Tag: Headphones

Can Michael Carrick and his headphones silence the noise around Man Utd?
18 October 2026 Off

Can Michael Carrick and his headphones silence the noise around Man Utd?

By Total Football News

After the corresponding fixture last season, Ruben Amorim gave the explosive press conference that triggered his dismissal within 24 hours.

This time, it was Lisandro Martinez who lit the touchpaper before the game, criticising sporting director Jason Wilcox and the United hierarchy for failing, in his view, to recruit effectively during the summer.

Wilcox was in the stands at Elland Road, while Martinez started the game following his apology for

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Fan’s view: A fitting tribute to ‘Headphones Norm’
10 December 2025 Off

Fan’s view: A fitting tribute to ‘Headphones Norm’

By Total Football News

The club provided a fitting, heartfelt tribute to ‘Headphones Norm’ who was a familiar face for all of us who have followed Charlton up and down the country.

Every away coach I have ever taken, he was there.

He was our Rudyard Kipling – meeting triumph and disaster and treating those two impostors just the same. While others ranted after a defeat, Norm would simply shrug and say it was

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‘Headphones Norm’: Tributes paid to Charlton fan Norman Baker
9 December 2025 Off

‘Headphones Norm’: Tributes paid to Charlton fan Norman Baker

By Total Football News

Tributes have been paid to a Charlton Athletic supporter who collapsed at Saturday’s match against Portsmouth at The Valley.

Norman Barker, 68, who had been attending games since 1968, was taken ill during the 12th minute of the game, receiving medical treatment in the lower tier of the north stand before being taken to hospital where he later died.

Known as “Headphones Norm”, he was presented with the supporter of

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