Tag: managerial

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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Premier League: Managerial debuts hit record high for 2026-27 Premier League season
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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Southampton opinion: Tonda Eckert buys Sport Republic time in managerial search
20 November 2025 Off

Southampton opinion: Tonda Eckert buys Sport Republic time in managerial search

By Total Football News

Sport Republic appear to be taking their time over their managerial appointment, and that is no bad thing, given their track record regarding recruitment.

Their fifth appointment was outgoing boss Will Still, who was relieved of his duties earlier this month due to a poor start in the Championship campaign, having seen just two wins from his 13 games in charge.

Enter Tonda Eckert…

Eckert has been given an extended

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Norwich City: Jon Dahl Tomasson no longer in the running for managerial vacancy
17 November 2025 Off

Norwich City: Jon Dahl Tomasson no longer in the running for managerial vacancy

By Total Football News

Norwich City have offered a contract to their preferred candidate for the vacant head coach role but Jon Dahl Tomasson will not be taking over at Carrow Road, BBC Norfolk reports.

The Canaries, who sit second-bottom of the Championship, sacked Liam Manning after just 17 games in charge following defeat to Leicester on 8 November.

Former Sweden and Blackburn Rovers manager Tomasson was believed to be one of three candidates

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Five things to look out for in EFL with managerial musings and basement battles
17 October 2025 Off

Five things to look out for in EFL with managerial musings and basement battles

By Total Football News

Whenever West Bromwich Albion and Preston North End meet there is quite a lot to unpack.

This is, after all, a fixture which goes back to the very first EFL season in 1888-89 with two FA Cup meetings in the years preceding, including a final which is one of two won by the Baggies against the Lancastrians.

Oh, it’s also seventh against fourth if we wind forward to the present

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Ryan Mason: West Bromwich Albion head coach ‘ready’ for managerial role
5 June 2025 Off

Ryan Mason: West Bromwich Albion head coach ‘ready’ for managerial role

By Total Football News

Although this will be Mason’s first full-time head coach role, he had two interim spells in charge at Spurs – following the sacking of Jose Mourinho in April 2021 and again after Antonio Conte’s departure in March 2023.

“You’d be silly not to take bits from the people I’ve worked with,” he said. “I have had worked with some of the best managers in the world.

“I know my core

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Plymouth Argyle: Wayne Rooney has ‘toughest week’ of managerial career
2 December 2024 Off

Plymouth Argyle: Wayne Rooney has ‘toughest week’ of managerial career

By Total Football News

The loss was the fourth time this season that Argyle have conceded four or more goals away from home.

They have the worst away record of any side in the league, having lost eight and drawn two of their 10 matches on the road.

“I know the support the fans have given us, and they’ve come here in numbers and it was the same on Tuesday night,” Rooney added to

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Ruud van Nistelrooy: Burnley hold talks with former Manchester United over managerial vacancy
20 June 2024 Off

Ruud van Nistelrooy: Burnley hold talks with former Manchester United over managerial vacancy

By Total Football News

Burnley have spoken to former Manchester United striker Ruud van Nistelrooy as they look to fill their managerial vacancy.

The Clarets were relegated back to the Championship last season and saw boss Vincent Kompany leave to join Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich in May.

BBC Sport understands Dutchman Van Nistelrooy and former England internationals Frank Lampard and Scott Parker have all been in talks with the Turf Moor side, where

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Vincent Kompany: Can ‘left-field’ managerial choice restore Bayern Munich glories
29 May 2024 Off

Vincent Kompany: Can ‘left-field’ managerial choice restore Bayern Munich glories

By Total Football News

Despite a season of struggle and immediate return to the Championship with only five league wins all season, Burnley were making plans on being back in the top flight with Kompany at the helm.

Before their 2-1 home defeat by Nottingham Forest in their final game, chairman Alan Pace wrote in the matchday programme about the “project” under the Belgian and having “full faith” in a talented young coach’s leadership.

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Wayne Rooney: Former England striker set for managerial talks with Plymouth Argyle
23 May 2024 Off

Wayne Rooney: Former England striker set for managerial talks with Plymouth Argyle

By Total Football News

Wayne Rooney is set to have talks with Championship side Plymouth Argyle about their vacant head coach role.

Rooney, 38, is keen to re-establish his reputation after a disastrous spell at Birmingham last season, when he lost nine games out of 15.

Argyle are looking for a new boss after the dismissal of Ian Foster towards the end of last season.

Director of football Neil Dewsnip and coach Kevin Nancekivell

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