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Rob Edwards: Middlesbrough boss has ‘full focus’ on side amid Wolves links
3 November 2025 Off

Rob Edwards: Middlesbrough boss has ‘full focus’ on side amid Wolves links

By Total Football News

Middlesbrough boss Rob Edwards says he understands why he has been linked with the managerial vacancy at Premier League strugglers Wolverhampton Wanderers, but is concentrating solely on Tuesday’s game against Leicester.

Edwards, 42, made 100 league appearances for Wolves between 2004 and 2008 and has held various coaching roles at the club since.

The winless West Midlands side sacked boss Vitor Pereira on Sunday and are eight points adrift of

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Rob Edwards: Middlesbrough boss has no concerns with team’s strikers
1 November 2025 Off

Rob Edwards: Middlesbrough boss has no concerns with team’s strikers

By Total Football News

Middlesbrough boss Rob Edwards says he has no concerns about his strikeforce in the Championship this season.

Boro go into this weekend’s match with Edwards’ previous side Watford in second place in the table.

They have scored 16 goals in 12 games – fewer than half the 34 hit by leaders Coventry – and no player has more than two goals in the league.

Coventry’s Haji Wright and Brandon Thomas-Asante

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How can Rob Edwards solve Middlesbrough’s attacking conundrum?
30 October 2025 Off

How can Rob Edwards solve Middlesbrough’s attacking conundrum?

By Total Football News

“If he just plays the same players week in, week out, he [Boro boss Rob Edwards] says they will just break, so he has to mix it up. But that’s difficult when you are trying to get attacking players in a rhythm and trying to get them to find form.

“Tommy Conway needs a goal, David Strelec needs a goal, Kaly Sene needs a goal – you are just waiting

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Middlesbrough: Rob Edwards prepares side for ‘different’ Hillsborough experience
21 October 2025 Off

Middlesbrough: Rob Edwards prepares side for ‘different’ Hillsborough experience

By Total Football News

Middlesbrough head coach Rob Edwards says he has been preparing his side for a “different” atmosphere for their midweek game at Sheffield Wednesday.

There have been rumours of a boycott by fans of the troubled south Yorkshire club for the Championship match at Hillsborough on Wednesday (20:00 BST).

In the Owls’ most recent home game against Coventry City, a small number of supporters entered the pitch to protest against the

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Rob Dickie signs new contract extension at Bristol City until 2028
17 October 2025 Off

Rob Dickie signs new contract extension at Bristol City until 2028

By Total Football News

“We have a really good squad here and as a group we feel we should be pushing,” he said.

“I have really enjoyed my time here and it is nice to feel settled. I like to lead on and off the pitch with my actions.”

Dickie’s current deal was due to expire in 2026, but the new terms keep him at Ashton Gate until 2028.

Bristol City’s technical director Brian

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Middlesbrough: Owner Steve Gibson a big factor in Rob Edwards taking job
24 June 2025 Off

Middlesbrough: Owner Steve Gibson a big factor in Rob Edwards taking job

By Total Football News

Edwards moves to the Riverside with a different backroom staff to the one he had at Luton.

He worked alongside Paul Trollope and Richie Kyle at Kenilworth Road, but Kyle is now at Bolton Wanderers and Trollope has been linked with joining up with Will Still at Southampton.

Edwards’ new-look team includes Adrian Viveash, who was number two to Mark Robins for seven years at Coventry City, and the younger

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Rob Edwards: Middlesbrough appoint ex-Luton Town boss as head coach
24 June 2025 Off

Rob Edwards: Middlesbrough appoint ex-Luton Town boss as head coach

By Total Football News

Middlesbrough have appointed ex-Luton Town manager Rob Edwards as their new head coach.

Edwards, 42, moves to the Riverside Stadium on a three-year deal as the replacement for Michael Carrick, who was dismissed earlier this month.

He led Luton to the Premier League in 2023 but could not avoid relegation from the top flight 12 months later and was then dismissed by the Hatters in January when they were

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Rob Atkinson: Bristol City defender signs new contract until 2028
24 June 2025 Off

Rob Atkinson: Bristol City defender signs new contract until 2028

By Total Football News

Centre-back Rob Atkinson has signed a new two-year contract extension with Bristol City until the summer of 2028.

The 26-year-old spent the second half of last season on loan with fellow Championship side Portsmouth as he returned from long-term injury, with the club keen to sign him permanently.

Atkinson joined the Robins in 2021 from Oxford United and played 66 games before rupturing his anterior cruciate ligament in February

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Middlesbrough close to appointing Rob Edwards as head coach
18 June 2025 Off

Middlesbrough close to appointing Rob Edwards as head coach

By Total Football News

There was also interest from Bristol City in the former Wolves and Blackpool defender but the Robins are due to appoint former Barnsley manager Gerhard Struber as Liam Manning’s replacement in the next 24 hours.

Edwards guided Luton to promotion to the top flight for the first time in more than 30 years in 2023 when they beat Coventry on penalties in the Championship play-off final.

Luton finished 18th in

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Liam Manning: Bristol City boss hopes to keep defender Rob Atkinson
20 May 2025 Off

Liam Manning: Bristol City boss hopes to keep defender Rob Atkinson

By Total Football News

On the future of Fally Mayulu, last summer’s big-money signing from Rapid Vienna, Manning was more coy – stating the forward’s return to the club was “possible”.

Mayulu, 22, started promisingly at Ashton Gate, scoring in both of his opening two Championship matches for the club, but then embarked on a barren run of 15 games without a goal before returning to the Austrian Bundesliga with Sturm Graz.

“It’s

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