Listening to The Guardian's Football Weekly Podcast, especially contributor Sean Ingle, you'd think that every grown Brit who was a football fan bets on matches week-in, week-out. Obviously that isn't the case, but how prevalent is betting on matches? Remarkably, I've never once bet on a Premier League match. When I grew up in the […]

Editor's note: Today's guest column is written by Tokyo Toffeeman regarding the current state of Premier League TV coverage in Japan. Enjoy. By Tokyo Toffeeman I had to laugh a few weeks ago when listening online to a Radio Five Live discussion on the proposed 39th game issue. The presenter casually commented "So you'd have […]

It's been a while since the last episode of the EPL Talk Podcast. Reason being I'm still in the hospital but hope to return home early next week. So while I recover to full health, here's the latest episode which features two exclusive interviews. The first is with Englishman Paul Gardner who discusses how he […]

If someone had told me a year ago that Mathieu Flamini would completely shut down Kaka in two legs of a CL knockout round I would have been amazed that he would be even included in the lineup for the matches. Flamini has been defying the odds all season as he has proven himself an […]

There have been two new episodes of the popular "I'm on Setanta Sports" since I last had a chance to post. Both my wife and father are recovering from their surgeries so I hope I can return to posting on a more regular basis. For now, enjoy the vids!

No doubt exists in the minds of many that the English Premier League is the best league in the world and the England National Team is one of the best international teams in the world. One BBC Five Live commentator in fact recently argued England has the third best pool of talent on the planet […]

The race for the UEFA Cup is in full swing, with essentially six or seven teams fighting for two spots. Tottenham's triumph in the Carling Cup Final guaranteed them a place in Europe next season, something they wouldn't have achieved through their league position, but that took away the UEFA Cup berth usually handed to […]

Argentine international Lionel Messi will miss yet another six weeks of action after reinjuring his hamstring midweek during the Catalans win against Celtic in the return leg of the Champions League knockout stages. The injury occured in the 33rd minute of the match where he was the benefactor of a wall pass from Gianluca Zambrotta, […]

The title of this post says it all. I've criticized Arsenal and manager Arsene Wenger a lot recently, although there was every reason for me to do so. Today, there's nothing for me to do but salute the Gunners' performance in Milan, as they beat the hosts 2-0 and advanced to the Champions League quarterfinals. This […]

Whether it's the English Premier League and the Argentine marketing machine would like people to believe that Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi are locks for the FIFA World Player of the Year, I would like to be the first one to offer resistence from this preconceived notion.

On this week's American Soccer Show Dave Denholm and was joined by Dave Brett Wasser, considered one of the foremost historians of the game in this nation. The three historic games we focused on in the show were the 1989 World Cup qualifier in Port of Spain against Trinidad and Tobago, the 1993 US Cup […]

Very much like the swordsman in Raiders of the Lost Arc who wielded his sword all over and threatened to attack, all it took was one shot from Indiana Jones to end that threat. This was a long time coming for the blaugrana. If you look at numbers alone, Barcelona is one of the best […]

ESPN2: AC Milan vs. Arsenal (Tomorrow, 2:45 PM ET) Chelsea vs. Olympiacos (Wednesday, 2:45 PM ET) ESPN Classic: Barcelona vs. Celtic (Tomorrow, 5:00 PM ET, Tape-Delayed) Real Madrid vs. Roma (Wednesday, 5:00 PM ET, Tape-Delayed) Setanta: Manchester United vs. Lyon (Tomorrow, 2:45 PM ET) Sevilla vs. Fenerbahçe (Tomorrow, 6:00 PM ET, Tape-Delayed) Schalke 04 vs. […]

As readers of our site know, I don't like to link to articles of other writers. This site is successful because of our original content. However, Greg Lalas who is of course Alexi Lalas' east coast based brother has made every point I consistently make on the American Soccer Show and in debates with my […]

Birmingham 4 – Tottenham 1 Spurs tried on the big boy pants, only to end up wearing them around their ankles. They had a sick party last weekend. This weekend they were simply sick. The rear guard is rubbish. Robinson has evolved from awfully fat to just awful. They are closer to the relegation zone […]