Southampton against Manchester City was the showpiece game of the weekend, following the home side's superb start to the season. Mike Jones was the man in charge at St Mary's and had a strange first 45 minutes. The most bizarre decision was to punish Sergio Aguero for a dive, when it was clear that Jose […]

It's quite rare for Manchester United supporters to look as glum as they did on Sunday. Dimitar Berbatov missed several half chances. Antonio Valencia came close in the first half when his shot was saved by Paul Robinson. But, other than that, it was an uncharacteristic static performance from Manchester United during eight days that […]

Watching the Midlands derby on television Saturday between Aston Villa and Wolverhampton Wanderers, a smile crept on my face when I saw an elderly woman in the crowd celebrating after Aston Villa scored a goal. To see her beaming and jumping up and down was a natural and beautiful thing to see. It filled my […]

When you're wearing the shirt of your favorite soccer team in public, have you considered what nonverbal communications you're sending? Sure, the majority of the time, we're wearing a soccer shirt because it's the team we support, we like the design, it's comfortable, fashionable and sometimes it's one of the few pieces of clothing that […]

Unless your team was unfortunate enough to be struck by bad weather (particularly Barnsley), you may realise we are now at the halfway point of the Championship season. 23 games gone and all of sudden ambitions become a bit clearer for clubs. The championship can be one of the most exciting leagues in the world […]

No offense to the celebrities that we've interviewed over the past few years for EPL Talk, but sometimes the best stories are from the actual fans themselves, like yourself. If you're a regular reader to EPL Talk, you've read hundreds if not thousands of words from the fingertips of myself and the team of bloggers […]

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Swansea City Founded: 1912 Nickname: Swans Ground: Liberty Stadium (20,532) Last Season: 1st in League One 92 Points- Automatic Promotion to the CCC Welsh Cup Winners: 9 times FAW Premier Cup: 2005, 2006 FAW Welsh Youth Cup: 1999, 2003, 2008 English Third Division/ League One Winners: 2007 English FA Trophy Winners: 1994, 2006 Welsh Football […]

Growing up in Wales, many of my cold, wet winter nights were spent cowering under a lightbulb studying every word and every page of football programmes. I had my Swansea City programmes that I brought home from matches, but I was deeply indebted to Steve Earl Football Programmes for helping to grow my collection. Goodness […]