It's been a challenging weekend for some Premiership teams the past couple of days, while other clubs breezed through their matches. The same is true for the EPL Talk Fantasy Football League. Here are the top 5 standings as of this morning: Rockfish United (David Griffith) 87 points Gratefullawyer (Wayne Novick) 83 points TN Beerdrinkers […]

Episode 21 of the EPL Talk Podcast was released today, featuring a slightly new format. First, we have an interview with Chris Knowles and Mark Hesketh from "A Game Of Two Halves" podcast. During the interview, the two lads living in Australia discuss several topics including the future of football podcasts, World Cup experiences, why […]

Well, we had to wait 104 days for it, but the start of the Premiership season has come and gone. Depending on how you experienced it, it may have felt more exhausting for you than some of the lads on the pitch. More than 12 hours of Premiership football in one day is history in […]

I'm glad I'm not a betting man. Otherwise, I would have lost some serious money today. Match by match, I expected Liverpool to cruise to victory against Sheffield United. I thought Arsenal would have convincingly defeated Villa. I expected Newcastle and Wigan to draw, and was convinced that Spurs would get an important away win […]

Premiership Countdown: 1 Day to Go. Wherever you are in the world, you're invited to experience the Premiership on the EPL Talk web site. Here are some of the features you'll be interested in: On the home page, the scores will be updated minute-by-minute. Clicking on the team names under 'Premiership Results' will bring up […]

It's been 104 days since the 2005/2006 Premiership season ended. In that time, we've consumed the World Cup, watched several friendlies and counted down the days until the August 19th kickoff. But the Premiership break is more newsworthy for the events that didn't happen: Where did all the Italians go? After the match-fixing scandal, the […]

The second issue of the EPL Talk Email Newsletter was sent this morning to subscribers. If you didn't receive a copy, be sure you subscribe today. If you've registered for other EPL Talk e-mails in the past, just enter your e-mail address to bring up your interest categories, and you can then select the weekly […]

Here is how I see the EPL Standing ending up. The season kicks off tomorrow and my team the Citizens of Man City debut Sunday versus two time reigning champ Chelsea. 1. Chelsea 2. Liverpool 3. Tottenham 4. Arsenal 5. Man United 6. Everton 7. Blackburn 8. Bolton 9. West Ham 10. Aston Villa 11. […]

If you've listened to previous episodes of the EPL Talk Podcast, you may remember that celebs such as Paul Oakenfold, Bobby McMahon and others have mentioned how we in the States get to see more Premiership matches here than in England. Well, here's the proof. For the first week of the Premiership, these are the […]

Premiership Countdown: 2 Days to Go. When the 2006/2007 Premiership season kicks off on Saturday morning, it'll be the first ball kicked since the previous season ended just 104 days earlier. After weighing up the teams pros and cons, and the other different influencing factors, here's my prediction of how the 2006/2007 table will finish. […]

Good news for Canadians who follow the Premiership. I just spoke with ITVN and they've announced that Setanta Sports will be available to Canadian residents via ITVN. ITVN is currently working on testing the Setanta Sports feed, and it may be live on ITVN as early as Friday evening for both US and Canadian customers.

I thought it'd be interesting to take a look at the number of English Premier League matches shown on TV in the US during the first week of this Premiership season and compare it to a similar week from last year. Here's what I discovered: 20% increase in number of EPL matches shown on Fox […]

Just send an e-mail today (Wednesday, August 16th) to buzz@epltalk.com and tell us what the craziest thing you've done in support of your Premiership club. The winning entry will receive an EPL Talk T-shirt and will have their story published in the next issue of the EPL Talk Email Newsletter, scheduled for release this Friday […]

Premiership Countdown: 3 Days to Go. Amazingly, fans who follow a Premiership club will be able to watch 8 out of the 10 matches this opening weekend in the United States on Fox Soccer Channel and Setanta Sports. Most of the matches will be live, except for a select few that are on a short […]

Premiership Countdown: 4 Days to Go. By Bruce Gottesman, EPL Talk correspondent One thing I noticed about Chelsea's squad: How many central players do they think they can put on the field at once? The key to their season to me is Cole on the left and Wright-Phillips on the right. I wouldn't be surprised […]