Saturday's match between Arsenal and Newcastle featured a glimpse of something you rarely see on television — someone drinking a pint of beer. It's ridiculous, really. Millions of football fans around the world drink beer either at home, the pub or from the refreshment kiosks when watching football, but it's against the law in England […]

Some of the biggest storylines from the opening two weeks of the new Premier League season have been the surprising displays by Hull, Stoke, Middlesbrough and Newcastle. All four teams are playing today in matches that will show whether their results from the first two weeks were a flash in the pan or not. Here […]

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 […]

Gameweek two of the Premier League features several intriguing match-ups. Liverpool faces their bogey team Middlesbrough. Tottenham is looking for their first points of the season at home against Sunderland, which is quickly being transformed into a contender. Everton faces more doom and gloom if they lose at the Hawthorns against West Brom, and Arsenal […]

The most impressive side I watched, by far, on Saturday was Middlesbrough. The link-up play between Tuncay, Alves, Downing, Aliadiere and, later, Mido was sensational. Wheater was also impressive. At times, it was like watching Brazil with all of the backheels and blistering attacks. Seriously. While Spurs controlled a lot of the possession in this […]

The opening day of the new 2008/2009 Premier League season is over, and there was plenty of entertainment in store. We'll share our opinions of what we saw on the pitch over the next few days. But first, for viewers in the United States, I want to share my thoughts on the coverage from Setanta […]

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 […]

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 […]

Football shirts, we all love them. So, for the widest online selection of football shirts for Premier League teams, visit the EPL Talk Shop. We have soccer shirts for all 20 Premiership teams from Arsenal to Wigan Athletic and every team in-between. The official replica football shirts for the Premier League teams are available from […]

In our continuing analysis of Premier League matches on TV, here are the teams that will be shown most frequently on Setanta Sports for the first few months of the 2008/2009 season, as of press time Liverpool, 7 times Everton, 7 Chelsea, 6 West Ham, 6 Aston Villa, 5 Blackburn, 5 Bolton, 5 Fulham, 5 […]

In our continuing analysis of Premier League matches on TV, here are the teams that will be shown most frequently on Fox Soccer Channel for the first few months of the 2008/2009 season, as of press time: Arsenal, 6 times Liverpool, 4 Man City, 4 Newcastle, 4 Spurs, 4 Aston Villa, 3 Blackburn, 3 Chelsea, […]

For soccer fans in the United States, it's the $179.88 question. That's the cost* for the next 12 months for hundreds of live football matches on Setanta Sports. But in these tough economic times, should you splash the cash? And, if not, what Premier League matches featuring your favorite club will you miss? EPL Talk […]

While your Premier League brethren in the United Kingdom have to wait more than two months before they'll be able to see all 20 clubs playing entire matches on television, viewers in the United States will only have to wait one week thanks to coverage from Setanta Sports and Fox Soccer Channel. In fact, you'll […]

Sky Sports and Setanta Sports recently unveiled their TV schedule for the 2008/2009 season. But out of the 53 Premier League matches currently scheduled through 1st December, which clubs will be shown most often on television? And what clubs will you have to wait two months to see on telly? Some of these findings may […]