World Soccer Talk

A new photo has been leaked on the Internet of what appears to be Arsenal's new away shirt for the 2012-13 season. Whether it is or not, we'll have to wait a few weeks or more to find out. But the purple and black hoops certainly make this shirt design quite different than anything that […]

On the final day of the 2012-13 Premier League season, the incredible match between Manchester City and Queens Park Rangers on ESPN2 was viewed by a US audience of 600,000 people according to Nielsen. The Sunday, May 13 broadcast between 9:30am-12:15pm ET scored a 0.5 household coverage rating, and was watched in 467,000 households by […]

What did Sergio Aguero's winning goal for Manchester City against Queens Park Rangers sound like for viewers in Argentina? In what was one of the most thrilling ends to a Premier League season, the commentary in Argentina was even more exciting because Argentine Sergio Kun Aguero scored the winner. As you can hear on the […]

UPDATED: Manchester City striker Carlos Tevez today stoked the fire again in his public spat with Sir Alex Ferguson by holding up a banner that read "RIP Fergie," while the City bus paraded around Manchester. The photo was captured on Sky Sports (see above photo). Carlos Tevez would probably argue that the sign is just […]

After the final whistle blew at the Stadium of Light in Sunderland on Sunday, preparations were being made behind-the-scenes to announce Manchester United as Premier League champions for the 2011-12 season. As this above photo above shows, a sign was being prepared with Manchester United's name on it as Premier League champions. Unfortunately for United, […]

Alex McLeish has been sacked as manager of Aston Villa Football Club. "The club has been disappointed with this season's results, performances and the general message these have sent to our fans," said a club statement. "The board wishes to assure supporters that we are conscious in every sense that Villa expects and deserves more […]

At the end of every Premier League season, Sky Sports in the United Kingdom always does a montage of some of the most memorable moments from the season. And they've done it again with a video that was shown last night. It includes a lot of the misses, goals and key incidents that happened throughout […]

The TV channel ITV (Independent Television) in the United Kingdom has released a new TV commercial to promote their coverage of the Euro 2012 tournament. It's not as clever as the Carlsberg Euro 2012 ad, but it's still pretty innovative. First, go ahead and watch the above video to remind yourself of what happened during […]

Is this Tottenham Hotspur's new home shirt for the 2012-13 Premier League season? Thanks to eagle-eyed EPL Talk reader Dust, he's provided us with the above shirt as well as a description of the Under Armour technology that is supposedly integrated into the new shirt design: "The E39 shirt is outfitted with a 'bug' sensor […]

Manchester United has unveiled their new home shirt for the 2012-13 season. According to the club, Manchester United's new home jersey is inspired by the club’s rich history and close bond with the heritage of Manchester. "This relationship is represented by the striking gingham print which runs through the shirt – a tribute to the […]

Wigan Athletic will be celebrating their eighth consecutive season in the English Premier League next season with a brand new home kit designed and manufactured by MIFIT. The Latics will be playing in the new home kit for the first time this Sunday when they play their final home match of the season against Wolverhampton […]

The rise in popularity of English soccer on US television continues to grow by leaps and bounds. This evening, we learned that the 2012 FA Cup Final between Chelsea and Liverpool was the most-watched FA Cup match ever on FOX Soccer with a viewing audience of 396,000 people. The 2-1 win for Chelsea was shown live […]

We're now only one match away from learning who will be in the 2011-12 Championship Playoff Final. Birmingham City plays Blackpool today at 2:45pm ET/7:45pm BST (for viewers in the USA, live on FOX Soccer Plus/FOX Soccer 2Go) in the second leg of the Championship playoff semi-final. Blackpool has a 1-0 aggregate lead going into […]

It looks like unlikely that Chelsea will be able to finish in fourth position in the Premier League this season, and Roberto Di Matteo certainly thinks so too based on his Chelsea selection. Ross Turnbull starts in goal instead of Petr Cech, while there are starts for Ryan Bertrand and Oriel Romeu. Chelsea team: Turnbull, […]