Tag: promoted

Premier League fixtures 2026-27: Newly promoted Coventry travel to champions Arsenal on opening day
19 June 2026 Off

Premier League fixtures 2026-27: Newly promoted Coventry travel to champions Arsenal on opening day

By Total Football News

There will be a change in the way Premier League referees judge hair-pulling next season after three players were sent off for the offence in 2025-26.

All three red cards for hair-pulling came through a video assistant referee review, but from next season, not every time a player is seen to pull an opponent’s hair will they be dismissed.

Instead, greater emphasis will be placed on both the level of

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Conor Chaplin: Ipswich forward to leave promoted Championship club
15 May 2026 Off

Conor Chaplin: Ipswich forward to leave promoted Championship club

By Total Football News

Ipswich Town forward Conor Chaplin will leave the club when his contract expires this summer.

The 29-year-old played a major part in Ipswich’s promotions from League One and the Championship as well as featuring regularly in their relegation from the Premier League last season.

Although Chaplin featured in the Suffolk club’s opening four games of this campaign, he joined Portsmouth on loan in September, making 36 Championship appearances and scoring

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Coventry City promoted: The ‘unsinkable’ Sky Blues back in the Premier League
26 April 2026 Off

Coventry City promoted: The ‘unsinkable’ Sky Blues back in the Premier League

By Total Football News

Kim McQueen perfectly encapsulates the feelings of most Coventry fans that day in 2001.

“I was excited going in and in tears leaving,” she said. “I don’t think there’s any shame in loving your club that much that it leaves you in tears when you go down.

Like Graeme and Rick, Kim never anticipated what would happen to her club in the 25 years that followed.

“I think being unsinkable

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Wrexham: Does it matter if Premier League chasers don’t get promoted this season?
17 April 2026 Off

Wrexham: Does it matter if Premier League chasers don’t get promoted this season?

By Total Football News

Hollywood duo Ryan Reynolds and Rob Mac (who recently changed his name from Rob McElhenney) have made their ambitions clear ever since their first interview as owners in 2021.

A member of the media asked the actors what their perfect ending would be. Reynolds responded: “We’d be lying if it wasn’t the Premier League.”

So far, so good. They’re one promotion away from the top flight and their latest accounts

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Premier League: Sunderland, Leeds and Burnley – stats behind promoted trio’s strong starts
28 September 2025 Off

Premier League: Sunderland, Leeds and Burnley – stats behind promoted trio’s strong starts

By Total Football News

Six games into the season and Sunderland are flying high in the Premier League.

After eight years away, the Black Cats are enjoying being back in the big time, with victory at Nottingham Forest lifting them into the Champions League places.

Few would expect them still to be there come May, but with three wins under their belt already, Regis le Bris’ side have every reason to be optimistic.

“We

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Sonny Carey: Blackpool midfielder signs for promoted Charlton Athletic
6 June 2025 Off

Sonny Carey: Blackpool midfielder signs for promoted Charlton Athletic

By Total Football News

Charlton Athletic have made their first signing since winning promotion to the Championship by bringing in Blackpool midfielder Sonny Carey.

The 24-year-old moves to The Valley on a free transfer following the expiry of his contract with the Seasiders, having agreed a three-year contract.

Carey joined Blackpool from non-league King’s Lynn in 2021 and scored 11 goals in 37 appearances for Steve Bruce’s side last season.

“He’s athletic, he’s

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Leeds United promoted back to Premier League
23 April 2025 Off

Leeds United promoted back to Premier League

By Total Football News

Leeds finished third with 90 points in 2023-24 before losing to Southampton in the play-off final.

The summer saw highly-rated academy product Archie Gray sold to Tottenham, while Championship player of the season Crysencio Summerville left for West Ham. Those exits had seemed likely but the sale of talented forward Georginio Rutter to Brighton after the season had started was unexpected and unwelcome.

Still, the Whites boasted a strong squad

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Burnley 2-1 Sheffield United: Clarets promoted along with Leeds
23 April 2025 Off

Burnley 2-1 Sheffield United: Clarets promoted along with Leeds

By Total Football News

Needing the win to return to the top flight at the first time of asking, Burnley made no mistake in front of a raucous crowd to spark celebrations at Turf Moor and also in the Bremner Suite at Elland Road, where the Leeds players gathered in front of a television following their 6-0 rout of the Potters.

The Blades needed three points to stand any real chance of taking the

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Championship fixtures: Promoted Derby open at Blackburn, Sheffield United at Preston
26 June 2024 Off

Championship fixtures: Promoted Derby open at Blackburn, Sheffield United at Preston

By Total Football News

Portsmouth ended their 12-year stay out of the Championship last season as they won the League One title.

After a trip to Elland Road on the opening day they then face relegated side Luton at home the following weekend before making the long trip to Michael Carrick’s Middlesbrough in their third league match of the campaign.

Oxford United won promotion back to the second tier through the play-offs to end

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Southampton promoted: Fans confident Saints can survive in Premier League
28 May 2024 Off

Southampton promoted: Fans confident Saints can survive in Premier League

By Total Football News

All three of last season’s promoted clubs suffered an immediate return to the second tier for only the second time in Premier League history.

Luton Town, Burnley and Sheffield United managed a combined total of only 66 points.

“The gap is getting bigger and bigger,” former Brighton and Crystal Palace striker Glenn Murray told BBC Sport.

Southampton, under boss Russell Martin, are returning to the Premier League despite finishing 10

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