When was the last time you visited the official web site of your favorite Premier League club? If you're honest, the answer is pretty seldom. There's a reason for that. Sixty percent of the sites are developed and maintained by one company, Perform. Perform is more commonly known as Premium TV. The latter was acquired […]

Sunday’s mildly shocking result in the Cup of African Nations Quarterfinals reinforces what we wrote about on Friday here at MLS Talk: Algeria will be no pushover for the United States in the World Cup. The Desert Foxes eliminated pre-tournament favorite Ivory Coast 3-2 after extra time. In the match, Didier Drogba was effectively muzzled […]

In our attempts to further break down and analyze all things Premier League, EPL Talk proudly announce the addition of a new weekly column entitled Premier League Footballer of the Week. The column will be opinion driven, but we'll strive to take an in-depth look at one single player in the Premier League who impressed during the […]

If you're looking for a list of Premier League footballers who have Twitter and/or Facebook accounts, you've come to the right place. After hours of research, EPL Talk has amassed a comprehensive list of Twitter and Facebook accounts for footballers of most Premier League clubs. Last week, Manchester United caused quite a stir when the club […]

The use of war imagery for the headline may not be appropriate during these sensitive times, but it aptly describes Deportivo La Coruña's predicament as they conclude the first half of their season tied for fourth place, the final UEFA Champions League spot, with Mallorca on thirty-four points (Mallorca holds the tiebreaker over Depor with […]

There has been widespread criticism of the Bianconeri board and its directors yet there are some obvious aspects which have been overlooked by the reporters and fans alike. The Juve management has actually erred in allowing Pavel Nedved to retire, in hiring Cirro Ferrara to lead the team and in their choice of players brought […]

Juventus suffered another defeat which perhaps came as no surprise despite the fact Roma were rather not impressive until the penalty-kick which was converted by Francesco Totti. The Bianconeri did not deserve to lose the match but the players have certainly been struggling despite putting in a better effort against the Giallorossi. Without discussing the […]

Hubris. That’s all it can be labeled. How many of us saw the “Sparsenal” team Arsene Wenger fielded Sunday versus Stoke, and said to ourselves, “Aw come ON.” I mean, most of us tune in to Arsenal games to watch the beautiful game be beautiful, and looking at the line-up Wenger started, it was instantly […]

Algeria has been drawn into England's group in the upcoming World Cup tournament. Kartik Krishnaiyer and Richard Farley look at the Cup of African Nations performance for Algeria, who defeated Ivory Coast on Sunday in Quarterfinals. Don’t forget that the EPL Talk Podcast is the only Premier League interview and analysis podcast available for free. […]

Landon Donovan’s third match in an Everton shirt was substantially less successful than his first two. But that should be no surprise given the competition. Birmingham City has been unbeatable the last three months and plays a very traditional British style of football featuring several long time veterans of the British game. The result, a […]

Immediately after Hamburg’s loss against Borussia Dortmund, the club officials announced the transfer of dutch striker Ruud van Nistelrooy, who played for the Spanish club Real Madrid. Van Nistelrooy singed a contract till june 2011. Hamburg won the competition of signing Van Nistelrooy against Galatasaray Istanbul and several Premier-League teams, who would pay much more […]

It's been a while since I've had a chance to share the TV ratings for ESPN2's coverage of the Barclay's Premier League 2009-2010 season, so here are the most recent ratings from late December 2009 through last week. The new ratings are bolded. See below. Nielsen Ratings for Premier League Games on ESPN2: August through […]

It's incredible to think that this following collection of vintage videos, which were shot over 100 years ago at football grounds across England, would be added to YouTube and we'd be viewing on a computer via this thing called the World Wide Web. But no matter how much technology has changed in the hundred plus […]

As the US took the field to play Honduras Saturday night at the Home Depot Center, nobody was any under illusions about the nature of the game. It was a friendly in the friendliest sense. The pregame party in the parking lot was full of good cheer. The Honduras fans, which outnumbered the US fans […]

In the weekend's only Premier League match, Wayne Rooney puts on a clinic in finishing and claims the United captaincy of the future. – Then and Now Not since the Hamburg-bound Ruud van Nistelrooy did it for United in November of 2004 has a Manchester United player scored four goals in a competitive contest. Then, […]