The 45th season of the Bundesliga has come to an end with comparatively little drama or theatrics. Bayern all but guaranteed itself the title with a busy summer in the transfer market, spending 70 million Euros on Luca Toni (the league's top scorer), Franck Ribery (world class playmaker) and the rest. While this investment was […]

When you type the words "soccer blogs" into Google, the search engine returns a listing of 2.9 million pages indexed. Rather than wade through the massive amount of blogs, here are the top 5 blogs based on the number of subscribers to their Feedburner RSS feeds: ArseBlog, 2,991 subscribers Soccerlens, 1,565 EPL Talk, 466 Soccer […]

Raul will not take part in this summer’s European Championships after being told of his exclusion from the 23-man Spain squad chosen by coach Luis Aragones. That means the responsibility of scoring goals will fall on the shoulders of Liverpool’s Fernando Torres, Valencia’s David Villa and Real Zaragoza’s Sergio Garcia, all of whom have the […]

Congratulations must go to Portsmouth Football Club and especially Harry Redknapp for lifting the 127th FA Cup trophy in the history of the esteemed cup competition. There are few clubs that deserve the trophy as much as Portsmouth. The south coast club has won a lot of respect for the way its fans sing during […]

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Fox Soccer Channel viewers in the United States will be in for a treat tonight. At 8pm, EPL Goals of the Season will be aired, which is followed at 9pm with the EPL Season In Review. Thanks to reader Christopher Kull for the tip.

Preseason friendlies (also knownhttp://epltalk.com/wp-admin/page.php?action=edit&post=2109&message=1 as exhibition games) featuring Premier League teams are one of the rituals of summer. This summer, with the World Cup, the window of time that clubs can play friendlies is reduced, but many of the clubs will still be touring the world. During July and August, all 20 Premier League clubs […]

In a trailer for the debut of The Cesc Fabregas Show, scheduled to air on Sky Sports 1 on Tuesday at 6:30pm and 9:30pm, the Arsenal star midfielder makes a visit to a sports psychiatrist where strange things happen unbenownst to Fabregas.

Manchester City will play in next season's Uefa Cup after claiming a place via the Premier League's fair play table. England were awarded an extra place in the tournament after the Premier League came top of Uefa's fair play rankings. City had feared losing out to Fulham in the race for European football after centre-back […]

Manchester City will play in next season's Uefa Cup after claiming a place via the Premier League's fair play table. England were awarded an extra place in the tournament after the Premier League came top of Uefa's fair play rankings. City had feared losing out to Fulham in the race for European football after centre-back […]

The biggest news today is coming out of the Manchester United camp, as the Daily Mail has an article that states Cristiano Ronaldo has refused to commit his future to United. Real Madrid are apparently prepared to pay Ronaldo a staggering salary of £200,000 a week to join them. United insist Ronaldo is not for […]

Guevara has accomplished more than just about any current MLS player in this league Inspired by our buddy Martin Rogers list of the top players overall in MLS, we’ve come up with a list of the top eight non US or Canadian players in MLS. This is based on MLS performance combined with some historical […]

Imagine it's Saturday, August 15 2009. This is not just any Saturday, though. It's the kickoff of the 2009/2010 Premier League season. Leeds United has been promoted back to the big league. Man United is hoping to win their fourth EPL title in a row, and Arsenal will play their first new season without Arsene […]

The Daily Express newspaper is reporting that Manchester City owner Thaksin Shinawatra has sent a letter to each Man City player saying that he's dissatisfied with the team's performance in the second half of the year, that each player is up for sale and that he plans on having an entirely new squad before the […]

The FA Cup Final has been bothering me all week. With so much of the focus from the past two weeks centering around the qualification for the Champions League Final and one of the best endings to a Premier League season ever, it's been hard to focus on Saturday's match between Portsmouth and Cardiff City. […]