After Birmingham City's shock victory against Arsenal to win the 2011 Carling Cup, it makes me wonder what the future holds for both teams. The last minute goal by Obafemi Martins, after Laurent Koscielny's critical mistake, puts Birmingham City into next season's Europa League. It also gives them a massive confidence boost, which will presumably […]

The first piece of silverware handed out in 2011 goes to Birmingham City, the Blues pulling the upset of Arsenal on Sunday, defeating the Gunners 2-1 in the League Cup final. For the Blues, it's only the second major trophy in the club's history. For the Gunners, it's a bitter end to a competition Arsene […]

Having seen two very different instances of what the FA would describe as ‘violent conduct’ on Saturday, I started thinking. I touched on both of these moments in my ‘Saturday Review’ piece, but after some reflection I thought that the subject required further analysis. The two moments that I’m talking about are DJ Campbell’s push […]

The Berlin Wall has long since been torn down, friends and family reunited. Germany is a country unified and has been for some time now. While the west and east of this land are connected now and equal, the east is still lagging behind in at least one important cultural aspect … football. While reunification […]

Today marks the first English cup final of 2011 pitting Arsenal against Birmingham City in the Carling Cup Final at Wembley Stadium in London. The match is massive for both teams (and supporters). And hopefully it'll be an entertaining two-sided affair. But before the League Cup Final kicks off at 11am ET, there are two […]

Four was the magic number this Saturday in the English Premier League. Aston Villa, Manchester United and those Wanderers from Wolverhampton all hit the net four times in the process of recording important wins. So, without any four-ther ado (the last ‘four’ pun, I promise) here is a rundown of the Saturday action. Manchester United’s […]

Hidden near the end of a Fox Soccer Channel press release last week about their upcoming "Clash of Giants" games on its network was a small mention of a poll. To me, it was the most newsworthy item of the entire press release since we die-hard Premier League fans already knew about the rest of […]

Team: FC Dallas Head coach: Schellas Hyndman Last Years Finish: 12-4-14 3rd in the West, 5th Overall If you would've told me last season that FC Dallas was going to be a decent tough side at home and make an upset against at the time defending MLS Cup Champions Real Salt Lake, and then would […]

One of the reasons why I love watching soccer matches on Saturdays is the sheer quantity of them stretched across six continuous hours. And that's just the Premier League. Today will be quite different because there are five Premier League games starting at the same time (10am ET/3pm BST) and no early or late match. […]

On Tuesday, EPL Talk will be making a massive announcement. The biggest news of our more than 5-year existence. It's something that we're confident will interest many of you, especially die-hard supporters of Premier League clubs (as well as people who eat, live and breathe Premier League football). Comcast customers shouldn't get too excited. It's […]

Sunday's Carling Cup Final between Arsenal and Birmingham City should be a walk in the park for the Gunners. Arsenal has already done the league double over Birmingham. The London side have a team of footballers who are more skilled than Birmingham. However, in football, especially a cup final, nothing can ever be taken for […]

It's been a slow week in English football, so this week's edition of Special 1 TV focuses on its own drama instead of what's been happening at Anfield, St. James' Park and other locales. In this episode, Wayne Rooney features a special one-on-one interview with Sven who is riding high with his Foxes. Plus, there's […]

2011 Major League Soccer Preview Show #1 Monday, February 28th 8:00PM EST – 5:00PM PST PORTLAND: Steven Lenhart of Timbers Mao's Football Show VANCOUVER: Andrew Bucholtz of Yahoo Canada SEATTLE: David Faulk of Goal Seattle COLORADO: Patrick Quinn Rapids Supporter FC DALLAS: Wayne Member of The Inferno supporters Group & Daniel Robertson of Big D […]

Team: DC United Coach: Ben Olsen Last Year's Finish: 8th Eastern Conference, 16th Overall, 6-20-4 This year's seemingly annual retooling of DC United carries much more weight than usual. After finishing not only the worst season in club history, but likely the worst in MLS history, United had holes to fill all over the place. But […]

The date was May 27, 1981. The European Cup Final between Liverpool and Real Madrid was played in Paris at the Parc des Princes stadium in the French capital. Real Madrid's team included stars such as Uli Stielike, Laurie Cunningham and Vicente del Bosque, while Liverpool included their legendary players of Ray Clemence, Phil Neal, […]