Tag: firstteam

7 April 2026 Off

Andy Mangan joins Swansea City staff as first-team consultant

By Total Football News

His most recent coaching post was at Brazilian club Botafogo, where he was on the staff of Davide Ancelotti.

Ancelotti, the son of managerial legend Carlo, studied for his coaching pro licence in Wales, on the same course as Mangan and Swansea head coach Vitor Matos.

Mangan had been lined up to Carlo Ancelotti’s Real Madrid coaching staff in 2024, only for the move to collapse after his work permit

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11 October 2025 Off

Sheffield Wednesday: Owls first-team coach Andy Parslow to leave club

By Total Football News

Sheffield Wednesday first-team coach Andy Parslow has announced he has terminated his contract with the side amid the financial turmoil at the club.

The club have failed to pay wages on time on five occasions in the last seven months, with September’s pay packet being the latest to be delayed.

“It was a really difficult decision. It’s not one that I took lightly at all and not something that

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26 June 2025 Off

Jack Lester: Sheffield United first-team coach and former striker leaves club

By Total Football News

First-team coach Jack Lester is to leave Sheffield United after a mutual agreement was agreed between him and the club.

Ex-Blades striker Lester returned to Bramall Lane in 2019 to head up the club’s academy.

He was then appointed to first-team coach two years later under Paul Heckingbottom and maintained that role with Chris Wilder, who was dismissed last week.

But as Lester leaves, it has been confirmed that Matt

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26 June 2025 Off

Queens Park Rangers: France’s Alou Diarra named first-team coach

By Total Football News

Former France international Alou Diarra has joined QPR as Julien Stephan’s first-team coach.

Diarra made 44 appearances for Les Bleus, including in the 2006 World Cup final, during a career which saw him represent Lens, Bordeaux and Marseille in Ligue 1 plus West Ham in the Premier League and Charlton in the Championship.

The 43-year-old retired in 2017 and has since coached at Lens, when he came up against Stephan,

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17 October 2024 Off

Jack Wilshere: Norwich set to appoint Arsenal Under-18s boss as first-team coach

By Total Football News

Arsenal Under-18s manager Jack Wilshere is poised to join Norwich as first-team coach.

The 32-year-old is expected to complete a move to Carrow Road in the next few days.

It will not be rubber stamped before the Canaries go to Stoke in the Championship on Saturday, with Wilshere due to be in charge of the Gunners’ Under-18s game against Aston Villa.

Wilshere will replace Narcis Pelach who left Norwich last

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13 September 2024 Off

Ben Chilwell: Chelsea defender set to return to first-team training after exile

By Total Football News

Chelsea left-back Ben Chilwell is set to start training with the first team again after failing to get a move away from the club before the transfer deadline.

The England international, 27, was one of several Blues players frozen out and training seperately but unlike many of the others – including Raheem Sterling, Romelu Lukaku and Trevoh Chalobah – remains at Stamford Bridge.

Clubs must name a Premier League squad

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14 June 2024 Off

Chris Cohen: Stoke City appoint Lincoln assistant as first-team coach

By Total Football News

Stoke City have appointed Lincoln City’s assistant head coach Chris Cohen as their new first-team coach.

The 37-year-old former Nottingham Forest midfielder worked under Imps boss Michael Skubala for six months.

He was previously assistant to Nathan Jones at Luton Town and Southampton.

“He has an excellent reputation within the game and his work is highly regarded by coaches, players and club owners alike,” said , externalStoke’s sporting director

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11 June 2024 Off

Watford appoint Real Madrid’s Alberto Garrido as first-team coach

By Total Football News

Watford have appointed Alberto Garrido, part of the backroom team at Real Madrid, as their new first-team coach.

The 48-year-old Spaniard will work alongside assistant head coach Damon Lathrope and first-team development coach Armand Kavaja on Hornets head coach Tom Cleverley’s backroom staff.

“We are trying to rebuild a winning culture around the club again and he comes from the most successful culture in world football,” said Cleverley.

“Alberto

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