I Hart the Premier League Did you ever see the movie Office Space where they guy makes the 'jump to conclusions' mat? His idea was to craft something similar to the pet rock which made some guy named Gary Dahl a cool million+ in the 70's. Such it was that the character in the movie […]

It may only be just over a month since the World Cup has ended but that time has dragged by with very little football to watch and very few interesting transfer stories. What a relief then that the first weekend of the Premier League season would prove to be so unpredictable unless you were at […]

It's incredible to think of all of the enhancements that are made to Football Manager year after year. The game becomes closer to real life football management with each release. And now we have a sneak peek of what will be featured in Football Manager 2011 which will be released before the end of 2010. […]

Prandelli led Fiorentina to a very important point, but this season there will be no Champions League, and no Europa League for the Viola. While Mihajlovic has taken over, things don't look very different with Fiorentina for this upcoming season, only two players were bought and only two players were sold/released. Probably the biggest factor […]

The first weekend of the season went into the books with the final whistle at Anfield, Arsenal's visit to Liverpool the EPL Talk Podcast Match of the Week. To talk about the match and the eight from Saturday, I was joined Sunday night by Kartik Krishnaiyer for the first EPL Talk Weekend Review Show of […]

Juventus' samba star Diego, who was prolific during his time in the Bundesliga with Werder Bremen, is reportedly on the verge of a move back to the Bundesliga with Steve McClaren's new look Wolfsburg side. Unfortunately for Diego, his current side refuse to let a player of his calibre go without a fight. Diego's promising […]

The Week 20 numbers look like this... 5 year comparison Week 20 154 GP YTD Avg +/- GP Avg +/- Avg +/- GP 2006 17,497 7 15,233 15,449 128 2007 23,740 35.68% 7 16,027 5.21% 15,899 2.91% 129 2008 13,907 -41.42% 4 16,484 2.85% 17,230 8.37% 132 2009 12,055 […]

It's been a while since I've been unable to watch Liverpool's opening day match live. The last time was 2007 against Aston Villa. It went like this: George (A Mancunian; a regular at the brewery where I bartended; a City diehard; a Setanta subscriber) plopped the tape of the match on the bar top. I filled his half-gallon growler with fresh India Pale […]

Bundesliga strugglers Hannover 96 bowed out of the DFB Pokal early with a shock loss on penalties to fourth division side SV Elversberg. Hannover fans will be devastated that their side could not overcome their inferior opponents, and relegation looks to be just around the bend for Hannover this season if they cannot improve before […]

Former Metro/RBNY, Galaxy, Real Salt Lake forward Clint Mathis was honored at Red Bull Arena before the match and thanked the crowd. Before meeting the fans he spoke to the media. Here are some videos for your entertainment featuring Clint Mathis.

As well as writing about the Championship (which ruined my accumulator at the weekend as I incorrectly predicted four results and got none of them right. Yes I've thought about writing up a letter of resignation) I thought I'd write about some of those talking points in football that are often debated, whether it be […]

One of the matches I watched live during the opening day of the Premier League was the one featuring Wigan Athletic against Blackpool at the DW Stadium in Lancashire. I watched it live on FoxSoccer.tv. But I was astonished as most viewers were what unfolded before my eyes as Wigan completely collapsed defensively and Blackpool […]

Match Of The Day unveiled their new opening credits August 14th after the opening day of the Premier League season. The staple of English football, shown on BBC 1 on Saturday evenings, remains one of the most popular shows in the United Kingdom. And deservedly so as it does a grand job of featuring all […]

Once again it was another fantastic night of Football at Red Bull Arena and from the first row in the lower bowl all the way to the last of the upper bowl, it was a full house and not one section was barren. Everyone came to honor Clint Mathis before the match started & see […]

It was 97 days ago since the last Premier League match when Chelsea ended up winning the 2009-2010 Premier League title after emphatically beating Wigan Athletic 8-0. On that same day, Manchester United tried to pip them to title but couldn't do so even after defeating Stoke City 4-0. Now that the new season of […]