Carlos Tevez, one of the most talented strikers in the world who has been chased for more than a year by Chelsea, Man United and Arsenal, looks likely to sign for — wait for it — West Ham United this afternoon. If West Ham and Tevez are able to confirm personal terms, this could be […]

Everything is not smelling like roses in English football. While we've been reporting the past couple of weeks about the number of empty seats at Premiership grounds, the British press — surprisingly — has neglected the topic focusing instead on the transfer merry-go-round. So, for football fans alike — especially those that are Newcastle United […]

Today, Josh Wolff became the latest victim of what seems to be blatant discrimination by the UK authorities against American soccer players. Wolff joins an illustrious list of American players including Cobi Jones, the most capped player in US history in being rejected by a work permit to play in the UK. Thus Wolff's move […]

While the newspapers are abuzz with transfer speculation surrounding Carlos Tevez, David Trezeguet, Ashley Cole and others, it was refreshing to read an article in this morning's Independent Newspaper about Portsmouth trying to sign Ghana captain and midfielder Stephen Appiah. It's been an amazing week for Pompey after they four nil away win against Middlesbrough. […]

Gary Richards, the former QPR, Wycombe and Marlow Town player — and now co-host of The 2 G's radio show — will be interviewed Thursday afternoon for an upcoming episode of the EPL Talk Podcast. If you have any specific questions you'd like me to ask him, please post them below by clicking the 'Comments' […]

The results of the first EPL Talk Magazine survey are in, and they make interesting reading. Here's what you told us: 67% of you never miss an issue, while 33% have read one of the two issues. You enjoy the articles in the magazine. 67% of you rated them 'Above Average,' 25% said 'Excellent,' and […]

The Thursday transfer deadline is approaching for the Premiership, so the wheeling and dealing is starting to pick up in speed. Here are just a few of the transfers that have been made, or are in the final stages of being completed: Petrov (from Celtic to Aston Villa) Robert Huth (Chelsea to Middlesbrough) Mido (Roma […]

Two years ago when the worldwide (evil) empire of Manchester United dumped on Malcom Glazer I felt that patriotism forced me to defend him. True, I had hated Glazer from the word go, when he took one of my favorite pro sports teams the Tampa Bay Bucs and ruined the uniforms and colors but that […]

Totenham 0-2 Everton Tim Howard posted a clean sheet as Everton won its first match at White Hart Lance since 1985. Watford 1-2 Man United Jay DeMerit played a full 90 minutes as Watford fell short in an upset bid versus Manchester United. Wigan 1-0 Reading Bobby Convey started but was subbed out in the […]

Thanks to professional obligations and Tropical Storm Ernesto, EPL Yanks will be published later in the week.

We've made a couple of important updates to the EPL Talk web site that we'd like to let you know about. First, we've added many of the new jerseys for the 2006/2007 Premiership season. Just go to the 'My Team' section on the right hand side of the page, hover your mouse over the English […]

While Middlesbrough's defense was as porous tonight as their security (two fans ran across the field in fancy dress costumes during the second half), the match at Riverside Stadium revealed another disturbing fact: All those empty seats. We broached the topic last week after Boro's home match against Chelsea. But in that match and others, […]

The lead at the top of the table is widening in the EPL Talk Fantasy Football League. With 59 teams competing, here's the current top five teams: 1. Rockfish United (David Griffith) 197 pts 2. Gratefullawyer (Wayne Novick) 189 pts 3. Dragons (CJ Pedler) 172 pts 4. Wildwood United (Jaime Gutierrez) 167 pts 5. Bloody […]

This Sunday at 11am ET, GolTV will be showing the Argentina versus Brazil friendly scheduled to be played at Arsenal's new Emirates Stadium. More info about GolTV is at http://www.goltv.tv

This isn't the real league table below, but it is the table according to the number of times the teams have been shown on Fox Soccer Channel and Setanta Sports combined so far this season. Overall Man United 3 Chelsea 3 Spurs 3 Middlesbrough 3 West Ham 3 Charlton 3 Newcastle 2 Wigan 2 Bolton […]