Excellent news for football fans in America. The Associated Press is reporting that ESPN and ABC have won the TV rights to Euro 2008 and will be broadcasting each game live. Read the article in Forbes Magazine here. While the … Continue reading
US Soccer had the opportunity of a lifetime that may have been able to win worldwide credibility to a program considered a lightweight in International circles. But as has been the case for several years now US Soccer proved to … Continue reading
It’s been a busy few days in football with plenty of Premiership matches in addition to the final Champions League matches of the round. The highlight for me was seeing Marcos Nelson’s goal for Benfica against Man United. Supreme quality.Jose … Continue reading
Oliver Tse, the creator of SoccerTV.com, wrote a revealing response to the Paul Gardner article I commented on the other day. In Tse’s article, he mentions many of the same thoughts I had (in that it’s unfair to evaluate the … Continue reading
By John Nicholson There are few more unpleasant fashion creations than a modern football shirt. Comprised of those melt-into-the-skin-in-a-fire polymers which feel like a cross between your grannies old nylon stockings and liquid plastic, they’re cheap and nasty and yet … Continue reading
There have been lots of developments at EPL Talk the past couple weeks. So much, in fact, that I need to catch up and tell you. First, EPL Talk will be interviewing Reading goalkeeper Marcus Hahnemann hopefully this week. If … Continue reading
Despite the criticism of the Premiership so far this season, it’s refreshing to see that all of the teams in the league have double digits after Charlton’s last minute win last night against Blackburn. Last year, if you remember, it … Continue reading
Steve McClaren will be answering questions tomorrow (Thursday, December 7th) via an online chat from The Football Association’s web site beginning at 11:15am GMT (6:15am ET). The chat is free to join. All you have to do is register beforehand … Continue reading
I feel sorry for Premiership referees. Never before has their jobs been so scrutinized or have they felt a much pressure as they do now. The issues are compounded by the speed of the game and the advanced skills of … Continue reading
Veteran Soccer America columnist Paul Gardner has never been one to refrain from writing what he believes, so it’s interesting to read his take on the English Premier League and its recent lack of goals and quality in an article … Continue reading
There are lots of developments happening around the Premiership in the last 24 hours. Liverpool are in the midst of a takeover. Meanwhile, Manchester City and Watford score zero goals to make the Premiership’s record of the lowest scoring league … Continue reading
ITVN announced this morning that they’ve agreed a deal with GolTV to provide the bilingual soccer network to subscribers. The cost will be $9.95 per month, which also includes a music video network, radio stations and more. Personally I don’t … Continue reading
Editor’s Note: This week we feature a guest blog post from author and Football365 columnist John Nicholson. John has agreed to write a regular column for EPL Talk. You can check out his work at Football 365 here, or visit … Continue reading
Episode 43 of the EPL Talk Podcast features an interview with Brian Halliday, one of the co-hosts of the Inside Soccer radio show. Halliday, who grew up in Belfast, speaks eloquently about his start in Northern Ireland as a football … Continue reading
