Die-hard Portsmouth supporters may be very familiar with the club's new third kit for the 2009/2010 season, but chances are the rest of us haven't seen pictures of it until now. Designed and manufactured by Canterbury, and sponsored by Jobsite, the new third kit is black with blue trim and blue horizontal pin-stripes. For the […]

It’s one of the worst situations in football business, when you have no more opportunities to resort to excuses, especially when you’re mainly responsible for the prosperity of your team. Hertha BSC-manager Lucien Favre lived through this said situation at the press conference after Hertha’s 1:5 loss against TSG 1899 Hoffenheim and the six straight […]

We knew coming into this U-20 World Cup that the US had a deep, talented squad filled with professional players. My hunch was that the US could perhaps contend to win the title under the right circumstances thanks to the numerous withdrawals of European club based players from other teams. But the opening match was […]

My distaste for Manchester City's business model has been well-documented on EPL Talk, but watching City host West Ham United yesterday, I am starting to begrudgingly accept it: City have arrived. Last season, poor away results and hit-or-miss form proved while City could spend on the top players, they couldn't will consistent chemistry into their […]

EPL Talk blogger Alex Caulfield recently returned from a trip to England last week where he went to two Carling Cup matches — Leeds versus Liverpool at Elland Road, and Manchester City versus Fulham at the City of Manchester Stadium. Both matches were entertaining for different reasons. Leeds deserved to be level at the end […]

In the latest episode of the EPL Talk Podcast, Kartik Krishnaiyer and Laurence McKenna go through all the action in the Barclays Premier League from the past week. Learn which EPL Talk.com posts generated the most attention and controversy in the last week, as well as: Brilliant Liverpool Did Pepe Reina's comments spur on Liverpool? […]

Ade Akinbiyi is the latest player from UK leagues to struggle in Major League Soccer. Released by Houston Dynamo after 14 appearances and no goals, he returns to English football with League Two club Notts County. The Magpies have hit the headlines in England due to their proposed takeover by rich Middle Eastern businessmen and […]

Wednesday night sees last years runners up Manchester United take centre stage, as they face Bundesliga champions Wolfsburg at Old Trafford. Both teams got off to a winning start in week one but with home advantage, it's United that will be under the most pressure to perform in week two. Wolfsburg have hit a good […]

The Champions League resumes this week with the fancied teams looking to extend their good starts and improve on their Champions League betting odds. All four English clubs won their first matches in the tournament, along with La Liga giants Real Madrid, while Barcelona and perennial dark horses Inter Milan shared the spoils in their […]

For all of the stick that ESPN gets for displaying their annoying ticker on the bottom of the screen during Premier League matches on ESPN2, I feel that Setanta Sports gets an easy ride for how they handle the situation, while Fox Soccer Channel is ignored. Let me explain. During the matches that Setanta Sports […]

If you have any burning questions about Football Manager 2010 that you've been dying to ask, please post them in the comments section below by midnight today and we'll ask the best questions during our interview tomorrow with Miles Jacobson, the original creator of Championship Manager and the company behind the successful Football Manager series. […]

Or the title I prefer: Fan Diary #9: The Goal Fest; Torres Leaves Me Speechless; Poor Defending, An Infant Scouse-American; Was It A Cross Or A Shot?; Niall's Wife; Meryl Streep; Has Ryan Babel Finally Embraced Being Super-Sub; And Are You Drunk Or Did You Forget Which Side Jozy Altidore Plays For? A tight match […]

There's a TV war in our midst and it's between La Liga and the Premier League as they both pursue the Asian market and try to become a leader on that continent. However, the war will have repercussions for football viewers around the world. Up until now, the battle between the Premier League and La […]

The last match day contained the most electrifying derby in the Bundesliga – the so called “Revier-Derby”. It’s the matchup between Schalke 04 and Borussia Dortmund. The repulsion between these two teams is so strong, that the fans even use synonyms, when they talk about the opposing team. Dortmund is called “Lüdenscheid-Nord” by the Schalke-supporters […]

There's a huge amount of buzz around the release of FIFA 10 this year partly because many video-gamers believe that the FIFA series has now surpassed the Pro Evolution Soccer game in terms of gameplay and graphics. However, we won't know that for sure until after the game is released in October. This Wednesday, EPL […]