Premiership Countdown: 17 Days to Go. One of my complaints about the modern game, and the Premiership, is the lack of characters in the sport. Now that Roy Keane and Alan Shearer have retired, what other Premiership stars can you name that are English and are unique characters? Seriously, I'm hard pressed to name a […]

We're just three days away from the MLS All Star match against Chelsea, and the excitement is reaching a fever pitch. The fantastic news is that EPL Talk will have a correspondent making a trek to Chicago to report on the event. His name is Christopher Schachter, a TV industry veteran from New York […]

In the US this past week, there has been an abundance of media coverage surrounding Chelsea's pre-season training in Los Angeles. The USA Today even had a Chelsea story on the front cover of their sports section. But out of all of the media covering the event, the best job done thus far has been […]

Fox Soccer Channel's announcement this week that they've entered into a five-year programming deal with Soccer United Marketing that includes live and exclusive rights to a selection of Major League Soccer matches through 2010 will not impact the network's coverage of the English Premier League. Looking at FSC's TV schedule for August through October, the […]

The latest episode of the EPL Talk Podcast is now available featuring an interview with a modern day renaissance man in music, Paul Oakenfold. I say that because he's a musician, producer, remixer and DJ. Plus he's scored movies such as "Swordfish" with John Travolta. And he's been actively involved in the video game industry. […]

Italian Serie B side Brescia has made initial inquries with MLS into the availibility of US National Team Defensive Midfielder Pablo Mastroeni. MLS seems to be in a selling spree of league developed talent in the last few weeks and has been rumored to be asking a $10 million fee for Freddy Adu and anywhere […]

The Fox Soccer Channel web site has revealed what matches the network will be showing in the first few weeks of the Premiership season: Saturday, August 19th, 10am ET: Newcastle United v Wigan Athletic Saturday, August 19th, Noon ET: Bolton Wanderers v Tottenham Hotspur Saturday, August 19th, 3pm ET: Reading v Middlesbrough (tape delayed) Sunday, […]

Premiership Countdown: 18 Days to Go. It's a sad reflection of the Premiership's plight, but this season — in my humble opinion — there are six teams in the top flight that are candidates for relegation. While the cream rises to the top in the Premier League, that creamy layer is becoming thinner as each […]

The EPL Talk Podcast interview with Paul Oakenfold is scheduled for release tonight, August 1st. Sorry for the delay, but it'll definitely be worth the wait. In the meantime, all of the previous EPL Talk Podcast interviews are still available on iTunes or the EPL Talk Podcast page (click on the different months near the […]

Michael Carrick will be leaving White Hart Lane and landing at Old Trafford to start the upcoming season. Manchester United grabbed the Three Lions midfielder from Tottenham Hotspur for a transfer fee of $34.7 million. Sky Sports reports that Sir Alex Ferguson said that this move was 'a great move for the add'. Carrick will […]

Premiership Countdown: 19 Days to Go. It's been a busy weekend for Tottenham Hotspur. First, the Spurs impressively beat Inter Milan 2-1 in a friendly. Second, Michael Carrick joined Manchester United for 18.6 million pounds ($34.6 million). And third, Tottenham unveiled their new third strip. And it's brown. Yes, as in milk chocolate. Coventry City, […]

It's a new week in the English Premier League, and the transfer talks are beginning to pick up pace. So far post-World Cup, the biggest headline has been Ruud van Nistelrooy's departure to Real Madrid. Benni McCarthy's move from Porto to Blackburn was a pleasant surprise meanwhile. But now it looks likely that United […]

Episode 18 of the EPL Talk Podcast, featuring an interview with DJ Paul Oakenfold, is being delayed. I just want to make sure the audio quality is top notch, so I apologize for the delay. In the meantime, be sure to subscribe to the EPL Talk Podcast via iTunes so you can get each new […]

The Manchester Derby could mean more this year for American fans The start of the new EPL Campaign is just weeks away and today we saw firsthand that Claudio Reyna still has it as he scored the only goal in a 1-0 Man City win versus Bradford in a friendly. Across town however, it was […]

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