When Aston Villa chief executive Paul Faulkner issued a club statement Sunday afternoon announcing that the Midlands side had identified the two most important traits in the search for a new manager, US coach Bob Bradley was effectively ruled out of the running. The first trait was they wanted candidates with experience managing in the […]

UEFA President Michel Platini has today announced that UEFA, the European football governing body, will pass a law that states that clubs cannot spend more money than they make, and that the 'sugar daddy' owners who have become so infamous in football, cannot inject massive amounts of cash into their clubs to provide for excessive […]

The kid is back. Throughout last season, Liverpool supporters groaned as Fernando Torres fell again and again into the arms of Ol' Mistress Injury. We groaned throughout the summer's World Cup as he looked far from his best and couldn't find a single goal (although we also groaned when Pedro ignored a wide open Torres to take […]

It's often a question that football fans can never really answer, but why do certain players seem quite happy to sit on the bench? More often than not players are always wanting to play, so transfers to clubs where the opportunities are limited always confuses the fans. For example, one particular player is currently trying […]

Ex-Rangers and Chicago Fire winger DaMarcus Beasley has today completed a transfer to the Bundesliga with Hannover 96. While Beasley is seen as something of a journeyman, having played for six different clubs in an eleven year career, he will be looking to cement his place in Hannover's starting line-up and force his way back […]

French center-half Mikael Silvestre has today signed a two-year deal with Bremen after being released by English giants Arsenal this summer. Silvestre's experience could prove vital should Werder Bremen experience an injury crisis as the season goes on. While he is not at the level he once was, he will be helpful back-up to starting […]

Capello Names England Squad Ahead Of Euro Qualifiers Jermain Defoe was the surprise inclusion of the England squad ahead of the Three Lion's first Euro 2012 qualifiers against Bulgaria and Switzerland. The striker was supposed to have groin surgery after Tottenham's resounding victory over Young Boys booked their place in the Champions League group stages […]

Harry Redknapp reacted angrily to a Sky Sports reporter this weekend who called him a "wheeler dealer." Redknapp snapped at the reporter and told him to f*** off. Watch the above video to see the interview. Redknapp looks obviously rattled when the reporter mentioned the "wheeler dealer" point, but Redknapp seemed more incensed by the […]

As a lead-in for this ongoing series, I am new to the English Premier League. Well, I’ve known about the Premier League since my college years. Sophomore year, I roomed with a guy who was a sanctioned FIFA referee for youth leagues. He told me about this new league, The Premier League, and it was […]

Guests: Blake Compton Returns To Discuss Officiating Debacle of CONCACAF Champions League Group Match Between Santos Laguna & Columbus Crew More discussion of officiating problems in CONCACAF Champions League Andrew Bucholtz: Vancouver Soccer Blogger Discusses MLS in 2011 Mike Buytus: Charleston Battery Supporter discusses USL-2nd Championship & New D2 Standards Re-Capping Red Bulls Victory Against San […]

Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester City losses were our first hint that the league's Big Three may been on their own for another season. On this edition of the EPL Talk podcast, I'm joined by the regular co-hosts – Kartik Krishnaiyer and Laurence McKenna – to talk about the league's third weekend of action as well […]

Today's matches saw Michael Ballack's Leverkusen side take on Michael Bradley's Borussia Monchengladbach side, as well as a Sami Khedira-less Stuttgart against a prolific Borussia Dortmund team. Saturday's goal-fest has spilled over onto Sunday, and has made for some very entertaining football. Bayer Leverkusen hosted Borussia Monchengladbach with the renewed hope and expectation given to […]

The EPL Talk Podcast's review of the Premier League's third weekend will record at 10 p.m. England-time (5 p.m. Eastern, 2p.m. Pacific). Losses by Spurs and Manchester City will be high on the agenda, as will our Match of the Week: Aston Villa and Everton. We'll talk every match, every news item, but there's one […]

It's another Sunday of Premier League football, so feel free to post your observations, questions or opinions about the games in the comments section below. Unusually for the Premier League, there are several games overlapping each other today from the early kick-off between Bolton Wanderers and Birmingham City, followed by Liverpool versus West Bromwich Albion […]

This was going to be a big test for the New York Red Bulls as they were coming off a 4-1 thrashing on the road against Toronto FC. Their next match at home was against the San Jose Earthquakes who were coming off back to back one goal victories at Buck Shaw Stadium against the […]