Tag: high

19 August 2026 Off

Sheffield United could face points deduction after High Court decision

By Total Football News

Sheffield United could incur a 12-point deduction after the company used to buy the club was placed into liquidation by the High Court on Wednesday.

COH Sports Bidco Limited (CSBL) agreed to purchase the Championship club for just over £100m in December 2024 but about £35m was still owed on the deal.

A winding-up petition was filed last month against CSBL by United World – the club’s former owners.

CSBL

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18 August 2026 Off

Why Sheffield United are in the High Court and what it could mean

By Total Football News

On Monday, United World issued a statement in which it claimed the creation of 1919 Partners LLC was “an attempt to avoid paying CSBL’s creditors”.

It added that since the winding-up order was issued no offer has been made to settle the debt and that Rosen and Eltoukhy are “trying to take the club without paying for it”.

Sources close to the Sheffield United ownership then issued a statement which

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4 August 2026 Off

Premier League: Managerial debuts hit record high for 2026-27 Premier League season

By Total Football News

The upheaval did not begin this summer. The 2025-26 Premier League season featured 11 managerial changes, with Forest among the clubs to make multiple appointments during the campaign.

The average tenure of a top-flight boss now stands at about 20 months, illustrating just how fleeting life in one of football’s most demanding jobs can now be.

Recent history also suggests changing manager offers no guarantees. During the 2025-26 season,

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20 July 2026 Off

World Cup 2026: Rodri’s stock at all-time high as Spain midfielder adds to trophy collection

By Total Football News

Returning from an ACL injury is a notoriously difficult task.

Having suffered the injury in September 2024, mere months after Spain’s Euros triumph, Rodri missed the rest of that season then featured sporadically last campaign.

He made 33 appearances across all competitions for City but suffered a number of injury setbacks and, at times, looked a shadow of the player he was before the injury.

Former City boss Pep Guardiola

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16 April 2026 Off

Oxford United: ‘If we go down, we do it with heads held high’ – your views

By Total Football News

On Tuesday, we asked for your thoughts on whether or not Oxford United will avoid relegation from the Championship.

The U’s are two points adrift of safety with four games to play – three of which are against sides challenging for promotion (Derby, Wrexham and Millwall), while the other comes against already-relegated Sheffield Wednesday.

Here are a selection of your responses:

Sam: Feeling very anxious. We need three wins out

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31 October 2025 Off

72+ podcast: Coventry riding high, Sheff Wed look to future, change at Reading & Peterborough

By Total Football News

“This season is pretty much done. It’s about a reset, getting someone in who can come and get the club [Sheffield Wednesday] to kick on and start again fresh.”

Ex-Hull City boss Phil Brown joins the 72+ podcast to talk head coaches under the cosh, the highs at Coventry City, the lows at Hillsborough after the Owls enter administration and managerial changes at Reading and Peterborough.

Listen to the full

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13 June 2025 Off

Ineos: Tottenham file High Court proceedings against Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s company

By Total Football News

Tottenham have filed High Court proceedings against Manchester United co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s company Ineos Automotive.

Court records show Spurs filed a commercial claim over a terminated sponsorship agreement, though no documents are available.

Ineos Automotive, a part of Ratcliffe’s conglomerate of Ineos businesses, agreed a five-year deal with Spurs in 2022 – before Ratcliffe bought a stake in United.

It meant that its Ineos Grenadier car became the London

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4 April 2025 Off

EFL preview: Stakes are high in lunchtime football feast

By Total Football News

What a set of fixtures the Championship has thrown up at 12:30 BST with a huge amount riding on them for five of the six teams in action.

Automatic promotion-chasing Leeds United travel to relegation battlers Luton Town for a contest with permutations at both ends of the table.

The Whites will be keen to set aside any Groundhog Day fears with just one win in five (D3 L1) seeing

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