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/ 6800 days agoGraham Poll Interview
This week's episode of the EPL Talk Podcast features an exclusive interview with former Premier League and England referee Graham Poll, author of a new autobiography entitled "Seeing Red." In the lengthy interview, Poll answers a lot of questions about the proposed rule changes to the sport, his memories from that historic day at the […]
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/ 6800 days agoBBC Criticized for Negative England Coverage
Here are more details about Liverpool's new TV channel, LFC.tv, which is scheduled to go live on September 20. It's frustrating for Liverpool fans in the United States because no one will be carrying the channel over here. GolTV dropped its coverage of Liverpool TV at the end of last season. LFC.tv is produced by […]
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/ 6801 days agoEPL Fixture Congestion Reveals DirecTV Benefits
If you live in the United States and you can't decide whether to choose DirecTV, DISH Network, your local cable company or ITVN to watch as many soccer matches as possible, the next Premier League weekend will help answer that question for you. When the English Premier League returns from the international break on Saturday, […]
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/ 6801 days agoWhen Will International Matches via CCTV Die?
During an international break, it's an unusual experience watching Euro 2008 qualifiers in the United States. The most talked about match, England against Israel, isn't even on U.S. television (it's only available via pay-per-view, so you have a choice between paying $30 to watch it at home, or pay $20 at the pub). So, if […]
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/ 6803 days agoThe sad case of Jose Antonio Reyes
Jose Antonio Reyes has said, since his transfer from Real Madrid (not wanted really by new coach Schuster) and not wanting to return to London with Arsenal, that with his move across town to Atletico, "I had hoped to play more, I am not going to lie to you, but these are decisions for the […]
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/ 6803 days agoMore Ruminations
Week Two has come and gone, and while I've been busily working on the podcast, I've skimped badly for the last few months on my day job which is as yeoman blogger. So, after interviewing last week a few notables like Paddy Agnew (author of Forza Italia) and Sheridan Bird (of football 365.com), I've been […]
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/ 6803 days agoPremier League Media Coverage News
Weekly highlights from Fox Soccer Channel are now available on TivoCast, a relatively new service for Tivo customers. Irish musician Sinead O'Connor, of all people, is the latest music artist to record a song for Fox Soccer Channel, which is now being aired on the channel. The Rising Sound's "Get In The Game" has been […]
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/ 6803 days agoSoccer Fans: 3pm Kickoffs Thing of the Past
Fans and supporter groups outraged that there'll only be one 3pm GMT kickoff on Saturday, October 6th should calm down. What alternative would they prefer? That most of the matches be played on the Saturday? Then they'll complain that the clubs competing in the UEFA Cup will be too tired to play. You can't have […]
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/ 6805 days agoFootball Weekly 0-1 The Game Podcast
Since the 2006 World Cup, everyone from daily newspapers to amateur broadcasters have jumped on the soccer/football podcast bandwagon attempting to grab market share and win over listeners with a superior product. Out of the dozens of podcasts available on a regular basis, there are only two that consistently provide quality content and feature seasoned […]
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/ 6807 days agoInterview with Dougie Brimson
Author Dougie Brimson is this week's featured guest on the EPL Talk Podcast. The Guardian describes Brimson as "football aggro's pornographer in chief," but he's better known by many as the screenwriter of the movie "Green Street Hooligans" starring Elijah Wood about the rivalry between West Ham United and Millwall hooligans. Brimson is the author […]
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/ 6807 days agoGolTV Commentator Makes A Funny Flub
Sometimes it's not the wisest idea to having Spanish-speaking announcers commentating a soccer match in English, especially when it's not their native tongue. The perfect example was today's Real Zaragoza against Racing Santander match. Here's what the GolTV commentator said during the match: "It's a pity for Racing Santander that they no longer have Zigic […]
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/ 6808 days agoLiverpool Shows Tottenham How To Do It
At last, fans of Premier League football had an extremely entertaining Saturday to watch on television. The majority of entertaining matches in the season thus far (the few that have been) have been on Sundays. Today was a perfect example of the difference in quality and tactics between Liverpool and Spurs. Both teams played against […]
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/ 6808 days agoSky Sports Transfer Deadline Coverage a Joke
Watching Through The Night from Sky Sports, their nightly sport news show, is usually an enjoyable experience. But Friday night's episode on the final night of the August transfer window was so full of hype and nonsense that I had a sickly feeling in the pit of my stomach. The show was on Sky Sports […]
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/ 6808 days agoMore Foreign Stars Leaving EPL Than Arriving
Another summer transfer window has come and gone. Last August, we were salivating at the prospect of all of those Italian World Cup heroes coming to play in England for large amounts of dosh. Most of them were players from Juventus, yes, but we were told there would be an exodus. There wasn't. This past […]
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/ 6809 days agoLa Liga War 2007
As we've been blogging here all week, the legal spat between Mediapro and Sogecable broadcast rights has begun to heat up even further and threatens the rest of the season. 58 million euros is said to already be owed by Mediapro to Sogecable for last year's matches and now a further claim of 200 million […]