Paul Peschisolido will be a guest on an upcoming episode of the EPL Talk Podcast. Peschisolido is a familiar name in English football — from the Premier League to the Football League. During his playing career, he played at Fulham, Birmingham City, Stoke City, West Bromwich Albion, Sheffield United, Derby County, Luton Town, Norwich City, […]

After week 31 the numbers look like this... 5 year comparison WK 31 217 GP YTD Avg +/- GP Avg +/- Avg +/- GP 2005 18,417 6 15,957 15,108 192 2006 20,277 10.10% 6 16,157 1.25% 15,402 1.94% 192 2007 20,575 1.47% 7 16,359 1.25% 16,812 9.16% 195 2008 […]

By far, the World Football Phone-In show on BBC Radio 5 is the must-listen-to football podcast. The weekly show exudes everything that is wonderful about football — from the lovely and knowledge callers to the scholarly pundits such as Tim Vickery, Andy Brassell and Sean Wheelock. But the glue that keeps the show together and […]

An impressive 1-0 win by Deportivo La Coruña over Sevilla on Saturday raises Depor to a tie of third place with Sevilla at fifteen points, four points behind league leaders FC Barcelona. Los blanquiazules have won five of their first seven matches this season, and their only two losses came at the hands of Espanyol […]

Martin Tyler has joined ESPN's 2010 World Cup team as the main commentator, according to Sports Illustrated. EPL Talk speculated back in July that ESPN were interested in acquiring Tyler. And now, according to SI, they expect ESPN to make a formal announcement this week. Without a doubt, Tyler is by far the number one […]

One week to go, and this is where we stand: As the table stands now, this would be the playoff matchup – WEST Los Angeles vs Seattle Houston vs Chivas EAST Columbus vs Colorado Chicago vs Toronto Remember, the first tie-breaker is head to head competition, not goal difference. The Galaxy have a superior record […]

Arsenal are fantastic right now. Simply brilliant. Wonderful play. Fast and thrilling, even when they lose. Perfect passing. Crisp finishes. Superb combination play. You get the picture. Okay, please do not kill me on this post. I am neither a fortune teller, palm reader, love guru, snake charmer, nor am I a genius. I have […]

Kartik Krishnaiyer and Laurence McKenna dive into the following subjects: Balloons at the Stadium of Light Tom Hicks and George Gillett versus Elliot Short Thomas Rosicky's health and how it has turned Arsenal into title contenders Chelsea looking disjointed Emile Heskey's future A derby weekend in the Northwest The Premier League rebirth of James Beattie […]

After the two-week international break, it was refreshing to see the return of the Premier League. Within minutes I could see why I had missed it so much. Vocal crowds singing songs, the fast pace of the football and the entertaining open style of play. The four takeaways I had from this game were: Is […]

Download the Football Manager 2010 demo today before the new game is released later this month. The demo is available for both the PC and Mac. With the demo, you can pick from a select number of leagues and play the role of a football manager for half a season. If you like what you […]

It's been quite a week for balloons. First there was the ridiculous coverage of the Balloon Boy in Colorado, and now another inflatable object has stolen the headlines. Can it get any worse for Liverpool? The club played one of their worst first-half performances against Fiorentina in the Champions League a few weeks ago and […]

In the opening five minutes of Sunderland against Liverpool today, a red balloon played a decisive role in the first goal when Darren Bent's shot at goal resulted in the ball being diverted when it hit the red balloon in the penalty box. The ball went one way towards the goal, while the balloon went […]

We have had a great deal of discussion this week about officials’ bias in CONCACAF towards Mexico. However, I was a bit disappointed that many American fans see the US as a victim in all this. The truth be told, the US benefits from much of the same bias, albeit perhaps from different parts within […]

One of the misfortunes of living outside the United Kingdom and supporting English football is that when a legend dies, there are incredible heartwarming documentaries and news programs shown in the UK profiling that hero but they're unavailable due to rights restrictions where I, and many of you, live. Such was the case this past […]

This season's Champions League and Europa League has its usual cast of superstars such as Cristiano Ronaldo and Franck Ribery but I wanted to feature a few names that I think you'll be hearing a lot more about as the January transfer window approaches. 1) Miralem Pjanic — midfielder — Olympique Lyonnais The "new Juninho" […]