Mario had a nice day today scoring three goals for his club. Two came from the penalty spot where he made Friedel look silly. Here's the links: Worst XI [Soccerlens] Fantasy tips [Roto Experts] Life of a footballer [Sabotage Times] Robinho talks with Kaka [Dirty Tackle] Everton vs. West Ham [Hammered] Fantasy preview [N.C.N.B.] Arsenal […]

Toronto FC is the type of club that MLS would love to be successful. They have a loyal and dedicated fan base, Toronto is a growing soccer market that hosted the 2008 All Star Game, and the team has a good core of players almost made a playoff run last year. Despite all this, the […]

Will Manchester City top the table for a moment (however briefly)? Will Chelsea be knocked out of the top 4 for a day (at least)? Will Blackpool actually play a match? Join me for a live blog for the seven matches today, which include: Manchester City v Aston Villa Tottenham Hotspur v Newcastle Utd Stoke […]

You may be wondering what the above picture represents. Well, it's the entire 90 minutes plus stoppage time of yesterday's match between Arsenal and Chelsea. It's a "dataclock," which is a data representation of the two teams where it measures key moments in the game, passes, shots, fouls and more. To get the full experience […]

You had to rub your eyes to believe it. The current Premier League champions, Chelsea, losing three-nil against the team, Arsenal, who had finished last season in third place. It was a role reversal of immense proportions. Chelsea played like Arsenal of last season, committing silly defensive errors while Arsenal played like Chelsea of last […]

An important London derby took place on Monday, with Chelsea visiting Emirates Stadium to face Arsenal. The Gunners looked the sharper squad this day, and a big second half breakout sent them to a 3-1 victory against the struggling champions. The home squad started in a 4-2-3-1 formation, manager Arsene Wenger’s tried-and-true. A trio of […]

Merry Christmas and happy holidays everyone! While the United States paused work to celebrate the holidays, MLS was busy receiving come hither glances from foreign soccer stars who, seeing Thierry Henry and Beckham's success in the U.S., have decided that coming to American to finish their career would be most beneficial. The most recent, and […]

Here's some of the top managers in their recent press conferences. Here's the links: Monday gossip [Sinnacle] Arsenal vs. Chelsea preview [Two Footed Tackle] Retro Mick McCarthey [Tikabooson] Rafa snowman [Studs Up] Van der Vaart is perfect [Phil Mcnulty] Everton brace for Cahill absence [Soccerway] Weather strikes again [Sky News] What the papers say [Soccer […]

India has in recent years become an important market for the development of the Premier League as the world's most popular team sports competition. The growth of the league has been remarkable throughout Asia and here in South India it is aided by knowledge of the English language and a certain amount of Anglophilia and […]

One of the best segments of the Sky Sports weekly TV show, Soccer AM, is their Showboat section where they feature some silky skills from footballers around the world. The above video features the best of 2010 and, as you'll see, there are some absolutely scintillating skills on display. I'll let the video do the […]

As the final whistle blew at Old Trafford Sunday to seal a Manchester United 2-0 defeat of Sunderland, the focus of the title race immediately turned south to London as Arsenal and Chelsea prepare to clash at the Emirates. United now sit top of the league with 37 points having played only 17 matches, that […]

The top of the table reads "Manchester, Manchester" after Boxing Day weekend, with Manchester United maintaining their place atop the table, another awakening from Carlos Tévez guiding City to three points. On this edition of the EPL Talk podcast, myself, Laurence McKenna and Christopher Harris talk about Sunday's seven matches and happenings, from Dimitar Berbatov's […]

Aston Villa's Robert Pires and Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp got into a face off Sunday during the match at Villa Park. Redknapp was incensed after Jermaine Jenas had a chance to break away down the left wing but Pires stopped him in his tracks by falling down which resulted in Jenas falling over. Both men […]

In what proved to be a highly entertaining Boxing Day encounter, Manchester City saw off a resilient Newcastle side after a goal from Gareth Barry and Carlos Tevez inside the opening five minutes of play. Newcastle will surely feel hard-done by after dominating the remaining eighty-five minutes of play, far outnumbering their ridiculously-paid counterparts in […]

As seems standard at the moment today’s schedule was blighted by postponements however seven games did take place providing the usual thrills and spills of the league. This now means that some clubs have reached the magical halfway point in their seasons, whereas Nottingham Forest and Scunthorpe are still three games from that milestone as […]