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5 February 2026 Off

Ross McCrorie: Bristol City need ‘massive reaction’ when they face Hull

By Total Football News

Bristol City have won only once in their past five games and also lost 10 players through the January transfer window, bringing six in.

Yet McCrorie said he believes the club have the players to push on and challenge for the top six.

“We’ve lost big players, we’ve lost a lot of players this window which is not ideal but I always look on the positives – we brought in

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18 January 2026 Off

Blackburn Rovers: Championship strugglers ‘must face up to a relegation battle’

By Total Football News

A day that started with hopes of pulling further away from danger but ended with the realisation of being in the thick of a relegation battle.

Let’s be clear, Ipswich Town have a better squad than Blackburn Rovers. Of that there is no doubt.

The two clubs have different objectives, and the resources that both clubs have at their disposal are further apart than the considerable distance between the two

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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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24 October 2025 Off

Enzo Maresca: Rory Delap training with Chelsea but Marc Guiu in line to face Sunderland

By Total Football News

Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca believes being ruthless with Marc Guiu has changed the teenage striker for the better after telling him he was unhappy “in all the ways” with his training efforts.

Maresca has summer signing Liam Delap back in training, albeit not quite ready to return to first-team action after a hamstring injury lay-off.

Delap has been sidelined since August, and it was his blow that prompted Chelsea to

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18 June 2025 Off

Premier League 2025-26 fixtures: Liverpool host Bournemouth, Manchester United face Arsenal on opening weekend

By Total Football News

The devil can sometimes be in the detail with a set of fixtures.

For instance, how will England boss Thomas Tuchel feel when he realises Liverpool must play Arsenal at home, Chelsea away and then old rivals Manchester City away from home immediately before the international windows in September, October and November.

The Premier League confirmed within their fixtures announcement that, with nine teams in Europe – and six in

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29 April 2025 Off

Nottingham Forest: Nuno says side face ‘biggest games of career’

By Total Football News

“All the games are going to be very, very important for a lot of teams in this fight. We have one more, let’s try to perform well,” Nuno said.

“We are back in the City Ground in front of our fans, it’s a big help.

“We have never stopped believing, no matter what happens. Throughout the competition, we have had good moments and bad moments and we have been able

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8 April 2025 Off

Coventry City: ‘Keeper choice to face Pompey is Lampard’s biggest yet’

By Total Football News

It’s not an exaggeration to say that Frank Lampard’s team selection for Wednesday’s home game against Portsmouth (20:00 BST) is the biggest call of his short managerial career so far with the Sky Blues.

Brad Collins’ confidence is clearly gossamer-thin after another high-profile error, for which he was at least partially culpable along with Liam Kitching, ultimately costing City potentially something against Burnley.

But his likely replacement Ben Wilson is

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9 March 2025 Off

Tottenham: Ange Postecoglou wants same ‘mentality’ when Spurs face AZ Alkmaar

By Total Football News

As well as having the positives of a fightback, Postecoglou also had three senior figures back from long-term injury at a crucial point in their campaign.

The Australian has been staunch in defending Tottenham’s below-par performances, which have them 13th in the table, pointing to the fact that he has been working with restricted options.

And the light at the end of the tunnel in terms of injuries is starting

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17 January 2025 Off

Everton to face no further action over Premier League PSR dispute

By Total Football News

Speaking earlier on Friday, manager David Moyes was asked whether the club’s PSR position will now help with signing players in this transfer window.

The Scot said: “I’m probably not the person you should be speaking to about this as I don’t quite have the full information.

“But I think things are looking much better than they were, obviously new ownership has come in which will help greatly, but I

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13 January 2025 Off

Joe Ralls: Captain confident as Cardiff City face Watford and Swansea City

By Total Football News

Riza’s much-changed side maintained their upturn by upsetting promotion-chasing Blades at Bramall Lane, with Cian Ashford’s goal setting up a fourth-round tie at Stoke City.

While there will be another 19 league fixtures to come after this week, Ralls says positive results against Watford, who are ninth, and 12th-placed Swansea could have a big impact on Cardiff’s season.

“The rearranged game [against Watford] got put in for the Tuesday, that’s

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