latest articles by Christopher Harris
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/ 6840 days agoWill James Richardson Leave Football Weekly?
In the UK, Setanta Sports has announced that it has acquired three more pundits to join their ever-growing team of professionals presenting the Premier League. Former Match of the Day and Grandstand announcer Des Lynam will be doing more than just Setanta TV commercials. He'll be conducting football-related interviews with the likes of Sir Alex […]
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/ 6841 days agoTo Buy Or Not to Buy Season Tickets
By John Nicholson Being a season ticket holder is sometimes held as a symbol of a fans commitment to a club. When you are prepared to invest so much money, upfront, it is an act of faith in the club. It says you care. The clubs have always been quick to tell us that they […]
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/ 6842 days agoPlenty of Premier League-Related News This Summer
It over 100 degrees outside, so I had a chance today to catch up on watching preseason friendlies, and here are my thoughts in addition to some Premier League-related news: Bohemians 0-1 Sunderland. Preseason friendlies are rarely exciting and aren't the best reflection on how a team will perform in the approaching season. That's the […]
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/ 6842 days agoInterview with Phil Lines of the Premier League
The latest episode of the EPL Talk Podcast has been published, which features an interview with Phil Lines from the Premier League. As Head of International Broadcasting & Media Operations at the Premier League, Lines plays a pivotal role in securing the TV rights deals in 207 countries for the world's most popular sports league. […]
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/ 6844 days agoBBC Making Moves Before 07/08 Season Begins
The website redesign for EPL Talk is coming along nicely and may be live as early as this weekend or, at the latest, early next week. As soon as it's unveiled, I'll let you know here. I've mentioned it before, but the EPL Talk Blog that you're reading now will be moved to a different […]
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/ 6844 days agoBook Review: Studs
By Tokyo Toffeeman Studs! (Ebury Press) is an entertaining retro footie annual using stories, interviews and pictures taken directly from Shoot! Magazine from the 60s, 70s & 80s. Britain's top footballers of the moment, often accompanied by the loving missus, are shown in all their garish glory (kind of living testament to mad and bad […]
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/ 6845 days agoVilla Brings Attacking Flair to Canada & Other News
Here are more of the top soccer stories that you may find interesting (see below). I should be able to resume full blogging next week. This week, I'm tackling the finishing touches to the redesigned EPL Talk site, which I'm looking forward to introducing to you either this weekend or next week. Stay tuned. Setanta […]
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/ 6846 days agoSummer Soccer Smorgasbord
So much soccer news, so little time. Here are some of the top stories that you may be interested in: If you want to receive a beta invite to Pownce, one of the hottest new social networking web sites out there, email me at thegaffer[at]epltalk[dot]com with "Pownce" as the subject line. The first six people […]
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/ 6846 days agoFowler coup for Cardiff
Cardiff City have pulled off a major coup by signing former Liverpool legend Robbie Fowler on a free transfer. For my money, Fowler is one of the best finishers the British game has seen over the last 10 years. I don't recall ever seeing him waste chances inside the box or from the penalty spot […]
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/ 6847 days agoPhotos from Chicago Fire v Celtic Friendly
Courtesy of reader Dan Brennan, here are photos of this past Sunday's friendly between Chicago Fire and Celtic. And here's Dan's report from the match: Celtic FC invaded Toyota Park Sunday in their second match in four days, and, for most of the match, it showed. The Fire came out roaring thanks to the arrival […]
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/ 6849 days agoNo Real Winners in Galaxy v Chelsea Charade
I ask just one question. Now that David Beckham's LA Galaxy debut is over, who gained anything from it? Think about that for a second. Other than generating money, who were the winners now that the friendly is complete? It certainly wasn't the spectators or TV viewers who were fed a very drab game of […]
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/ 6849 days agoDrugs, Setanta & Rock 'n' Roll
By John Nicholson In the UK, Setanta has started running ads for its new live Premiership coverage, clearly keen to get a whole hoard of new punters to stump up some hard earned wonga for their service. Fair enough. However, the ads they are running have the song 'Good Times' by Eric Burdon and the […]
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/ 6850 days agoMan Utd's Asian Focus Is Bad News for U.S.
It doesn't seem that Manchester United will be rushing back to the United States for preseason friendlies anytime soon. Man United Chief Executive David Gill is quoted in The Guardian newspaper as saying that Asia and Africa, instead of America, will be the focus to globalize their brand. I wonder, though, if Gill would have […]
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/ 6850 days agoLatest News from Everton's U.S. Tour
Chelsea isn't the only English team touring the States this summer. In addition to Aston Villa, Everton is Stateside and the Merseyside club is already making quite a bit of news: If you'd rather not watch Chelsea take on the LA Galaxy Saturday night at 8:30pm ET on ESPN, you can catch Everton on GolTV […]
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/ 6851 days agoFox & Setanta Finalize August EPL TV Schedule
The complete TV schedule for EPL matches during the first few weeks of the 2007/2008 season is now finalized, EPL Talk can reveal. Here's what we know so far (the newly discovered listings are highlighted in bold): Saturday, August 11 Sunderland v Tottenham Hotspur, 7:45am ET, Setanta Sports West Ham United v Manchester City, 10am […]