Tag: room

30 March 2026 Off

Wrexham’s finances: Record revenue, bumper wages and room for more

By Total Football News

Despite an unprecedented rise, Wrexham are continuing to look up.

Improving their iconic Stok Cae Ras home is viewed as a “key enabler of both sporting and commercial success”.

The Kop Stand – which will house 7,500 fans, taking the stadium’s total capacity to more than 18,000 – is due to be completed in early 2027.

Earlier this season, the club spent £480,000 to purchase land from Wrexham University and

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16 January 2026 Off

Derby County: Opinion – Ebou Adams exit makes room for new faces

By Total Football News

With Rams midfielder Ebou Adams looking like he’s bound for fellow Championship side Portsmouth, it’s a move that would see Derby County largely recoup some of the money they paid to sign the 30-year-old from Cardiff City permanently a year and a half ago.

His impact has been sensational in a Derby shirt. Without him they wouldn’t have been promoted from League One and there’s a case to say they

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2 November 2025 Off

‘Room to breathe after statement win’

By Total Football News

This was the victory that Valerien Ismael craved in his pre-match interview with me 24 hours before the match.

The statement win.

The win that tells his new look squad that they are capable of competing with the powerhouses of the Championship.

He’s still unable to let go of the disappointment of having a match abandoned against Ipswich earlier this season which could (and only could) have brought that statement

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8 March 2025 Off

‘The changing room is going crazy’ – Forest on ‘verge of something special’

By Total Football News

A little under 20 years ago, Forest became the first European Cup-winning club to drop into the third tier of a domestic league pyramid.

They spent three seasons in League One before returning to the Championship in 2008-09, but the Reds would finish inside the top 10 just three times in the next 10 seasons as they struggled to return to the promised land of the Premier League.

Managers such

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14 February 2025 Off

Cardiff still have room to make free agent signing

By Total Football News

Cardiff City boss Omer Riza says the Bluebirds have given themselves wiggle room for if they decide to try and sign any free agents.

The Bluebirds left Raheem Conte, recalled from a loan at Woking, out of their EFL 25-man squad list despite being unable to send him out on another loan.

Cardiff only named 24 players in their squad list and Riza says that was a deliberate move.

“We

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29 December 2024 Off

Swansea City: Luke Williams stays away from dressing room for QPR win

By Total Football News

Williams then saw his players at their pre-match meal before QPR, but then headed for his Swansea.com Stadium office rather than the home dressing room.

“I have done it before as a coach. I spoke to the captain in the week and he had a few incredible insights for me,” he said.

“We have routines and certain things we do on matchday minus one or matchday minus three or whatever.

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