The Guardian's Paolo Bandini just published a fantastic account of his visit to Emirates Stadium. To savor the atmosphere and experience, read his post here: Guardian Unlimited: Sport blog: Sport Safari: Arsenal's Emirates Stadium

Check out all the coverage at the USL home page.

Fulham 0 – 2 Chelsea Fulham was beaten badly in the SW London Derby match. Carlos Bocanegra played the entire game and Brian McBride came on in the 77th minute as a substitute. Bocanegra sacrificed himself well on several set pieces but Fulham were unable to dent a superior Chelsea side. Middlesbrough 0 – 1 […]

Okay traditional football fans, I need your feedback. If you're very observant or perhaps a Newcastle fan, did you notice in yesterday's Everton match at St. James's Park that there was a "Fox Soccer Channel" advertising board behind the goal when Ameobi "beat" the offside trap and scored that cheeky goal for Newcastle? It's not […]

I need your help to determine what are the top 10 Premiership goals so far this season. Here are the obvious candidates, but let me know which ones we're missing. These, right now, are in no particular order: Drogba's scintillating twist, turn and rocket for Chelsea against Liverpool. Xabi Alonso's wonderful long-range lob from 70 […]

– With ESPN concentrating its weekend focus on college and pro football, Fox Soccer Channel has picked up the slack and is showing a MLS game of the week (which has featured this year’s best team, DC United, the past two weeks). Look for continued coverage on FSC through the MLS playoffs. – ESPN2 continues […]

Scott Coonfare owns a sports restaurant in downtown Tampa, not far from the Buccaneers stadium (Tampa Buccaneers that is, not Manchester). The appropriately named "Coonfare's Sports Cafe" has jerseys from Premiership clubs framed on the wall, features a Union Jack flag outside and serves fish-n-chips (alas without the mushy peas, according to Scott). At Coonfare's […]

A transcript of the BBC Panorama episode, "Football's Dirty Little Secrets," is now available here. It makes for interesting reading especially about Liverpool tapping up which has gone mostly unnoticed (or is that 'ignored') by the British press.

Yahoo! Sports Romario, who at 40 led USL in scoring this year after leading the Brazilian first division last season appears headed to Australian side Adeliade United for the upcoming season. Romario has proven that he is ageless and it will be wonderful for the Aussie fans to see this lving legend for a season […]

It's the result that Liverpool needed. A confidence boost. Two goals, and — most importantly — three points from a disappointing season thus far. Interestingly it was a midfielder who stole the headlines for Liverpool instead of a striker. Sure, Dirk Kuyt scored his first goal for the Reds but it was Xabi Alonso who […]

For those who believed the failure of the World Cup would provoke an attitude adjustment from Landon Donovan, once the great American hope, but now our greatest frustration, you were wrong. Check out this maddening story from ESPN Soccernet.

For Premiership fans in America, EPL Talk has the most comprehensive listing of Prem matches being shown on Fox Soccer Channel and Setanta. Here's the most updated schedule (including many updated matches from Fox Soccer Channel): Wednesday, Sept 20, 3pm; Liverpool v Newcastle (Setanta) Saturday, Sept 23, 7:30am; Liverpool v Spurs (Setanta) Saturday, Sept 23, […]

Good news for Chelsea fans. Sirius Satellite and Chelsea today announced an agreement whereby the remaining Chelsea matches this season will be available exclusively on Sirius Satellite radio. Read the press release for more details. Each match will feature a 60-minute pre-game show with Giorgio Chinaglia and Charlie Stillitano. Whether you're a Chelsea fan or […]

The BBC investigative TV show Panorama today revealed the people inside the Premiership who were accused of agreeing to bribes and being involved in tapping scandals. Here are the people who were named: Bolton manager Sam Allardyce: Agent Teni Yerima says he bribed the Bolton boss. Portsmouth manager Harry Redknapp: Secretly filmed (then a Southampton […]

There are lots of exciting developments happening behind-the-scenes at EPL Talk. As soon as the deals and arrangements are confirmed, I'll be sure to let you know. But it'll definitely be good news for EPL-mad fans such as yourself. In the meantime, I want to remind you to mark your calendar for this Saturday (and […]