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Oguchi Onyewu like many young American players of this generation has never played in Major League Soccer. Unlike many young American players, "Gooch" has drawn the interest of the biggest, most visible clubs in Europe. Onyewu who has only a handful of US caps has seemingly made an impact in every national team game he […]

You have to admit that there's quite an American invasion happening in the Premiership right now. Oguchi Onyewu joins Newcastle United. Liverpool may be taken over by an American company, and of course there's players like Clint Dempsey, Carlos Bocanegra, Jay Demerit, Brian McBride, Brad Friedel, Demarcus Beasley, Marcus Hahnemann, Tim Howard and many many […]

In the United Kingdom, the newspaper industry is extremely competitive. There are more than 11 national daily newspapers compared with just two in the US (USA Today and Christian Science Monitor). While the competition in print is fierce, the UK newspapers are also waging war online with their respective web sites having made significant improvements […]

What's your favorite day of the week? If you ask most Brits, they'd say Saturday. If you ask Americans, I believe they'd answer Sunday. This may seem unimportant, but in the world of soccer — and especially the English Premier League — it means everything. Having grown up in the UK, my favorite day of […]

The heat is on Chelsea near the top of the table in the Premiership after Liverpool defeated West Ham United 2-1 at Upton Park thanks to a goal and an assist from Peter Crouch. Although Chelsea has one game in hand (versus Blackburn on Wednesday night), Liverpool are just two points behind the Blues and […]

By John Nicholson As unfashionable as it might be in these days of knee-jerk European anti-Americanism, the States are very dear to my heart. For me, as a country it still embodies much of what is desirable and noble about the human adventure, and no I don't mean the ability to eat 10,000 calories a […]

I don't know about you, but the past week has been pretty quiet on the football front. Maybe it's all of the anticipation about last minute transfer signings before the window closes, or no Premiership matches for a week. If you're like me and you crave good football articles, peruse through these fascinating pieces: Veteran […]

The following article is one in a series posted on the EPL Talk Blog recounting my recent trip to England in search of better understanding the difference between watching Premiership matches in person compared to watching them on television. For previous articles on Goodison Park, Anfield and Ewood Park, feel free to visit the archives […]

BBC Sport is reporting "Gooch" will join Newcastle on loan for the remainder of the season. the magpies have been injury plagued and this will give Onyewu a chance to become acclimated with the EPL rather quickly, before getting a long term deal from another club.

According to SportBusiness.com, Setanta Sports is considering bidding on the rights to the FA Cup and England internationals which will become available next month. The FA is hoping the TV rights will sell for approximately $800 million. Currently Sky Sports and the BBC share the rights package, but in addition to Setanta Sports, NTL, Channel […]

Only three days remain in the January transfer window, and so far — despite everyone's high expectations — it's been a very quiet month. The future increase in funds from TV revenue was expected to propel clubs to use the money now. However, there have been very few huge signings. Watch Sky Sports's "Through The […]

Last week, EPL Talk asked you, the listeners of the EPL Talk Podcast, to complete a survey so we can learn more about your listening habits and to determine how to improve the podcast. In EPL Talk's belief in full disclosure, here are the uncensored results: 83% of you ranked the EPL Talk Podcast better […]

I uncovered a new feature of the BBC Sport web site today that you'll definitely be interested in. It's an example of how technology is helping to improve the experience of following football matches online.You may be familiar with BBC's Virtual Replay feature where you can watch goals of the week in an animated form.But […]

While the race is on to see which two teams will be the first ones to play in the world-class Wembley stadium in the 2007 FA Cup Final, I'd like to take a minute and savor the Fourth Round of the FA Cup and more importantly performances from three fantastic players. If you haven't had […]