Tag: Lampard

Frank Lampard: Coventry boss on his managerial inspirations and proving doubters wrong
29 August 2026 Off

Frank Lampard: Coventry boss on his managerial inspirations and proving doubters wrong

By Total Football News

The Football Interview will be available on BBC One at 12:45 every Saturday during the Premier League season, as well as on BBC iPlayer, BBC Football YouTube and the BBC Sport website and app.

In the second episode of the new season, available on Saturday, 29 August, musician Tom Grennan sits down with Coventry City manager Frank Lampard.

As a player, Frank Lampard worked under some of the biggest managers

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Frank Lampard: Coventry players deserve their chance in the Premier League
27 May 2026 Off

Frank Lampard: Coventry players deserve their chance in the Premier League

By Total Football News

The players who helped Coventry City win promotion to the Premier League deserve their chance to show what they can do in the top flight, according to boss Frank Lampard.

After being named the League Managers Association’s manager of the year, Lampard is planning for the Sky Blues’ first season in the top flight for 25 years.

“We haven’t got Premier League minutes in our team. We’ve got a couple

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Frank Lampard named LMA manager of year after leading Coventry to Premier League
27 May 2026 Off

Frank Lampard named LMA manager of year after leading Coventry to Premier League

By Total Football News

Frank Lampard has been named the League Managers Association manager of the year after guiding Coventry back to the Premier League.

Lampard’s Sky Blues finished 11 points clear at the top of the Championship to clinch the title and return to the top flight for the first time since the 2000-01 season.

The former England midfielder, who has previously managed Derby, Everton and had two spells in charge at Chelsea

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Ellis Simms, Frank Lampard describes Coventry hat-trick as ‘beautiful’
2 May 2026 Off

Ellis Simms, Frank Lampard describes Coventry hat-trick as ‘beautiful’

By Total Football News

Coventry City boss Frank Lampard hailed the all-round performance of Ellis Simms after the striker’s hat-trick helped them to a 4-0 win at Watford.

The Sky Blues signed off the season in style and can now start planning in earnest for their return to the Premier League.

“I would say I’m so happy that it happened to him but there’s so many players in this team that I love, I

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Frank Lampard: Coventry boss talks key to future amid Premier League links
1 May 2026 Off

Frank Lampard: Coventry boss talks key to future amid Premier League links

By Total Football News

Lampard continues to have admirers behind the scenes at Crystal Palace, who need a new head coach as Oliver Glasner is leaving.

The level of Palace’s interest will become clearer in due course as the club accelerate their efforts to identify Glasner’s successor. Departing Bournemouth boss Andoni Iraola, former Nottingham Forest manager Sean Dyche, ex-Spurs boss Thomas Frank, Lens head coach Pierre Sage and Ipswich’s Kieran McKenna are among other

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Coventry City: Chairman Doug King says Frank Lampard links to Chelsea out of my control
23 April 2026 Off

Coventry City: Chairman Doug King says Frank Lampard links to Chelsea out of my control

By Total Football News

Coventry chairman Doug King says Sky Blues fans shouldn’t worry about “what may or may not happen” after head coach Frank Lampard was linked with a return to former club Chelsea.

Lampard steered the Sky Blues to a top-flight return in August for the first time in more than 25 years after sealing the Championship title with a 5-1 win over Portsmouth on Tuesday night, having earned the point which

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Frank Lampard: Coventry boss’ resurgence ends Sky Blues’ Premier League exile
18 April 2026 Off

Frank Lampard: Coventry boss’ resurgence ends Sky Blues’ Premier League exile

By Total Football News

Topping the table with essentially the same squad highlights Lampard’s powers of recovery. It has allowed him to finally feel like a manager first, rather than player, for the first time when he has been speaking with staff.

To observers Lampard seems more comfortable in his skin at Coventry, not carrying the weight of expectation and his legend at Stamford Bridge, where he is Chelsea’s 211-goal record scorer.

His move

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