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/ 6428 days agoPoll: How Much Attention Do You Give To Football Games?
The way that we experience soccer on television has changed considerably in the past 10 years. There's more of it available on television. There are more channels showing matches. And we're even watching more games online. But I'm curious to know whether your attention to watching soccer games has changed too. Do you watch matches […]
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/ 6429 days agoChelsea vs Manchester United: Get Ready For Battle Of The Bridge
The last two times Chelsea played Manchester United, nothing much happened. Other than one of the most exciting finales in Champions League history and a Premier League firestarter at Stamford Bridge that included a fight between the groundsman and Patrice Evra, and a penalty four minutes from time to win it for Chelsea 2-1. The […]
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/ 6429 days ago2008-09 Barcelona Home Jersey Reviewed
For the 2008/2009 season, Barcelona are again wearing a home kit designed and manufactured by Nike. I was able to get my hands on the shirt recently and here are my thoughts regarding the shirt. There are some replica soccer jerseys that are perfect for wearing in the street that are more aesthetics than a […]
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/ 6429 days agoChampionship Talk Podcast Says Goodbye
By now many of you have probably guessed that the Championship Talk Podcast isn't returning. Hosts Brian Koski and Georgie Frost have decided to throw in the towel and the last episode ("Stoked-On-Trent") from April 21, 2008 will be the last memory. To say it's a bit of a shame is putting it mildly. Koski […]
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/ 6429 days agoSwansea vs Cardiff: The Return Of The Welsh Derby
It's been almost ten years since the two teams that are one of the most hated rivalries in British soccer last played a league match against each other. On that cold Spring morning in 1999, the Welsh derby between Cardiff City against Swansea City ended in a drab nil-nil draw. Both teams, at the time, […]
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/ 6430 days agoWest Ham United To Wear Squad Numbers On Shirts
West Ham United's shirt fiasco is far from over. The east London club has received permission from the Premier League to feature squad numbers on the front of their shirts beginning with tomorrow's game at home against Newcastle United. After their sponsor XL Holidays went bankrupt, West Ham had patches sewn on the front of […]
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/ 6430 days agoPoll: Chelsea Or Manchester United?
Who will win the Battle Of The Bridge this Sunday? ( polls)
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/ 6431 days agoBattle Of The Highlight Shows: Match Of The Day vs Premier League Review Show
Which is the better Premier League highlight show? BBC's Match Of The Day or TWI's Premier League Review Show? Millions of people around the world watch the highlight packages that feature the best bits of each Premier League match, so the shows should be quite similar, right? Wrong. Read on to learn the major differences […]
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/ 6432 days agoIan Curtis: An unlikely Manchester City supporter
The first time I heard about the movie Control, about the life of Joy Division lead singer Ian Curtis, was three years ago after I just finished "Touching From A Distance," the excellent book by his widow Deborah Curtis. When the movie was finally released in 2007, I agonized over the fact that it was […]
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/ 6432 days agoESPN To Acquire Premier League TV Rights? Roundtable Discussion
According to a recent article in The Times newspaper, the Walt Disney Company has expressed an interest in bidding for the TV rights to the Premier League in the United Kingdom and United States. The next auction of broadcast rights is due to start next January for the 2010-2011, 2011-2012 and 2012-2013 seasons. If ESPN […]
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/ 6432 days agoPoll: Which Big Club Runs The Risk Of Being Relegated This Season?
Which clubs are doomed this season? Which big club has the most potential to be relegated this season?
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/ 6432 days agoMike Ashley Snubs Dubai Investors For Cocktails
Yesterday in Dubai, Newcastle United owner Mike Ashley was offered $360 million for the club by Dubai investors, but called the offer an insult and snubbed Arab investors to instead partake in drinking cocktails at a local bar, according to ArabianBusiness.com. Ashley reportedly received the offer earlier in the day and was supposed to meet […]
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/ 6433 days agoPoll: Fernando Torres Or Dimitar Berbatov? Your Pick
Who's better, who's better, who's best? Who would you prefer to have on your team? Fernando Torres or Dimitar Berbatov?
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/ 6433 days agoTen Football Stories To Make You Go Hmm
Here are the top 10 football-related stories today that caught my eye: Newcastle's Tony Jimenez In UAE To Find Club Buyer (Arabian Business) The Return Of The Ligapokal (Bundesliga Talk) La Liga Team Of The Week: Numancia (La Liga Talk) How The Donovan Deal to Bayern Munich Could Have Killed MLS (Major League Soccer Talk) […]
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/ 6433 days agoWhy Isn't Setanta Sports Available In Widescreen Format?
Ever wonder why Setanta Sports doesn't offer a 16×9 widescreen format of its channel for viewers in the United States? EPL Talk Reader Martin Day had that question. Here's what he wrote: Setanta Sports has gone to a 16:9 widescreen format thereby making the highlights near impossible to watch as they compress/crop it to 4:3 […]