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James Bord: Ex-poker player chosen as Sheffield Wednesday preferred bidder
24 December 2025 Off

James Bord: Ex-poker player chosen as Sheffield Wednesday preferred bidder

By Total Football News

Former professional poker player James Bord has been chosen as the preferred bidder to take over Sheffield Wednesday, BBC Sport can confirm.

The Owls have been in administration since October, ending 10 years under the ownership of Dejphon Chansiri.

On Wednesday, the troubled Championship club’s administrators announced a deal had been reached with a potential buyer.

London-born Bord, who started his career working for gambling firms Starlizard and Smartodds, won

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Bristol City: Robins attribute £18.6m loss to lack of player sales
24 December 2025 Off

Bristol City: Robins attribute £18.6m loss to lack of player sales

By Total Football News

City CEO Tom Rawcliffe said: “Although the loss is evidently larger than last year, it is in line with expectations and highlights the positive financial impact a large player sale and successful player trading model can have.”

Under EFL profit and sustainability rules, club losses are not permitted to exceed £41.5m over a rolling three-year period.

City maintain they are in “a strong position” but stated “in the absence

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Football quiz: Name every player to score 100 Premier League goals
2 December 2025 Off

Football quiz: Name every player to score 100 Premier League goals

By Total Football News

Erling Haaland has joined the Premier League’s 100 goals or more club after netting his century strike on his 111th appearance against Fulham on Tuesday, 2 December.

The Norwegian striker, 25, is the 35th player to reach a century of goals in the Premier League. Can you name them all?

This article was originally posted on https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c62dqp5yv6vo

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Liverpool miss Diogo Jota as a player and a person, says Arne Slot
22 November 2025 Off

Liverpool miss Diogo Jota as a player and a person, says Arne Slot

By Total Football News

The Reds have lost four of their past five matches in the Premier League, and were beaten 3-0 by Manchester City at Etihad Stadium before the international break.

That defeat left Liverpool eighth in the table, eight points behind league leaders Arsenal, before they welcome Nottingham Forest to Anfield on Saturday (15:00 GMT).

In last season’s league fixture away at Forest, Jota scored 22 seconds after coming on as a

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Othmane Maamma: Watford winger earns CAF young player of the year nomination
17 November 2025 Off

Othmane Maamma: Watford winger earns CAF young player of the year nomination

By Total Football News

Watford winger Othmane Maamma has been nominated for the CAF Young Player of the Year award, recognising emerging African talent.

The 20-year-old captained Morocco twice during their successful U20 World Cup campaign, scoring one goal and delivering four assists to help them lift the trophy and was also named the tournament’s best player.

Maamma came off the bench in both of the Hornets last two Championship games against Ipswich Town

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Premier League: Who do fans think is the key player in each team?
4 November 2025 Off

Premier League: Who do fans think is the key player in each team?

By Total Football News

Now on their third manager of the season, Forest have made a dismal start to 2025-26.

Winless since their opening-day victory against Brentford, Sean Dyche’s side are 19th, four points above bottom spot and four points off safety.

Pat Riddell of the Famous Club has picked 24-year-old full back Neco Williams as Forest’s key player.

“It’s been a terrible start to the season for Nottingham Forest which makes this quite

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Sandro Tonali: Newcastle player signed contract extension during betting ban
23 October 2025 Off

Sandro Tonali: Newcastle player signed contract extension during betting ban

By Total Football News

Tonali has not looked back.

It was just 14 months ago that the midfielder returned to action for Newcastle after serving his suspension.

And he has become indispensable.

Howe’s subsequent decision to shift Tonali to the number six role unlocked something in both the Italian and, indeed, this side as they went on to end a 70-year wait for a major domestic trophy and qualify for the Champions League last

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Wolverhampton Wanderers remember former player Diogo Jota
14 July 2025 Off

Wolverhampton Wanderers remember former player Diogo Jota

By Total Football News

Jota played more than 130 times for Wolves from 2017 to 2020, helping them get promoted to the Premier League, before his move to Liverpool, and scoring 44 goals.

Liverpool are set to commemorate Jota and his brother with a number of tributes at their friendly at Preston North End on Sunday.

Liverpool’s match at Deepdale is their first since Jota’s passing.

At the time of the crash, the brothers

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Chelsea: Glenavon confirm UK’s youngest senior player Chris Atherton has moved to Stamford Bridge
3 July 2025 Off

Chelsea: Glenavon confirm UK’s youngest senior player Chris Atherton has moved to Stamford Bridge

By Total Football News

Glenavon’s 16-year-old forward Chris Atherton has left Mourneview Park to join Chelsea.

The Northern Ireland Under-17 international made headlines in September 2022 when he became the youngest senior footballer in the United Kingdom at 13 years and 329 days old.

The teenager, who joined the Glenavon academy at four years old, broke the senior record when he came on as a second-half substitute for the Lurgan Blues during a 6-0

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Steve Bould: Former Arsenal player and coach joins QPR backroom team
25 June 2025 Off

Steve Bould: Former Arsenal player and coach joins QPR backroom team

By Total Football News

Bould represented Stoke City, Sunderland and the Gunners during a 20-year playing career in which he earned two England caps.

The 62-year-old former centre-back won three league titles and two FA Cups with Arsenal, including the double in 1997-98.

He also won the League Cup and European Cup Winners’ Cup during his 11 years as a player at Highbury.

In total, he played 375 times for the Gunners, scoring eight

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