Tag: owner

22 October 2026 Off

Premier League predictions: Chris Sutton v Waffle the Wonder Dog and his owner, Simon – & AI

By Total Football News

Villa have hit a bit of form and seem to be getting back to the level they were at last season.

They had another good win in the Champions League this week, but then you’d expect them to beat Viking pretty comfortably.

Emery’s side played well against Newcastle last week too but I thought Newcastle were a bit too gung-ho, and paid the price. City are a lot more streetwise.

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11 August 2026 Off

Evangelos Marinakis: Nottingham Forest owner suing Crystal Palace for defamation after banner at Selhurst Park | Football News

By Total Football News

Evangelos Marinakis is suing Crystal Palace for defamation, after a banner was unfurled at Selhurst Park last season showing the Nottingham Forest owner holding a gun to the head of Morgan Gibbs-White.

The flag was displayed last August, shortly after Gibbs-White’s failed move to Tottenham, which resulted in him instead signing a contract extension at the City Ground.

The banner also made lurid and unsubstantiated references to the Greek billionaire’s

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23 July 2026 Off

Hull City owner Acun Ilicali ‘disturbed’ by transfer claims

By Total Football News

Hull City owner Acun Ilicali has said he is “disturbed” by claims of the club being rejected by transfer targets and, in an unusual move, attempted to clarify the situation.

The Tigers are returning to the Premier League after a nine-year absence following their victory in the Championship play-off final in May.

So far, they have signed keeper Jack Butland from Rangers, midfielder Oscar Zambrano from Maribor and defender Matt

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14 July 2026 Off

Ken Bates: Former Chelsea and Leeds owner was never far from the headlines

By Total Football News

Bates was never far from controversy, especially in the mid-’80s when he erected a 12ft 12-volt electric fence around Stamford Bridge to prevent pitch invasions – but was then refused permission by Greater London Council to switch it on, citing safety grounds.

In 1991, Chelsea were fined £105,000 for alleged illegal payments to players. Bates resigned from the Football League management committee.

He regarded one of his most significant achievements

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9 June 2026 Off

Dragan Solak: Southampton owner on transfer plans

By Total Football News

A decision over Eckert’s future could be taken out of Solak’s hands should the FA’s ongoing investigation conclude with a verdict that could ban the German coach.

Prior to being thrown out of the play-offs, Saints were flying high as one of the form teams in the second tier.

They went on a run of than 21 games unbeaten in the Championship and made their way to an FA Cup

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1 June 2026 Off

Spygate: Southampton owner Dragan Solak will not sack head coach Tonda Eckert

By Total Football News

The EFL’s commission said it was “deplorable” of the club to have used junior staff members to “conduct the clandestine observations”.

Solak admitted that such a culture was “unacceptable”, but he blamed “a huge amount of misunderstanding, ignorance and arrogance, we have dysfunctions in the club, but we will actually make an effort for people to understand that whoever orders them to do something, that is putting them out of

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6 May 2026 Off

Philippe Clement: Norwich City owner delighted by ‘special’ head coach

By Total Football News

Norwich City’s owner has hailed Philippe Clement as a “special manager” following the team’s dramatic improvement under the Belgian.

The Canaries were next to bottom of the Championship when Clement was appointed last November, but won 19 games under Clement to finish ninth.

“You need some good fortune in sport, and we had good fortune to connect with Philippe,” Mark Attanasio told BBC Radio Norfolk’s Canary Call phone-in.

Clement, who

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19 February 2026 Off

Portsmouth owner Michael Eisner on hopes for the future

By Total Football News

Michael Eisner doesn’t do many interviews on Portsmouth, so when he does speak it feels significant.

Pompey’s chairman sat down with American journalist Graham Bensinger for an in depth chat, external about a wide range of topics which was released earlier this week (he also did an “MTV Cribs” style tour around his house for those of a nosey persuasion). Eisner’s childhood, Donald Trump and Disney were all on

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