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Thierry Henry: Legend – Full Length TV Documentary [VIDEO]

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has ruled out a loan deal for Thierry Henry at the club, but some day in the future, the Frenchman will return to the club. It's inevitable. In the meantime, here's a TV documentary I unearthed. It originally aired in 2008 on British TV network ITV. The documentary features plenty of […]

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FOX Elevates US Coverage of the FA Cup to Its Free-to-Air TV Network

After FOX lost in their joint bid with ESPN to secure the US media rights to the Premier League for seasons 2013-16, one of the unlikely winners of the decision is the FA Cup. With FOX only having five months of the Premier League remaining before they "hand over the keys" to NBC Sports, FOX […]

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Premier League Wednesday, Gameweek 21: Open Thread

Expect ESPN commentator Ian Darke to be frothing at the mouth during today's broadcast of Liverpool against Sunderland on US television. Darke will assuredly be very excited about all of the transfer activity today with Daniel Sturridge expected to be in the director's box to watch his new club play Sunderland, while Demba Ba will […]

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FIFA 96: Take A Walk Down Memory Lane to See Gameplay Of FIFA Video Game [VIDEO]

Released in July 1995, the graphics and gameplay in FIFA 96 are certainly quite different than what we're used to in more modern-day FIFA video games. The game was the first to feature 3D graphics with FIFA's technology called "Virtual Stadium." As you can see in this 25 minute video which features voiceovers explaining the […]

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Premier League New Years Day, Gameweek 21 Match Highlights [VIDEO]

In case you missed any of the match highlights from the Premier League New Years Day gameweek 21 matches, here are all of the video highlights: West Bromwich Albion vs Fulham Video: West Brom v Fulham Premier League Highlights 01/01/13 Wigan Athletic vs Manchester United Video: Wigan v Manchester United Premier League Highlights 01/01/13 Manchester […]

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Liverpool Sign Chelsea Striker Daniel Sturridge for Undisclosed Fee: The Daily EPL

A busy day in the January transfer today in England as Demba Ba appears to be on his way to C7Cantonas.com calls it quitshelsea, while Liverpool has announced that they've signed Chelsea striker Daniel Sturridge for an undisclosed fee. Here are today's Premier League news headlines: Liverpool sign Chelsea striker for undisclosed fee — BBC […]

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Newcastle United Striker Demba Ba Set to Sign With Chelsea After Triggering £7m Release Clause

As the transfer window opens, the biggest signing so far looks to be Demba Ba. Chelsea has made a £7 million offer for Ba, which has triggered the £7 million release clause in Demba Ba's contract with Newcastle. The clubs are currently in discussions to finalize a deal, and Newcastle United has announced that Ba […]

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Blind Blatter Gives American Soccer A Tongue Lashing

As the New Year has come to the fans and writers of US Soccer, we have to start discussing the wonderful world of FIFA President Sepp Blatter. He has done it again, as the Gaffer detailed in his recent posting. The question of the popularity of soccer in this country has been brought up a lot over […]

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Tottenham Hotspurs' Transfer Opportunities in January Window

André Villas-Boas has promised a quiet transfer window for Tottenham this January. Daniel Levy took charge of the transfer dealings during the summer rather than handing over the reins to the 35-year-old Villas-Boas. At Chelsea last year, Villas-Boas showed his understanding of the transfer market by bringing in talents such as Juan Mata and Romelu […]

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Premier League New Years Day, Gameweek 21: Open Thread

Ugh, hangover from a very Happy New Years Eve, so it'll be a shorter preamble than usual! I feel like the color of Fulham's away shirt today. Here are today's matches: Tuesday, January 1: West Brom vs Fulham, 7:45am, FOX Soccer Wigan vs Manchester United, 10am, FOX Soccer Manchester City vs Stoke, 10am, ESPN Deportes/ESPN3.com […]

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Manchester United's Defense Is Worst In 11 Years

The current Manchester United defense is the worst in 11 years. In the first 19 games of the 2012-13 Premier League season, Manchester United have conceded 28 goals, an average of 1.47 goals per match. The last time United had a worse defensive record was in 2001 when they conceded the same number of goals […]
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Roberto Mancini Rues Manchester City's Failure to Land Robin van Persie: The Nightly EPL

Happy New Year folks! Here are tonight's Premier League news headlines: Roberto Mancini rues Manchester City's failure to land Robin van Persie — The Guardian Reading pay £600,000 for Sporting Lisbon's captain Daniel Carrico — The Guardian Graphic: Gary Neville’s team of the Premier League 2012/2013 so far — 101 GG Newcastle's Demba Ba has the […]

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Happy New Year to EPL Talk Readers

I'd like to personally wish you and your loved ones a very Happy New Year. As 2012 comes to a close, I'd like to thank you all for a tremendous year — perhaps our best one yet at EPL Talk. Our website and coverage continues to grow. We had a daily podcast during Euro 2012, […]

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How Many Soccer Shirts Do You See In a Typical Week?

Three months ago, without telling anyone, I began a fun experiment on Twitter to live-tweet my life in suburbia (near West Palm Beach, Florida, to be exact). Since most of my life is consumed by watching, reading and writing about soccer, I thought it'd be an interesting experiment to live tweet any instances where I […]

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Get Your Predictions in for Beat The Manager Gameweek 21

If you didn't get an iPad Mini for the holidays, or you want a second one, be sure to enter your predictions for Beat The Manager, gameweek 21. The deadline to get them in is this Wednesday at 6:30am ET. We're giving one away after the end of gameweek 25 — and with all of the […]