Forget the 'big four', forget Man City, forget Phil Brown (or at least try to) because it's Portsmouth that have become the soap opera of the Premier League season. It may only be the start of October but Pompey have already been the subject of an on-off takeover bid, a huge exodus of star players, […]

Ever wonder what the old English First Division was like before it became the Premier League? Thanks to YouTube and a tip from reader Chris, we've uncovered the one-hour review show of the 1990-91 First Division season when Leeds United won the title. The video review (broken into six 10 minute segments) is incredible to […]

The United States has basically sewn up a World Cup berth. Political trouble in Honduras coupled with the complete collapse of Costa Rican football (outside the youth level) in the past few months has the US virtually assured passage from CONCACAF. But Bob Bradley still is not leaving anything to chance, calling an experienced squad […]

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Emmanuel Adebayor has been handed a £25,000 fine and a suspended 2-match ban today by the FA. The punishment relates to his excessive celebration following the goal he scored against Arsenal back on the 12th of September. For me, this represents yet another bungle from one of football's governing bodies, similar to the ban Eduardo […]

When I moved to the United States from Wales in 1984, the British Isles seemed like a world away. The only methods I had to stay on top of football news from back home were an unreliable shortwave radio, newspaper clippings mailed by friends and family members, an expensive subscription to football programmes for my […]

Cristiano Ronaldo played his part in Real Madrid’s 3-0 win over Marseille in the Champions league last night scoring two of Real’s three goals. However the Portuguese international had to be taken off in the second half with an ankle knock that could see him miss Madrid’s match against high flying Sevilla on Sunday. Ronaldo […]

In the latest episode of the EPL Talk Podcast, ESPN UK's Rebecca Lowe sits down with host Kartik Krishnaiyer to discuss: Her background in Football Her time at the BBC The transition from Setanta to ESPN UK Working with James Richardson Interest in american sports in the UK Knowing Peter Crouch growing up Her support […]

It's that time again. Time to take notice and realize that the NHL and NBA seasons start way too soon. It could also be that they end in June, way too late. Either way, they are burning the public out. Their schedule is way too long. Tonight is the NHL's opening night and it feels like, […]

Daniel Feuerstein, Richard Farley of World Soccer Reader and Mad About Futbol, Ignacio Rodriguez of Traffic Sports and host Kartik Krishnaiyer break down the US U-20 team in its forst two World Cup matches. Among the issues discussed are: – The emergence of Tony Taylor– Brek Shea's dispointing first two games– Red Bull New York's […]

Are Premier League fans seeing the second coming of Louis Saha? The former first team Manchester United striker scored the only goal in a match carried by ESPN2 in the States in pristine HD this past Saturday- a match that produced just 1 goal, but some great saves from keepers on both sides. The Everton […]

After Liverpool comfortably dispatched Hull this past weekend, I went into the Fiorentina match with soaring expectations. I tucked all of Liverpool's defensive and central midfield problems under the carpet of Torres' hat trick adorned with Gerrard, Babel and Riera's collective fuel for the goal-momentum fire. Fiorentina (whom I knew little about) would be no […]

After two successive weeks of top of the table clashes and fiercely contested derby matches, last weekends fixtures had looked about as attractive as a day trip to a pencil museum (there's one in Keswick, believe it or not). A shock result at Wigan and 37 goals later and all of the sudden this Premier […]

The England team are currently busy training for their World Cup qualifiers over the coming weeks. EPL Talk and Umbro are giving one lucky EPL Talk reader (and a friend) the opportunity to go and watch the team train on Tuesday October 6, 2009. Access to the training ground is restricted to only a handful […]

There's more in common between Americans and Brits than you may think. While many Americans still sit down on a late weekend night to watch NBC's Saturday Night Live, the Brits have a similar tradition. But rather than laughing at comedians perform skits, they choose to guffaw at overpaid actors of a different variety — […]