If you’re visiting this blog from the link at the BBC’s web site (so far, that’s 36% of you), welcome aboard. While the focus of the EPL Talk blog is on the English Premiership League, we’ll also be covering the World Cup this summer.

Let me take this opportunity to also introduce you to the EPL Talk web site, podcast and magazine.

The EPL Talk Podcast is the only weekly soccer interview show on the Internet featuring interviews with soccer celebrities such as former Newcastle United player Ray Hudson, and soccer analysts and commentators such as Bobby McMahon, Phil Schoen, Steven Cohen, Graham Bell and others.

The EPL Talk Magazine is available for free in the form of an online magazine. The publication gives you a behind-the-scenes look at the Premiership, and is definitely a one-of-a-kind magazine. The second issue is due out any day now and will be a World Cup preview issue, so be sure to subscribe today so you’ll be notified as soon as the issue becomes available.

Meanwhile, be sure to visit EPLTalk.com, which has all of the Premiership news, fixtures, table, chat and links all on one page.

By the way, this is my 100th post to the EPL Talk Blog in just a few months. So keep on coming back for some interesting insights, observations and news about the Premiership and World Cup.