The traditional home of Football Americana style has submitted a big to join Major League Soccer. Jeff Cooper a St Louis area lawyer who for years now has been pushing for MLS to come to the traditional home of the game in the United States submitted a big to join the league today. Given the […]

The traditional home of Football Americana style has submitted a big to join Major League Soccer. Jeff Cooper a St Louis area lawyer who for years now has been pushing for MLS to come to the traditional home of the game in the United States submitted a big to join the league today. Given the […]

I had a great conversation with Jonathan Starling of the Third Half podcast last week. We discussed the upcoming UEFA Cup group stage, UEFA's stance on debt-laden clubs, the situation at Ajax and many other topics. I've posted the Champions League Talk segment of the show here as a separate podcast file but if you'd […]

Please click on picture to see all the caricatures of German footballers from Pit Hammanns Hamburg SV The Dinosaurs face Schalke in the most intriguing game of the weekend. They have lost three of the last four matches against the Royal Blues at Nordbank. Chances for this weekend’s game don’t seem great with Nigel de […]

Feisty Italy – This evening the Azzurri take on Montenegro in Lecce Lippi: We must win. Rossi will play, but maybe not from the start Milan lose in Tirana, but Nesta is back Inter to leave San Siro as Moratti orders new stadium Gullit: Ancelotti is like Ferguson It's make or break for the Azzurrini […]

Liverpool FC is launching its own men's aftershave for the holiday season. No, it's not a joke. Named L4Men, the aftershave will be available exclusively through the club's stores after it was recently debuted at the Liverpool Style Awards and was modeled by captain Steven Gerrard. What next? Will Mike Ashley release a body lotion […]

Everton manager David Moyes has finally ended months of speculation by signing a new five-year contract with the club, worth a reported £16.5million. Some have said that Moyes' failure to sign the deal has contributed to the Toffees poor start to the season, with the club currently in 15th place with eight points from their […]

Near the end of the Sky Sports news programme Through The Night, the hosts always flip through the back pages of the British daily newspapers to point out the headlines of what the morning papers are saying. It's a standard news segment on their show. Except for what happened last night. When the hosts last […]

This may be Darren Farley's only 15 minutes of fame. The football fan has created a hysterical collection of impersonations of several characters familiar with Liverpool FC. Rafa Benitez, Steven Gerrard, Jamie Carragher, Michael Owen and Peter Crouch. If you haven't seen the video yet, be sure to watch it and enjoy. [display_podcast] Credit: 3pm […]

Cannavaro's contract with "Los Merengues" runs out in June 2009, and reports have suggested the Real Madrid defender could be set for a return to Napoli. At the age of 35 we will be witnessing yet another great football career coming to a close. The player has won some pretty prestigious silverware in his time on […]

In the next few weeks, Premier League chairmen will be presented with a couple of options to consider regarding their clubs playing overseas matches in an international competition in the near future. Two of the options being considered include a mini-tournament being played during a winter break, and a summer friendly competition named the Premier […]

One game doth not a champion make. In Liverpool's case, their victory against Manchester United at Anfield was a moral victory, a win that was in the long time making, but I don't believe it signifies that the Reds are now title material. Wake me up when they beat Man United at Old Trafford. Then […]

With almost 20% of the season completed, we already have a good idea of which clubs will shine and underwhelm this 2008/2009 Premier League season, as well as which ones are destined for mid-table mediocrity. Sure, we still have 80% of the season remaining, but out of the clubs you've seen thus far, which ones […]

Episodes two and three of The Third Half Podcast are now available. If you haven't had a chance to listen to them, click on the player at the foot of this message to hear the episodes via your browser. Or, better yet, subscribe to the EPL Talk Podcast stream via iTunes where you'll automatically get […]

Kenny Cooper has turned down an offer to join the US National Team for Wednesday's qualifier against Trinidad and Tobago in Port of Spain. Personally after months of lobbying along with the rest of the blogosphere Cooper's decision to turn down a call up to ostensibly help his club side is from where I sit […]