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/ 6854 days agoChelsea v Club America Friendly: Photos & More
Courtesy of EPL Talk reader Peter Pelham, here's his account of the Chelsea 2-1 Club America friendly including images. Thanks Peter! "A great new stadium (incidentally, demolition and rebuild done in 9 months!) on the Stanford University campus. Approx 47,000 attendance in a 55,000 capacity stadium. The Mexican fans were partying throughout the game whereas […]
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/ 6854 days agoBull Durham
I'm on vacation this week in North Carolina, so the quantity of blog postings will dwindle, but I'll try and write when I get the opportunity. It's actually a great week to visit the EPL Talk Community where you can read blogs from six EPL Talk readers and participate in the message boards. While in […]
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/ 6858 days agoDon't Believe The Hype: David Beckham
I realize than even by writing this article, I'm contributing to the mass hysteria revolving around the David Beckham story, but I have to say a few things. I've purposefully avoided much talk about Becks on the EPL Talk Podcast and this, the EPL Talk Blog for many reasons. Most importantly, while I realize he's […]
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/ 6860 days agoRoundup of Soccer News From Around the World
If you missed the Brazil against Uruguay semi-final of Copa America last night, you could have seen a classic. The entertainment value was extremely high as both teams came so close to winning the match within regulation. Uruguay continually threatened Brazil and were unfortunate not to win the match. After ending 2-2 in regulation, the […]
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/ 6860 days agoNew 07/08 Portsmouth Home Shirt Revealed
The new 07/08 Portsmouth home shirt was unveiled last night. This season, Pompey will be wearing kits from kit manufacturer Canterbury who are more synonymous with rugby than soccer. Canterbury is to be applauded for a sleek design. The gold trim around the edge of the Pompey shirt looks impressive, and I'll be looking forward […]
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/ 6862 days agoUK TV Schedule for Premier League Matches
Here's the UK TV schedule for the first four months of the 07/08 Premier League season. For the first time, Setanta Sports will be showing the matches in the UK in addition to Sky Sports. Note that Sky hasn't determined which Sky channels their matches will be on, for now: Saturday, August 11Sunderland v Tottenham […]
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/ 6862 days agoSchedule for Premier League Matches on U.S. TV
Here's the TV schedule for Premier League matches for the first four months of the 2007/2008 season for viewers in the United States. It's by no means complete (the Saturday 10am ET matches and midweek matches have to be confirmed), but here's what we know for sure so far: Saturday, August 11Sunderland v Tottenham Hotspur, […]
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/ 6862 days agoBlackburn Rovers will be wearing Umbro Shirts
Blackburn Rovers has made a late decision and has decided to sign a contract with Umbro instead of Lonsdale for their 2007/2008 football kit. The move to Umbro is unusual because Rovers fans, in the latter half of last season, voted on new designs from Lonsdale (see story here). While Umbro has been signing contracts […]
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/ 6864 days agoJoin The EPL Talk Fantasy Premier League
It's that time of the year when the Fantasy Premier League is open for you to join. Unlike other fantasy football games, this one is free and EPL Talk even chips in and awards prizes to the winner like we did last season. The best part is you can join the EPL Talk private league […]
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/ 6865 days agoIs Man United Touring the United States in July?
Either the English newspapers know something we don't know or they're guilty of sloppy journalism, but the following newspaper articles in The Independent and The Guardian both state that Manchester United will be touring the United States in mid-July. We do know that Manchester United are scheduled to play friendlies in the Far East between […]
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/ 6865 days agoNew 07/08 Everton Third Shirt
An image has appeared on the Internet which is reportedly a picture of Everton's third strip. The rough design of the 2007/2008 Everton third shirt is black except for the logo, which is green. Just this past week, Everton released its new away shirt, which is white in color. Everton's decision to adopt a black […]
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/ 6865 days agoPremier League-Related News Pouring In
Here are some of the interesting tidbits of Premier League-related news that you may be interested in: Setanta Sports has confirmed that French World Cup Winner Emmanuel Petit has joined the Irish broadcaster as a soccer pundit. Petit joins Paul Dempsey, Pat Nolan, Les Ferdinand, Angus Young and Steve McManaman on the Setanta team for […]
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/ 6865 days agoNew 07/08 Aston Villa Away Shirt
During today's press conference to unveil Nigel Reo-Coker as Martin O'Neill's latest signing, the English midfielder and former West Ham United player wore what must undoubtedly be Aston Villa's new away shirt (pictured bottom right). The blue shirt features the new Aston Villa crest with white and claret accents. The shirt color is quite a […]
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/ 6865 days agoAston Villa 07/08 Home Shirt Revealed
The anticipation has been building to see what Aston Villa's new kit design will look like for the 07/08 season. And, at last, it has now been uncovered. Aston Villa's new 07/08 home and away shirts are manufactured by Nike. The home shirt (pictured) features the famous claret and blue colors with Villa's new crest. […]
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/ 6865 days agoThank you to our sponsors
I just want to take a pause to thank a new sponsor to EPL Talk. It's Razorgator.com who have a great selection of those hard-to-find tickets to soccer games throughout the United States. Razorgator.com has tickets for the upcoming friendlies in the States involving Chelsea, Celtic and many others. Go here for more information. Thanks […]