Tag: proud

30 August 2026 Off

Man Utd pay tribute to ‘proud Red’ crash death officer

By Total Football News

The two sons of a police officer killed in a crash on Teesside will lead out the Manchester United team as mascots for Sunday’s Premier League match against Ipswich at Old Trafford.

PC Matthew Blades, described as a “proud Red” by United, was a regular at Old Trafford. The club have paid tribute to him in Sunday’s match programme. His widow will attend the game with their children.

PC Blades

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25 July 2026 Off

Tottenham players not ‘happy’ and ‘proud’ to stay should leave – Roberto de Zerbi

By Total Football News

Bergvall, who joined Spurs from Swedish club Djurgarden in 2024, played limited minutes at the end of last season under De Zerbi.

The 20-year-old started the Italian’s first game in charge – a 1-0 defeat at Sunderland – and, after that, made four appearances as a substitute.

Spurs have since signed midfielders Sandro Tonali – in a £100m deal from Newcastle United – and Mateus Fernandes for £85m from West

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16 May 2026 Off

‘Be proud’, Sir Tom Courtenay tells Hull City before Wembley game

By Total Football News

Aged 18, Sir Tom left Hull, where he was born and raised, to study at University College London, before enrolling at the nearby Royal Academy of Performing Arts.

Today he lives in Putney, south-west London, but insists he has never forgotten his home city, where he still has family, including his sister.

“I have never tried to pretend I am anything other than a Hull lad,” said Sir Tom.

He

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13 May 2026 Off

Millwall: ‘Gutted but proud’ – a season of progress ends in Championship play-off defeat by Hull City

By Total Football News

The Scot said: “Did I roll the dice too early? Did I go for it?

“There are loads of bits running through your mind and then even when I’m speaking to Sky they’re saying ‘do you think three weeks ago if you won that game…’ and I’m thinking ‘come on, how far do you want to go back?’

“Do you want to go back to the start of the season?

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14 April 2026 Off

Phil Parkinson: Manager ‘proud’ to receive freedom of Wrexham

By Total Football News

Wrexham manager Phil Parkinson has described the “incredible honour” of being awarded the freedom of Wrexham County Borough.

Parkinson was appointed Wrexham boss in 2021 and has guided the club to three successive promotions.

The 58-year-old received the award at Wrexham’s Guildhall and joins the club’s owners, Hollywood stars Ryan Reynolds and Rob Mac, who were awarded the freedom of Wrexham in 2022.

“It’s an incredible honour and I’m very

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16 January 2026 Off

Kieran McKenna: Ipswich Town boss proud of manager of month award

By Total Football News

Ipswich boss Kieran McKenna has hailed his team’s “quality and resilience” after being named Championship manager of the month for December.

Town won four of their seven games last month, including a 2-0 victory away to leaders Coventry City, and were beaten only once.

“This award is credit to everyone involved with the team and also the supporters, because it was a really challenging December with lots of games and

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16 May 2025 Off

Coventry City: Frank Lampard ‘proud’ despite heartbreak for Sky Blues

By Total Football News

It is a becoming a familiar feeling, with Coventry suffering season-defining disappointment for the third year in a row.

In 2023, they lost in a penalty shootout to Luton Town in the play-off final at Wembley as they chased Premier League football for the first time since 2001.

Then last year, they staged one of the greatest comebacks in FA Cup history when they came from 3-0 down to take

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10 February 2025 Off

Derby County: Matt Hamshaw proud as Rams end losing run at Norwich

By Total Football News

Interim Derby County manager Matt Hamshaw said the 1-1 draw against Norwich City was a great result given their seven-game Championship losing run and the sacking of Paul Warne as head coach on Friday.

Hamshaw told BBC Radio Derby: “That performance gives me huge pride. It was really hard to pick the group up.

“They lads were devastated because Paul’s a good guy and the lads really respected and liked

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