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/ 7022 days agoKeep an Eye Out for these Premiership Talents
While the race is on to see which two teams will be the first ones to play in the world-class Wembley stadium in the 2007 FA Cup Final, I'd like to take a minute and savor the Fourth Round of the FA Cup and more importantly performances from three fantastic players. If you haven't had […]
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/ 7022 days agoDifferences Explored Between BBC and Sky Sports
I had the fortune of watching the FA Cup tie between Manchester United against Portsmouth yesterday, not on pay-per-view but on BBC1. While the match was very entertaining, especially the first half, with United's attack after attack descending on Portsmouth's goal, I walked away from the match with a few interesting observations.It isn't that often […]
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/ 7025 days agoPower To The People: Football Fans Vote With Their Feet at Premiership Matches
By John NicholsonWe don't know always realise what power we have as consumers. Collectively we could bring massive institutions down with a few days. It just takes concerted action. For example, Google makes a fortune from its AdWords programme. You know how it works; Google gets money every time you click on an adword. And […]
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/ 7026 days agoThe Growing Popularity of Premiership Outside UK
Earlier this week, The Independent newspaper in England announced that the Premiership has grown so much in popularity that it now has 160 million viewers in 202 countries. Just for the Arsenal against Man United match, the UK TV audience was up to 6 million people.While the game is growing in popularity in the States, […]
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/ 7026 days agoArsenal and Liverpool Gives Premiership A Much Needed Shot in the Arm
Sunday's win by Arsenal over Manchester United was the best thing that could have happened to the Premiership. You can hear it in the podosphere and read it in the blogs and message forums. People are actually getting really excited about the Premier League all of a sudden.While there have been several highlights during the […]
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/ 7027 days agoFuture of Successful English Footballers Appears Dire
In another example of excellent investigative journalism from The Times newspaper, their chief sports reporter Owen Slot recently wrote a series of articles about the state of the football academy system in England. While some of may not care about academies, the ramifications of the current state of them will have a profound impact on […]
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/ 7028 days agoChelsea's Premiership Title Dream Hangs In The Balance
Well folks, we now have a four horse race instead of a two horse race. After Liverpool and Arsenal both upset Chelsea and Manchester United respectively, the Premiership title race has gotten a lot more interesting all of a sudden.Looking ahead at the fixtures for the four clubs for the remainder of the season, a […]
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/ 7028 days agoHelp Improve the EPL Talk Podcast
There's always room for improvement (just ask Keith Gillespie), so we'd like to ask for two minutes of your time to respond to a quick-and-easy survey on the topic of the EPL Talk Podcast.Please take the survey.The results will help us improve the podcast. We're now up to episode 49 (tonight's episode features an interview […]
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/ 7029 days agoAll Eyes Point to Emirates As Reds Beat Chelsea
Congratulations to Rafa Benitez and the Liverpool squad for getting the victory they deserved today. Rafa got his formation right by sticking with a 4-4-2 instead of his usual 4-5-1 against Chelsea, and the combination of Peter Crouch and Dirk Kuyt up front paid dividends for the Spanish manager.Drogba must be kicking himself for missing […]
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/ 7031 days agoThis Weekend Marks the 80th Anniversary of Football Commentary
To mark the 80 year anniversary of the first football commentary, BBC Five Live Sports Extra this weekend will be conducting the commentary in the style of 1927 instead of 2007.They'll be using four commentators. Former Arsenal goalkeeper Bob Wilson will comment on Arsenal. Musician and singer David Gray will focus on Manchester United. John […]
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/ 7032 days agoPremiership Gets Richer & The Poor Get The Picture
The Premiership announced yesterday record breaking TV rights deals around the world for the 2007/2008 through 2009/2010 seasons worth 2.7 billion GBP, which is $5.3 billion. This means more money will be spread amongst all of the teams next season with the title winner collecting at least $98 million, while the bottom place team will […]
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/ 7032 days agoPreview of Liverpool v Chelsea Clash
If you remember back to the last time Chelsea played Liverpool, the goal that separated the two sides was a wonderful twist and volley by Didier Drogba back on September 17th. Liverpool dominated most of the first half and hit the crossbar, but their finishing wasn't clinical in front of goal.In some ways, not much […]
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/ 7033 days agoPremiership Season Virtually Over As a Competition
By John NicholsonI am an optimist by nature. To me the glass is always half full, and even if it's half empty, I will have enjoyed drinking it. I don't buy into the pervading culture of cynicism that is so fashionable in some circles. Books such as "Is It Just Me Or Is Everything Shit?" […]
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/ 7033 days agoPreview of Arsenal v Manchester United Clash
Without a doubt, this weekend's matches between the top four are mouthwatering. Sure, big clashes like Liverpool against Chelsea, and Arsenal versus Manchester United usually don't live up to expectations, but with so much to play for, I have a feeling that this weekend will be different.Arsenal couldn't have picked a better time to be […]
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/ 7034 days agoWhich Team Will Destroy Chelsea's Immaculate Home League Record?
I alluded to it during this week's EPL Talk Podcast interview with The Daily Telegraph's Henry Winter, but I believe Chelsea's record of unbeaten home matches in the league is about to end. The question, is, who will manage to beat them.Their home matches in the league between now and the end of the season […]