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Blackburn Rovers 1-2 Swansea City: Goncalo Franco and Liam Cullen give Swans comeback win
30 September 2025 Off

Blackburn Rovers 1-2 Swansea City: Goncalo Franco and Liam Cullen give Swans comeback win

By Total Football News

Blackburn Rovers’ home struggles continued as Goncalo Franco’s sparkling volley and a cool Liam Cullen finish saw Swansea City come from behind to win at Ewood Park.

Rovers gave themselves hope of a first victory on their ground this season when Todd Cantwell headed Valerien Ismael’s team in front.

The goal came via their one genuine chance in the first half, as Ryan Alebiosu’s deflected cross looped on to the

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EFL board discussing Championship play-offs expansion to give seventh and eighth-placed finishers chance of promotion | Football News
23 September 2025 Off

EFL board discussing Championship play-offs expansion to give seventh and eighth-placed finishers chance of promotion | Football News

By Total Football News

The EFL board is discussing the possibility of expanding the Championship play-offs to include those clubs who finish seventh and eighth in the division – and there is widespread support for the idea among club bosses, Sky Sports News has been told.

The proposal has been put forward by the Preston North End chief executive, Peter Ridsdale, former chairman of Leeds United, Burnley, Barnsley and Cardiff, who discussed the idea

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Paul Mullin: Wrexham cult hero told not to give up on Championship dream
18 June 2025 Off

Paul Mullin: Wrexham cult hero told not to give up on Championship dream

By Total Football News

Mullin was out of matchday squads for the final three months of last season and did not feature in a league fixture after January.

Having not previously spoken publicly about his first-team exile, Mullin’s emotion was clear as he discussed the situation with mental performance coach Dan Donnachie in front of the cameras.

Having missed the start of the season after back surgery, Mullin said he had not completely recovered

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Matheus Cunha: Wolves give Manchester United permission to speak to player after release clause terms met
27 May 2025 Off

Matheus Cunha: Wolves give Manchester United permission to speak to player after release clause terms met

By Total Football News

Manchester United have met the terms of Matheus Cunha’s £62.5m release clause and been given permission by Wolves to speak to the Brazil forward.

Wolves earlier rejected United’s proposal to pay the fee over five years.

United will be required to pay the full fee for the 26-year-old in three instalments over a two-year period.

They now have permission to conclude a deal with Cunha and set up a medical,

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Sheffield United 2-0 Cardiff City: Gustavo Hamer and Ben Brereton Diaz give Blades victory
20 April 2025 Off

Sheffield United 2-0 Cardiff City: Gustavo Hamer and Ben Brereton Diaz give Blades victory

By Total Football News

Sheffield United kept their faint automatic promotion hopes alive with a victory that piled more pressure on relegation-threatened Cardiff.

Gustavo Hamer’s instinctive first-half finish put the hosts ahead, the Championship player-of-the-season contender poking home after Tyrese Campbell’s shot deflected into his path.

Brazilian Hamer also hit the woodwork with a free-kick as the Blades had the clearer sight of goal in a tense contest.

Cardiff battled throughout but lacked the

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Manchester United won’t give me the time Mikel Arteta had at Arsenal, says Ruben Amorim
7 March 2025 Off

Manchester United won’t give me the time Mikel Arteta had at Arsenal, says Ruben Amorim

By Total Football News

Arsenal travel to Old Trafford on Sunday in the Premier League (16:30 GMT) and face a United side without a number of key players including long-term absentees Lisandro Martinez, Luke Shaw and Mason Mount.

Amorim said it was unlikely any other injured players would return for Sunday, but did raise hopes that Amad Diallo could be back before the end of the season.

“I think it is just Amad [who

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Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta says club won’t give up on Premier League title race
25 February 2025 Off

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta says club won’t give up on Premier League title race

By Total Football News

Arsenal will not stop fighting for the Premier League title despite slipping 11 points behind leaders Liverpool, says Gunners boss Mikel Arteta.

The Spaniard admitted that Saturday’s 1-0 defeat by West Ham was a “tough one to take” but any thoughts of giving up the chase would be “over my dead body”.

“Mathematically it is possible.” he added.

“Three days ago we could close a gap and you are

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Bournemouth 1-2 Brighton: Joao Pedro and Kaoru Mitoma score to give 10-man Seagulls win
23 November 2024 Off

Bournemouth 1-2 Brighton: Joao Pedro and Kaoru Mitoma score to give 10-man Seagulls win

By Total Football News

Joao Pedro and Kaoru Mitoma scored as 10-men Brighton continued their best start to a top-flight season by holding off Bournemouth in a 2-1 win.

Pedro opened the scoring in the fourth minute when he tapped in after Kepa Arrizabalaga parried away Georginio Rutter’s strike from the edge of the area.

Bournemouth responded well and had the better of the chances in the first half, with Marcus Tavernier and Antoine

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Cardiff City boss Erol Bulut will ‘never give up’ after bad start
19 September 2024 Off

Cardiff City boss Erol Bulut will ‘never give up’ after bad start

By Total Football News

The pressure seemed to be getting to Bulut following Cardiff’s most recent defeat at Derby County last Saturday as he refused to do interviews after the 1-0 loss at Pride Park.

Bulut was banned from the touchline at Derby following his red card at Swansea City last month. Although that suspension did not preclude him from doing interviews at Pride Park, Bulut handed his media duties over to assistant coach

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