Author Archives: Richard Farley

Chelsea’s 8-0 victory over Wigan put an exclamation point of their title winning statement, taking the English Premier League’s championship back from Manchester United after its three year sojourn at Old Trafford. On this edition of the EPL Talk podcast, … Continue reading →

Adrian Hanauer has essentially offered Seattle Sounders FC season ticket holders their money back. In the wake of the worst loss in franchise history – a 4-0 thrashing at the hands of league-leading Los Angeles Galaxy – the Sounders general … Continue reading →

Dueling 4-0 results for the MLS conference leaders saw the Los Angeles Galaxy continue to distance themselves from the league while the short-handed New York Red Bulls suffered one of the season. On this edition of the Major League Soccer … Continue reading →

We have one more podcast left in the Premier League season, and Kartik Krishnaiyer, Laurence McKenna, the Gaffer and myself need your help, as we make Monday morning’s podcast our Year in Review show.  As we talk about whether Chelsea … Continue reading →

Chelsea is a win away from unseating Manchester United as Premier League champions, but on this edition of the EPL Talk podcast, the panel spends most of their time looking at the past. Myself, Laurence McKenna, and Kartik Krishnaiyer start … Continue reading →

As we approach the end of the Premier League season, we continue to take inventory of the season and the site. There is no better person to do that with than our own icon, The Gaffer. On today’s edition of … Continue reading →

Jesse Chula is one of the best and most prolific authors at EPL Talk, but to this point, his work for the site has been confined to the written word. On this edition of the EPL Talk podcast, Chula transcends … Continue reading →

Perhaps the most famous Portsmouth fan in North America, Chuck Culpepper documented his conversion to football fan and Pompey supporter in Bloody Confused (or, in the U.K., Up Pompey). In the wake of a trying season at Fratton Park, Chuck … Continue reading →

Los Angeles and New York maintained their large leads in the Western and Eastern Conferences with wins over Kansas City and DC United, while Seattle and Columbus played to a draw in the weekend’s marque matchup. On this edition of … Continue reading →

Chelsea overcame their largest remaining title obstacle on Sunday, a comfortable 2-0 win at Anfield where an unfortunate assist from Steven Gerrard helped officially eliminate Liverpool’s chances of returning to Champions League. On this edition of the EPL Talk podcast, … Continue reading →

Grant Best’s long career at Sky Sports eventually enabled him to join ESPN, where he is one of the network’s main directors for soccer coverage. On this edition of the MLS Talk podcast, the man who was responsible for the … Continue reading →

Chelsea’s last stern test of the season is Sunday at Anfield, where a Liverpool side stunned by Diego Forlán’s stoppage time goal will try to rebound from Europe League disappointment. Draw or tie, and the Blues likely fall behind Manchester … Continue reading →

Billy Beane may be the general manager of Major League Baseball’s Oakland Athletics, but as my discussion with the former major leaguer shows, a large part of his sporting heart lies in the footballing world. On this edition of the … Continue reading →

Mike Forde is the Performance Director at Chelsea Football Club. He joined me last week to talk about the direction of performance analysis in football; specifically, in the wake of this mention in Simon Kuper and Stefan Symanski’s book Soccernomics … Continue reading →