You, the readers, have spoken. The book discussion selection for March is the very timely international bestseller entitled The Fix: Soccer And Organized Crime by author and investigative journalist Declan Hill. In a recent article by Declan Hill in BBC Sport, the Canadian author says that "I do not mean that there is rampant fixing […]

Ryan Giggs will play his 1,000th senior appearance today (as long as Sir Alex Ferguson doesn't spoil the plot). If he does play for the Red Devils, it'll be 22 years to the day when he made his debut for United on March 2, 1991. I, and many others, thought that Giggsy would be making his […]

The more that time passes, the more I wonder how out-of-touch Arsene Wenger is with modern day football management. He admitted in his press conference this morning that his team hasn't made any tactical plans to stop Gareth Bale. Instead, it appears that he'll trust the Arsenal defenders to stop Bale. But how many times […]

Tomorrow hatches the 2013 campaign for the 19 teams in Major League Soccer. When we began our series of previews a couple of weeks ago, I had asked a number of contributors to the site and podcast to give me their predictions for the season. Please feel free to share your predictions for the upcoming […]

In the Premier League era, Manchester United like every other club have been linked with a lot of players in the build-up to and during transfer windows. Most of the time it is hard to establish which rumors are genuine and which ones are just made up by an over-elaborate journalist looking for some attention. […]

A little late this week, but here are my notes and observations from gameweek 27 in the Fantasy Premier League: Americans! In the Premier League! Brek Shea (5.0) made his Stoke debut in a game that I imagine most of you didn’t bother getting up for. There are, after all, more important things in life […]

In the week that Rafa ranted, FFS brings an alternative look at football. Barry Deane presents a packed show featuring an exclusive look at an Alex Ferguson team talk, an appeal for Sid Down and a song for the Welsh wonder who has a rocket in his shoes, Gareth Bale. This week's episode is the […]

EPL Talk has wrapped up two book discussions so far this year — Soccernomics 2.0, and The Greatest Footballer You Never Saw. But now it's time to pick a book to read for March, so I thought I'd ask you for your opinion. Go ahead and vote in the poll below for the book you […]

We're getting closer to the next stage of Beat The Manager, the online prediction game from EPL Talk. After gameweek 30 ends, we'll be giving away another Apple iPad Mini to one lucky person. If you haven’t played Beat The Manager before, start today. A new iPad Mini will be awarded after Gameweek 30. It’s free to play. You […]

Manchester United's Ryan Giggs has signed a one-year extension to his contract at the Old Trafford club, which means incredibly we'll see him play his 23rd year season as a first team player at the club. Giggs is set to play his 1,000 senior game if he plays against Norwich City tomorrow. What an amazing […]

Fulham striker Dimitar Berbatov must have thought that if Aleksandar Kolarov could do The Harlem Shake, then he could do one better. Berbatov and his Fulham colleagues join in en-masse in another Harlem Shake video, and hilarity ensues. What do you think? Who has the best Harlem Shake video? Manchester City, Swansea City or Fulham. […]

Five months after winning the 2005 UEFA Champions League, then manager Rafa Benitez took his Liverpool team to Anfield to play against Chelsea on October 2, 2005. Chelsea were in breathtaking form thrashing Liverpool 4-1. Frank Lampard opened the scoring for Chelsea from the spot after Didier Drogba was fouled by Traore. Liverpool equalized nine […]

Interim Chelsea manager Rafa Benitez has done himself no favors after coming out on the attack against Chelsea supporters and Roman Abramovich, saying that giving him the title of 'interim' was a mistake and criticizing Chelsea away supporters for undermining his and the team's success. Benitez also says he doesn't plan on staying at the […]

America and Britain are alike in so many ways. I'd argue that as each year passes, the United Kingdom becomes more Americanized. But there's one thing I haven't been able to get used to in the States even though I've lived here for 28 years of my life. And it has nothing to do with […]

Chelsea plays Middlesbrough today at the Riverside Stadium in the north east of England. A win for the Blues today and they'll play Manchester United in the sixth round. If it's a draw, it'll be another fixture added to Chelsea's already congested fixture schedule. Chelsea's match against Boro comes under increasing pressure for Rafa Benitez […]