Tag: Ward

Liverpool news: Julian Ward succeeds Richard Hughes as Liverpool sporting director
26 September 2026 Off

Liverpool news: Julian Ward succeeds Richard Hughes as Liverpool sporting director

By Total Football News

Julian Ward’s appointment gives Liverpool‘s hierarchy some much-needed stability after a summer of transition.

Ward has done the sporting director job before – and bar a spell between the summers of 2023 and 2024, has been at the club since 2012.

Liverpool did speak to external candidates but Ward was seen as the stand-out choice.

One source described him as: “Calm, well-spoken and with a clear opinion and vision.”

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Joel Ward: Swansea City in talks with veteran defender
19 May 2026 Off

Joel Ward: Swansea City in talks with veteran defender

By Total Football News

The 19-year-old, who made five senior appearances for the Welsh club in 2023-24, returned early from a loan spell at Girona in January after injury issues.

Forward Josh Thomas, who played one senior Swans game in August 2024, has been released alongside fellow youngsters Evan Anderson, Mitchell Bates, Callum Deacon, Isaac Dudding, Wahab Ojetoro, Ben Phillips and Brogan Popham.

Swansea say academy players Caleb Demery, Billy Clarke, Caio Ifans, Callum

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Joe Ward: Derby County extend versatile wing-back’s stay until 2027
14 March 2026 Off

Joe Ward: Derby County extend versatile wing-back’s stay until 2027

By Total Football News

Derby County have triggered an extension clause in Joe Ward’s contract to keep the versatile wing-back at the Championship club until the summer of 2027.

The 30-year-old was into the final three months of his initial three-year deal that he signed when arriving at the club in 2023 from Peterborough United.

He helped the Rams to promotion from League One in his first season at Pride Park and has made

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Joel Ward: Swansea City sign former Crystal Palace captain
11 January 2026 Off

Joel Ward: Swansea City sign former Crystal Palace captain

By Total Football News

Ward spent 13 seasons playing for Palace in the Premier League after helping the Eagles win promotion from the Championship in 2012-13, his first year at the club after he joined from Portsmouth.

He made 364 appearances for Palace, scoring six goals, but played on only three occasions last season.

Ward was an unused substitute as Oliver Glasner’s team beat Manchester City in the FA Cup final last May, having

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Derby County: ‘I could have packed in playing football’ – Ward
26 November 2025 Off

Derby County: ‘I could have packed in playing football’ – Ward

By Total Football News

Derby County wing-back Joe Ward has said he considered retiring from football because of a recurring knee injury – but is now enjoying a run in the team.

The 30-year-old missed most of last season after requiring knee surgery for the second time in two years.

But Ward has now started the past five games for the Rams, providing four assists and scoring one goal in the 2-1 win at

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Danny Ward: Wrexham re-sign Wales keeper after Leicester City exit
1 July 2025 Off

Danny Ward: Wrexham re-sign Wales keeper after Leicester City exit

By Total Football News

Ward made three senior appearances for Liverpool, with loan spells at Morecambe, Aberdeen and Huddersfield, prior to a £12.5m move to Leicester in 2018.

Ward has 44 Wales caps, but has been back-up to Karl Darlow in the current World Cup qualifying campaign, having most recently started for Craig Bellamy’s side in the Nations League against Iceland in November 2024.

Ward will compete for the Wrexham goalkeeper’s spot with Arthur

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