Former Republic of Ireland midfielder and current RTE pundit, Eamon Dunphy, launched one of his famous tirades in Roy Keane's direction on RTE’s Pat Kenny Show on Radio 1 on Monday. “I know Roy well and the one thing he hated when I knew him and when we were working on that book, he hated […]

The game of English football has changed considerably from the 80s to today. In some ways, it's unrecognizable especially in the stadiums and the business dealings off the pitch. But how much has it changed, if any, on the field? EPL Talk would like to get your valuable insight and observations on how the Premier […]

Reporter Jamie Trecker from Fox Soccer Channel has today written an excellent article entitled "Proposed Premiership Expansion Has Silver Lining," which is definitely required reading. His money quote: "It's clear that, like it or not, these games are going to happen. FIFA won't stop it as long as they get their cut, and the FA […]

Next week, Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore will fly to Zurich to meet with FIFA president Sepp Blatter. After outlining his plans to FIFA, Scudamore will then fly to meet with the different confederations to share his plan as well as meeting with the potential host cities. Depending on next week's developments, we may […]

England's position on top of the UEFA Fair Play rankings, calculated using a number of different criterion such as avoidance of yellow and red cards, crowd behavior, and the performance of club teams and national teams in European competitions, could lead to another UEFA Cup spot next season. England would need to maintain their current […]

Manchester United announced recently that Brazilian youngter Rodrigo Possebon signed for the club in the January transfer window in a move that somehow managed to sneak under the radar of all the major football media. The story has taken many Manchester United fan sites (one example post here) and message boards by storm since it was […]

Sunday marked the tenth anniversary of the US' lone victory over Brazil. The match in Los Angeles was sparsely attended with under 13,000 at the Coliseum. Unlike the next several US-Brazil games on American soil (2001 in LA, 2003 in Miami, and 2007 in Chicago, the later two games I attended) the number of American […]

It's been a trying week for Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore. After unveiling the Game 39 proposal last week, the plan has today been rejected by the Asian Football Confederation and has received a lukewarm response from the U.S. Soccer Federation. With the Asian Football Confederation rejecting the proposal, that one decision could be […]

After a nice long break from the action both the Champions League and UEFA Cup competitions will kick off their knockout rounds. We'll first look at the UEFA Cup as their Round of 32 first leg fixtures take place this week. Spanish clubs have dominated this competition in recent years but Germany, with 5 clubs, […]

After a nice long break from the action both the Champions League and UEFA Cup competitions will kick off their knockout rounds. We'll first look at the UEFA Cup as their Round of 32 first leg fixtures take place this week. Spanish clubs have dominated this competition in recent years but Germany, with 5 clubs, […]

It seems the US Soccer Federation is eager to prove some of the critics of the game in this country wrong thanks to upcoming friendlies against Spain and potential friendlies against England and Argentina. Those critics who rightfully pointed out that between 2003 and 2006 we didn't play many tough friendlies on the road have […]

I know what you all are thinking. "C'mon Michael, why are you taking another shot at Liverpool? Why are you so biased against Liverpool? Why don't you like Stevie and Carra??" Let me clear things up for once and for all. I have NOTHING against Liverpool FC, nothing. My brother is a Liverpool fan and […]

Name the gaucho in the picture and you would be right. According to press reports Giovanni Trapattoni has accepted the Republic of Ireland job. Trap's contract with Red Bull Salzburg expires end of season, the 68-year-old met with the Irish Football Association’s selection committee last night to finalize taking over the post .

Tulio De Melo will don the pink jersey of Palermo come next season, after pre-signing with both Parma and Palermo of Serie A. January transfer reports had indicated the 23-year-old Brazilian, currently with French side LeMans, was on his way to Parma instead. Parma had claimed first club status in signing the player but Palermo […]

For the past 12 months, EPL Talk has reported several times about speculation that media companies have allegedly been involved in behind-the-scenes discussions about taking over Setanta Sports. Now the news has hit the mainstream press with The Sunday Telegraph reporting that Setanta had received an unsolicited approach potentially worth almost 2 billion dollars from […]