Tag: Blackburn Rovers

Louis O’Brien, Steve Cook and Omar Richards left out of Nottingham Forest’s 25-man Premier League squad

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Louis O’Brien, Steve Cook and Omar Richards have been left out of Nottingham Forest’s Premier League squad for the second part of the 2022-23 season. Forest continued their transfer frenzy after returning to the Premier League last month, with Gustavo Scarpa, Chris Wood, Danilo, Keylor Navas, Jonjo Shelvey and Felipe all joining. Then Andre Ayew was signed on Thursday as a free agent on a deal until the end of the season, after he left the Qatari club Al-Sadd by mutual consent. Those signings mean several first-team players have been…

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Dean Holden’s journey to Charlton: Tragedy, unemployment and meeting fans in the pub

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December 21, 2022, 11.15 pm. New Charlton Athletic manager Dean Holden, 43, walks alone into The Royal Oak public house on Charlton Lane, a minute’s walk from The Valley. The Addicks have just knocked Brighton out of the Carabao Cup on penalties, but Holden, on a contract until the summer, won’t take charge of the team until the morning. He wants to survey the mood of the fans of the club which he’s now hoping to stabilise after a turbulent season. “I wanted to go into the pub straight after…

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Mark Hughes on making sure the Bradford Fire is always remembered and played twice a day

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Mark Hughes, as confirmed earlier this year by taking charge of a failing Bradford City in the bottom half of League Two, loves a challenge. This willingness to face anything that appears in front of him once led the 72-game Wales striker to agree to play twice on the same day at the height of his career. As if that wasn’t stressful enough, the two matches were in two different countries. “I just joined Bayern Munich,” Hughes told The Athletic. “My first appearance was on Saturday before and I was…

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