I was wondering who would be this year's U.S. Player of the Year. It certainly wasn't going to be Landon Donovan or Kasey Keller. Somehow, Keller finished the voting in 2nd place. Clint Demsey is deserving, maybe Arena should've played him some more.

If you're the type of football fan that loves the game and the stories that goes on within it, you'll undoubtedly enjoy these two articles. The Independent reports about an intriguing match-up this weekend against two fierce rivals who are steeped in history. But it's definitely not the clubs you'd expect to read about it. […]

Some interesting news of note: The Sun newspaper has the exclusive story and pictures of Chelsea dumping sand on their Stamford Bridge pitch 12 days before their important home leg against Barcelona in the Champions League. The move is bound to cause controversy and will add to the tense nature of the Barca-Chelsea matches of […]

While the football world has been quiet this week, EPL Talk has been "under the cosh" as the Brits would say (i.e. insanely busy). First, congratulations to Aaron Fennimore for being the lucky recipient of the World Soccer Shop T-shirt for correctly answering the question posed on the EPL Talk Podcast. Keep on reading this […]

The qualifying matches for Euro 2008 will continue this weekend. For many of us – whether we're European or not – it doesn't conjure up much excitement, but why? Growing up as a kid in Britain in the 70's and early 80's, I was accustomed to placing international teams as the pinnacle of the sport. […]

Blackburn Rovers 2 – 1 Wigan Athletic Brad Friedel played the first half for Rovers, but a groin injury forced him to sit out the second half. With the international break looming, Blackburn is hopeful that Friedel will not miss any additional time with the injury. West Ham United 0 – 1 Reading Jonathan Spector […]

During the EPL drought for the next 10 days, I thoroughly recommend you watch a new program to American airwaves entitled "Soccer Academy," which airs on GolTV. The program is a fascinating glimpse inside the real-world of a football academy and what the teenagers have to go through to realize their dream of playing professional […]

Unfortunately this was not a good weekend for referees in the Premiership. In the Bolton against Liverpool match, the free kick that led to Bolton's first goal should never have counted when Jose Pepe Reina came nowhere close to handling the ball outside of the penalty area while he was booting it upfield. How the […]

By Mark Fishburn, EPL Talk Correspondent (who was at Stamford Bridge yesterday and filed this report from London) I should have known when I was woken up at 5.30 am by the loudest clap of thunder, that the gods were in disharmony. Later this was evident on the field at Stamford Bridge. I’m not sure […]

After this Monday's Premiership weekend ends, we'll have no more Premiership matches for almost two weeks. During that time, we'll get to see several Euro 2008 qualifiers. The England matches are only available on pay-per-view through commercial establishments. Scotland versus France will be shown on Setanta (in addition to many other matches), while Fox Soccer […]

Many of you may not know who Phil McThomas and Tony Wildey are, but you should. They're the co-hosts of Soccer Shout, the daily podcast about British football. Each episode is 30 minutes, so it's the perfect listen on your weekday morning commute. The podcast sums up the latest news of the day, analyzes results […]

Our newest feature "Soccer Issue of the Week" will debut October 6th with a look at whether or not Major League Soccer is properly equipped to appeal to the growing number of soccer fans here in the USA. Any contributions, thoughts or input are as always welcome.

By Dan Horlock, EPL Talk Correspondent From Cordoba, Argentina The arrival of two World Cup stars to an English team renowned for work ethic and devoid of any big name players came as a huge surprise to the majority of football fans around the globe. Carlos Tevez and Javier Mascherano have had a little over […]

Let's take a step back for a minute regarding this Premiership season, and consider how many matches we've seen on TV that have been absolutely enthralling matches where both teams produced a fantastic competitive display. So the question is, what have been the most memorable matches so far this season? And have there been fewer […]

If you're playing EPL Talk's Champions League Fantasy Football, you'll be a happy man today if you have Didier Drogba on your team as captain. After his hat-trick for Chelsea against Levski Sofia, the Ivory Coast striker earned 28 points alone. The latest top five out of the 20 teams playing thus far is: 1 […]