It's incredible to consider how soccer video games have evolved from the early 1980s to the latest versions of FIFA and Pro Evolution Soccer. The realism of today's games blows everything away from the past, but it's important to consider where we came from to better appreciate today. Even if the graphics of old games […]

Wayne Rooney has signed a five year contract extension with Manchester United, the club announced this morning. The news comes as a surprise since many believed, myself included, that the striker would join Manchester City or another rival club. It'll be interesting to hear what convinced Rooney to sign an extension since on Wednesday his […]

It's our weekly trip down memory lane with the series of Friday Flashback Videos, released every Friday on EPL Talk. Today we look at the 1970-71 season in English football thanks to a program called Match Of The 70s. The documentary takes you through the entire season with plenty of wonderful footage of greats such […]

Real Salt Lake was the story of mid-week, winning Group A of CONCACAF Champions League, becoming the first Major League Soccer Talk to finish atop a group. That and New York winning the Eastern Conference carry myself and co-host Christopher Riordan into our Major Season Soccer weekend, where the Supporter's Shield will be decided between […]

A mob of around 40 people descended on Wayne Rooney's mansion Thursday night and made death threats. The Daily Telegraph reported that United supporters were chanting "Join Man City and you die," while The Guardian reported that protesters unfurled a "If you join City, you're dead" banner. The protesters, who referred to themselves as 'Men […]

This is the final week of the group stages for the CONCACAF Champions League and as its self explanatory we are looking to see which sides will need their final games to advance into next year’s knockout stage, or who will earn a better position when the draw is held at the headquarters of CONCACAF. […]

Liverpool produced an improved display to gain a well earned 0-0 draw against Napoli. Reds boss Roy Hodgson opted to make a whole host of changes for the game, but his fringe players certainly impressed with notable performances from Jay Spearing and Jonjo Shelvey. While I don’t want to take anything away from the Liverpool […]

While Champions League is usually the topic of conversation on the mid-week podcasts, this week, we have more important issues to talk about. On this edition of the EPL Talk Podcast, myself, Kartik Krishnaiyer and Laurence McKenna discussion Wayne Rooney and Roy Hodgson before looking forward to the weekend's action.

Last week, the United States dropped out of contention to host the 2018 World Cup, deciding instead to concentrate its efforts on beating out Australia, Qatar, Japan and South Korea for 2022. This ensures that Europe will host in 2018 and emboldens England’s chances. Also vying for 2018 are Russia, a joint Belgium/Netherlands entry and an […]

After an astonishing performance in Milan, there surely can't be any doubt that the answer is a categorical yes. Who else is playing as well? Who else is having such a major impact? Who else has scored such a brilliant hat-trick on such a stage? Had such a magnificent, irresistible hat-trick being scored by someone […]

While the lot of the Internet waxes poetic on the Wayne Rooney saga from various corners of the globe, I've remained oddly quiet on a matter concerning the club I support and a player I've held in incredibly high regard for some time. Rooney's declaration of desire this past week hit me in that kind […]

Regarding Roy Hodgson and the job he's done at Liverpool thus far, let's get all of the criticisms out on the table. In the past few weeks, I've heard complaints that "small club" managers, such as Hodgson from Fulham, don't do well at "big clubs," Hodgson is hopeless tactically, he hasn't won any major trophies, the players he's signed […]

While AC Milan and Roma were both humiliated in their Champions League matches yesterday, Inter Milan put on a good show for any people who watched the European champions. Both sides were equal on points at the top of the group, but with Inter's win, the nerazzurri go top of Group A. Twente and Werder […]

On Thursday morning at 10am UK time, Manchester United chief executive David Gill will sit down with Sir Alex Ferguson and will discuss what they plan on doing with Wayne Rooney. Unless the striker has a change of heart at the last minute, which is extremely doubtful, Rooney will presumably either be sold in the […]

Tottenham went to the San Siro today, and were trounced. The scoreline may read 4-3, but Spurs were never in it, three highly difficult individual goals, and three very difficult finishes against a team that had obviously stopped caring gave the end result some respectability. (The British media will go on and on about how […]