Tag: penalty

Arsenal to contact Pro Ref over Ezri Konsa penalty incident
14 September 2026 Off

Arsenal to contact Pro Ref over Ezri Konsa penalty incident

By Total Football News

Arsenal will contact refereeing body Pro Ref over the incident in which Ezri Konsa conceded a penalty in Saturday’s win over Sunderland.

Konsa and Black Cats defender Dan Ballard were involved in a physical exchange inside the penalty area in which the Arsenal defender was adjudged to have fouled the Sunderland captain for excessive holding.

After the game Gunners manager Mikel Arteta criticised the decision, and it is understood

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Brentford 1-1 Sunderland: Enzo le Fee’s late penalty rescues point for Black Cats
6 September 2026 Off

Brentford 1-1 Sunderland: Enzo le Fee’s late penalty rescues point for Black Cats

By Total Football News

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Late Szoboszlai penalty rescues point for Liverpool at Newcastle
24 August 2026 Off

Late Szoboszlai penalty rescues point for Liverpool at Newcastle

By Total Football News

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Birmingham City 2-2 Bristol City: Demarai Gray penalty salvages Blues point
22 August 2026 Off

Birmingham City 2-2 Bristol City: Demarai Gray penalty salvages Blues point

By Total Football News

In the opening stages, both sides struggled to fashion clear-cut chances although Twine shot wide before Blues’ Bright Osayi-Samuel and Lorent Tolaj, for the visitors, exchanged misses at either end.

In a game that desperately needed a spark, it was the visitors who eventually obliged, getting themselves on the scoreboard for the first time this season after a penalty box melee.

Following a long ball played into the Birmingham half,

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EFL: Clubs remove three-window penalty for late payments
4 June 2026 Off

EFL: Clubs remove three-window penalty for late payments

By Total Football News

English Football League clubs have voted to reduce the length of ‘fee restriction’ transfer windows for clubs failing to meet financial obligations.

Those who do not keep up with payments for more than 30 days have previously been banned for three transfer windows from any incoming transfers or loans which involve a fee.

Sheffield Wednesday were one of the clubs hit by a three-window restriction when they twice failed to

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West Bromwich Albion: Championship club decide against appealing against EFL penalty
15 May 2026 Off

West Bromwich Albion: Championship club decide against appealing against EFL penalty

By Total Football News

Central to Albion’s objection at the time was around so-called ‘in-kind’ payments, which are not included in PSR calculations, to their charity The Albion Foundation.

The Baggies said at the time the Club Financial Reporting Unit (CFRU) accepted the payments of £2.1m were not part of the final PSR calculation, but the EFL said that had been “disallowed”.

“The CFRU originally made an adjustment to the club’s final PSR calculation

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Sheffield Wednesday: Preferred bidder told club will face 15-point penalty next season
15 April 2026 Off

Sheffield Wednesday: Preferred bidder told club will face 15-point penalty next season

By Total Football News

The EFL has informed the preferred bidder for Sheffield Wednesday that the club will start next season in League One with a 15-point penalty.

Arise Capital Partners, a consortium led by David Storch, was named preferred bidder last month after a previous takeover of the administration-hit club fell through.

Storch said in a statement that the group wants the EFL to recognise the “unique” nature of the League One-bound club’s

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Watford 0-0 Leicester City: Daka has penalty saved as Foxes draw
21 March 2026 Off

Watford 0-0 Leicester City: Daka has penalty saved as Foxes draw

By Total Football News

Leicester City boss Gary Rowett told BBC Radio Leicester:

“I’m incredibly disappointed. If you see the balance of chances, if you look at the stats, I think we have dominated the big moments in the game.

“We get the penalty, and in my opinion I’m absolutely baffled as to why it is not a yellow card at the very least. Abdul [Fatawu] cuts inside, is in a goalscoring position.

“It

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