Derby have booked their place in the Championship play-off final after a thrilling semi-final against Southampton. Trailing 2-1 from the first leg, Southampton mounted a comeback but saw their dreams dashed as they lost in a penalty shoot-out. A powerful header from Darren Moore put Derby up by two goals on aggregate within three minutes […]

This is my first blog posting here. I want to thank Kartik for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this excellent website. I have learned through a source at US Soccer that Bob Bradley will be given the permanent head coaching job of the senior national team on Thursday. This will allow Bradley to […]

Now that the Premiership season is over, it's time to take a look back to see how my predictions faired and how they compared with the predictions from, you, the readers.My predictions (final position shown in parenthesis):1. Arsenal (4th)2. Chelsea (2nd)3. Liverpool (3rd)4. Tottenham Hotspur (5th)5. Manchester United (1st)6. Newcastle United (13th)7. Blackburn Rovers (10th)8. […]

Abel Xavier who was a regular for the Portugal National Team before being banned by FIFA for drug abuse was signed today by a desperate LA Galaxy squad. Xavier was released last week by Middlesborough after rejecting a new contract from the club, in spite of playing regularly during much of this past Premiership campaign. […]

Jeff Rusnak's column yesterday included a mention that Miami FC of the USL First Division (2nd division in the USA) will be playing its next two home matches at the Orange Bowl. Since Romario left the club attendance at Tropical Park Stadium has been poor despite a good young crop of local players in addition […]

One month of the MLS Season is in the books and as is typical of the league very few standout teams or players have shown themselves at this early stage. However some players, coaches and clubs deserve mention for both positive and negative reasons. Here is the honor roll...... Best Coaching Job: As usual Steve […]

The first leg's are over and I got things half right. Derby turned in a strong away performance to come away from St. Mary's with a 2-1 lead. There should be no huge surprise as Derby's away record was outstanding (12W-3D-8L). There is a highlights package on YouTube but be warned that the sound quality […]

The final day of the Premier League season can best be summed up by the five minutes of added time at Bramall Lane with Wigan Athletic leading 2-1 against Sheffield United. For those of us who were on the EPL Talk Chat, we had the pleasure of hearing the passion and excitement from Jeff Stelling […]

It's hard to believe the season is over. Sure, there are the finals of the FA Cup and Champions League to look forward to followed by pre-season friendlies (some of them in the States). But our Saturdays and Sundays won't be the same until August 11th when the Premier League returns. Yes, we all deserve […]

Manchester City today unveiled its new home shirt for the 2007/2008 Premier League season. Designed by manufacturer Le Coq Sportif, the design represents the most radical departure in a design of a football shirt for a Premiership club so far. The new shirt designs revealed thus far have been more predictable (Spurs, Everton, Newcastle, Blackburn, […]

In a very tight finish at the top, only ten points seperated first place Tokyo Toffeeman from second place Lech Poznan in the first-ever EPL Talk Predictions League. The final top ten (out of the 19 total contestants) was:1. Tokyo Toffeeman, 1185 pts2. Lech Poznan, 11753. The Gaffer, 990*4. Garyi, 9455. FC Bubd, 7656. Umersyed, […]

The end of the 2006/2007 Premiership season also concludes the first-ever EPL Talk Fantasy League. Out of the 80 contestants, here's the final top 10:1. FC Walker, Steve Thielman, 2102 pts2. Foolish FC, Mark Aegerter, 20613. FC Bubd, Jeff Mensch, 20334. Mesiniaga FC, Sakaya Mary, 19935. Rockfish United. David Griffith, 19806. Bloody Yanks, Jeremy Lay, […]

It's a shame that Alexi Lalas didn't spend much time this offseason working on solidifying the Galaxy's porous defense. Less than a minute after Tyrone Marshall tied the match yesterday, Taylor Twellman responded with a goal that gave the Galaxy yet another home defeat. How bad will it be for the league if David Beckham […]

On today's EPL Talk Show, we're discussing several remarkable football web sites for you to seek out. Here are links to many of them plus some bonus ones thrown in. The Global Game Roberto Carlos Euro 2004 Tactical Briefing The Political Economy of Football Footy Flash Feel free to suggest your favorite football web sites […]

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