Tag: start

12 December 2025 Off

Southampton 3-2 West Bromwich Albion: Armstrong’s double continues Eckert’s fine start

By Total Football News

West Brom academy graduate Tom Fellows showed the Baggies just what they are missing since his £10m summer switch to Southampton as he created the opening goal.

Fellows turned and ran three quarters of the pitch before finding Scienza on his right, who scored expertly into the far corner.

As fluent as Southampton were, West Brom didn’t help themselves and they gifted Saints a second when Callum Styles played the

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5 December 2025 Off

72+ EFL podcast: Heavenly start at Middlesbrough for Kim Hellberg

By Total Football News

“Whenever a manager comes into a football club, ultimately the first thing they need to do is get results and he’s [Kim Hellberg] done that. It was a great start.”

The 72+ team are joined by ex-Middlesbrough defender Tommy Smith to talk about high-flying Championship pair Boro and Millwall, along with struggles at Swansea, Plymouth Argyle, Port Vale and Bristol Rovers.

Middlesbrough boss Kim Hellberg led his side to victory

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1 December 2025 Off

Mohamed Salah: ‘Is this the start of Liverpool’s life without the Egyptian?’

By Total Football News

Salah should not be written off, though. This is a dangerous game.

He had started 53 Premier League games in a row before this one, often appearing to be on a single-handed mission to bring the title back to Liverpool last season, which eventually happened.

Salah has made 419 appearances for Liverpool with 383 starts, scoring 250 times. He has made 300 league appearances, with 288 starts, since his move

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24 November 2025 Off

Birmingham City 4-1 Norwich City: Philippe Clement has nightmare start as Canaries boss

By Total Football News

Celebrating their 150th anniversary, Birmingham were in no mood to give Clement and his side any presents as they started superbly.

Demarai Gray forced Vladan Kovacevic into a good low save after a minute before being integral to the opener soon after.

The forward superbly controlled Alex Cochrane’s long ball before his low pass across the six-yard box was tucked away by the unmarked Ducksch at the far post for

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3 November 2025 Off

The tactics behind Sunderland’s impressive Premier League start

By Total Football News

Le Bris’ tactical variety is evident in Sunderland’s out-of-possession play this season. Though they have been difficult to break down defensively, that hasn’t only been by defending deep.

Sunderland tend to begin aggressively. Le Bris instructs his players to press high, often in a man-to-man fashion, and their ability to execute this has been impressive.

Newly promoted teams are reluctant to defend in this way because getting it wrong leaves

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28 October 2025 Off

Charlton Athletic opinion: Fans have their say on Addicks’ fine start

By Total Football News

On Monday we asked Charlton fans to get in touch with their views about their team’s fine start to the Championship season following promotion, and asking just how far they might go under Nathan Jones.

Here are a selection of your responses:

Alex W – Still very early doors, I’d be happy still if we stay up! At the end of the day I know it’s great being top-10 but

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26 October 2025 Off

West Ham defeat by Leeds marks ‘perilous’ Hammers’ worst start in 52 years

By Total Football News

West Ham’s miserable Premier League campaign continued with a defeat at Leeds on Friday which ensured their worst start to a season for 52 years.

The result was their third consecuitve defeat under new manager Nuno Espirito Santo, who remains winless since replacing Graham Potter in September.

The Hammers, who sit 19th in the table, have recorded just one win this season and ironically it arrived against Nottingham Forest, when

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20 October 2025 Off

Aaron Ramsey ready to push on after false start at Leicester City

By Total Football News

Aaron Ramsey hopes he has put his nightmare start to life at Leicester City behind him.

The 22-year-old Burnley loanee was sent off against Oxford United on his debut and then had to serve a three-match ban.

But after scoring his first goal for Leicester in the 1-1 draw against Portsmouth on Saturday Ramsey feels he is getting his feet under the table at the King Power Stadium.

“It has

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8 October 2025 Off

Jordan James: Leicester City midfielder on ‘dream’ start to loan

By Total Football News

In his first month with Leicester, James has already scored more goals than he managed across his entire first season with Rennes last term.

He featured 24 times across all competitions for the French top-flight side, having left boyhood club Birmingham City for the capital of Brittany in August 2024.

“It was a tough season last year for me, I didn’t play as much football as I wanted to,” James

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