By John Nicholson A couple of years ago I wrote a column for football365 saying that it was time for a European Super League. It wasn't widely welcomed then. But I think that's changed now. To recap the concept; the top four of the Premiership go into the European Super league. At the end of […]

The Guardian reporter Lestyn George has written an interesting article about Setanta Sports from a business perspective. Among the several interesting facts in the story is witnessing a conversation with a Sky Sports presenter (see Sky Sports Anticipating Exodus of Commentators to Setanta?), how many former Sky employees work at the Irish broadcaster, and what […]

This article can also be found at the EPL Talk Community @ http://epltalk.communityserver.comAfter a few days of pondering why exactly Freddy Adu, the great American hope was dealt from the marquee US domestic club DC United to expansion Real Salt Lake, I have come to the conclusion that it makes no sense whatsoever. But then […]

For those of you who read this blog regularly and listen to the EPL Talk Podcast, you'll know that I'm enamored with football grounds. So, thanks to a tip from the Tokyo Toffeeman, he pointed me to an article on the BBC Sport blog entitled "Do you care where your team plays?" BBC's Football Focus […]

One of American Soccer's great pioneers passed away yesterday at 74. Hunt was best known for his work in American Football as owner of the Kansas City Chiefs and one of the founders of the Super Bowl. But Hunt was probably the first big American business man to become interested in Soccer. Hunt owned the […]

I had a really interesting conversation tonight with Ronaldo from the 101greatgoals.com web site. I interviewed him for the next EPL Talk Podcast, which you will hear this Sunday as part of a special holiday edition. Other interview guests on the show will include Graham Bell from The 2 G's, Phil McThomas from Soccer Shout, […]

Who for you are the top 10 most boring sides in the Premiership this season? The competition for the top 10 spots is tougher now than in quite some time. Here are my top 10 most boring sides: 1. Manchester City 2. Watford 3. Charlton Athletic 4. Fulham 5. Middlesbrough 6. Blackburn Rovers 7. West […]

The latest episode of the EPL Talk Podcast is now available, which features an exclusive interview with Reading and U.S. goalkeeper Marcus Hahnemann. Hahnemann is arguably the top U.S. keeper in the world right now with Friedel faltering a little behind a weakened defence at Blackburn, and Kasey Keller (Borussia Monchengladbach) and Tim Howard (Everton) […]

By John Nicholson It's a given in football that you don't sell your best player. To sell your best player usually indicates that the club is going down the toilet, is desperate for cash or the player concerned has been caught with some swollen part of his anatomy in the managers daughters 'downstairs bits'. Selling […]

Fox Soccer Channel may have lost TV rights to a portion of their Premiership matches and the entire Bundesliga this season, but the network came out strong by announcing today it has won the rights to show the final rounds of the UEFA Cup. FSC will show six quarterfinal matches, four semifinal matches and the […]

ITVN today announced it has dropped its Setanta On Demand service because Setanta doesn't currently have rights to broadcast the programming on an 'on demand' basis. "We are hoping to offer a video on demand service in the new season," said Fabian Citraro, VP of Sales at ITVN. The live Setanta programming is available as […]

After this past weekend's goalfest in the EPL, Alan Pardew is suffering from a hangover as he was sacked by West Ham United this morning. Thinking back to Saturday's four matches that were shown live on Setanta and Fox Soccer Channel, we witnessed an incredible amount of goals but they were all against relegation candidates: […]

In the five Premiership matches shown on live TV in the U.S. on Saturday, an incredible 20 goals were scored — averaging four goals per match. Who said the EPL was boring? Of course, the Chelsea versus Arsenal match was a classic. While Essien's goal was spectacular, don't underestimate Flamini's goal. If you watch the […]

Instead of being released yesterday (Sunday), Episode 44 of the EPL Talk Podcast will be delayed and scheduled for release either Tuesday or Wednesday of this week. I plan on publishing a joint episode. The lead interview will be with Reading And U.S. goalkeeper Marcus Hahnemann. The second interview will be with Manchester United fan […]

The American sports landscape is crowded and I find myself often split in my attention between College Football, College Basketball, Golf, NFL Tennis, the NBA, etc. I watch or try to keep track of everything except for Ice Hockey which I will freely admit I hate. Soccer is the world’s game. Very few people would […]