Tag: helping

Oktagon 94: The MMA fighter helping Brighton and filling stadiums in Frankfurt
26 September 2026 Off

Oktagon 94: The MMA fighter helping Brighton and filling stadiums in Frankfurt

By Total Football News

Christian Eckerlin laughs modestly when asked if he feels he has contributed to Brighton’s success.

Last season, the 39-year-old MMA fighter was brought in by the Premier League club to help with their training for set-pieces.

Eckerlin was a professional footballer in Germany before transitioning to MMA, and says he taught Brighton players “wrestling, head control, hip control, and how to push back against opponents”.

Days before this interview with

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Portsmouth crowd has vital role in helping team out of trouble
14 December 2025 Off

Portsmouth crowd has vital role in helping team out of trouble

By Total Football News

The famous Fratton Park atmosphere can be the key to Portsmouth getting out of trouble this season.

Their 2-1 comeback win over Blackburn was a reminder of the power their home support can have in matches and they must lean into it more moving forward.

Once the home team found its feet in the game, the crowd were electric and loud in helping them end a run of three winless

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Leicester City: How the Foxes are helping tackle mental health issues though football
7 November 2025 Off

Leicester City: How the Foxes are helping tackle mental health issues though football

By Total Football News

Among those that Webb and the programme participants got to speak to this week were Leicester City captain Ricardo Pereira and Foxes forward Bobby De Cordova-Reid.

Webb admits he was left “starstruck” with the pair stood pitchside as ring-in managers for the day as part of the English Football League’s Week of Action.

It was in the clubhouse after the match, however, that Pereira – an FA Cup

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Tottenham v Man City: Spurs fans conflicted over helping Arsenal
14 May 2024 0

Tottenham v Man City: Spurs fans conflicted over helping Arsenal

By Total Football News

Harry Symeou, Chronicles of a Gooner

For an Arsenal supporter, relying on Spurs is never a good thing.

Firstly, I’m expecting a strange atmosphere inside Tottenham Hotspur Stadium because while you can get sucked into wanting your own team to succeed, the knock-on effect of that result could hand Spurs’ greatest rivals a first Premier League title in 20 years.

Secondly, under Ange Postecoglou their defence has resembled a chocolate

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