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3 May 2026 Off

Hull City 2-1 Norwich City: Tigers fight back to gran final play-off spot

By Total Football News

Hull owner Acun Ilicali struggled with his emotions after the final whistle and he can look forward to the play-offs, in which the Tigers have won twice promotion twice previously.

They began, however, like a team who had not won in their previous six games as Norwich took control, opening the scoring when Toure volleyed home Anis Ben Slimane’s dinked pass into the middle.

But 12 seconds after the restart,

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15 April 2026 Off

Hull City: Oli McBurnie calls on Hull to secure play-off spot

By Total Football News

Oli McBurnie has urged his Hull City team-mates to focus on finishing the job by confirming a place in the end-of-season Championship play-offs.

Hull were wounded by Saturday’s late 2-1 defeat at Sheffield United and their promotion push has lost momentum at a critical time, with the club winning just four of their last 13 league games.

McBurnie says they must focus on the bigger picture, adding that no-one expected

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8 April 2026 Off

Swansea City 2-2 Middlesbrough: Boro miss chance to reclaim top-two spot

By Total Football News

Swansea head coach Vitor Matos:

“We needed to control the game without the ball, getting compact, getting the right timings, the right positions, the right organisation.

“We knew Middlesbrough is a really good team with the ball, with a lot of individual technique in all positions, which can hurt you.

“With two games [over Easter] and all the internationals arriving last Thursday, you need first to be organised and compact

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22 November 2025 Off

Wolves 0-2 Crystal Palace: Eagles move into fourth spot as Wolves stay winless

By Total Football News

Crystal Palace powered into the Premier League’s top four as they condemned new Wolves boss Rob Edwards to defeat in his first game in charge.

Daniel Munoz and Yeremy Pino struck in the second half to move the Eagles up to fourth with a deserved victory at Molineux.

Oliver Glasner’s side were a class above the hosts with bottom club Wolves’ survival chances looking bleaker by the game, despite Edwards’

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7 November 2025 Off

Max O’Leary: Bristol City keeper says it will be ‘hard’ to reclaim starting spot

By Total Football News

The 29-year-old had previously been Bristol City’s first-choice keeper, having started every one of their league games – playing every minute – for the past two campaigns under Nigel Pearson and then Liam Manning.

O’Leary joined City’s academy as an under-11 player and made his first-team debut in 2016 but had to be patient before becoming a regular starter, with former Robins’ captain Dan Bentley the number one until he

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3 May 2025 Off

Sheffield United 1-1 Blackburn Rovers: Rovers miss out on play-off spot with draw

By Total Football News

With Lancashire rivals Burnley and Preston both providing Blackburn a helping hand in their respective matches at the interval, Rovers knew a goal would take them into the top six.

It was the hosts that started the second half on the front foot, however, and Sydie Peck went close but his half volley was well held by Toth.

Five minutes into the second half, Blackburn winger Ryan Hedges picked out

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3 May 2025 Off

Bristol City 2-2 Preston North End: Robins earn Championship play-off spot as visitors secure safety

By Total Football News

With pressure on both teams it was Preston who undeniably showed greater purpose early on with a couple of miscued attempts from Robbie Brady, the midfielder slicing a volley well wide and then striking a powerful attempt over the crossbar.

City tried to respond through Wells who drove a low shot wide of the near post after Scott Twine’s sharp lay-off, but the visitors were proving a frustrating obstacle to

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3 May 2025 Off

Coventry City 2-0 Middlesbrough: Jack Rudoni double secures Sky Blues a play-off spot

By Total Football News

Boro have been hunting a play-off spot all season, but a goalless draw at home to Norwich City last Saturday had seen their play-off chances slip out of their own hands.

But their results since the turn of the year leading into this game had brought just 27 points from 21 games.

Carrick added six players in the transfer window but they have struggled to replace the goals of Emmanuel

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8 April 2025 Off

England secure fifth Champions League spot after Arsenal beat Real Madrid

By Total Football News

Each country’s league earns a coefficient ranking based on how their teams perform in Uefa’s three men’s club competitions: the Champions League, Europa League and Conference League.

Coefficient points are earned through match results – two for a win and one for a draw.

The points earned by clubs from the same domestic league are added up and divided by the number of clubs the league has in Europe.

For

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