Setanta Sports Shane O'Rourke joins host Kartik Krishnaiyer to discuss the status of the network in North America on the day Setanta UK went into administration and stopped broadcasting. O'Rourke also answers questions about Setanta-i, their new broadband product, as well as answering questions about the status of GAA and rugby on its channel. You […]

The English Football Association (FA) has released a statement regarding Setanta UK going into administration. "The FA will now consider options to find the best platform to broadcast those fixtures contracted to Setanta," said FA Chief Executive Ian Watmore. "These include England home friendly matches, FA Cup ties, England U21 games and the FA Community […]

Well, the start of the 2009 SuperLiga has jumpstarted the familiar conversations about it's quality, purpose, players' shares if an MLS club wins, among others. One major issue has been partially addressed, i.e.; schedule congestion with short rosters by way of the new qualification criteria that prevents the overload in the past by having teams […]

Setanta UK has gone into administration this morning after failing to make payments to the Premier League and losing the Premier League TV rights in the UK for the 2009-2013 seasons. The administrator Deloitte said that it would shortly cease broadcasting to customers in Great Britain but would continue to operate elsewhere. They said they […]

After the 2006 World Cup I launched a one-man campaign to change the name of American Football to All-American Pig-Pile. It was time this country embraced the sport's true name, I thought. I received many chuckles but few converts. One who went along with it was my friend George from Manchester, England. George is a […]

On English language websites yesterday the big news surrounding ESPN is about the network acquiring Setanta's package to air Premier League matches in the UK. But perhaps bigger news was made stateside as ESPN returned to showing regular European league football for the first time since losing La Liga rights in the early part of […]

Newcastle United yesterday unveiled their new away football kit for the 2009-10 Championship season. In what can only be described as a truly awful effort – arguably one of the worst football shirts of the 21st century – it is yet another example of how the club just seem to manage to get things so wrong. […]

With Setanta UK on the verge of going into administration after losing the TV rights to the Premier League through 2013 in the UK as well as losing the TV rights to the Scottish Premier League, the demise of Setanta UK looks certain. It may be days or hours before the plug is pulled. The […]

A new photograph of Manchester United's home football kit for the 2009-2010 season has been revealed. The picture is so dark, on purpose, that it's difficult to ascertain its features, but the shirt does appear to have the black V sign on the chest. The new Manchester United home kit will be revealed for all […]

Well, I didn't think it would happen, but thankfully it has. Sony Pictures has decided to bring The Damned United to U.S. movie screens. The adaptation of the controversial novel by author David Peace about the 44 day period that Brian Clough spent as manager of Leeds United will be released this Fall. September 25, […]

Jay DeMerit's story is well know to most US Soccer supporters. From the Chicago and the PDL to a pub league in England to the Premier League, DeMerit's grit and determination have transformed a player nobody wanted in MLS or the A-League (USL-1) into a regular USMNT call up. But now in the FIFA Confederations […]

Breaking news. ESPN has acquired all 46 live matches for the 2009-10 season on U.K. TV from the Premier League. The rights were previously held by Setanta Sports up until Friday, but when Setanta failed to pay the Premier League the money it owed them, the Premier League opened the bidding up to Sky, ESPN […]

In a major development for the soccer media industry, ESPN Gets LaLiga TV Rights In U.S. via sublicensed games. ESPN made a significant move today by announcing that GolTV sublicensed some of its U.S. TV rights of LaLiga coverage to ESPN. In March of this year, GolTV announced that it had renewed its rights to […]

Ray Wilkins seems a nice sort of bloke. He had a hugely successful career for club and country, and had spells playing abroad in France and Italy, away from the hustle and bustle of the English Leagues. He has since chiselled out a successful career as a coach at Chelsea. So he is not the […]

We've searched Twitter to find some of the top players in the Premier League who we recommend you follow on Twitter. After reviewing these, you may think that some of them are fake accounts but we're pretty certain they're all real, or at least the vast majority are. Here are six famous Premier League footballers […]