British media regulator Ofcom announced today that it was delaying a decision on a planned Sky pay-TV service for Freeview until a larger investigation into the entire pay-TV market can be completed later this summer. The announcement makes a full decision on the Sky service unlikely before 2009. Sky announced its plans for the pay-TV […]

First off I realize the continued desire of MLS to play right through international breaks means many of the players I mention below will not be available especially if Coach Bradley wants to use certain guys in qualifying. Thus MLS is largely responsible for the US National Team's inability to field a fully competitive squad […]

Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich has bought an obscenely expensive mansion in Colorado. The price tag? $37 million! Hat tip to Du Nord for the link. For a breath of fresh air, read this revealing look inside the world of sports journalism and one Guardian writer's perspective on how the world of print journalism has changed […]

It's been a great season for many of the domestic leagues in Europe, as their title races have gone right to the wire. Today we are going to focus on the race in the Czech republic where Slavia Prague are on the verge of winning their first league title since 1996 after a 3-1 win […]

West Ham United has revealed its away shirt for the 08/09 season, which is manufactured by Umbro and features a new design and sky blue color. Thanks to Football Shirts for the tip-off.

The final league standings for EPL Talk's private I Know The Score prediction league are in, and here are the top ten finishers. Garyi, 2925 points Tokyo Toffeeman, 2630 RockfishDG, 2435 BCWildcatJohn, 2380 JBCook2007, 2280 DanMona, 2250 iSage, 2195 SLKnowles, 2040 Oakers, 1955 Luvlycruz, 1900 Garyi will receive prizes from EPL Talk for coming in […]

A few weeks ago, EPL Talk wrote an article featuring our list of the Top 10 Sources for Intelligent Football Coverage. To show that we can be lowbrow just as much as we can be highbrow, EPL Talk now shares with you the Top 5 Sources for Raunchy Football Coverage. Warning: Not safe for work. […]

Here are the most visited football websites in the UK as of the week ending May 3, 2008, according to Hitwise: Liverpool FC, 4.68% Manchester United, 4.13% TEAMtalk Football, 3.43% FootyMad.com message boards, 2.37% Arsenal.com, 2.19% Leeds United, 2.11% Rangers FC, 1.69% FootyMad, 1.65% Full Time, 1.44% PremierLeague.com, 1.37%

It's not only been a long season for your favorite footballers in the Premier League, but also the fantasy players such as yourself who have persevered through one challenge after another all season. Out of 113,062 teams that participated in the 2007/2008 Fantasy Premier League from PremierLeague.com, EPL Talk ended in sixty first position. Footballshirts.net, […]

Less than a week ago, I asked you what EPL Talk could do to improve. Your feedback is vital to the continued success of this blog, so I appreciate you taking time out of your busy day to send in your suggestions.Here are the responses to the suggestions made by the readers:@LemmusLemmus and Django: EPL […]

US Under 23 Manager Peter Nowak named his 22 man squad for the Toulon Tournament beginning next week. Interestingly, Nowak is using the event to look at player largely on the fringe of the Olympic squad. Of the nineteen field players named to the squad only Kamani Hill played on the team that qualified for […]

1- Columbus A continued solid season thanks to some magic from Peter Nowak's least favorite left sided midfielder, Robbie Rogers. 2- Chicago Great to see the "almost" class of American talent: Rolfe, Barrett, Mapp and Thorrington excelling with the Fire. Oh and that Blanco guy, he is not that bad either! 3- Toronto FC A […]

Apologies, it turns out there will be no new Championship Talk shows for the remainder of this football season. I'm really sorry about the continued recent false alarms of the show starting back up again soon. The lack of new shows is no longer because of my move, which is now complete. This was instead an unexpected […]

Chelsea have reached an agreement with Porto for the £16.2m transfer of right-back Jose Bosingwa. Though he is just 25 years old the full-back helped has been a part of the first XI since the 2004-05 season and was instrumental in their dominant championship run this season. Bosingwa was born in the Democratic Republic of […]

Manchester United won the English Premier League title for the second year in a row and it is the 17th time overall they have been champions of England. They defeated Wigan 2-0 on the last day of the season, but it was Ryan Giggs who became the star of the show. The former Wales winger […]