The voice of football commentator Gary Taphouse will be very familiar if you watch a lot of Premier League football matches on TV. His unmistakable voice has graced plenty of EPL commentaries as well as World Cup qualifiers, Chelsea radio and much more. If you're interested in what a life is like for a football […]

Everton has become only the second club in the Premier League to feature a webcam showing live pictures from its stadium. The other club is Chelsea who have had webcams pointing at their ground for at least a few years. Everton's Goodison Park, one of the most historic stadiums left in the Premier League, has […]

The last two times Chelsea played Manchester United, nothing much happened. Other than one of the most exciting finales in Champions League history and a Premier League firestarter at Stamford Bridge that included a fight between the groundsman and Patrice Evra, and a penalty four minutes from time to win it for Chelsea 2-1. The […]

For so long this past summer it seemed that Sir Alex Ferguson was not going to capture the top striker that he craved so much, but on transfer deadline day Dimitar Berbatov finally arrived from Tottenham and the Scotsman could breathe a huge sigh of relief. An attack of Cristiano Ronaldo, Carlos Tevez and Wayne […]

Who will win the Battle Of The Bridge this Sunday? ( polls)

The group stage of the Champions League begins today with several intriguing matches as well as the return of Chelsea and Liverpool to continental football. Be sure to set your DVRs for the following matches on TV today in the United States (all times eastern). Bordeaux vs. Chelsea: 2:30pm ESPN2/ESPN360.com Sporting Lisbon vs. Barcelona: 2:30pm- […]

In less than three weeks, my wife and I have a new arrival planned for our household: our first baby boy. So while my wife was enjoying her baby shower yesterday, I ended up watching our three other children. Needless to say, I didn't get a chance to watch as much live football as I […]

Follow Manchester City against Chelsea live and online today via the EPL Talk Chat featuring football fans discussing the match from around the world. Kick off time is 12:30pm ET/5:30pm BST. The match will be the first since the Abu Dhabi United Group rocked the world on transfer deadline day by announcing that they were […]

Sky Sports News is reporting that Gianfranco Zola has agreed a deal to be the new West Ham United manager. According to the news channel, the Chelsea legend has agreed a three year contract at the Hammers. Zola will be flying into London tomorrow to sign the contract. West Ham United hope to unveil Zola […]

Manchester City looks set to break their home attendance record this Saturday when they play Chelsea in front of a sold out crowd at the City of Manchester Stadium. The previous highest attendance at Eastlands was 47,321 on December 30, 2007 for City's match against Liverpool. The stadium's capacity for football is 47,726. The match […]

The group stage kicks off in about two weeks so until then I will be doing previews of the group stage in alphabetical order. I wanted to wait until after the transfer window had closed so that I would be able to judge the rosters fairly. There were some last minute moves that could have […]

After a relatively internet free long weekend I return to see three new pages of posts on this blog. As I catch up on the news about the flurry of buying activity on the last day of transfer markets I am perplexed to see there is not one article I can write about transfers. So […]

With all of the activity in the Premier League transfer window yesterday, the excitement is already building for the next round of Premiership games. After the international break, there are two massive games we have to look forward to on September 13: Liverpool against Manchester United (7:45am ET/12:45pm UK) and Manchester City v Chelsea (12:30pm […]

When Roman Abramovich bought Chelsea in 2003 and splashed £600 million to-date on the football club, few would have expected that a rival billionaire would outspend Chelsea's owner. And even fewer would have predicted that the club would have been Manchester City. But Manchester City has done it by being taken over by the investment […]

What is known about the Abu Dhabi United Group, the new owners of Manchester City Football Club? Abu Dhabi United Group for Development and Investment (ADUG) is the investment arm of the Abu Dhabi royal family. ADUG is expected to be represented on the new board by Dr Sulaiman Al Fahim (pictured below), the chief […]