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Mauricio Pochettino: Ex-Tottenham and Chelsea boss hopes to return to Premier League in future | Football News
10 September 2026 Off

Mauricio Pochettino: Ex-Tottenham and Chelsea boss hopes to return to Premier League in future | Football News

By Total Football News

Mauricio Pochettino has always been good company – warm, engaging and likeable. Having had a few weeks to reset away from the spotlight, there were enthusiastic hugs all round for the Sky Sports News team as we all swapped summer stories. His, though, has been rather busier than ours.

The former Tottenham boss guided the USA team to the last 16 of the World Cup, where the host nation’s dreams

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Everton: From European hopes to relegation form – will Moyes reignite Toffees?
3 August 2026 Off

Everton: From European hopes to relegation form – will Moyes reignite Toffees?

By Total Football News

While the success of Bournemouth and Brighton has been built on impressive recruitment models, Everton‘s transfer strategy remains a work in progress.

Under previous owner Farhad Moshiri, eight players signed for at least £20m left for nothing.

Following several years of limited spending, nine players were then recruited by the Friedkin Group last summer, although a focus on youth has yet to bear fruit.

Grealish and Dewsbury-Hall have been

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Middlesbrough 1-0 Sheff Wed: Morgan Whittaker winner keeps Boro’s automatic promotion hopes alive
24 April 2026 Off

Middlesbrough 1-0 Sheff Wed: Morgan Whittaker winner keeps Boro’s automatic promotion hopes alive

By Total Football News

Whittaker’s return to the side was keenly felt and he warmed the palms of Cooper shortly after breaking the deadlock. Matt Targett and Tommy Conway then combined down the left to create a chance for David Strelec as Boro searched for a decisive second goal.

Wednesday were unbeaten in their previous three outings, having held Leicester City, champions Coventry City and Charlton Athletic, but they offered little threat in the

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Preston North End 0-2 West Bromwich Albion: Baggies boost Championship surival hopes
19 April 2026 Off

Preston North End 0-2 West Bromwich Albion: Baggies boost Championship surival hopes

By Total Football News

Josh Maja and Daryl Dike scored as West Bromwich Albion beat Preston North End to extend their unbeaten run to eight games and climb five points clear of the Championship relegation zone.

Interim boss James Morrison has transformed the Baggies, who have taken 12 points during their undefeated run, to put some daylight between themselves and the bottom three.

Maja opened the scoring before Dike sealed the win with his

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Southampton 2-0 Blackburn Rovers: Saints boost hopes of promotion from Championship
14 April 2026 Off

Southampton 2-0 Blackburn Rovers: Saints boost hopes of promotion from Championship

By Total Football News

Rovers were on the back foot from the start and were undone by a lovely Saints move midway through the first half.

Kuryu Matsuki played a clever pass in behind Rovers wing-back Ryan Alebiosu to Archer, who sent a low ball in from the left for Larin to finish from close range – the Canada forward’s fifth league goal since arriving on loan from RCD Mallorca in February.

The hosts

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Ethan Galbraith: Vitor Matos hopes midfielder will stay at Swansea for a decade
1 April 2026 Off

Ethan Galbraith: Vitor Matos hopes midfielder will stay at Swansea for a decade

By Total Football News

Matos says Galbraith has established himself as a “really important player” having made an “impact” whether playing in midfield or as a back-up right-back.

The player has quickly become one of Swansea’s biggest assets alongside striker Zan Vipotnik, who agreed a new long-term contract last month.

While Matos hopes Galbraith will follow Vipotnik by signing a fresh deal, he says the Swansea hierarchy must agree to make that happen.

“It

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Bristol City 0-1 West Bromwich Albion: Baggies win boosts survival hopes
21 March 2026 Off

Bristol City 0-1 West Bromwich Albion: Baggies win boosts survival hopes

By Total Football News

Bristol City struggled to pose many questions of Albion’s back line in the first half and, in fact, the visitors might have doubled their advantage before the break when Jayson Molumby fired a low drive just wide of Radek Vitek’s post when a long throw-in was only half cleared.

Robins boss Gerhard Struber, clearly bemused by his side’s first-half showing, made a triple substitution at half-time in the hope of

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Middlesbrough 0-1 Charlton: Boro’s promotion hopes hit by home defeat
12 March 2026 Off

Middlesbrough 0-1 Charlton: Boro’s promotion hopes hit by home defeat

By Total Football News

Middlesbrough’s promotion hopes were dealt a painful blow as Conor Coady gave Charlton a surprise win at the Riverside Stadium.

Boro were hoping to keep up the pressure on Championship leaders Coventry with victory but instead dropped precious points in their pursuit of a place in the Premier League.

Coady’s second-half winner leaves Boro eight points behind the Sky Blues, and more importantly just one ahead of a charging Millwall

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Portsmouth 1-2 Swansea City: Pompey survival hopes suffer a blow as Galbraith and Key strike
11 March 2026 Off

Portsmouth 1-2 Swansea City: Pompey survival hopes suffer a blow as Galbraith and Key strike

By Total Football News

Portsmouth’s Championship survival prospects suffered a blow as Swansea City climbed into the top half of the table thanks to a 2-1 victory at Fratton Park.

Ethan Galbraith’s precise finish put Swansea in front and the visitors’ first-half control was rewarded with a second goal when Josh Key’s deflected drive dipped inside the far post.

Portsmouth had hit the woodwork through Jacob Brown early on, but laboured in attack until

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Ipswich Town 3-0 Swansea City: Mehmeti, Azon and Hirst goals boost top-two hopes
2 March 2026 Off

Ipswich Town 3-0 Swansea City: Mehmeti, Azon and Hirst goals boost top-two hopes

By Total Football News

Ipswich boss Kieran McKenna:

“A good performance. I thought the boys went at it with a lot of humility, recognised exactly what the opponent was and what we needed to do.

“That meant first half a really aggressive high press, man to man. We put together some really good moves through the pitch ourselves and got the goals.

“Second half we needed to stay humble, defend, limit them and know

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