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David James and Fabio Capello: The Biggest NFL Fans in England

Those of you living in America probably couldn't stop hearing about last weekend's big National Football League game in London, the third such contest in three years, in which the New England Patriots tonked Malcolm Glazer's hapless Tampa Bay Buccaneers — who have cut costs to the bone this season, and we can all have […]

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/ 6035 days ago

Win A Copy Of Motty, John Motson's Autobiography

For the past three days, we've been giving away a copy of FIFA 10 – the new video game from EA. In the next few days to next couple of weeks, we'll be giving away a copy of the game on random days as well as football books. Yesterday's winner of FIFA 10 was JD […]

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Russian Football Now Podcast #11: In the Wake of Juande's Exit

In partnership with Russian Football Now, EPL Talk presents the eleventh episode of RNF’s podcast. Just as Rubin Kazan's victory at the Nou Camp was fading from headlines, the Russian Premier League was thrust back center stage with the shock departure of Juande Ramos from CSKA Moscow after only 47 days in charge. After discussing […]

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The USMNT's European November Features Big Tests

With US qualification to the World Cup secure, the USSF has scheduled two interesting friendlies for the international break in November. The US was relatively impressive in CONCACAF qualifying, recording improbable wins at Port of Spain against Trinidad & Tobago as well as in San Pedro Sula versus Honduras, and also knocking Costa Rica out […]

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Restoring the Romance of the Copa del Rey

If the Copa del Rey is played, but hardly anyone cares about it, did it really happen? To say that some of the La Liga teams think of the cup as a nuisance would be quite an understatement. With the overloaded fixture list consisting of European and domestic matches, the Copa del Rey is near […]

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/ 6036 days ago

EPL Talk Podcast: Chris Bascombe

Longtime Liverpool Echo and current News of the World football writer Chris Bascombe joins Kartik Krishnaiyer to discuss the latest from Liverpool as well as some history of the club. Additionally, we discuss topics pertinent to News of the World and football journalism in general. Bascombe is renowned in England for being one of the […]

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/ 6036 days ago

Half-Forgotten Gems – Arsenal's Other Title Triumph

February 2nd 2002 was a pretty non-descript day in the History of Football, or indeed the history of anything – Prince Willem -Alexander of Orange, heir to the Dutch throne got married, Euro-Monarchy Fans will tell you (and, er... wikipedia) – but that aside, Manchester United stayed atop of the Premier League with a 4-1 […]

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Fan Diary # 13: 2-0 Over United

My normal pre-match bravado wasn't at full strength after the four-game losing streak (Liverpool's worst run since the Spring of 1987) and going into the fixture against Manchester United Sunday I was a sleepless bag of frenetic nerves. We tend to play our best against the strongest opposition (I thought our outing against Chelsea was […]

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Guberti linked with Roma exit

Roma signed Stefano Guberti in the summer from Bari however he has since only made 3 appearances which have resulted in a lot of rumours that the player will be sold in January however the midfielders agent describes his player as unsellable. The 24 year old played a starring role in Bari's promotion to Serie […]

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Fulham Third Kit For 2009/2010 Season Revealed

Fulham FC has revealed their third kit for the 2009/2010 Premier League season. Designed and manufactured by Nike, the third kit is midnight blue in color and will be worn for the first time in their upcoming away matches against Stoke City and Sunderland. The new Fulham third shirt is midnight blue, while the shorts […]

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Daniel Feuerstein Joins Major League Soccer Talk

We're proud to announce that Daniel Feuerstein has left CSRN and will now be writing exclusively for Major League Soccer Talk. The passionate blogger and soccer pundit from the north east has been a guest writer for MLS Talk during the past year as well as a refreshingly honest critic of Red Bull New York […]

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/ 6036 days ago

Yet Another Chance to Win FIFA 10 for Xbox 360, Wii or PS3

For the past two days, we've been giving away a copy of FIFA 10 – the new video game from EA. In the next few days to next couple of weeks, we'll be giving away a copy of the game on random days as well as football books. Yesterday's winner of FIFA 10 was Patrick […]

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/ 6036 days ago

ESPN2 TV Ratings For Wolves v Aston Villa Revealed

It's no surprise that last Saturday's Wolverhampton Wanderers against Aston Villa tie didn't garner a massive audience on ESPN2. In fact, it was the third lowest viewed match of the season on ESPN2. Here are the Nielsen ratings for the Premier League matches televised by ESPN2 so far this season (from highest to lowest audience […]

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How American Soccer Fans Are Smarter Than Average Americans

I've lost track of the number of times Americans ask me where I'm from, and I mention Wales — only to hear the next follow-up question, which is "Where is Wales? Is that part of England?" While most US residents get an F in geography (not just from me, but from many scholars), I've found […]

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/ 6037 days ago

Twitter and the American Footballer

Jozy Altidore made headlines last week for the wrong reasons with his Twitter outburst after inexplicably showing up late to a match. This saw the striker, who is on his fourth club in fifteen months, suspended. Altidore’s skill set may be impressive but his body of work both at the club level and as an […]