Ah, Sir Tom Finney, one of the finest exponents of footballing skill ever to wear the shirt of England is a living legend. A gentleman and a true star of the post war game, Finney epitomises everything that was great about those halcyon days of English football. Born in Preston, in 1922, Finney is a […]

They seemed as if they'd thrown it all away, but they pulled themselves together on the last match of the season to gain automatic promotion. Birmingham City always seem to do things the hard way and they just about squeezed over the line. The fact of the matter is that they should have never been […]

Reports this morning out of Colombia indicate Fredy Montero will be called into the Colombian National Team. From my vantage point, this is a potential big step towards MLS regaining the ground its lost in South America since about the year 2000. For years, I have stated that MLS' quality of play and quality of […]

There are sure to be some twists and turns between now and the start of the season but who are the early favourites for the league? This is a much more difficult question than you would think. Many would look at the money spent by Real Madrid and the quality of players they have bought […]

It's amazing what a difference a year makes. Last summer, the majority of summer friendlies involving Premier League teams were televised live on Setanta US. This summer, though, Setanta US has shown zero friendlies and the majority of games have been aired by either Fox Soccer Channel, GolTV and ESPN360. This summer, Fox Soccer Channel […]

£3.5 million for Arvalro Arbeloa? That's all? Seriously? I mean, I know that's probably what his services are worth but that's not the issue. When Real Madrid have their checkbook out and are licking the tip of their bottomless ballpoint pen there is no call to stop at £3.5 million. Real have made the market insane and […]

DeRo vs Nigel Henry/ Photo by Paul Giamou 5.4 million homes tuned into the Univision broadcast of US-Mexico in the Gold Cup final. The 5-0 Mexican win was the Nielsen ratings winner in its time slot in many markets. The top 5 markets in terms of ratings were: 1- Los Angeles 2- New York 3- […]

Beautiful Rio Tinto Stadium in Sandy, Utah. A suburb of Salt Lake City was the host for this years All-Star Game which was a fantastic display of Goalkeeping we haven't seen in a while. Both Kasey Keller & Tim Howard making diving save, after diving save to keep their sides alive for the eventual match winner […]

In 2006, the MLS All Stars took down mighty but vacationing Chelsea 1-0 at Toyota Park. Here are my photos from the match. I also attended the 1998 MLS All Star Game in Orlando but do not have any photos from that games as I did not take my camera.

I know it's only July... I know the first round proper is months away... But I've decided to give some extra love to the FA Cup this season. Lately the top clubs have been treating the world's oldest football competition like the red-headed step-child of trophy runs. Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, and United refuse to devote themselves as […]

The summer is far from over and we haven't even got close to seeing the end to the transfers for the Premiership, but who are the early favourites for the league title next season? Manchester United have certainly lost one of their major assets in the form of Cristiano Ronaldo which would appear to make […]

Manchester City are spending their way into the Premier League top four. Paradoxically, the club most amenable to their ambition is Arsenal, whom they wish to supplant. The Gunners sold City striker Emmanuel Adebayor for £25m. Less than two weeks later, they are prepared to sell them defender Kolo Toure for another £14m, as the […]

Chelsea players have now returned to London after an incredibly satisfying US tour. So successful, in fact, that it was the highest attended US tour by a Premier League club ever, based on average attendance. During their time in the States, EPL Talk featured extensive coverage of their tour including interviews with Mikel John Obi, […]

ESPN360 is now available to Comcast customers a few days earlier than its originally planned August 4th launch date. This is spectacular news for soccer fans who are also Comcast customers. ESPN360 is only available online to customers of ISPs who have contracted with ESPN to make the service available. And Comcast was one of […]

As is the usual preseason prediction, the three promoted sides are always the favourites to go straight back down. Last season gave us something of a novelty in recent years, with two of the three sides that came up in 2007-2008 staying with us for another year, as close as Hull tried to throw it […]