When the financial and managerial reins to Manchester City Football Club changed hands early on this season for the second time in fairly quick succession on both fronts, this time with the Blues having instantly catapulted to the top of the world football rich list, everyone’s attention immediately turned to the January transfer window. What […]

Noel and Liam Gallagher might be the most famous Manchester City fans on the planet. So when they found themselves performing in Milan on Monday night, it only made sense that they would dedicate a song to the most famous transfer target in the history of their club — in the city where he decided […]

When Manchester City signed Shay Given from Newcastle on Sunday, most at Eastlands will have been pleased by this capture. But not quite everyone. Given will instantly become City’s first choice goalkeeper, displacing Joe Hart. This in turn will leave the young goalkeeper as nothing more than a bench warmer, at least for the […]

Here are some of the most interesting Premier League stories you may not have read this week: UK Internet Traffic to Top Premier League Football Websites (Hitwise): Chelsea may be near the top of the table, but the volume of web traffic to its web site still pales in comparison to clubs such as Arsenal, […]

[display_podcast] The US and Mexico met for the first time in a World Cup Finals in the 2002 with the winner advancing to the Quarterfinals. While those of us watching in the US had to endure Jack Edwards and Ty Keough the payoff was well worth it with a 2-0 US win seeing the the […]

Well we know the Andrei Arshavin deal according to the Premier League is complete, but how much trouble was there in completing this deal? It seems that lawyers had to be called in to make sure everything was in order as this deal was finally competed almost twenty-four hours after the deadline. What's making this […]

This past Sunday's titillating Super Bowl underscores what Soccer in the U.S. is missing. The entertainment value was remarkable. Even without a rooting interest for millions of fans, it is the sport that comes through under pressure. This past Super Bowl proved once again that football understands American sports fans expectations. Granted, there have been […]

Another edition of Serie A Team Of The Week and 1st off may I say congratulations to the Pittsburgh Steelers on winning their 6th Super Bowl. Super Bowl XLIII was a good game with big plays and drama right to the end. Its great when championship games have so much drama. This is however a […]

Mexico Manager Sven Goran Eriksson has named his squad for the February 11th qualifier against the United States in Columbus. Goalkeepers : Oswaldo Sanchez (Santos Laguna), Guillermo Ochoa (America), Jose de Jesus Corona (Tecos) Defenders : Juan Carlos Valenzuela (America), Julio Cesar Dominguez (Cruz Azul), Carlos Salcido (PSV Eindhoven, Netherlands), Ricardo Osorio (Stuttgart, Germany), Rafael […]

The FA Cup tie that could have been. Twenty-five football matches scheduled for today have been canceled due to...snow? What? Some puffy white water falling majestically from the sky? This is particularly ironic considering the prognosticators of climate change doom predicted an all-year-round Premier League as one of the upsides to flooded capitals, widespread famine, […]

Week 22 witnessed a change near the top of the table as Juventus lost its 2nd straight match and slipped to 3rd in the standings. Cagliari took advantage of poor central defending from Juve to score 2 goals in the 2nd half to beat the Bianconeri 3-2 in Torino. 2nd half sub, Alessandro Matri […]

England and Liverpool legend Roger Hunt will be interviewed this week for an upcoming episode of the EPL Talk Podcast, the only Premier League interview show on the Internet. Roger Hunt was a member of England's 1966 World Cup winning side. Hunt is the player whom strike partner Hurst always mentions when discussing his controversial […]

Don't you just love the weather? Thanks to snow that has been unkind to transport within the UK, the five pm transfer deadline got extended. Now obviously the catch to that was deals had to already been agreed and loose ends tied up, but just the fact the transfer window had to be extended makes […]

The decision by the United States Soccer Federation (USSF) to bid on the 2018 and 2022 World Cups could possibly be seen as a blow to the attempts to coronate England as host of the 2018 event. It's no small irony that England's major competition may be from two other Anglo nations: The United States […]

When I first saw the news that Chelsea defender Jose Bosingwa will not be punished for his blatant stamp on the back of Liverpool midfielder Yossi Benayoun in yesterday’s Premier League clash, my first reaction was one of complete and utter disgust. How can such a violent act be overlooked when Frank Lampard receives a […]