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/ 6002 days agoFox and ESPN Bring Their A Game To Soccer Analysis
Analyzing soccer tactics has never been a strongpoint of US television, but if you haven't being paying attention recently, you'll be pleasantly surprised to find out that both Fox Soccer Channel and ESPN have made giant improvements to their coverage. At Fox Soccer Channel, Warren Barton has come into his own during halftime of Champions […]
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/ 6002 days agoFox Soccer Channel Misses Live Coverage Of EPL Goal Fests
While playing with my kids on Sunday morning, I checked Twitter for a minute and was astonished to see that Jermain Defoe had just scored a hat trick for Tottenham Hotspur. My first impulse was to grab the remote and to switch on Fox Soccer Channel, but I was greeted with the live match between […]
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/ 6003 days agoPoll: Which EPL Team Do You Least Look Forward To Watching On TV?
Okay, admit it. Even though you thoroughly enjoy watching the Premier League, especially your favorite team each week, there are often times when you're not too bothered about missing a match on television featuring teams that either don't excite you or that you're not interested in. But which team in particular do you dread watching […]
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/ 6004 days agoObservations About Premier League Saturday Matchday 13
Thank god the Premier League is back. Nothing against international football, but there's something very comforting with getting back into the ritual of watching Premier League football and being familiar with the surroundings, the pace of the game and the excitement it creates. So the Liverpool against Manchester City game on early Saturday was the […]
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/ 6007 days agoQuestions Please For Robbie Earle
Later this week, it'll be our distinct pleasure to interview Robbie Earle for an upcoming episode of the EPL Talk Podcast, the number one Premier League interview and analysis show. Earle is a familiar voice to English football supporters worldwide with his wonderful co-commentating of most of the major Premier League matches. He's also remembered […]
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/ 6007 days agoUSA World Cup 2010 Home Jersey: Leaked Photo
Photographs of the USA's home jersey for the 2010 World Cup have been leaked. Designed and manufactured by Nike, the new design features a white shirt with a prominent diagonal line across the front of the shirt, which is a tribute to the 1950 US World Cup squad who famously defeated England 1-0 in one […]
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/ 6007 days agoDavid France Interview: EPL Talk Podcast
David France, a football philanthropist and previous owner of the world's largest football memorabilia collection, is the guest on the latest episode of the EPL Talk Podcast. France has an incredible story to tell about the 20 years he spent traveling the world and assembling the most amazing and comprehensive collection of memorabilia items for […]
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/ 6008 days agoIs This The USA World Cup Jersey From Nike? Photo
The above image is the rumored jersey that the United States team will be wearing in the 2010 World Cup. The red, white and blue shirt features a Nike logo and US soccer crest, but is it real or not? We'll find out soon when Nike and the USSF officially unveils the jersey. If this […]
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/ 6008 days agoPlay 7 Classic Football Management Computer Games Online
Many of the regular readers of EPL Talk will know that I'm a massive fan of retro football computer games, so I was pleased to come across a video showing what the original Football Manager game, made in 1982, looked like when played on a Sinclair Spectrum computer. The video painstakingly goes through step-by-step of […]
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/ 6009 days agoPremier League Matchday 12 Ratings Released For US TV
The TV ratings are in for the last round of Premier League games on ESPN2 and Fox Soccer Channel. For ESPN2, it's a tale of two cities as they had an impressive number of viewers for the Tottenham against Sunderland game (259,831) but a very disappointing number of viewers for the Monday match between Liverpool […]
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/ 6012 days agoPhiladelphia Union: Are You Spinal Tap In Disguise?
Is it me or does Philadelphia Union's soccer jersey looks very similar to the Shrewsbury Town jersey worn by Derek Smalls in the cult classic movie, This Is Spinal Tap? In the 1984 film, there's a hysterical scene where Harry Shearer who plays the fictional character Derek Smalls tries to get through airport security. In […]
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/ 6013 days agoTop 10 Premier League Legends We Should Cherish Now
It's human nature for us to take things for granted. When they're taken away from us, we moan and complain. But while we have them, we often don't appreciate these things as much as we should. The same goes for footballers and football managers. Years from now, we'll look back and talk incessantly about "the […]
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/ 6014 days agoMemories Of Football Ground Spotting In The UK
After viewing photographs in The Guardian last week about the greatest number of league grounds that can be seen on a single train trip in Great Britain, the feature got me thinking about my life growing up in Wales. From as far back as I can remember, I always loved traveling. Maybe it was because […]
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/ 6015 days agoTottenham Hotspur Disappears On Fox Soccer Channel
When Fox Soccer Channel displayed the top half of the Premier League table on its channel last weekend after the Chelsea versus Manchester United match, eagle eyes EPL Talk reader Michael V. Miracolo noticed something unusual. Tottenham Hotspur wasn't listed in the top half of the table! It's not easy being a Tottenham Hotspur supporter […]
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/ 6015 days agoMemo To Fox: We Want US Commentators For Champions League
I admit it. I was wrong. When Fox Soccer Channel announced in the Spring that they had acquired the US TV rights to the UEFA Champions League for the next three seasons, I recommended to the EPL Talk readers that Fox should hire the world feed that featured the UEFA commentary team instead of putting […]