lift the trophy at the MetLife Stadium on 13 July, Guardiola feels an overall campaign where his side were eliminated from the Champions League before the last-16 stage for the first time since 2013 and are currently fifth in the Premier League – and under severe pressure to secure qualification to Europe’s elite competition next season – should not mean an additional reward.

“We don’t deserve

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