Tag: staff

Sheffield United: Alan Knill departs as Phil Jones joins coaching staff
18 June 2026 Off

Sheffield United: Alan Knill departs as Phil Jones joins coaching staff

By Total Football News

Sheffield United have announced a reshuffle of their coaching staff which has seen the arrival of former Manchester United and England defender Phil Jones and the departure of long-term assistant boss Alan Knill.

Jones, 34, moves to Bramall Lane as first-team coach after leaving Championship rivals Blackburn Rovers last week.

He had joined the Ewood Park club in February as part of interim boss Michael O’Neill’s coaching team.

Knill has

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Andy Mangan joins Swansea City staff as first-team consultant
7 April 2026 Off

Andy Mangan joins Swansea City staff as first-team consultant

By Total Football News

His most recent coaching post was at Brazilian club Botafogo, where he was on the staff of Davide Ancelotti.

Ancelotti, the son of managerial legend Carlo, studied for his coaching pro licence in Wales, on the same course as Mangan and Swansea head coach Vitor Matos.

Mangan had been lined up to Carlo Ancelotti’s Real Madrid coaching staff in 2024, only for the move to collapse after his work permit

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Norwich City: Bristol City coaches join Liam Manning’s staff
27 June 2025 Off

Norwich City: Bristol City coaches join Liam Manning’s staff

By Total Football News

Chris Hogg and James Krause have left Bristol City to join Liam Manning’s coaching team at Norwich.

Former Hibernian player Hogg, 40, will be assistant head coach, having worked with Manning at the Robins, Oxford United and MK Dons, and also has previous coaching experience at Newcastle United.

New first-team coach analyst Krause also worked with Manning at Ashton Gate and the MKM Stadium, and previous worked at Arsenal.

They

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Sheffield Wednesday: Delay on staff wages for second time in three months
30 May 2025 Off

Sheffield Wednesday: Delay on staff wages for second time in three months

By Total Football News

BBC Radio Sheffield reporter Rob Staton

Sheffield Wednesday fans ended the season protesting against chairman Dejphon Chansiri in a way we haven’t seen from this fanbase in the past.

There was concern the last time wages were not paid on time – in March – that if it happened again within a certain timeframe, the club faced a potential transfer embargo. I suspect that can still be avoided, depending on

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Eddie Howe: Newcastle United players & staff dedicate win to absent boss
13 April 2025 Off

Eddie Howe: Newcastle United players & staff dedicate win to absent boss

By Total Football News

It was a familiar scene at St James’ Park as Newcastle’s players showed their appreciation to the Toon Army after another win – in what is turning into a highly impressive season.

Harvey Barnes, clutching the man of the match award after his two goals inspired a crushing 4-1 victory over Manchester United, led the applause in front of the jubilant home fans.

Sandro Tonali and Bruno Guimaraes, who also

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Sheffield Wednesday players and staff paid delayed March wages
7 April 2025 Off

Sheffield Wednesday players and staff paid delayed March wages

By Total Football News

Sheffield Wednesday have confirmed that the club’s players and staff have now received their wages for March.

Salaries were supposed to be paid last week, with the club saying it was a “temporary issue” due to debts owed to owner Dejphon Chansiri, whose family control the Thai Union Group, the world’s largest producer of canned tuna.

Chansiri bought the Championship side from Milan Mandaric in 2015 but this was the

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Blackburn Rovers: Five things we learned from BBC Radio Lancashire’s interview with senior club staff
4 April 2025 Off

Blackburn Rovers: Five things we learned from BBC Radio Lancashire’s interview with senior club staff

By Total Football News

Off the back of a torrid 2023-24 campaign which saw Blackburn battle to preserve their Championship status, the first half of this season was much brighter.

Under John Eustace, the club challenged in the top six in the lead up to Christmas and strung together six straight wins between November and December.

During January the club brought in six players – centre forwards Augustus Kargbo, Cauley Woodrow and Emmanuel Dennis,

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Alan Sheehan: Interim Swansea City boss to stay in charge until end of season as new staff arrive
26 March 2025 Off

Alan Sheehan: Interim Swansea City boss to stay in charge until end of season as new staff arrive

By Total Football News

Sheehan has got his wish, to an extent, after expressing concern that Swansea had staff “filling in” after Williams left the club alongside coaches Ryan Harley and George Lawtey.

While Sheehan had spoken of the need for “permanent roles for permanent people with a permanent plan”, he has at least got help in the shape of Fotheringham and Stearman.

Former midfielder Fotheringham played for a host of clubs including Dundee,

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Man Utd redundancies: Up to 200 staff to be made redundant
24 February 2025 Off

Man Utd redundancies: Up to 200 staff to be made redundant

By Total Football News

Manchester United will make up to 200 jobs redundant to “return the club to profitability”.

About 250 members of staff were made redundant last year in a first wave of cost-cutting measures by co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe.

In a meeting with staff on Monday, United chief executive Omar Berrada informed employees that there would be a fresh round of redundancies as part of a “transformation plan”.

A club statement read:

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Swansea City players and staff must ‘look in the mirror’ after Luke Williams exit – Alan Sheehan
21 February 2025 Off

Swansea City players and staff must ‘look in the mirror’ after Luke Williams exit – Alan Sheehan

By Total Football News

“There’s been no celebration or anything.

“We are in this position now and we have to get out of it, it’s very simple, and we know we are the only ones who can put it right.

“We all have to look in the mirror and have that self-reflection and put it right.”

Sheehan is in his second spell as Swansea’s caretaker boss, having led the club for seven games last

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