Johnathan Starling

Episode 99 features exclusive interviews with Steve McClaren, Gerard Houllier and Jozef Venglos from the 2008 NSCAA event hosted in Baltimore. The brief interviews discuss whether McClaren is interested in managing in America, if the reports are true that Houllier will be the next Republic of Ireland manager and what Jozef Venglos thinks about the […]

A brief episode to wish you happy new year, talk about some of the holiday matches and to let everyone know why the EPL Talk Podcast has been so quiet the past few weeks.

Episode 93 features an interview with Caroline Gall, author of a new book about Leeds United hooligans entitled "Service Crew." During the interview, Gall talks about the bedlam that Leeds fans caused around England especially in the 70s and 80s and also discusses her previous book about the Birmingham City hooligans known as the Zulus.

Episode 92 features 10 minutes of Premier League news and an interview with Tim Glynne-Jones from MyFootballClub who announced this week the purchase of a non-league club, […]

Episode 91 features an interview with John McCormick from the Hillsborough Justice Campaign, who – along with his colleagues – are fighting for justice for the 96 people who tragically died in April 1989 in one of the darkest days of English football. McCormick dissects what happened that day, talks about the lies that have […]

Episode 90 features an interview with Ian Hough, author of the book Perry Boys. Listen to an insiders look at how fashion and violence on the terraces flourished during the early 80s, how the Perry Boys replaced the bootboys, the differences and similarities between Manchester and Liverpool, and what's missing from today's game that attracts […]

Episode 89 features an interview with Tony Evans, deputy football editor of The Times newspaper and a familiar voice to those who listened to The Game Podcast last year. Evan discusses many topics including his personal memories of the Hillsborough tragedy, as well as why Danny Kelly left The Game Podcast over the summer, his […]

Episode 87 features an interview with Martyn Smith, author of a new book entitled The Premiership In Focus, which celebrates the 15 years of the Premier League. Smith, an executive producer at BBC Sport, shares his memories of working on BBC's Football Focus and Match of the Day shows as well as how challenging it […]

Episode 86 features an interview with Harry Pearson, author of a new soccer book entitled Dribble and writer for The Guardian and When Saturday Comes. Pearson discusses his new book as well as what it's like to follow non-league football in England and what makes football fans from the northeast of England (Middlesbrough, Newcastle and […]

Episode 85 features an interview with Martin Prothero, senior vice president of football for Umbro, the world famous kit manufacturer. During the interview, Prothero answers all of your questions on the topics of how early Umbro works on a kit design, how the company differentiates against Adidas and Nike, his thoughts on the metatarsal injuries […]

Episode 82 features an interview with Graham Poll, the former England and Premier League referee. Poll discusses his new book entitled "Seeing Red," and delves into several other fascinating topics such as his thoughts on proposed rule changes to the game, his memories from the historic match between Southampton and Manchester United where Sir Alex […]

Episode 81 features an interview with Andy Houlihan of Fox Soccer Channel and formerly at Sky Sports, BBC, Talk Sport and other sport media networks. The co-host of Super Sunday + and Fox Soccer Match Day discusses his interview with George Best, rekindles memories of what the rituals were like going to a football match […]

Episode 79 features the return of The Gaffer and the EPL Talk Podcast. In this episode, we discuss whether Premier League clubs will be able to crack the top four, our analysis of this past weekend's matches including the Rob Styles fiasco between Chelsea and Liverpool, and the welcome resurgence of Manchester City courtesy of […]

Episode 78 features interviews with Fox Soccer Channel and Setanta Sports regarding the upcoming 07/08 Premier League season and specifically what EPL coverage we can expect to see and hear on TV, broadband and cellular phones in North America. The first interview is with Fox Soccer Channel's Dermot McQuarrie where we discuss Fox Soccer Match […]

In episode 77, EPL Talk features an exclusive interview with Setanta executive Shane O'Rourke where the announcement is made regarding their agreement with Dish Network to carry Setanta Sports. O'Rourke answers all of the questions regarding the huge announcement and also delves into many other topics relating to Setanta and the 07/08 Premier League season […]