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/ 6467 days agoNew Stoke City Podcast Recommended
Football fans have always been fighting for the right to express themselves above the din of mainstream media. The football fanzine movement in the 1980s gave birth to the When Saturday Comes magazine. More recently, football podcasts have given supporters the chance to speak their mind and share their uncensored thoughts with the listening public. […]
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/ 6467 days agoInterview With Raphael Honigstein: Aug. 2008
The new Bundesliga season is just days away, so Bundesliga Talk writers Mark Moll and Double Pivot decided to interview one of the preeminent writers and authors on the topic of German soccer, Raphael Honigstein. Many readers may know Honigstein best from his appearances on the Football Weekly Podcast by The Guardian. Here's the transcript […]
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/ 6468 days agoEverton FC Launches Redesigned Website
The design of official Premier League club websites is becoming as predictable as the race for the Big Four. Late last week, Everton launched a new design of its EvertonFC.com website and surprise, surprise — it looks like most other football websites out there. As is often the case in Internet marketing, competitors look at […]
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/ 6468 days agoJoin The Premier League Season Opener LiveBlogging/Chat Experience
To celebrate the opening of the new Premier League season, bloggers Ian Cahir and myself will be hosting a live blogging session online here at EPL Talk with you, the readers, from around the world. We'll be sharing our thoughts about the games as they're played in real-time. Plus, you'll be able to participate by: […]
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/ 6468 days ago2008/2009 Premier League Table Predictions
Here are my predictions of how I think the Premier League will finish at the end of the 2008/2009 season. Manchester United will continue to excel, while I believe Spurs have the talent and determination to break into the top four knocking Liverpool into fifth place. Liverpool has done well to capture Robbie Keane, but […]
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/ 6469 days agoInterview With Newcastle Legend Warren Barton
Former Newcastle and Wimbledon defender Warren Barton will make his Fox Soccer Channel debut this Saturday as analyst for Fox Soccer Match Day. If you had the pleasure of watching Newcastle shine in the late 90s under Kevin Keegan, you'll no doubt remember the probing runs by Barton down the wing where he was an […]
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/ 6469 days agoWarren Barton Joins Fox Soccer Channel
U.S. TV network Fox Soccer Channel will feature a new co-host and analyst for its Fox Soccer Match Day beginning Saturday, August 16, when former Wimbledon, Newcastle United and England defender Warren Barton joins the network. At Wimbledon, Barton made 180 appearances during the club's hugely successful period from 1990 to 1995 when he played […]
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/ 6469 days agoArsenal Launches Redesigned Version Of Its Website
Arsenal Football Club launched their redesigned official club website this morning, and boy is it different. While the previous design was sleek, the new one is much simpler and more closely resembles a typical football website we've grown accustomed to especially with the placement of the left and top navigation bars. Sometimes less is more. […]
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/ 6469 days agoWho Has The Strongest Substitutes Bench In The Premier League?
In the race for the Premier League title, a big factor of whether a team can succeed is not so much the talent on the pitch but rather off it. In a long season of 38 Premier League matches as well as the FA Cup, Carling Cup and, for some teams, the Champions League and […]
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/ 6470 days agoMan United Wins Community Shield 3-1 On Penalties: Your Thoughts
So, Manchester United has picked up another piece of silverware after beating Portsmouth 3-1 on penalties in the annual curtain raiser to the new season. The game, which ended 0-0 in regular time, was a bit of a sleeper at times with Man United controlling large portions of the match but unable to score. A […]
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/ 6470 days agoWhy Sky Sports News Sucks
Thought for the day: If you were an alien that landed on earth and were forced to watch the Sky Sports News program "Through The Night," would you know that the biggest sporting event in the world waa taking place, the one that happens only once every four years, the summer Olympic games? The answer […]
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/ 6471 days agoSpot The Difference: New Rangers Away Shirt vs 1980-83 England Home Shirt
Many Glasgow Rangers fans may not be too pleased with the new design of the club's away shirt. Manufactured by Umbro, the shirt looks very similar to the classic England shirt that the national team wore in the 1982 World Cup in Spain. It makes you wonder if some Rangers fans will refuse to buy […]
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/ 6471 days agoNew Newcastle United Third Shirt For 2008/2009 Season
The new Newcastle United third shirt for the 2008/2009 season has been unveiled, and it's silver with a white trim. Designed by Adidas and sponsored by Northern Rock, the shirt will be worn today (August 9th) for the first time in a friendly against Valencia. Silver shirts are quite rare in football. So, what's your […]
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/ 6471 days agoInterview with Iain McNee, Founder Of The Onion Bag
WARNING: We have received several complaints from readers in the past few weeks where they have not received the merchandise they have ordered. Plus they have not received replies from the owner of the site. Based on recent interactions with several of our readers, we would encourage you not to order merchandise from The Onion […]
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/ 6472 days agoRonaldo Transfer Saga Creates Unlikely Heroes
Imagine how many hundreds of thousands of words were wasted discussing the possibility of Cristiano Ronaldo moving from Man United to Real Madrid this summer. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if the word count went into the millions as the story was the biggest tease from June through August. While the episode appears to […]