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/ 5946 days agoVote for EPL Talk In the 2009 Soccerlens Awards
EPL Talk has been nominated in the following two categories of the latest Soccerlens Awards: Best football podcast, and Best competition site. If you enjoy the EPL Talk Podcast and EPL Talk website, we highly encourage you to vote for us by clicking on the above links (one vote per person, and no registration is […]
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/ 5947 days agoMan United shuts down Twitter and Facebook accounts for its footballers
Manchester United posted an announcement on its website Friday that said that none of its players maintain personal profiles on social networking sites. "The club wishes to make it clear that no Manchester United players maintain personal profiles on social networking websites," said the note posted on ManUtd.com. "Fans encountering any web pages purporting to […]
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/ 5947 days agoPremier League Launches Official Weekly Podcast
The Premier League has launched an official podcast, which will be released every Thursday evening with a preview of the upcoming weekend's fixtures as well as analysis and trivia questions. The first episode was released last week to very little fanfare featuring Ian Payne as host and Nigel Winterburn as co-host. The podcast opens with […]
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/ 5947 days agoMSNBC Joe Scarborough Wants Rafa Benitez Sacked
Count MSNBC TV host Joe Scarborough among the growing number of people who think Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez should be fired. With Liverpool's season seemingly getting worse each week, it was a bit of a surprise to see Scarborough, the host of Morning Joe on MSNBC, mention Benitez on his Twitter account. After after some […]
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/ 5948 days agoManchester United For Sale At a Bargain Price of £1.2m
Manchester United is for sale and is the subject of a takeover at a bargain price of £1.2 million according to The Daily Express. Except that it isn't £1.2 million, it's £1.2 billion (they flubbed the headline). And if The Daily Express can't get the headline correct, how trustworthy is the actual story itself? You […]
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/ 5948 days agoUK Media Reaction to Landon Donovan: Everton 2-0 Man City
Landon Donovan made his home debut for Everton Saturday against a strong Manchester City side in a very entertaining and exciting game. How did Donovan do? Here's what the UK media thought: "Everton tried to hit back through Landon Donovan – making his home debut – who was only inches away from chipping Shay Given […]
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/ 5948 days agoObservations of Premier League Saturday Matches, Gameweek 22
Oh my gosh, what a mish-mosh of Premier League football we saw on television on Saturday. I'm still making my way through the matches I've recorded, but we've seen one of the scrappiest games in the league featuring Stoke City against Liverpool, followed by an unconvincing display by Manchester United in their tense match with […]
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/ 5948 days agoSetanta Sports US Service to End February 28, Reports Say
When Setanta Sports US hands back the TV rights to the Premier League and Champions League on February 28, 2010 which it had sub-licensed from Fox Soccer Channel, that will be Setanta's last day in business according to a Setanta affiliate mentioned in industry publication Multichannel News. The Setanta affiliate also mentioned that "the notification […]
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/ 5948 days agoMLS Needs to Credit NASL for Its Success
On Thursday night in Philadelphia, MLS Commissioner Don Garber was interviewed on the Fox Football Fone-In show by Eric Wynalda and Nick Webster. There was one particular statement that Garber said that peaked my curiosity. It was in context of MLS and how the league has been in business for 15 years. "For 50 years, […]
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/ 5950 days agoWhat Does Rafa Benitez Have To Do To Get Sacked?
It's a simple question but a difficult answer. Whether you're a Liverpool supporter or not, you have to agree that if Benitez was at any other Premier League club, he would have been sacked months ago. Liverpool has been dismal in the league (in seventh place but not playing impressively), in the Champions League (already […]
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/ 5952 days agoTwo Most Common Mistakes That Soccer Commentators Make
When listening to soccer commentary, that there are two things that always irk me. One is when they shout "Offsides!" Two is when they talk about "goal differential." Offside is a singular term, not plural – unless you are talking about more than one offside that happened during a match. I've heard commentators say "offsides" […]
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/ 5952 days agoWhen Was The Last Time You Went To A Professional Soccer Match?
All of us that read this blog consume mass amounts of soccer whether it's on television, the Internet, radio or, for the fortunate few, in person. But take a second and consider when was the last time you watched a professional game in person? For me, it's been many months. The only professional team near […]
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/ 5953 days agoFox Soccer Plus Scheduled To Launch March 1, 2010
Fox Soccer Channel will announce Tuesday that it'll launch it's second all-soccer network named Fox Soccer Plus on March 1, 2010, according to the Associated Press. The news comes almost one week after EPL Talk broke the story that Fox had acquired the trademark and domain name to Fox Soccer Plus and that Fox was involved […]
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/ 5953 days agoPrepare For British Invasion Of Soccer Pundits and Commentators
When ESPN announced late last year its roster of talent the network would feature during World Cup 2010 games, the Disney-owned company definitely raised the bar with high-profile names such as Martin Tyler, Efan Ekoku, Steve McManaman, Roberto Martinez, Ruud Gullit, John Harkes and Alexi Lalas. But very few people, myself included, expected Fox Soccer […]
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/ 5954 days agoAndy Gray and Richard Keys Added to Fox Soccer Channel World Cup Coverage
Fox Soccer Channel is adding Sky Sports personalities Andy Gray and Richard Keys to its summer coverage of the World Cup, according to Multichannel News. The move is surprising because few anticipated Fox would feature such high-profile talent to host its World Cup program, "Ticket To South Africa," especially since Fox Soccer Channel will not […]