Tag: promise

Man City 1-0 Coventry: Enzo Fernandez and Iliman Ndiaye show signs of promise on debuts
6 September 2026 Off

Man City 1-0 Coventry: Enzo Fernandez and Iliman Ndiaye show signs of promise on debuts

By Total Football News

City clung on to a nervy victory against the Sky Blues to maintain their 100% winning start to the season, but managed to get the job done courtesy of a string of saves from goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma.

Haaland continued his fine start to the season by converting his third goal in as many games from Antoine Semenyo’s deep cross, which came after Fernandez played through a slide-rule pass to the

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Manchester United: Ruben Amorim says he can’t bank on Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s three-year promise
17 October 2025 Off

Manchester United: Ruben Amorim says he can’t bank on Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s three-year promise

By Total Football News

Manchester United head coach Ruben Amorim thinks it is important Sir Jim Ratcliffe went public with his long-term thoughts – but says nothing is certain about tomorrow in football, let alone three years.

In an interview with The Times last week, Ratcliffe said it could take Amorim three years to make a significant impact at Old Trafford.

Coming in a period when Amorim’s future has been under scrutiny following

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Leeds United: ‘Promise of action over tragedy chants must be kept’
12 February 2025 Off

Leeds United: ‘Promise of action over tragedy chants must be kept’

By Total Football News

It will be 25 years this April since Christopher Loftus and Kevin Speight went to the UEFA Cup semi-final first leg in Istanbul and never came home.

Like all footballing tragedies, it was a loss that transcended rivalries.

Tributes poured in from supporters’ groups from across the globe and there was a terrible feeling of loss and anger that reverberated around Elland Road in the days and months after.

Those

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Premier League clubs accused of ’empty promise’ on EFL funding
12 March 2024 0

Premier League clubs accused of ’empty promise’ on EFL funding

By Total Football News
The Premier League trophy
The plan for an independent regulator in English football was recommended by a fan-led review in 2022

Premier League clubs have been accused of making an “empty promise” about a new funding deal for the English Football League (EFL).

A meeting between clubs on Monday ended without an agreement on a ‘New Deal’.

Dame Caroline Dinenage, chair of the Culture, Media and Sport committee, accused clubs of “parking the bus”.

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