Tag: fall

Jesper Ceesay: Portsmouth attemps to sign midfielder fall through
14 August 2026 Off

Jesper Ceesay: Portsmouth attemps to sign midfielder fall through

By Total Football News

Portsmouth’s attempts to sign Gambia midfielder Jesper Ceesay have fallen through after the player was denied a governing body endorsement (GBE) visa by the FA.

The 24-year-old, who plays for Turkish side Antalyaspor, was a summer target for Pompey as they looked to bolster their midfield, but a technicality left them unable to complete the transfer.

The FA issues a GBE to players from abroad with a 15-point threshold and

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Derby County 1-2 Sheffield United: Rams fall short of Championship play-offs
3 May 2026 Off

Derby County 1-2 Sheffield United: Rams fall short of Championship play-offs

By Total Football News

Defeat consigned the Rams to an eighth-placed finish, four points adrift of the Tigers, while victory ensured the Blades ended up 13th, a respectable finish after their awful start to the season.

While Szmodics squandered a huge chance inside the first 90 seconds when sent clear on goal on a must-win afternoon in the East Midlands, the Republic of Ireland international wasted no time in making amends when he popped

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Middlesbrough: Inconsistency saw Boro fall short in play-off race
7 May 2025 Off

Middlesbrough: Inconsistency saw Boro fall short in play-off race

By Total Football News

Former Middlesbrough defender Tommy Smith says a lack of consistency was to blame for Middlesbrough’s disappointing season.

Boro sat fifth with six games to go but a run of four points from their final half-dozen games saw them slide to finish 10th, four points short of the play-off places.

Smith, who retired in February due to an ankle injury, told the BBC’s 72+ EFL podcast: “I think Middlesbrough have been

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Norwich City 4-2 Luton Town: Hatters fall to sixth straight away defeat
30 November 2024 Off

Norwich City 4-2 Luton Town: Hatters fall to sixth straight away defeat

By Total Football News

Norwich move up to ninth after registering back-to-back league wins for only the second time this season, while Luton slip to 19th with a 10th league defeat of the season, three points above the relegation places.

Only Plymouth have conceded more Championship goals than Luton’s tally of 33 this season, with 20 of them coming in their last six away trips to heap more pressure on Rob Edwards.

Having been

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Gloom to glory: The fall and rise of Ipswich Town
5 May 2024 0

Gloom to glory: The fall and rise of Ipswich Town

By Total Football News

The job that McKenna has done with the players he inherited, with the business he’s done, is utterly astonishing, gobsmacking.

Within a couple of weeks I thought, from speaking to this man, he was going to manage in the Premier League. But I did not dream it would be with Ipswich Town.

He just looked destined for the top and what I’ve seen of him these past couple of full

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