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Derby County fan view: Bobby Clark is statement signing for Rams
26 June 2026 Off

Derby County fan view: Bobby Clark is statement signing for Rams

By Total Football News

The Rams announced their first signing of the summer transfer window on Monday evening, acquiring the permanent services of midfielder Bobby Clark.

Following a highly successful loan spell at Pride Park last campaign, during which the 21-year-old was named the club’s young player of the season, supporters have been delighted to see Clark commit his long-term future to the club.

Arriving for a fee believed to be in the region

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Derby County fan view: Final day play-off near-miss does not define Rams’ season
6 May 2026 Off

Derby County fan view: Final day play-off near-miss does not define Rams’ season

By Total Football News

The play-off dream proved to be a step too far for Derby County this season.

In previous Championship campaigns, losing on the final day and finishing eighth in the table would have been disappointing, particularly with a play-off place up for grabs.

However, looking around Pride Park on Saturday, I didn’t see disappointment. Instead I saw a lot of excitement for the future, and a sense that the pressure was

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Blackburn Rovers fan’s view: ‘Michael O’Neill will always have a place in my blue and white hearts’
23 April 2026 Off

Blackburn Rovers fan’s view: ‘Michael O’Neill will always have a place in my blue and white hearts’

By Total Football News

As I sat down this morning to write this, I thought about looking up the stats, some kind of in-depth analysis of our season but instead I have decided to write from the heart.

By the time Valerien Ismael exited Ewood Park I was resigned to relegation and baffled as to who would want the Rovers job.

While commentators said it was desirable, it felt for anyone considering the role

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Portsmouth fan view: Pompey rode their luck for best away win this season
12 April 2026 Off

Portsmouth fan view: Pompey rode their luck for best away win this season

By Total Football News

Saturday afternoon was by a country mile Pompey’s best win away from home all season, but also could prove to be an incredibly consequential result in the context of our fight for survival.

There is something so magical about a Portsmouth fan and academy product scoring one of the most significant winners of the campaign during his second spell at the club.

The scenes in the away end were completely

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EFL five things: Open-top buses booked as finish line comes into view
10 April 2026 Off

EFL five things: Open-top buses booked as finish line comes into view

By Total Football News

Coventry began the Championship season with a 12-game unbeaten run, rising to the summit at the start of October and, despite a wobble early in 2026, have remained there ever since.

That run of 16 points from 13 games either side of Christmas allowed Middlesbrough to temporarily wipe out an eight-point deficit to go level on points with the Sky Blues in February, but a 3-1 win over Boro launched

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Portsmouth fan view: QPR defeat shows why Pompey are going down
23 March 2026 Off

Portsmouth fan view: QPR defeat shows why Pompey are going down

By Total Football News

Saturday was the darkest day of Pompey’s season.

It left me, and I’m sure many present alongside us in the Loftus Road away end, genuinely shocked leaving the ground and heading home.

An argument you could’ve made heading into the weekend was that, although the results hadn’t been falling our way, Pompey weren’t being blown away and when losing, were usually losing by a single goal in games. On Saturday

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Derby County fan view: The day I fell in love with the Rams
12 March 2026 Off

Derby County fan view: The day I fell in love with the Rams

By Total Football News

I remember it as if it was yesterday.

The 12th of March 2011. Derby County vs Swansea City. A game that, on paper, most would deem your average Championship fixture.

However, for seven-year-old me, it was about to become my fondest memory supporting the Rams.

Weeks earlier, I’d come home from school to my mum, dad, and brother surrounding the kitchen table, pushing a pretty formal looking letter in my

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Fans view: New boss Eric Ramsay will bring much-needed clarity to West Brom
16 January 2026 Off

Fans view: New boss Eric Ramsay will bring much-needed clarity to West Brom

By Total Football News

It is the eternal question for young managers – when are you ready for a job in the unforgiving environment of the top two leagues of English football?

Most feel that some level of apprenticeship in the lower divisions is required or a natural progression with one club.

Very few jump straight into a job in the Championship with no experience and succeed, no matter how big their profile

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Fan’s view: A fitting tribute to ‘Headphones Norm’
10 December 2025 Off

Fan’s view: A fitting tribute to ‘Headphones Norm’

By Total Football News

The club provided a fitting, heartfelt tribute to ‘Headphones Norm’ who was a familiar face for all of us who have followed Charlton up and down the country.

Every away coach I have ever taken, he was there.

He was our Rudyard Kipling – meeting triumph and disaster and treating those two impostors just the same. While others ranted after a defeat, Norm would simply shrug and say it was

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Blackburn Rovers expert view: Time to produce away form at home
22 November 2025 Off

Blackburn Rovers expert view: Time to produce away form at home

By Total Football News

At the other end of the pitch, Yuki Ohashi exuded the rich tenacity that has become a hallmark of his game, a driving force and constant pest to the opposition. In Andri Gudjohnsen – the match-winner here – Rovers have a player growing well into English football, his goals tally now escalating encouragingly.

There were many standout performers in this local derby – willing runners, desire in abundance and

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