News - Page 3502

News

/ 6639 days ago

Happy Valentines Day

Just a few quick notes: Don't forget to enter the Setanta Sports competition where you could win a free one year subscription to Setanta Broadband. The contest ends tomorrow (Friday, February 15). All you have to do is guess who the new character will be on the hit viral video, "I'm On Setanta Sports." Win […]

News

/ 6639 days ago

Ronaldo finished?

The career of AC Milan striker Ronaldo appears to be in trouble after it was confirmed that he has completely severed the tendon in his left knee. Ronaldo collapsed in the penalty area in agony just minutes after coming on as a substitute in a 1-1 draw with Livorno. You can view the incident via […]

News

/ 6640 days ago

AFC Liverpool Launches

Like Manchester United supporters who grew disillusioned by the debt-laden takeover of their club, Liverpool supporter Alun Parry grew frustrated with the perceived greed of the Premier League and the foreign-ownership team of George Gillett and Tom Hicks. Rather than sit back and moan about the state of things, Alun decided to do something. He […]

News

/ 6640 days ago

Premier League Odds and Sods 12 Feb 2008

It was night of black armbands and barren kits in Manchester, which only served to emphasize the sponsorship everywhere else as Man City shocked Man United 2-1 at Old Trafford. It is no coincidence that most of Man U's losses come without Wayne Rooney on the pitch. Ronaldo can score goals but even he with […]

News

/ 6640 days ago

Roy Keane told to stop 'bull****ing'

Former Republic of Ireland midfielder and current RTE pundit, Eamon Dunphy, launched one of his famous tirades in Roy Keane's direction on RTE’s Pat Kenny Show on Radio 1 on Monday. “I know Roy well and the one thing he hated when I knew him and when we were working on that book, he hated […]

News

/ 6641 days ago

How the Premier League Compares to the First Division

The game of English football has changed considerably from the 80s to today. In some ways, it's unrecognizable especially in the stadiums and the business dealings off the pitch. But how much has it changed, if any, on the field? EPL Talk would like to get your valuable insight and observations on how the Premier […]

News

/ 6641 days ago

Proposed Premiership Expansion has Silver Lining

Reporter Jamie Trecker from Fox Soccer Channel has today written an excellent article entitled "Proposed Premiership Expansion Has Silver Lining," which is definitely required reading. His money quote: "It's clear that, like it or not, these games are going to happen. FIFA won't stop it as long as they get their cut, and the FA […]

News

/ 6641 days ago

Premier League's 39th Step: All Hell About to Break Loose

Next week, Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore will fly to Zurich to meet with FIFA president Sepp Blatter. After outlining his plans to FIFA, Scudamore will then fly to meet with the different confederations to share his plan as well as meeting with the potential host cities. Depending on next week's developments, we may […]

News

/ 6641 days ago

Premier League Will Likely Receive Extra UEFA Cup Spot

England's position on top of the UEFA Fair Play rankings, calculated using a number of different criterion such as avoidance of yellow and red cards, crowd behavior, and the performance of club teams and national teams in European competitions, could lead to another UEFA Cup spot next season. England would need to maintain their current […]

News

/ 6641 days ago

Manchester United's Samba Future

Manchester United announced recently that Brazilian youngter Rodrigo Possebon signed for the club in the January transfer window in a move that somehow managed to sneak under the radar of all the major football media. The story has taken many Manchester United fan sites (one example post here) and message boards by storm since it was […]

News

/ 6641 days ago

US 1-0 Brazil: Ten Years On- Keller’s masterpiece

Sunday marked the tenth anniversary of the US' lone victory over Brazil. The match in Los Angeles was sparsely attended with under 13,000 at the Coliseum. Unlike the next several US-Brazil games on American soil (2001 in LA, 2003 in Miami, and 2007 in Chicago, the later two games I attended) the number of American […]

News

/ 6641 days ago

Why Premier League's Game 39 is Good for America

It's been a trying week for Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore. After unveiling the Game 39 proposal last week, the plan has today been rejected by the Asian Football Confederation and has received a lukewarm response from the U.S. Soccer Federation. With the Asian Football Confederation rejecting the proposal, that one decision could be […]

News

/ 6641 days ago

UEFA Cup Round of 32 First Leg Previews

After a nice long break from the action both the Champions League and UEFA Cup competitions will kick off their knockout rounds. We'll first look at the UEFA Cup as their Round of 32 first leg fixtures take place this week. Spanish clubs have dominated this competition in recent years but Germany, with 5 clubs, […]

News

/ 6642 days ago

UEFA Cup Round of 32 First leg Preview

After a nice long break from the action both the Champions League and UEFA Cup competitions will kick off their knockout rounds. We'll first look at the UEFA Cup as their Round of 32 first leg fixtures take place this week. Spanish clubs have dominated this competition in recent years but Germany, with 5 clubs, […]

News

/ 6642 days ago

Upcoming Friendlies Almost Too Much

It seems the US Soccer Federation is eager to prove some of the critics of the game in this country wrong thanks to upcoming friendlies against Spain and potential friendlies against England and Argentina. Those critics who rightfully pointed out that between 2003 and 2006 we didn't play many tough friendlies on the road have […]