Tag: Winners

Championship transfer window winners and losers: Middlesbrough, Derby County and Wrexham’s business analysed
3 February 2026 Off

Championship transfer window winners and losers: Middlesbrough, Derby County and Wrexham’s business analysed

By Total Football News

Gallows humour may lead to some Blackburn fans claiming the sacking of Valerien Ismael on deadline day actually ended a challenging month with a positive, given the perceived detrimental impact the Frenchman was having on the Rovers team.

But in a strategic sense, whoever replaces Ismael inherits the same problems he has been wrestling with and zero flexibility to do anything about it until June which, by then, could be

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‘It can’t all come from the manager’ – Martin Keown on how Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal can become winners
19 May 2025 Off

‘It can’t all come from the manager’ – Martin Keown on how Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal can become winners

By Total Football News

I wish I was a fly on the wall in the Arsenal dressing room at half-time on Sunday because I think a lot of the difference between their first and second-half performance was down to the kind of motivation from the manager that I am talking about.

It was the same at Anfield last week, when they were 2-0 down to Liverpool at the break and Arteta told them he

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Leeds United: Championship winners open talks with Junior Firpo and Sam Byram as Josuha Guilavogui leaves
17 May 2025 Off

Leeds United: Championship winners open talks with Junior Firpo and Sam Byram as Josuha Guilavogui leaves

By Total Football News

Leeds United are in discussions with defenders Junior Firpo and Sam Byram over new contracts and have also announced the departure of midfielder Josuha Guilavogui following the club’s promotion to the Premier League.

Left-back Firpo made 32 Championship appearances and scored four goals – one in a draw at Sunderland with another in a win at their promotion rivals Sheffield United – as Leeds pipped Burnley to the title on

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Premier League: Most goals and best defences – the winners in the 2024 stats
1 January 2025 Off

Premier League: Most goals and best defences – the winners in the 2024 stats

By Total Football News

While the table-topping statistics below are not what would be referred to as winners, they are interesting nonetheless.

The player who hit the woodwork the most times in 2024 was Palmer, with six of his shots striking the frame of the goal.

Four players were booked more than anyone else with James Tarkowski, Nelson Semedo, Marcos Senesi and Joao Gomes all shown 12 yellow cards.

Only three players were sent

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Ruben Amorim tactics: Man Utd winners and losers under new coach – analysis
1 November 2024 Off

Ruben Amorim tactics: Man Utd winners and losers under new coach – analysis

By Total Football News

As Manchester United supporters prepare to welcome a highly-rated and talented coach from outside of Europe’s ‘big five’ leagues who has analysts swooning, they may be worried that it all sounds a bit familiar.

But in Ruben Amorim, they can be certain that in one crucial aspect he won’t be anything like Erik ten Hag.

The defining complaint about the sacked Dutchman was that after two-and-a-bit seasons the football was

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Championship winners Leicester – how Enzo Maresca guided Foxes to promotion
10 May 2024 0

Championship winners Leicester – how Enzo Maresca guided Foxes to promotion

By Total Football News

On 3 June, Maresca, as assistant to Pep Guardiola, helped Manchester City win the FA Cup against Manchester United.

The following day, he was speaking to Leicester’s owner about becoming head coach. He almost never made the meeting.

The 44-year-old agonised long and hard before attending the appointment, not because he didn’t want the job, but because he would miss the 10th birthday party of his son, Paolo.

If he

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Man City documentary Together: Treble Winners shows lighter side of players
2 April 2024 0

Man City documentary Together: Treble Winners shows lighter side of players

By Total Football News
John Stones, Jack Grealish and Bernardo Silva celebrate during Treble parade
A new docuseries about Manchester City’s Treble-winning season aims to show the players as relatable characters

The new Manchester City documentary streaming on Netflix from Tuesday 2 April is here to bring the fun.

Together: Treble Winners is a new six-part series documenting the club’s 2022-23 campaign, when they became only the second English club in history to win the Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League in the same

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