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Fox Soccer Channel Viewing Parties

Fox Soccer Channel (FSC) is planning on hosting several Premier League viewing parties at pubs across the United States from January through May according to its website. The cities that will host the viewing parties are New York, Los Angeles, Washington DC, Chicago, Atlanta, Denver, Columbus, Miami and Boston. Both the network and website are […]

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NSCAA Event Coverage, 2008

EPL Talk will be attending the National Soccer Coaches of Association of America (NSCAA) event on January 18-20 in Baltimore, Maryland. The plan is to cover the event for an upcoming episode of the EPL Talk Podcast, the only Premier League interview show on the Internet. NSCAA is the largest soccer event in America each […]

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Football Manager 2008

Frustrated by Rafa's rotation policy at Liverpool and think the Reds should be better? Angry that Valencia is falling apart as we speak under Ronald Koeman? Think you could lead Manchester United to another treble? Then Football Manager 2008 is the game for you.I know this game has been out for a while here in […]

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Road to Wembley: FA Cup 4th Round Draw

After the topsy-turvy results from the weekend, there are 12 replays to be had before we know the exact picture of the next round. The club I have been following, League Two stugglers Bury, is involved in one such replay against Norwich City, currently 20th in the Championship. Should Bury win, a match against Southampton […]

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Road to Wembley: FA Cup 3rd Round Sunday Recap

After Saturday's shocks, more David-v-Goliath matchups were on tap for Sunday. We start with Luton Town, who ignored the fact that they are 60 league places below Liverpool and forced a very deserved replay at Anfield. This was one of the games I checked out on Sunday and I felt it was an entertaining 1-1 […]

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Jose Mourinho as Liverpool Manager: First 90 Days

Tomorrow, Liverpool's new owners Gillette and Hicks will meet with Liverpool chief executive Rick Parry in New York City to discuss the building of the new Anfield stadium. At the same time, the conversation will likely delve into Rafa Benitez and his future as manager of Liverpool FC. While Mourinho is supposedly keen on taking […]

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Huge Losses For Zaragoza

The news that Los Maños got after their 2-0 loss to Real Madrid Sunday was probably just as hard to swallow. Argentine midfielder Pablo Aimar will have to undergo surgery after suffering from a chronic sports hernia that he has been dealing with since the end of last season. Aimar was looked at in Madrid […]

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FA Cup Ratings for Premier League Clubs

The FA Cup Third Round relieved us from the dreariness of our normal robust Premier League schedule to enthrall us with live riveting matches like Pompey-Ipswich and grant us the opportunity to pay top dollar to watch Villa-Utd. All 20 Premier League clubs participated at the weekend and here are their performances ranked in order. […]

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Fearless Predictions for 2008

The US National Team will rely on two, maybe three thirty somethings to move through the first group of CONCACAF qualification. (the names Frankie Hejduk, Eddie Lewis and Pablo Mastroeni come to mind) Major League Soccer will fail to sign a big name over the hill international, but will scout well and sign a few […]

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Road to Wembley: FA Cup 3rd Round Saturday Roundup

Despite all the bad feelings generated by Dave Kitson's recent comments, Saturday was a day to feel good about the FA Cup. It was a big day for the lower division clubs as they stepped up to pull off several upsets and make other games very close. First off, Everton were knocked out of the […]

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Don't Let Dave Kitson Ruin Your FA Cup Fever

F**k Reading's Dave Kitson and his idiotic statement about how he doesn't care about the FA Cup. View this slideshow to find out what the FA Cup is all about. This is the real football. For readers of this blog, it's required viewing. The Chasetown story is pretty incredible. They're the lowest non-league club ever […]

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Joey Barton: Saying my peace on the subject

Let me deviate from the American Soccer format of this blog for a moment to share my thoughts on Joey Barton's most recent brush with the law. I am as our listeners and readers are keenly aware, a Manchester City die in the wool supporter. I've been relegated with the club three times since I […]

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Premiership Teams' New Year's Resolutions

I figured that before the Christmas and New Year's hype ends and becomes irrelevant, I'd try to milk it for all it's worth and relate it back to the Premiership.Twenty teams compete in the most entertaining domestic league in the world; every single one of them has room to improve, some much more so than […]

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The Cost to Advertise During a Premier League Match

Question: If you're an advertiser, how much do you think West Ham and Middlesbrough are worth? More specifically, how much would you be willing to pay to put your brand name and advertisement on one of those fancy LED signboards that straddle the pitch touchline? EPL Talk did some research and we have the answers […]

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Copa del Rey Fixtures

Matches will be played on January 9th and 16th Villarreal – RecreativoSevilla – Barcelona Getafe – LevanteReal Madrid – Mallorca Espanyol – BilbaoBetis – Valencia Zaragoza- Racing SantanderAtlético – Valladolid