Gameweek 15 of the Barclays Premier League was a brilliant example of just how exciting and intriguing the league can be. There were plenty of goals scored, a few standout performances and some entertaining matches both at the top and bottom of the table. Heading into the weekend, I had high hopes for Bolton v […]

An intriguing meeting of current and past Top 4 football clubs in England took place Sunday, as Tottenham Hotspur edged Liverpool in the waning minutes to continue their push towards the top. Tottenham and Liverpool both assembled 4-4-2 formations. Peter Crouch and Rafael van der Vaart were Tottenham’s strikers from the open, but in the […]

Queens Park Rangers extended their lead at the top of the Championship with an important come from behind victory over second placed Cardiff City. The game did not start the way the London side would have hoped as Craig Bellamy gave the Welsh side the lead after thirteen minutes, as Jay Bothroyd capitalised on a slip by Kaspars Gorkss slip to provide an assist to the on loan Manchester City striker.

If you were the Qatar World Cup Bid Committee, how would you generate some last minute favorable publicity before the votes were cast for the 2022 World Cup? One way would be to send journalists of influential newspapers on an all-expenses paid visit to Qatar. And then hope that the articles they write would put […]

Overall the draw is a tough one for the Championship with more than 10 sides facing Premiership opposition, whilst increasing the chances of a relative upset it also means that a strong Championship presence in the fourth round and beyond is limited.

Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo has been playing some of his best football since joining Real Madrid last season. Ronaldo has already scored 14 goals in just 12 matches in La Liga. Overall, the former Manchester United star has found the back of the net 18 times in just 19 games in all competitions. Ronaldo had […]

This weekend in the Serie A, among the results there were plenty of 1-1 draws, a goalless draw, a couple of 3-1 wins, and then a 5-2! Yes, a 5-2 win took place in the Serie A this weekend, and it was Inter Milan which defeated Parma in the seven goal thriller. This weekend there […]

For the first time this season, Chelsea ended a match day below first place. That's quite an accomplishment – sitting atop the table for the first 14 match days – but it won't get as many column inches as Dimitar Berbatov's trick, becoming the fourth Premier League player to score five goals in one match. […]

How Lukas Podolski only got a yellow card for this tackle on Dzeko is a mystery to me. I hope I'm wrong, but I think that means that because he was booked no retrospective action can be taken. He should have gone for me, it's an awful challenge.

After Mark van Bommel suffered a long-term injury during an international friendly match for Holland in early October, doubts about Bayern Munich's chances of retaining their Bundesliga crown began to seriously grow. With Arjen Robben and Franck Ribery already ruled out of action, there was a huge concern over Bayern Munich's strength in midfield. Last […]

Tuesday, November 30th 8:00PM EST – 5:00PM PST Guests: A member of the 2010 MLS Cup Champion Colorado Rapids John Guppy former Chicago Fire President & former MetroStars front office man, currently running his Gilt Edge Soccer Marketing company NASL Segment: Discussing the officiall US Sanctioning of the NASL as US Soccer Second Division League: […]

Last week ... An audience of EPL Talk listeners got to hear the audio output from Richard's laptop degrade then fail in the middle of a live show. This week? Richard and Kartik try to top it. "Unplanned" power outages? Glasses of water knocked onto mixers? Or maybe just an unknown hot mic picking up […]

This weekend was filled with goals and I've had another tough time picking three candidates. Here are the three I came up with, sorted in no particular order. Comment below for your favourite! 1. FC Koln v VfL Wolfsburg: Cicero Equalizes In Superb Fashion 2. Bayern Munich v Eintracht Frankfurt: Tymoschuk Opens The Scoring 3. […]

The United States has been the favorite to win the 2022 World Cup bid since it dropped its 2018 bid to clear the way for a European nation. Going up against a Middle Eastern country, two Asian nations that previously hosted, and an island nation with little soccer culture, the U.S. has the money, media […]

We finally have a change at the top of the Premier League, with Manchester United riding their undefeated start past Chelsea to a two point lead on the league. On this edition of the EPL Talk podcast, myself and Kartik Krishnaiyer will discuss that, Chelsea's continued struggles, five goal matches ... As well as anything […]