David The Yank

One hundred matches to go! (103 with a few make-ups on March 9 and April 20.) And can anyone remember such a wide open season, with great races for the title, for Europe, for relegation? Most of these 100 are going to be fascinating! Can't wait til May Day with United's visit to the Emirates. […]

With Europa league continuing, plus FA Cup delayed fixtures and the long-awaited Chelsea v. Man United midweek match, we get 15 matches this week involving EPL teams. Only Spurs sit back and relax this week as the Gunners' visit to White Hart Lane, to have been the featured ESPN2 match, is postponed as Wenger tries […]

Special EPL Viewing Guide this week. We have 3 make-up EPL matches, 2 FA Cup 4th Round replays, 6 FA Cup 5th Round matches, Liverpool's return to Europe, and Chelsea & United's first leg visits to Europe. So 14 matches involving EPL sides: that's good enough for me! ****: Must-see. Cancel all other activities. Do […]

I did give 4 stars to all of last Saturday's matches, didn't I? Oh well, it was a brutally cold, horribly rainy day in NYC on Saturday, and one of the few where I was able to sit back and watch most of them. What a day!!! Gameweek 27 is also shaping up to be […]

I am back with a fresh post for Gameweek 26. Please note that there were a couple of changes since my Monday posting, including Fox switching the delayed Spurs & Villa matches, and ESPN2 adding the Sunderland-Stoke Saturday morning match. I'm feeling pretty pleased with my 4-star choice from Gameweek 25, as Sunderland and Chelsea […]

Well, I think I got the *s about right last week. Some of you were wondering why United v Birmingham only got 2 * whereas Blackpool v United got 4, but I think you saw which was the match worth watching!! Remember, these ratings are for neutrals. With the FA Cup on the weekend, we […]

13 EPL matches this week, plus we find out who will meet at Wembley for the League Cup, before the league breaks for the FA Cup Round-of-32. If you get any deja vu, all of these reverse fixtures were played just 3 weeks ago on the 28th/29th of December. So last week I wrote that […]

Well, Happy New Year everyone. The festive fixtures came fast and furious, I was traveling, and while I posted the viewing times throughout, I had no time for comments. So I'm back with both for Gameweek 23, which are the 10 reverse fixtures from Halloween weekend. Only 15 more of these to go! By now, […]

Happy New Year to all EPL lovers. I've written this weekly column from some interesting spots. This time from soccer-mad Mexico with an extremely dodgy internet connection. So no time for text per game, just the facts and the ratings. ESPN takes its outstanding production to the Hawthorns this week to follow United. On New […]

Well, so much for my last post! A lot of effort and we ended up with 3 of 10 matches!! One lesson we learned, and it was a good one, is that Fox will be quick to make adjustments to their schedule when games are canceled. So I've heard for Boxing Day Sunday that there […]

8 games of prelude in this penultimate gameweek of the first go-round, and then the BIG ONE. Clear your Sunday morning schedules because Chelsea-United is one you need to watch live! From the 4 live 10 am matches, Fox picked Arsenal for the Channel, and Newcastle for Plus, while the Blackburn & Wigan matches are […]

In American college football they call it Rivalry Week. Well, we don't get all of the traditional rivals this weekend, but we sure do get many. My stars are flying out like Christmas gifts. The 4 Birmingham/West Midlands teams square off on Saturday and Sunday, Bolton face neighboring Blackburn, there's an extremely juicy London derby […]

Fox & ESPN made the right choices this week, though you could argue that ESPN might have gone for the potentially more exciting Man City v Bolton match, or the London derby, but they went with the champions, home to Everton. Remember, record that match and watch it last if you are watching more than one […]

Hope everyone had a terrific Thanksgiving. Too bad there's no real football on Turkey Day. Not sure why, but fewer delayed matches this week means we only get 8 of the 10 for the first time this season on broadcast television (all 10 of course available if you have espn3.com & foxsoccer.tv). Based on the resurgence of […]

The first match is the must-see match this week: the North London derby. It includes the team most hungry for a trophy against the best player in the world right now, Gareth Bale. Yes, I said it. Week in, week out, he's matching Messi and Cristiano for that spot! And a word about ESPN's production values for their […]