It's Bank Holiday Monday in Britain today where those lucky Brits are at the seaside or relaxing while the rest of the world is working. Down near the coast, Portsmouth will be entertaining Manchester United at Fratton Park, which is usually a very tricky place for United to get all three points. After Pompey's thrashing […]

You may have missed an article by Oliver Kay in The Times this past weekend that featured a very revealing interview with Manchester City executive chairman Garry Cook regarding the future of the Premier League. The headline perfectly sums up Kay's article: "Vision Of A Breakaway League With No Relegation." Here are the revealing quotes […]

If Liverpool fans have dreams of winning the Premier League this season, they can kiss them goodbye. Today at Anfield, Liverpool escaped with a 2-1 win over Middlesbrough with a woeful performance that was rescued by an own goal and then an injury time goal by Steven Gerrard. This was a cruel blow to Middlesbrough […]

The first weekend of the Premier League is over, and what an entertaining weekend it was. Thirty two goals and an average of 3.2 goals per match, and a few surprise results. Who said the Premier League was boring?! Here are some of the highs and lows from this past weekend, as well as my […]

Today marks day two of the Premier League season and our first chance to see teams such as Manchester United and Chelsea in the new season. How will Scolari fair for Chelsea, can Man United shake off the injuries and start the season better than last season, is Manchester City crumbling, can Aston Villa win […]

It's amazing how things can sometime go full circle. It feels weird blogging back here again, but it's safe to say I'm back. For those who don't know me, I'm Johnathan Starling. Started out blogging on the old Community and it's even safer to say plenty has changed here since I started blogging and hosting […]

It's Friday, so if you're in the mood for I'd-rather-be-reading-than-working, here are several very revealing Premier League-related articles from around the world. Enjoy. "Credit Crunch Makes Premier League Clubs Feel The Squeeze" (The Telegraph). Read how the Credit Crunch, which started in the U.S., is having a major impact on Premier League clubs this summer. […]

Sport stars are entitled to earn a decent living, but the way that some of the top Premier League stars are splashing their cash is absolutely sickening. A good example is Steven Gerrard. The Liverpool captain is having a gymnasium added on to his home at a cost of $700,000. The gym will feature changing […]

Here are my predictions of how I think the Premier League will finish at the end of the 2008/2009 season. Manchester United will continue to excel, while I believe Spurs have the talent and determination to break into the top four knocking Liverpool into fifth place. Liverpool has done well to capture Robbie Keane, but […]

In the race for the Premier League title, a big factor of whether a team can succeed is not so much the talent on the pitch but rather off it. In a long season of 38 Premier League matches as well as the FA Cup, Carling Cup and, for some teams, the Champions League and […]

So, Manchester United has picked up another piece of silverware after beating Portsmouth 3-1 on penalties in the annual curtain raiser to the new season. The game, which ended 0-0 in regular time, was a bit of a sleeper at times with Man United controlling large portions of the match but unable to score. A […]

Imagine how many hundreds of thousands of words were wasted discussing the possibility of Cristiano Ronaldo moving from Man United to Real Madrid this summer. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if the word count went into the millions as the story was the biggest tease from June through August. While the episode appears to […]

This Sunday marks the traditional beginning of the top flight of English football when Portsmouth battles Manchester United in the Community Shield Final at Wembley Stadium in London. If you're like me, you're excited about seeing the return of English football after being without it since the end of May. But the biggest story in […]

This week, two Manchester United players made their debut for the club in quiet circumstances during a 2-0 friendly win against League One side Peterborough United. The match was noteworthy because of the debut for two of United's rising stars, Rafael and Fabio Da Silva. The two 18-year old Brazilian twins agreed to join Alex […]

Here are several interesting articles I came across during the past few days which may be of interest to many of you passionate fans: "Soccer's Billion-Dollar Players" — What Credit Crunch? The biggest soccer players and clubs are drowning in money, much of it borrowed (Time Magazine) "Premier League Plan To Take English Football To […]