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/ 6286 days agoNew 09/10 Arsenal Away Shirt: Design Mockups
Arsenal's new away shirt for the 2009/2010 season will reportedly be hunter green, reminscent of their away shirt from the 1982-83 season. Manufactured by Nike, here are two design mockups of what the shirts may look like courtesy of Football Shirts and designer Whitey. The design mockups show two possibilities. One, a more modern design. […]
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/ 6288 days agoWhy Abramovich May Really Have Sacked Scolari
I can sum up in two words why Roman Abramovich may have sacked Luiz Felipe Scolari: Aston Villa. Seeing Aston Villa in third place, two points ahead of Chelsea, must have been eating Abramovich up. Here's this Russian oil tycoon who has spent hundreds of millions of pounds to try to build the world's biggest […]
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/ 6288 days agoChelsea Sack Scolari
Luiz Felipe Scolari has been sacked by Chelsea. The last straw for Chelsea FC was the club's uninspiring 0-0 draw at home against Hull City. The draw pushed Chelsea further behind in the league title race after Liverpool and Manchester United both recorded wins. The club are now seven points behind league leaders Manchester United. […]
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/ 6288 days agoNew 09/10 Arsenal Away Shirt: News
Arsenal's new away shirt for the 2009/2010 will be hunter green, according to the Football Shirts website. The new shirt will be very similar in color to the away shirt from the 1982/83 season (pictured). No images of the new shirt have been leaked as of yet. Historically, Arsenal has worn an array of different […]
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/ 6288 days agoNew 09/10 Chelsea Home Shirt Revealed
A picture of Chelsea's new home shirt for the 2009/2010 season has been leaked. Manufactured by Adidas and sponsored by Samsung, the new Chelsea shirt features a design that makes the shirt look like it's divided into panels. While that effect makes the shirt look more three dimensional, the top section of the shirt looks […]
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/ 6288 days agoA New And Improved EPL Talk
Chances are that you may have done a doubletake when you visited EPL Talk today. Instead of seeing the customary black, red and white theme, the site has been completely redesigned. It's a stark contrast from what we had before, so we hope you enjoy it. And if you don't, that you give it time […]
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/ 6291 days agoESPN Loses Premier League UK TV Rights Battle
Breaking news: The Premier League has announced that out of the six TV packages available for bidding in the UK for the 2010-2013 seasons, Sky Sports won five of those packages with Setanta getting the sixth and final one. That means that ESPN's attempt to bid on the rights ended in failure — in the […]
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/ 6291 days agoPoll: Who Will Win The US Premier League TV Rights?
Once the final two TV packages are finalized in the United Kingdom, the Premier League will focus next on the bidding for TV rights in the US. While the rights in the UK will still primarily be owned by Sky Sports, there may be more revolutionary changes in the United States. But who will win? […]
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/ 6291 days agoPremier League Stories You May Have Missed: 6 February
If you're bored with the same old story lines in the Premier League that are repeated on blogs and websites around cyberspace, choose from the following Premier League-related articles that you may enjoy instead: ECB Abandon Plans for English Premier League (The Cricket Blog). We can now thank the Credit Crunch for one thing. Cricket […]
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/ 6292 days agoPoll: Who Will Win On Sunday? Tottenham or Arsenal?
The North London derby is always a special match, but this Sunday's encounter will be even more exciting than usual. We'll see the return of Robbie Keane to the Tottenham squad. The Irish striker has a lot to prove. Plus the team needs three points not only for bragging rights but to propel them away […]
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/ 6292 days agoESPN and Setanta To Team Up To Beat Fox?
The Guardian newspaper is reporting that ESPN and Setanta Sports are expected to team up to try to win the U.S. TV rights to the Premier League from Fox Soccer Channel for the 2010-2013 seasons. The relationship between Setanta and ESPN is already close. In October 2008, Setanta Sports sub-licensed some of its internet rights […]
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/ 6292 days agoFox Soccer Channel Nets 230,000 Viewers For EPL Match
Fox Soccer Channel scored 230,000 viewers who watched the Liverpool against Chelsea match on its US TV network on February 1, 2009, according to Nielsen TV ratings. In comparison, here are the number of viewers for a selection of other Premier League matches (and an England match) televised by Fox since October, 2008: Manchester United […]
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/ 6292 days agoITV Screws Up Everton v Liverpool TV Coverage: Video
Spare a thought for football fans in the United Kingdom. If you thought the coverage in the United States was bad, Independent Television (ITV) made a gigantic flub Wednesday night that was reminscent of the worst of US soccer coverage from the 1980s and 1990s. During the Everton against Liverpool FA Cup replay, ITV went […]
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/ 6292 days agoThe Battle For La Liga TV Rights In The United States
While so much of the media hype and speculation has been focused on who will win the TV rights to the Premier League in both the United Kingdom and United States, we shouldn't forget that the TV rights for La Liga will soon be available for bidding in the U.S. Currently, GolTV owns the rights […]
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/ 6293 days agoDoes ESPN Have What It Takes To Win UK Premier League TV Rights?
In the next 24 hours, we'll find out if the future of Premier League TV coverage will change forever. Sky Sports has already won the bids for the first four of six packages made available by the Premier League for TV coverage from 2010-2013 for an estimated £1.3 billion. By Thursday night, we'll learn whether […]