Tag: years

Steve Waggott: Blackburn Rovers chief executive leaves after seven years
22 May 2025 Off

Steve Waggott: Blackburn Rovers chief executive leaves after seven years

By Total Football News

Waggott’s exit from the club comes amid fan protests against his position and that of owners Venky’s during this season.

In March, a collection of Blackburn Rovers supporters groups called upon Waggott as well as head of football operations Rudy Gestede and chief operating officer, and representative of the owners, Suhail Pasha to not attend their final eight league matches.

The groups believed the trio had become a target for

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Leeds United: Opinion – Chris and Kev’s memory kept alive, 25 years on
7 April 2025 Off

Leeds United: Opinion – Chris and Kev’s memory kept alive, 25 years on

By Total Football News

Last weekend marked a milestone in the memories of Christopher Loftus and Kevin Speight. It has been 25 years since they left to watch Leeds United in the Uefa Cup semi-final first-leg against Galatasaray in Istanbul, and never came home.

The banners unfurled at Leeds’ last two games bore the words “25 years” and “Never forgotten”.

Both family and friends of Chris and Kev attended a memorial last Thursday to

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Ipswich Town: Fans and players celebrate first Premier League home win in 22 years
31 December 2024 Off

Ipswich Town: Fans and players celebrate first Premier League home win in 22 years

By Total Football News

Delap, who McKenna described as “a different beast”, opened the scoring for Ipswich with a 12th-minute penalty.

Incredibly, it was Town’s first penalty goal in the Premier League in more than 23 years – Marcus Stewart’s strike in November 2001 also came against Chelsea.

Meanwhile, the 21-year-old Delap took his goal tally to seven in the league this season – and only Cole Palmer, James Maddison and Ollie Watkins have

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Everton suffered years of chaos & crisis under Farhad Moshiri
19 December 2024 Off

Everton suffered years of chaos & crisis under Farhad Moshiri

By Total Football News

Everton were regarded as a model of stability during the 11-year reign of David Moyes from 2002-13.

However, Moshiri replaced this serenity with a rapid-fire revolving door approach during which he made seven full-time appointments, the first six lasting an average of only 309 days each between their first and final games before current incumbent Sean Dyche.

Moshiri made his intentions clear and set the tone for his tenure quickly

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Arsenal 3-2 Crystal Palace: Mikel Arteta has rebuilt club in five years but needs to take final step
18 December 2024 Off

Arsenal 3-2 Crystal Palace: Mikel Arteta has rebuilt club in five years but needs to take final step

By Total Football News

Arteta has undoubtedly had backing for his Arsenal project. His ‘trust the process’ motto adhered to by many.

Since he came in, the Gunners have a net spend of £500.14m, according to data from Football Transfers. Man City’s is just £59.75m in that same period, helped by significant player sales of young talent.

It also makes the £235.4m net spend from the five years previous pale into insignificance.

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Millwall 0-1 Sheffield United: Rhian Brewster’s first goal in two years sends Blades top
11 December 2024 Off

Millwall 0-1 Sheffield United: Rhian Brewster’s first goal in two years sends Blades top

By Total Football News

Millwall boss Neil Harris told BBC Radio London:

“It wasn’t the way I hoped to go, with a defeat. Sometimes you have to just respect levels. How many times did we get into their penalty area? Double [the amount of time than] them. Did we have any quality? Not really.

“We hit the woodwork twice and couldn’t follow up with simple chances. They have an execution of a brilliant pass,

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Luke Shaw injuries: Man Utd defender has lost four and a half years to injury
4 December 2024 Off

Luke Shaw injuries: Man Utd defender has lost four and a half years to injury

By Total Football News

Shaw’s injury issues really began to ramp up in 2023, suggesting recurring injuries – particularly those in his hamstrings – have taken their toll.

“When you’re talking about highly tuned athletes, the smallest problem can easily be magnified,” said Ben Dinnery from Premier Injuries.

Dinnery explained that muscle injuries, especially hamstrings, have a particularly high recurrence rate in the first 30 days of returning to playing.

This is not helped

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Luton Town’s worst EFL start for 22 years… what’s gone wrong?
14 October 2024 Off

Luton Town’s worst EFL start for 22 years… what’s gone wrong?

By Total Football News

On the face of it, Luton’s problems are plain and simple for all to see.

“We’ve not scored enough goals and not kept enough clean sheets,” former Luton defender Leon Barnett told BBC Three Counties Radio’s sport show.

Luton have scored just eight times. Only bottom side Cardiff and Preston North End have managed fewer.

They are also leaking goals with only the bottom three sides conceding more than

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Tottenham v Arsenal: Gunners to wear away kit in fixture for first time in 38 years
10 September 2024 Off

Tottenham v Arsenal: Gunners to wear away kit in fixture for first time in 38 years

By Total Football News

Arsenal will wear their away kit in Sunday’s north London derby for the first time in 38 years after their red-and-white home shirt was deemed to clash with Tottenham’s colours.

The Gunners will don their black away strip at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium after referees’ body Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL) said their home shirt “features too much white”.

Arsenal also said wearing their home shirt with red shorts and

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Fans ‘aged 10 years’ in win, says Derby County boss Paul Warne
19 August 2024 Off

Fans ‘aged 10 years’ in win, says Derby County boss Paul Warne

By Total Football News

Warne said Josh Vickers added to his reputation as an “excellent keeper”, having made a series of crucial saves a day after Derby brought in Swede Jacob Widell Zetterstrom to compete for the number one spot.

The Rams boss was “proud” of his entire side for “literally giving everything”.

He added: “The lads all put their bodies on the line.

“And I have to thank the fans because everyone has

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