I am anticipating some serious Craig Bellamy antics in the upcoming season. It's to the point where, if he stays at City, I'll almost be dissapointed if we don't see something on par with The Golf Club Incident (on par... sorry, couldn't resist). I'm not saying I condone personal injury—but serious property damage from a swinging […]

Real Madrid are determined to snap up as much of the top talent in world football as they can with Xabi Alonso being tipped to be the next big signing for the club. I know this has been getting put about for quite a while now with no concrete movement quite yet but I fear […]

Recently, Atletico Madrid’s coach, Abel Resino, came out and said that Atletico’s goal for this season is a third or fourth place finish in order to qualify for Champions League (Atletico finished fourth last season). Resino has thrown in the towel before the season has even begun, unofficially handing the La Liga title to either […]

The Sports Business Journal reported on Friday that MLS is looking at five potential markets for the next round of expansion and very notably omitting perhaps the most important market of all. The paper reported that New York City appears dead for the next round. However, a second NYC area team should be a priority […]

Let's sit down and discuss this situation like grown adults here. I understand what everyone wants and what everyone is looking for. But to be frank and it's very true what Kartik says, just because there is great football across the Atlantic doesn't mean we have to ignore our league or leagues here in the […]

ESPN's fledgling new sports channel is beginning to pull things together rather nicely since it won the rights that Setanta lost last month. Capturing those 46 games is certainly a coup for them but the work really begins when they add the front row staff to present the output and act as a front for […]

It's the little things. I've been fully enamoured with the concept of the shirt swap since I first saw it in action. Mind you, I'm an American and a latecomer to world football, and we don't have anything like this in American sports. I've never seen a baseball pitcher record the last strike of the last out of a […]

Fulham striker Bobby Zamora is in talks with Hull City over a proposed £5million transfer. The fee has already been agreed but now Zamora must decide if he is prepared to move to the north of England for the first time in his career. The 28 year old has been in Hull since Friday but […]

Swansea City's busy summer is showing little sign of slowing down after Spanish midfielder Jordi Lopez agreed a two-year deal with the Championship club. The 28 year old will be new manager Paulo Sousa's first signing and joins on a free transfer, after former club Queens Park Rangers failed to meet his wage demands. Lopez […]

Some managers may be cursing Mark Hughes and Manchester City, with their bucketloads of cash and a needy addiction to trying to sign every troublesome and moody striker in the world. Yet, Arsene Wenger may be quiet relieved after this weekend though as Emanuel Adebayor joined the Eastlands revolution ending his 3 year spell at […]

Injuries never come at a good time for a footballer, but Everton midfielder Mikel Arteta has revealed the serious knee injury he suffered last February came at the worst possible time. The former Rangers and Real Sociedad man told the local press in Liverpool that he had been told he was set for a first […]

Chelsea and Nigeria Midfielder Mikel John Obi (or John Obi Mikel) joins us on this episode of the EPL Talk Podcast. Hear Mikel's thoughts on playing for Carlo Ancelotti. Also listen to the thoughts of the midfielder on facing Jose Mourinho again in the World Football Challenge and his hopes for Chelsea this season. All […]

While Guadeloupe did not come to play and have been hurt by new restrictions within the French Football Federation about who they can field for this tournament, their can be no question that playing two successive matches on turf has helped the Costa Ricans. Walter Centano's absence it seems actually helped Costa Rica's attack as […]

After week 18 the numbers look like this... 5 year comparison WK 15 130 GP YTD Avg +/- GP Avg +/- Avg +/- GP 2005 8,365 2 15,023 14,568 118 2006 11,399 36.28% 7 15,558 3.56% 14,549 -0.13% 120 2007 15,894 39.43% 6 15,853 1.89% 15,024 3.26% 117 2008 13,013 -18.13% 6 16,542 4.35% 16,939 […]