The heat is on Chelsea near the top of the table in the Premiership after Liverpool defeated West Ham United 2-1 at Upton Park thanks to a goal and an assist from Peter Crouch. Although Chelsea has one game in hand (versus Blackburn on Wednesday night), Liverpool are just two points behind the Blues and […]

By John Nicholson As unfashionable as it might be in these days of knee-jerk European anti-Americanism, the States are very dear to my heart. For me, as a country it still embodies much of what is desirable and noble about the human adventure, and no I don't mean the ability to eat 10,000 calories a […]

I don't know about you, but the past week has been pretty quiet on the football front. Maybe it's all of the anticipation about last minute transfer signings before the window closes, or no Premiership matches for a week. If you're like me and you crave good football articles, peruse through these fascinating pieces: Veteran […]

The following article is one in a series posted on the EPL Talk Blog recounting my recent trip to England in search of better understanding the difference between watching Premiership matches in person compared to watching them on television. For previous articles on Goodison Park, Anfield and Ewood Park, feel free to visit the archives […]

BBC Sport is reporting "Gooch" will join Newcastle on loan for the remainder of the season. the magpies have been injury plagued and this will give Onyewu a chance to become acclimated with the EPL rather quickly, before getting a long term deal from another club.

According to SportBusiness.com, Setanta Sports is considering bidding on the rights to the FA Cup and England internationals which will become available next month. The FA is hoping the TV rights will sell for approximately $800 million. Currently Sky Sports and the BBC share the rights package, but in addition to Setanta Sports, NTL, Channel […]

Only three days remain in the January transfer window, and so far — despite everyone's high expectations — it's been a very quiet month. The future increase in funds from TV revenue was expected to propel clubs to use the money now. However, there have been very few huge signings. Watch Sky Sports's "Through The […]

Last week, EPL Talk asked you, the listeners of the EPL Talk Podcast, to complete a survey so we can learn more about your listening habits and to determine how to improve the podcast. In EPL Talk's belief in full disclosure, here are the uncensored results: 83% of you ranked the EPL Talk Podcast better […]

I uncovered a new feature of the BBC Sport web site today that you'll definitely be interested in. It's an example of how technology is helping to improve the experience of following football matches online.You may be familiar with BBC's Virtual Replay feature where you can watch goals of the week in an animated form.But […]

While the race is on to see which two teams will be the first ones to play in the world-class Wembley stadium in the 2007 FA Cup Final, I'd like to take a minute and savor the Fourth Round of the FA Cup and more importantly performances from three fantastic players. If you haven't had […]

I had the fortune of watching the FA Cup tie between Manchester United against Portsmouth yesterday, not on pay-per-view but on BBC1. While the match was very entertaining, especially the first half, with United's attack after attack descending on Portsmouth's goal, I walked away from the match with a few interesting observations.It isn't that often […]

By John NicholsonWe don't know always realise what power we have as consumers. Collectively we could bring massive institutions down with a few days. It just takes concerted action. For example, Google makes a fortune from its AdWords programme. You know how it works; Google gets money every time you click on an adword. And […]

Earlier this week, The Independent newspaper in England announced that the Premiership has grown so much in popularity that it now has 160 million viewers in 202 countries. Just for the Arsenal against Man United match, the UK TV audience was up to 6 million people.While the game is growing in popularity in the States, […]

Sunday's win by Arsenal over Manchester United was the best thing that could have happened to the Premiership. You can hear it in the podosphere and read it in the blogs and message forums. People are actually getting really excited about the Premier League all of a sudden.While there have been several highlights during the […]

In another example of excellent investigative journalism from The Times newspaper, their chief sports reporter Owen Slot recently wrote a series of articles about the state of the football academy system in England. While some of may not care about academies, the ramifications of the current state of them will have a profound impact on […]