After the disastrous conclusion to the 2008-09 season saw Newcastle fall in to the Championship, the only conclusion they wanted to last season was promotion. No other result was acceptable and the club cantered over the finish line as April began. A complete reversal of fortune from the doldrums the club went through prior to […]

Vidic Signs Long Term Deal With Manchester United Nemanja Vidic has secured his future at Old Trafford with a long-term deal. Manchester United held off approaches by Real Madrid and AC Milan for the Serbian centre back, who was rumored to be unhappy and Manchester and actively seeking an exit. "It's yet to be signed […]

Genoa are a club with high ambitions, and it's been shown this transfer market that they want to contend for a Champions League spot with big name arrivals. It's Genoa president Enrico Preziosi who continues to revitalize the club with intelligent signings like Diego Milito and Thiago Motta from last season, and Preziosi is also […]

Fox Soccer Channel's weekly soccer call-in program Fox Football Fone-In has been canceled according to the Beyond The Pitch podcast. The show originally began in 2004 as Fox Football Friday, but since then it has changed almost everything including hosts, formats, days of the week, name of the show, sets, co-hosts and more in the hopes […]

You can watch Manchester City versus Sporting Lisbon tonight at 8:30pm ET in the second game of the Barclays New York Challenge. Courtesy of Veetle, you can watch the game live here on EPL Talk. Or, if you own an Apple iPhone, iPod Touch or Apple iPad and you're feeling adventurous, you can try watching […]

It's definitely a pleasure to have two of the top teams from the Premier League in New York this weekend to compete in a friendly tournament. So many times in the past, the States have gotten passed up as clubs traveled to Asia. Now, this summer is our turn with a handful of English clubs […]

Serbian starlet Gojko Kacar has today completed a move to Hamburg from recently-relegated Hertha Berlin. After Hertha were relegated last season, Kacar was linked with all of the biggest clubs in Europe. After a long negotiation process, Kacar has signed for Hamburg. The young Serbian has spoken about his delight at the move: "I am […]

Weeks from now, the opening game of the 2010 Barclays New York Challenge will have faded from most people's memories when the regular season kicks off. It wasn't a particularly exciting game, and Spurs looked lethargic and out of ideas for large portions of the game. However, the match between Tottenham Hotspur and New York […]

From last nights press conference after the Red Bulls/Spurs Match. Hans Backe & Thierry Henry went first, then Harry Redknapp for Spurs.

Stuttgart and Germany midfielder Sami Khedira has today spoken of his dream to play for Spanish giants Real Madrid. After Real Madrid manager Jose Mourinho announced his interest in the young midfielder, transfer speculation surrounding Khedira has been rife and rampant. Now, though, Khedira has come out and spoken of a potential move to the […]

Twenty more days of wait and once again, we will kick off another season of Premiership football. This time around though, there is a buzz around England as the fans feel that there are six clubs, namely Manchester United, Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Spurs and Manchester City, competing for the Premier League title. With the concept […]

Another trailer has been released to promote Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 (PES 2011). Whether you've played PES before or not, you may want to take a look at this video to see how the graphics and playability have seemingly improved. The commentator in the game will be Jon Champion. And the game will be released […]

UPDATE: Note from The Gaffer... I'd like to apologize to the Philadelphia Union fans regarding the incorrect insinuation that the fans were chanting the F bomb, when they were actually not. Wednesday night, the Philadelphia Union hosted Manchester United at Lincoln Financial Field in Pennsylvania. I am a Manchester United fan, and ever since my […]

I realize that Bolton's football ground is named Reebok Stadium, but it's about time that the lamb be put to slaughter and for Bolton, if at all possible, to move away from Reebok. Reason being is that their football kit designs just seem to one failed experiment after another. Enter the next piece of evidence […]

Which came first, the chicken or the egg? Or, for we soccer supporters, which came first for you – playing soccer or watching it on television? Looking back to my childhood, I lived in a village of just a few hundred people in west Wales. My earliest memory of watching soccer on television was probably […]