Tag: push

4 June 2025 Off

Ipswich Town: How ready are the Tractor Boys for a promotion push?

By Total Football News

Despite that, Mills believes Town have a “great chance” to follow the example of Leeds United and Burnley, rather than Luton, and return to the top flight at the first attempt.

And it would appear that many Ipswich followers share his confidence if extra firepower can be added, despite being wary of players including Delap, Davis and Hutchinson leaving.

“As much as I really love George Hirst, I think a

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16 May 2025 Off

Portsmouth: Cohen Bramall backs Pompey for play-off push next season

By Total Football News

Cohen Bramall is grateful for an “amazing time” with Portsmouth – and says he expects the Blues to challenge for the Championship play-offs next season.

The 29-year-old former Rotherham, Lincoln and Colchester left-back made 12 Championship appearances, four of them starts, after arriving at Fratton Park from the Millers in January on a short-term deal.

The one-time Arsenal youngster told BBC Radio Solent that not being offered a new contract

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29 April 2025 Off

Bristol City: ‘One last big push and we’re into the play-offs’

By Total Football News

Disappointing [the 4-0 defeat at Leeds]. Outplayed, outclassed. They’ve just got to put it out of their system as quickly as possible.

Make sure Ashton Gate is absolutely jumping on Saturday and it’s very much still in City’s hands.

They’ve just got to forget about it. Obviously it’s a bad loss, it’s a bad defeat. Back-to-back defeats on the road.

Not exactly going into Saturday with a lot of momentum

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19 April 2025 Off

Blackburn Rovers 4-1 Millwall: Rovers put big dent in Lions’ play-off push

By Total Football News

Blackburn Rovers head coach Valerien Ismael told BBC Radio Lancashire:

“It was a great afternoon, especially the way we wanted to play. We kept going after the second half against Sheffield Wednesday, the fighting spirit [we showed] against Luton, last week and I think we combined them both today – from minute one we were on the front foot.

“We see clearly the way the players want to reinforce the

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14 April 2025 Off

West Bromwich Albion 2-1 Watford: Baggies boost play-off push

By Total Football News

West Brom boss Tony Mowbray told BBC WM:

“I think the three points is the most important thing, I didn’t particularly like our performance.

“I prefer to dominate the game and have double the shots of the opposition. It was a strange game today, they’re a hugely athletic team and gave us some problems and yet I always felt on transitions there was a lot of space for us to

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11 April 2025 Off

Nahki Wells: Everyone at Bristol City is ‘stepping up’ in play-off push

By Total Football News

Wells said the celebrations in the changing room at Ashton Gate following the win over the Baggies – which followed Saturday’s victory against another play-off rival Watford – was up there with the “best moments” during his time at the club.

The 34-year-old is the most senior player on the squad and is out of contract this summer although talks have taken place about extending his deal.

Wells joined

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1 April 2025 Off

Nottingham Forest 1-0 Manchester United: Anthony Elanga winner boosts Champions League push

By Total Football News

Nottingham Forest moved closer to realising their Champions League dream as Anthony Elanga’s solo strike defeated his former club Manchester United.

The winger, who joined United as a 12-year-old, sprinted 70 yards before finishing into the bottom corner to catch the visitors cold with an early winner.

He joined Forest from United for £15m in 2023, in search of regular football, and continued his excellent season against his former

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29 March 2025 Off

Burnley 1-0 Bristol City: Clarets maintain promotion push

By Total Football News

The Robins, hoping to stretch their unbeaten league away run to six matches and extend their overall unbeaten streak to eight, started well enough with Anis Mehmeti almost getting on the end of a Jason Knight cross.

But from the moment Flemming’s pinpoint strike flew over the wall and nestled into the top left-hand corner past scampering keeper Max O’Leary, Burnley seized control.

Jaidon Anthony could have doubled the lead

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12 February 2025 Off

Callum Doyle says Norwich must improve to maintain promotion push

By Total Football News

Norwich travel to Hull City on Saturday with the Tigers third from bottom ahead of their game at Burnley on Wednesday, before facing two of their play-off rivals – Blackburn and Sheffield Wednesday – among their next five matches.

The return of leading scorer Borja Sainz against Preston after his six-game ban was one of the main positives for the Canaries and Doyle said the Spaniard’s presence should prove significant

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15 January 2025 Off

Everton: Sean Dyche says David Moyes will ‘push club forward’

By Total Football News

Everton manager David Moyes will “push the club forward”, says predecessor Sean Dyche.

Moyes was appointed on Saturday for his second spell in charge, two days after Dyche was sacked.

Dyche took charge in January 2023, helping Everton finish one place above the Premier League relegation zone in 2023-24 and 15th last season – 14 points clear of relegation despite an eight-point deduction for breaching financial regulations.

Everton are currently

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