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/ 5214 days agoHow to Contact Your Local FOX Station If They're Not Showing Arsenal-Man Utd
If you live in one of the seven regions in the United States where your local FOX station is not showing the Arsenal against Manchester United game live tomorrow, you should be mad as hell — even if you don't support either club. Why? Because next time a Premier League game is only shown live on […]
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/ 5214 days agoArsenal-Man Utd Premier League Game Won't Be Shown Live On 6 FOX Stations
Several of the top TV markets in the United States won't be showing the first Premier League match live on their local FOX affiliate due to a conflict with other programming scheduled for Sunday morning. UPDATE: The number of FOX stations not showing the Arsenal-Manchester United game live is now reported to be up to […]
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/ 5215 days agoPremier League Saturday, Gameweek 22: Open Thread
It's been a while since we've had a early kickoff on a Saturday, so I'm really looking forward to watching Norwich City against Chelsea on television from the always colorful Carrow Road ground. New signing Gary Cahill will probably start on the bench for Chelsea, while Fernando Torres should be on the teamsheet considering […]
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/ 5215 days agoCan the EPL Break the Barrier of 2 Million Viewers in the US on FOX This Sunday?
The excitement and anticipation that's building in the lead up to the first ever live broadcast of a Premier League match on free-to-air U.S. network television this Sunday is palpable. Even The Guardian is adding to the hype today in an interview with EPL Talk alumni Richard Farley. But Sunday's match-up is pivotal for several […]
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/ 5215 days agoBarcelona Home Shirt for 2012-13 Season: Revealed
Barcelona's home shirt for the 2012-13 season will be blue and red, according to a leaked design from Spanish website Sport.es. Pictured above, the new design features a Nike shirt sponsored by Qatar Foundation. The shirt features the gold World Cup Club badge in the center of the shirt, as well as a color scheme […]
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/ 5215 days agoBarcelona Away Shirt for 2012-13 Season Revealed: Photo
Barcelona's away shirt for the 2012-13 season will be orange, according to a leaked design from Spanish website Sport.es. Pictured above, the new design features a Nike shirt sponsored by Qatar Foundation. The shirt features the gold World Cup Club badge in the center of the shirt, as well as a color scheme that morphs […]
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/ 5217 days agoWhat Was The First English Football Match You Remember Watching On TV?
httpv://youtu.be/9KgiPGAYQYk For some of us, this may be an easy answer. For others, it may be practically impossible to say. But what was the first English football match you remember watching on television? Living in Britain in the 1970s, football matches were hardly ever shown on television. The one match you could count on was […]
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/ 5217 days agoEngland 1998 World Cup Stickers From Merlin: Photos
In the build-up to the 1998 World Cup held in France, a company named Merlin launched the Official England 1998 World Cup sticker collection. The quality of the stickers was equal to that of Panini, and Merlin issued quite a lot of other football related stickers during their time. In this particular collection, I've selected […]
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/ 5218 days agoEPL Talk Is Going Dark To Protest SOPA and PIPA
In protest against proposed legislation in the House and Senate that threatens to seriously damage the free and open Internet, EPL Talk will go dark today between 8am and 8pm ET. The same applies to our Twitter news stream. EPL Talk will be joining thousands of websites across the Internet tomorrow in an anti-SOPA blackout. […]
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/ 5218 days ago1990 World Cup Panini Stickers Featuring Some Familiar Faces: Photos
I went through a stack of Panini stickers from the 1990 World Cup today, and picked out eight different stickers that I thought you would be interested in. Click on the above photo for a larger photo. A lot can change in 22 years. Kasey Keller went from the goalkeeper with a mullet to a […]
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/ 5218 days agoPremier League Gameweek 21: Cheers and Jeers
Cheers and Jeers is a weekly column on EPL Talk, summing up the best and worst of the previous Premier League weekend. Regular columnist Matt Hackenmiller is on assignment right now attending to his newborn child, so I thought I'd step in and give my own opinions. Feel free to debate me in the comments […]
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/ 5219 days agoSwansea Accomplishing So Much With Small Budget, Few Resources And Players With Plenty To Prove
Sunday's match between Swansea and Arsenal was an eyeopening account that laid bare the strengths and weaknesses of both sides, especially the gulf in talent and confidence between Swansea's Premier League footballers and the poor confidence and technical inefficiencies of some of Arsenal's veteran players. Matched up against each other on the same pitch, it was […]
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/ 5219 days agoLiverpool and Chelsea Planning 2012 Summer Preseason Friendlies In US, Says Report
Liverpool and Chelsea are both planning summer tours to the United States to compete in preseason friendlies, which may include Liverpool playing AS Roma at Boston Red Sox's Fenway Park baseball stadium, says The Boston Globe. The newspaper reports that in addition to Liverpool possibly playing Roma at Fenway Park, that other preseason friendlies which […]
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/ 5219 days agoFootball Stars Collector Cards From 1986 Featuring British Football Legends: Photos
I'm nearing the end of looking through my box of English football collectibles that I found in my garage. I have one or two more items I'll be sharing with you in the next 48 hours, but in the meantime, I wanted to share with you something different that I found. It's a collection of […]
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/ 5221 days agoPremier League Sunday: Jan. 15, 2012
Today's two Premier League matches include high-flying Newcastle United and Arsenal, both against recently promoted sides — QPR and Swansea respectively. A win for Newcastle and they'll leapfrog over Liverpool into sixth position in the league. A win for Arsenal and they'll be just one point behind fourth placed Chelsea. Of course, QPR and Swansea […]