1. Tevez- In fantasy football, you don’t have to deal with uncooperative players. That’s why it was difficult for managers like you and me to get our heads around Mancini’s Tevez dilemma. But we certainly understand goals. Goals. Tevez. Three at Carrow Road, which makes four last week in total. And Wolves coming up next Sunday… […]

One of the most inspiring stories in the 2011-12 Premier League season has been the incredible success of Norwich City in their return to the Premier League. Now, the Canaries are already planning for their 2012-13 season in the Premier League by releasing a video and photos of their 2012-13 season home kit. Not surprisingly, […]

FOX Sports Media Group announced today that it will show nine of the ten Premier League matches on the final day of the season across its family of networks. The unprecedented move by FOX means that for the first time in US television history, nine of the matches are being carried live simultaneously by one […]

On Tuesday, April 17th the New York Red Bulls held an autograph signing session at the Adidas store in New York City, on the corner of Houston St. & Broadway. The line stretched around the corner as fans of the team waited to have their Red Bulls gear signed. Still, you couldn't miss seeing the […]

England’s quest for the first major trophy since Bobby Moore lifted the World Cup in 1966 suffered a late blow as Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere was ruled out for rest of the season and the European Championship. "Wilshere will not go to the Euros, that's for sure,” said Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger following Arsenal’s disappointing […]

Before, during and after today's UEFA Champions League semi-final between Chelsea and Barcelona at Stamford Bridge, post your rants, raves, questions and commentary in the comments section below. While yesterday's match between Bayern Munich and Real Madrid was a mere dress rehearsal, today's match between the English and Spanish giants will be the one that […]

The Champions League has entered the twilight zone of football. Bayern Munich, who’s ground will host the final in May, are out to “wreck the dream final” and Chelsea are the underdogs—the filthy rich, billionaire fuelled vanity team of underdogs that spent fifty million on a whim, in order to secure Fernando Torres’s signature. Real […]

Today's much anticipated match between Chelsea and Barcelona is far more than a simple soccer game between twenty two people on the pitch at Stamford Bridge. It's much bigger than that. It represents England against Spain, the Premier League against La Liga, tiki-taka versus counter-attacking football, good versus evil, and right against wrong. This is […]

In the brief period since Andre Villas-Boas’s dismissal as Chelsea manager, there has already been an entertaining array of names floated in the press as potential replacements. First it was former Liverpool and Inter Milan boss Rafa Benitez. Then of course there are the two mega-managers du jour – Pep Guardiola and Jose Mourinho of […]

Earlier this week, the Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) announced the six players nominated for their Player of the Year award. There are some surprises and there are some no-brainers. But who deserves to wear the crown for the best player of the 2011-2012 season? Here are the six players, considering their chances: David Silva If […]

Saturday night, for all purposes was a success for the Seattle Sounders. Three points would have been ideal, but considering that they held D.C. United scoreless, a team that scored four goals the week before, they no doubt feel satisfied with the point. This was their first road game of the year, following a defeat […]

The weekend in Italy and perhaps world football has been overshadowed by the tragic news of Piermario Morosini's death during a Serie B match between Livorno and Pescara. The Livorno midfielder suffered a heart attack while playing against Pescara. This tragic incident should serve as a reminder to everyone, whether players, football fans or people […]

Ashley Young has been earning himself quite the reputation the past few weeks, but it’s a reputation that will ultimately come back to haunt both him and Manchester United in the future. There is a reason that he is allowed to get away with his Tom Daley impressions on the pitch and we all know […]

EPL Talk hit a new milestone today by logging 2 million downloads of its popular twice-weekly soccer podcast. Six years ago this month, the first episode of the EPL Talk Podcast launched featuring an interview with none other than Steven Cohen, then of World Soccer Daily. The show began as a weekly interview podcast featuring […]

In the six years that I've published EPL Talk, I've shared a lot of details about my life, mostly from a soccer perspective. But one thing that I haven't mentioned before, because it wasn't really relevant, was another six year chapter in my life that I spent from 1989 to 1995. I don't think any […]