In the second part of my interview with John Nicholson, we continue discussion his new book, We Ate All The Pies: How Football Swallowed Britain Whole. The first part can be found here or through the EPL Talk Podcast on iTunes

MLS Talk photographer Christian Doellner was at the Chicago Fire versus L.A. Galaxy game last weekend to capture pictures to share with you, the readers. Front and center for many of the photographs were US veteran players Landon Donovan and Brian McBride. A late goal from both sides meant that the final score was 1-1. […]

Soccer fans in the United States who are looking forward to watching Premier League matches on television and online this weekend will want to refer to the following schedule to make sure they don't miss any of the action. Reason being is that there have been several changes regarding which games will be shown on […]

During Germany's European Championship qualifying match against Azerbaijan, towering defender Per Mertesacker received an accidental elbow to the face after challenging for a ball with an Azerbaijani attacker. While at first the knock looked minor, it has been confirmed that Mertesacker will miss up to six weeks of action due to his injury. It was […]

While the topic of Ryan Shawcross and Arsenal has seemingly polarized many of the readers of this site, I wanted to focus on something thankfully more uplifting: The return of Premier League football, which kicks off again this weekend. First things first, I wanted to poll you, the readers, to find out which games you're […]

In the world of soccer, teams are like George Orwell's Animal Farm. They're all created equal, but some are more equal than others. At least in the eyes of football supporters. Many of these fans, whether they try to or not, find themselves believing in their team, their players and their manager so much so […]

John Nicholson is a regular contributor to EPLTalk.com, though he is best known for his work at Football365.com. Today, John rejoins the show for the first of a two-part discussion, talking about his new book, We Ate All The Pies: How Football Swallowed Britain Whole. The second part of the discussion will be released tomorrow […]

Joachim Loew's Germany side never had to get out of second gear against a very physical but very poor Azerbaijan team. Goals from Heiko Westermann, Lukas Podolski, Holger Badstuber, a double from Miroslav Klose and an own-goal from Rashad Sadygov capped a very easy performance for Die Mannschaft. Azerbaijan grabbed a consolation through Vagif Dzhavadov, […]

After grabbing a pivotal three points in Belgium on the weekend, Germany host Azerbaijan today in what should be a one-sided goal-fest. While Joachim Loew has called for focus in his pre-match press conference, Germany's attacking stars should fully take advantage of an Azerbaijani side who are ranked 106th by FIFA. While the Azerbaijani side […]

In the run up to the weekend, I wrote about the Non-League Football Day campaign that was launched to try and use the international break to encourage Premiership and Championship football fans to use their free weekend to support their local non-league sides. This was a fantastic idea and an opportunity to plug the finances […]

Whilst England fans around the globe take the first tentative steps back towards trusting their national team, my eye was caught not by yet more allegations of poor behaviour from within the England squad but by comments from a diminutive Russian. Andrei Arshavin has said that after a year and a half in the Premier […]

Los Angeles struggled for a point against the 10-man Fire while Columbus, Real Salt Lake and Dallas continued their pushes to the top of the league. On this edition of the Major League Soccer Talk podcast, myself and Christopher Riordan look back on the weekend that was while addressing Segares, Beckham, McBride and more. It's […]

Bayern Munich's forgotten man, Mario Gomez, was the subject of intense transfer rumours during the summer transfer window with a potential move to Liverpool being touted by the press. Unfortunately for Roy Hodgson's ailing Liverpool side, Bayern Munich rejected the offer on the last day of the transfer period and Gomez remained a Bayern Munich […]

The Labor Day weekend featured the Fire at Toyota Park on Saturday afternoon September 3, 2010 for a match up against Western Conference leaders LA Galaxy. In what was an excellent showcase for the “MLS 2.0” edition (post World Cup and new signings) the teams battled into extra time and drew one all. The result […]

I had just recently discussed with a few BundesligaTalk readers how interesting it would be to see Toni Kroos, Mesut Ozil and Marko Marin fill the attacking midfield positions for the German national team. Obviously, we weren't the only ones who believed Kroos could be playing in that left attacking midfield spot for Germany in […]