Blatter: An English World Cup Would Be "Easy" FIFA officials arrived in England today to begin their four-day inspection of their 2018 World Cup bid. The 1966 hosts received a boost from FIFA President Sepp Blatter, who said, "The easiest way to organize the World Cup is to go to England. Everything is there – […]

After watching his forlorn West Ham United side lose 3-1 against Bolton Wanderers this weekend, manager Avram Grant slammed the fans who booed their penalty-missing striker Carlton Cole. Whilst not possessing the goal-getting attributes of Wayne Rooney or Darren Bent, Cole has been a valuable striker for the Hammers, with 20 goals in 57 league […]

The Week 21 numbers look like this... 5 year comparison Week 21 162 GP YTD Avg +/- GP Avg +/- Avg +/- GP 2006 14,771 9 15,093 15,424 137 2007 17,381 17.67% 9 16,134 6.90% 15,996 3.71% 138 2008 15,625 -10.11% 7 16,409 1.70% 17,149 7.21% 139 2009 23,667 […]

6-0, the new 1-0. Parity, maybe? Well, not really. Three Barclays Premier League matches ended 6-0 this weekend with one still left to come Monday night. As the parity debate rages on concerning the overall quality of Premier League teams 1-20, gameweek 2 went a long way in proving just how unequal the league currently […]

As the second weekend of Premier League football draws to a close the stories of the season start to take shape. Wigan are off to the worst start to a Premier League season ever with 2 home losses and 10 goals conceded without reply and Chelsea are off to one of the best, already 2 […]

Our Match of the Week was a letdown thanks to Newcastle United's revenge on Aston Villa, one of three 6-0 results in the second weekend of Premier League action. On this long edition of the EPL Talk Weekend Review Podcast, Laurence McKenna and myself talk about Chelsea's dominance, Manchester United's slip, and the rest of […]

You can't criticize the Premier League for one thing, and that's a lack of goals. The opening two weekends of the 2010-11 Premier League season have seen a cascade of goals flying into the back of the net. And it hasn't just been Chelsea and Arsenal getting in on the act. Even Blackpool and Newcastle […]

Sunday's Bundesliga matches saw Mainz host a Sami Khedira-less Stuttgart, and Bayer Leverkusen travel to Borussia Dortmund. Mainz, rather shockingly, dismissed Stuttgart by a scoreline of two goals to nil, which will not come as a welcome sign to the Stuttgart faithful who have failed to reinforce after losing both Aliaksandr Hleb and Sami Khedira […]

Chelsea weren't always the glamor club that they are today. In the late 70s and early 80s, they were the scourge of English football thanks to their hooligans who terrorized trains, city centres and stadiums around the country. They weren't the only troublemakers, but they were often the most feared. Searching through YouTube, I found […]

So William Gallas joins a very rare club indeed of players that have swapped Arsenal for Tottenham. I was stating the same to a friend the other day that I can't remember it happening in my lifetime as a Spurs fan, for me it's unique. I've seen it happen the other way twice, Pat Jennings […]

Hi. My name is Guy and I’m a Fantasy Premier League junkie. I haven’t looked at a form chart in 14 days (polite applause). How did it all start, my falling into the dementia of Fantasy Premier League? I was minding my own business….really. I had a subscription to ITVN (whoa….flashback!), which I had gotten […]

United States coach Bob Bradley was interviewed this weekend on BBC's Sportsweek radio program where he reconfirmed that he is still interested in the vacant Aston Villa manager position. No new news there except for the respect he has for the way that Aston Villa is managing the recruitment process in light of Kevin MacDonald […]

In 2005-2006, Napoli was looking to escape dire finances and Serie C1. In 2010-2011, Napoli can credibly claim that it is competing for a Champions League berth. The Partenopei led by their president Aurelio De Laurentiis have been slowly built up and well managed to the point where last season they qualified for their their […]

Kaiserslautern romped to a 3-1 away win as they opened their Bundesliga season against FC Koln on Saturday. Just two years earlier, the club narrowly escaped relegation to Germany's third division after a horrendous start to the 2007-2008 season, where the club managed just three victories in nineteen league matches. In the summer of 2008, […]

Saturday's Bundesliga matches saw Gladbach take on Nurnberg, Koln host Kaiserslautern, Frankfurt travel to Hannover, Freiburg battle St. Pauli, Hoffenheim host Werder Bremen, and Schalke travel to Hamburg. Gladbach opened the day against relegation play-off winners Nurnberg, who defensive stability earned them a point in this match. Nurnberg opened the scoring through midfielder Jens Hegeler, […]