The Associated Press is reporting that Cleveland Browns owner Randy Lerner is interested in purchasing EPL club Aston Villa for its asking price of over $105 million (U.S.). The 44-year old Lerner is another in a long line of current or former NFL owners that has invested in soccer. Unfortunately, not since Lamar Hunt and […]

Late breaking news: ESPN2 will be televising the Columbus Crew against Everton friendly on Wednesday, July 26 at 7pm ET. The Crew, who hosted Fulham last year in a similar friendly, will play against David Moyes's side who just lost 1-0 to Celtic. New signing Andy Johnson, although impressive, has yet to find the back […]

John Harkes has been named an assistant to Head Coach Bruce Arena with the New York MLS Franchise. Harkes recently served as a color commentator for ABC and ESPN during Germany 2006.

In today's transfer news, it looks like Hernan Crespo wants to return to Italy while Bayern Munich are inching closer to signing Ruud Van Nistelrooy. The question it leaves in my mind is this: Who are the strikers that'll be banging in the goals this upcoming season? At Liverpool, the team has Craig Bellamy, Robbie […]

The Times newspaper today published an exhaustive and fascinating discovery of who is the greatest football team of all time in England. The statisticians at the newspaper calculated every game played since the 1888-1889 season all of the way up to the end of last season — some 80,000 games in total. To read how […]

The interview with Kevin Toms, the legendary creator of soccer games for the computer is now available on the EPL Talk Podcast. Some important notes: The FootyMax website, which is definitely worthwhile visiting to take part in the two week free trial, is at http://www.footymax.com If you're interested in checking out what Football Manager […]

The Observer newspaper from England has done a fantastic job at looking at the 20 Premiership sides and reporting on the latest transfer speculation (as well as listing their upcoming friendlies). Among some of the highlights of the article: West Ham are very interested in signing Ghana international John Painstill; a great quote from Bolton's […]

American International attacker Conor Casey is injured again and will have arthroscopic knee surgery remove scar tissue from his knee. Casey was being touted as a potential starter for Mainz 05 but now will miss the start of the Bundesliga campaign.

Tomorrow's EPL Talk Podcast will feature an interview with Kevin Toms, the world's most famous soccer computer game creator. Some of you may recognize his name. Others may scratch your head in puzzlement. But Toms was a legend in the computer industry when he launched the very first and incredibly successful football management simulation game […]

Although I don't fancy Fulham's chances this upcoming season, I have a lot of respect for manager Chris Coleman and what he's trying to do at the west London club. After all, who couldn't a club with such a historic building nestled in the corner of the ground (pictured right)? In today's Guardian newspaper, […]

Do you ever dream you could be at a stadium in the Premier League, to soak in the atmosphere and watch what happens inside and outside of the hallowed ground? Although it's not as good as experiencing it in person, here are links to live webcams that show images of Chelsea's Stamford Bridge (camera one […]

The next EPL Talk Podcast, scheduled to be released this Sunday night, will feature an interview with the world's most famous creator of soccer computer games. I'll reveal who the mystery man is this Saturday, but suffice to say, it'll be an interesting interview to catch up on what his new soccer game is, to […]

We're just over a month from the start of the Premiership season, and right now all 20 EPL teams have unveiled their home shirts for the 2006/2007 season. Chelsea unveiled theirs today ($64), while Arsenal (pictured right; $73) and Manchester United unveiled theirs last week ($64). What's interesting is that many of the clubs this […]

To help guide you through the crowded field of different fantasy football games available, here are the seven of the better ones. Many of them have started registration, and some of them are free. Fantasy Premier League (English Premier League) Fantasy Football (Daily Telegraph) Dream Team (The Sun) The Fantasy Game (The Times) Fantasy Chairman […]

Bob Gansler who coached the USA in the 1990 World Cup and also led the Kansas City Wizards to the 2000 MLS Cup title just a season after being the league's second worst team has been fired and replaced by former player Brian Bliss. Gansler is one the best American coaches having qualified the US […]