Tag: Road

Mikel Arteta: Arsenal manager says he deliberately sabotaged his team’s travel plans to prepare for difficulties on the road | Football News
11 September 2026 Off

Mikel Arteta: Arsenal manager says he deliberately sabotaged his team’s travel plans to prepare for difficulties on the road | Football News

By Total Football News

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta says he deliberately sabotaged the club’s travel plans during pre-season – to get his players used to difficulties on the road.

Those sabotages include deliberately making his team late for matches by changing their route or meal times – as well as making the changing room hotter and reducing the number of massage beds.

The Premier League champions had travel concerns during their trip to face

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Preston North End opinion: Lilywhites at a fork in the road
11 May 2026 Off

Preston North End opinion: Lilywhites at a fork in the road

By Total Football News

Preston North End finished 14th – a position that, on paper, suggests progress. In reality, it feels like a season that quietly slipped away.

An improvement of 10 points to 60 is not insignificant, but numbers alone do not tell the story. This was a campaign defined less by where North End finished and more by where they might have finished – and why they didn’t.

For half a season,

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Ipswich Town 1-1 Leicester City – Foxes earn point at Portman Road
10 March 2026 Off

Ipswich Town 1-1 Leicester City – Foxes earn point at Portman Road

By Total Football News

Seeking a fourth successive league win to move them above Middlesbrough, Ipswich made a ponderous start with Dan Neil’s error allowing Winks a shot which Walton saved and Stephy Mavidi drove an effort wide as the visitors belied their lowly status.

For all that, Ipswich should have taken the lead on the half hour when O’Shea got free at the far post only to shave the woodwork with his header.

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Queens Park Rangers 2-1 Coventry City: Sky Blues lose on the road again
31 January 2026 Off

Queens Park Rangers 2-1 Coventry City: Sky Blues lose on the road again

By Total Football News

Coventry took the game to the hosts from the off as Jack Rudoni – one of four changes made by Lampard after Monday’s loss at Norwich City – headed the recalled Tatsuhiro Sakamoto’s second-minute cross over from six yards.

But Rangers created moments of their own early on as Karamoko Dembele, Harvey Vale and Kone all created chances.

The R’s almost went ahead 10 minutes from the break, but Rushworth

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Queens Park Rangers 4-1 Leicester City: Cifuentes endures miserable Loftus Road return
23 December 2025 Off

Queens Park Rangers 4-1 Leicester City: Cifuentes endures miserable Loftus Road return

By Total Football News

It was five months ago that Cifuentes took the Leicester job after his protracted QPR exit had him see out last season on gardening leave.

The Spaniard reportedly helped get his summer move over the line by personally contributing half the compensation fee that the Foxes needed to pay QPR to sign him.

A stuttered run of results in the early months of the campaign had Cifuentes battling

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Queens Park Rangers 0-0 Oxford United: Stalemate at Loftus Road
2 October 2025 Off

Queens Park Rangers 0-0 Oxford United: Stalemate at Loftus Road

By Total Football News

QPR boss Julian Stephan:

“It’s always a process to build something. Confidence is so important for the players. We took 11 points in the last five weeks so that increases confidence.

“But I think we have a margin to improve our decisions in the last third.

“In the second half we stayed dominant, stayed in their half. We had our chances but some of our decisions were not that good.

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Onel Hernandez: Norwich forward braced for emotional Carrow Road farewell
2 May 2025 Off

Onel Hernandez: Norwich forward braced for emotional Carrow Road farewell

By Total Football News

Norwich City forward Onel Hernandez has admitted there were tears in his eyes because of messages from supporters following the news that he is to be released by the club at the end of the season.

The 32-year-old Cuban has played 209 games for the Canaries since arriving from German club Eintracht Braunschweig in January 2018, scoring 15 goals.

He was a member of the team which won promotion to

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Tony Mowbray: ‘West Brom have to start winning on the road’
27 March 2025 Off

Tony Mowbray: ‘West Brom have to start winning on the road’

By Total Football News

West Bromwich Albion will need to start winning consistently away from home to secure their Championship play-off spot, according to head coach Tony Mowbray.

The Baggies are sixth in the Championship, ahead of seventh-placed Bristol City only on goal difference.

West Brom’s last victory away from The Hawthorns was on 10 November – when Carlos Corberan was in charge – a run of 12 winless matches, in all competitions.

“We’re

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Jordan Clark: Luton Town need quick fix for frailties on road
15 December 2024 Off

Jordan Clark: Luton Town need quick fix for frailties on road

By Total Football News

Clark has played more than 150 games for Luton, 41 of them to help them win promotion to the Premier League two seasons ago.

But a repeat of that is a remote possibility unless they can start picking up more points on their travels.

“We know what we’re going to get at home, that’s the annoying thing – and that’s the worrying thing. We’ve got a decent home record but

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Michail Antonio: West Ham striker ‘stable’ after road accident
7 December 2024 Off

Michail Antonio: West Ham striker ‘stable’ after road accident

By Total Football News

Several clubs including Premier League sides Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester City replied to an earlier statement from West Ham on X sending their best wishes to Antonio.

The Premier League also replied, adding the “thoughts and prayers” of everyone at the organisation are with “Antonio, his family, friends and all at West Ham”.

Antonio is West Ham’s all-time record Premier League scorer.

He has scored one goal in

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