Tag: journey

6 December 2025 Off

Colby Bishop: Portsmouth striker reflects on journey since heart surgery

By Total Football News

Portsmouth striker Colby Bishop says that he “counts his lucky stars” following open heart surgery in 2024.

The 29-year-old underwent a procedure before the start of last season after a potential risk had been identified during cardiac screening.

Bishop then missed the first portion of the campaign, eventually making a surprise return to the Pompey side in early November 2024 after an extensive recovery period.

The Portsmouth number nine has

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2 December 2025 Off

Wrexham news: Max Cleworth’s ‘mad’ journey as promotion dream continues

By Total Football News

With Wrexham just three points adrift of the top six ahead of next Saturday’s trip to play-off chasing Preston North End, the 2025-26 season could well be another memorable one for the north Wales side.

Having been a key cog in each of his side’s three consecutive promotions under Hollywood owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, Cleworth knows better than most that the sky is the limit for the club

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9 October 2025 Off

Queens Park Rangers: Paul Smyth enjoying ‘journey’ under Julien Stephan

By Total Football News

QPR’s unbeaten run began following a 7-1 thrashing away to Championship leaders Coventry City in August, and Smyth is proud of their response.

“In football it happens, it was a freak result, it happens in every league. We learnt a lot from that game to where we are now, six games unbeaten,” he added.

“That’s not in the back of the boys’ minds. The way we’re playing we can just

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23 September 2025 Off

Phil Parkinson cites Wrexham’s journey amid ‘outside talk’

By Total Football News

Harvey labelled the speculation surrounding Parkinson’s position at the Stok Cae Ras [Racecourse ground] “an absolute disgrace”, adding the manager has the full support of everybody at the north Wales club.

Parkinson says his longevity in the game has ensured he has been able to swat aside the outside noise surrounding his position.

“First of all, I don’t listen to any outside talk,” he said.

“I don’t know where that

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1 February 2025 Off

Jhon Duran joins Al-Nassr: The journey from Colombia to Saudi via the MLS and Premier League

By Total Football News

Pelzer was a German defender who played for several teams in his homeland – plus 18 months at Blackburn.

Sadly his time at Ewood Park was blighted by injuries and he managed just one League Cup game against Walsall in 2002.

In December 2019, four years after retiring from playing, Pelzer got his first job with a club – technical director of MLS side Chicago Fire.

A few months into

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18 October 2024 Off

Riccardo Calafiori’s journey from serious knee injury to the Premier League

By Total Football News

For Calafiori, a sightseeing trip to London in January – which included a visit to the Emirates to watch an Arsenal game – would ultimately set him on the path to joining the Gunners.

“I came as a coincidence to visit the city, I had never been before,” he said.

“Arsenal were playing Crystal Palace, they won 5-0. At that point I wasn’t even thinking about coming to the Premier

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