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/ 5608 days agoAndy Gray Questions Whether Barcelona Could Handle Stoke or Blackburn
I admire Lionel Messi's incredible skills as much as the next soccer fan, but I'm not a member of the recent love fest in the British media where they've heralded Barcelona as the greatest team ever. They're up there, no doubt, but I question Messi's talent when he comes up against the tough teams either […]
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/ 5609 days agoWhat Soccer Gifts Are On Your Holiday Wish List?
I don't think a year has gone by where I haven't asked for a soccer-related gift for Christmas or where my Christmas wish-list didn't contain at least one soccer item. This year is no different. If I was to be unrealistic (which I sometimes am), here would be my dream-come-true holiday wish list: A promotion […]
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/ 5609 days agoIan Holloway Quotes Of The Year: 2010 Edition
In many ways, 2010 has been the year of Ian Holloway. The man, the mystery, the manager. After securing an impressive win against Cardiff City in the Championship Play-Off Final to earn promotion to the Premier League, Ian Holloway's Blackpool side has been a revelation to watch this season, opening up teams and playing beautiful […]
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/ 5610 days agoOwen Coyle: EPL Talk's Person Of The Year For 2010
If you could name one Person Of The Year award for someone who has achieved so much in the Premier League this calendar year, who would it be and why? It's an interesting question because rather than just narrowing it to a Footballer Of The Year or Manager Of The Year, the nominations are open […]
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/ 5610 days agoWorst Soccer TV Blunders Of 2010
Televising live soccer is never an easy job. There's no opportunity to do a re-take and chances of making mistake are much higher than usual. When a mistake happens, sometimes it's humorous. But often times it can be downright embarrassing. During 2010, there were quite a few howlers. Here are four of the worst:
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/ 5611 days agoMLS Asks Fox Soccer Channel For $20 Million A Year For TV Rights
The executives at Major League Soccer defy logic. Take for example the TV viewing numbers for this 2010 season which recently ended. The viewing numbers were down 12% compared to last year on ESPN2. And they remained flat on Fox Soccer Channel with an average of 53,000 viewers during the regular season. With dismal numbers […]
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/ 5611 days agoCarlos Tevez Withdraws Transfer Request And Commits Future to Man City
Carlos Tevez has formally withdrawn his transfer request and has committed his future to Manchester City, the club revealed today. Manchester City confirmed that Tevez and the club have completed "clear the air" talks with Tevez. And that during the meeting "Carlos expressed his absolute commitment to the Club and formally withdrew his transfer request. Carlos’ […]
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/ 5611 days agoThe Best Soccer Viral Videos Of 2010
The year 2010 has featured so many brilliantly produced viral videos for soccer fans. There has been a lot of garbage too, so we carefully sifted through hundreds of videos from 2010 and picked our 10 favorites which we believe are the best soccer viral videos of 2010. Many of them are centered around the […]
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/ 5611 days agoCan Man City Reach And Maintain Top Spot In Premier League?
By the luck of an act of god blanketing England in snow, Manchester City are poised to be England's number one at Christmas for the first time in 81 years. With practically the entire Premier League snowed under this past weekend, City's game against Everton today (3pm ET, ESPN2 USA) has been given the go-ahead. […]
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/ 5611 days agoThe Worst Soccer TV Shows Of 2010
Looking back at the year 2010, there have been some wonderful soccer moments on television. The broadcast of the 2010 World Cup was incredible to see as was the exciting 2009-10 Premier League season. But there was also a lot of bad television. The type that makes your remote control finger itch as you're tempted […]
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/ 5613 days agoQatar Royal Family Plan £1.5bn Takeover of Manchester United
The "Qatar Royal Family reportedly plan on a £1.5bn takeover of Manchester United," screams a British tabloid. The problem is that the newspaper reporting the news, The Mirror, is renowned for printing gossip without a sliver of truth to it. And in this particular case, the article in question is devoid of any sources or […]
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/ 5613 days agoEPL Talk Launches Android App: Plus Other Announcements
With a break in Premier League action, it's perfect timing to bring you up to speed on several exciting developments within EPL Talk and our network of sites: 1. Regular features. You may have noticed that we've added several regular columns and live blogs/chats to the site throughout the week. The plan is to provide […]
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/ 5613 days agoPremier League Saturday: Dec 18, 2010
So many storylines to consider on this Premier League Saturday. First up is the match between Sunderland and Bolton, which promises to be more entertaining this season as both teams have improved tremendously in recent years. Plus, many viewers will be looking forward to seeing if Stu Holden can score another wonder goal like he […]
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/ 5614 days agoMichel Platini Is Useless And Sepp Blatter Should Be Sacked Says Ian Holloway
Trust Blackpool manager Ian Holloway to call it like it is. In a press conference Friday, Holloway discussed the topic of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar and had some very strong words to say against FIFA, Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini for their "brilliant" idea of considering that the 2022 World Cup should be […]
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/ 5614 days agoSubbuteo: Friday Flashback Videos
Instead of showing footage of matches from yesteryear as I usually do every Friday, I thought I'd share a selection of videos about one of my favorite hobbies from childhood in the United Kingdom. The table soccer game called Subbuteo. In the above commercial (presumably from the 1960's), it captures the excitement of a young […]