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/ 6811 days agoGolTV's Fitting Tribute to 11-Year-Old Rhys Jones
If GolTV will ever get an opportunity to broadcast Premier League matches in the future, soccer fans in the United States got a preview of what type of coverage they could expect during Tuesday's Champions League qualifying round match featuring Liverpool against Toulouse. From the second the coverage began, GolTV commentators Phil Schoen and Ray […]
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/ 6811 days agoSevilla's Puerta dead at age 22
As we reported yesterday, Sevilla midfielder Antonio Puerta collapsed during a Primera Liga match on Saturday. Today brought the sad news that Puerta has died, just three days later. He had suffered a heart attack and had been on life support since Saturday. What makes this even sadder is that Puerta was going to become […]
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/ 6812 days agoBook Review: Provided You Don't Kiss Me: 20 Years With Brian Clough
By Lonnie Smetana With former protégés like Martin O'Neill, Roy Keane and Stuart Pearce managing at the top-levels of English football, Brian Clough's name continues to swirl around the game that he was a part of for the bulk of his life. Often the most mentioned aspect of Clough's career in football is that he […]
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/ 6812 days agoSerie A Day One
Serie A Day One Well, it looks pretty sparse here, compared to our sister site La Liga Talk.com, so I might as well start blogging here. As much as we have liked the summer and the play of some Italian league players in Copa America or in the preseason friendlies, I'd say all of us […]
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/ 6813 days agoSevilla's Stylish Start
As The Gaffer already mentioned Sevilla kicked off their season on Saturday with a 4-1 win over Getafe. While I had been looking forward to the Madrid derby, I decided to watch the Sevilla-Getafe match and was not disappoined at all. The game had plenty of excitement, flair and talking points. In the first half […]
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/ 6813 days agoRonaldinho Not a Fit for Chelsea or Premier League
The Daily Telegraph has the scoop that Ronaldinho's agent is in talks with Chelsea about a possible move to England for the world's most popular Brazilian. While he undoubtedly is one of the most skillful players on the planet, the chances of him flourishing in the Premier League are slim. We've seen time and time […]
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/ 6813 days agoNo Barcelona or Real Madrid for GolTV Viewers
Due to "The Television Wars" in Spain, Sunday's match between Racing Santander and Barcelona was another casualty of the fight between Audiovisual Sport and Mediapro causing the big game to be blacked out around the world. Closer to home, the match wasn't shown on GolTV either. Neither was the Saturday game between Real Madrid and […]
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/ 6814 days agoTV Coverage of Madrid Derby Goes Black
Viewers in the United States and around the world were upset this weekend after the scheduled clash between Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid was not shown on TV. In the United States, GolTV showed the Bayern Munich against Hannover match instead of the Madrid derby. The reason the Madrid derby wasn't shown worldwide was due […]
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/ 6814 days agoSevilla's 4-1 Victory Proves Magic of La Liga
What a shame that the inaugural televised match of the new La Liga season was not shown worldwide due to disputes between TV companies in Spain. Let's hope they get their issues resolved quickly so we don't miss any quality soccer. So instead of seeing the Madrid derby between Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid, the […]
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/ 6814 days agoSpurs TV Coming To a TV Set Near You
Tottenham Hotspur has hired a company to produce three hours of TV programming weekly to provide to international viewers. In the United States, we've seen Arsenal TV, Liverpool TV, MUTV and Chelsea TV, so don't be surprised if one of the U.S. networks picks up Spurs TV in the near future. Meanwhile, TV ratings for […]
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/ 6814 days agoLatest Premier League Media Coverage News
Former Premier League referee Jeff Winter reviews David Beckham's autobiography from the most unusual setting in this brief video here from the Fanbanta website. Splended article here by Martin Smith of The Daily Telegraph on a particular Man United programme from the past and what happened on the field during that day against Spurs. Brilliant […]
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/ 6814 days agoChampionship Talk Podcast Launches
One of the most competitive leagues in Britain isn't the Premier League. It's the Championship League. Last season's competition was a perfect example as nine to ten clubs battled for promotion during the last few weeks of the season. To provide you with one podcast featuring news and analysis of the Coca Cola Championship League, […]
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/ 6816 days agoWeekend Preview – August 24th, 2007
La Liga kicks off this weekend and I am going to highlight three games. We start things off with a bang as the Madrid derby sees Real host Atlético. It has been revealed that new signings Arjen Robben and Gabriel Heinze will not make their Real Madrid debuts despite my feeling that at least Heinze […]
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/ 6817 days agoMore changes at the Bernabeu
(Note: I had originally written that Emerson had moved to Inter Milan, thanks to Mr. Bobby McMahon of Fox Soccer Channel for pointing out my mistake. Emerson had been rumoured to be moving to Inter but ended up with rivals AC instead. My apologies for the mistake.) Not content with the signings they've already made, […]
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/ 6817 days agoEngland's National Team Is In Crisis
By John Nicholson If you're an England fan, then I will be telling you what you already know, England are in a crisis. I don't use the c word very often because in modern day media, a crisis can be anything from a full blown terrorist attack to the local store selling out of bread. […]