In the next 12 months, the Premier League needs to bring greater fan influence and sanity to the game's finances according to a scathing report from a British select committee. According to The Guardian, "Unless there was 'clear progress' in 12 months on those measures, the government should legislate 'as soon as practicable', the committee says." Whether […]

In today’s modern football world, we are all programmed to lap up anything mentioning minimum fee release clauses or grandiose match-highest earner contracts. Therefore the recent trend of young English footballers being involved in huge mega money transfers has been something that we've all been largely exposed to; watching on partly in excitement and partly […]

Dear disgruntled fans of Chelsea Football Club, It’s time to stop. It’s time to stop this petty belittling of Rafa Benitez. Your point has been made to Roman Abramovich and the board that you disagreed with the sacking of Roberto Di Matteo and subsequent hiring of Rafa. As a fan of multiple mediocre professional sports […]

Given Oldham Athletic’s triumph over the mighty Liverpool FC this past weekend, this story needs to be told. A few weeks ago, I enjoyed the 3rd round of the FA Cup. The highlight of the weekend was watching Mansfield Town (5th tier of English soccer, ~5K Twitter followers) valiantly lose at home to Liverpool (Top […]

Nigerian striker Peter Odemwingie is stuck in the middle at West Bromwich Albion where he wants to leave the club, but West Brom doesn't want any key players to leave in the window. As a result, both Odemwingie and QPR are growing frustrated. Rangers have had a second bid for the footballer turned down by […]

Stoke City footballer Glenn Whelan will escape retrospective punishment from the FA despite his reckless tackle against Manchester City's Javi Garcia in the FA Cup this past weekend. Referee Howard Webb saw the foul, which is a key development. According to The Independent newspaper, The FA released a statement last season for a different incident which sets […]

Challenging on three fronts coming into February, Manchester United are beginning to draw comparisons with their 1999 treble winning team particularly in terms of their forward department. However, something is amiss. The continued presence of Danny Welbeck is baffling and something that has not been questioned enough as the season has evolved. Clearly talented, Welbeck […]

When you read or hear about Sergio Busquets what springs to mind? Diver? Play actor? In his time in the Barcelona first team he has been labelled and scrutinised in every way possible but there is so much more to him than what the press say. In this modern era of football people tend to […]

Feuerstein's Fire#134 Monday, Jan 28th 8PM EST – 5PM PST Guests Arlo White – MLS on NBC – a look back and a look ahead to 2013 Dr. David Kilpatrick – New York Cosmos historian – the Cosmos and other memories Steven Lenhart – Portland Timbers reporter – the Cascadia Cup Trademark mess, Brian Keyser – Harrisburg City […]

After yesterday's entertaining day in the FA Cup where we saw the first non-league team in 24 years to defeat a top flight English football side (Luton beating Norwich) as well as an entertaining match between Brighton and Arsenal, we have three FA Cup matches today televised for viewers in the US. Kicking us off […]

Liverpool FC have agreed an £8.5 fee for Inter Milan midfielder Philippe Coutinho. The Reds have been chasing his signature for a few weeks now, and it looks like a deal is close to being signed with the midfielder scheduled to arrive at Anfield for a medical next week. The 20-year-old Brazilian came through the […]

My favorite matches of each Premier League season come down to the fight for European qualification. I find these matches have an even greater intensity than any final, including the World Cup. There is no holding back. Win and you'll have the chance to play in the exclusive Champions League. Lose and it's oftentimes a […]

Here we go! It's the final gameweek of the latest round of Beat The Manager, for your chance to win an Apple iPad Mini. We'll award the person in first place after gameweek 24 with an Apple iPad Mini (as long as you haven't won one already). Our database guy is on a permanent vacation so […]

The month of January is flying by, and so too are the number of days before the end of EPL Talk's first book club discussion. This month's book is Soccernomics 2.0, the brilliant book by authors Simon Kuper and Stefan Szymanski. If you're participating in the book discussion, here are three things you need to […]

After Millwall beat Aston Villa in the FA Cup yesterday, what shocks — if any — can we expect to see today? Depending on weather conditions, we may have five FA Cup matches on TV/Internet today for viewers in the United States. View the schedule here. Join in the conversation with soccer fans from around […]