Aston Villa will be visiting the U.S. this summer to play a series of preseason friendlies, according to the New York Villans Aston Villa Supporters Club. Dates and locations are to be determined, but we'll let you know as soon as we find out the details. Remember that Villa is owned by American businessman Randy […]

If you're searching for a way to experience Sunday's League Cup Final between Chelsea vs Arsenal online, join the EPL Talk Chat hosted by bcjohn. We'll have Arsenal, Chelsea and neutral fans from around the world chatting in real-time about the first cup final of the season. We'll also be able to tip you off […]

While this has been a tremendous week for watching European football, EPL Talk readers have also been busy playing fantasy football and prediction leagues. Here are the most updated top 5 positions in the respective charts: Fantasy Champions League: 1. Foolish FC (Mark Aegerter), 3712. Gratefullawyer (Wayne Novick), 3173. Sidekicks (Michael Trubey), 3084. Bloody Yanks […]

If American owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett Jr. know anything about soccer, they'll be grinning from ear to ear tonight after Liverpool's historic 2-1 victory against Barcelona at the Nou Camp. The win creates a whole host of riveting topics to debate: Is Rafa Benitez a better manager than Jose Mourinho based on Chelsea's […]

Bobby Convey will miss out on Reading's late season UEFA Cup push due to yet another knee surgery. Marcus Hannehman continues in goal for Reading however as the EPL newbies continues their improbable push for Europe.

Think back for a second and consider the last time that one day had so many brilliant matches as today. For me, it has to be last summer's World Cup. Today, of course, we have the extremely intriguing match-ups between Barcelona and Liverpool, Porto and Chelsea, Watford against Wigan and, to a lesser extent, Everton […]

I had the rare fortune of watching Sky Sports's coverage of the Champions League on Tuesday — not one of the matches they showed, but instead the coverage from the Sky Sports studio with presenter Rob McCaffrey on Gillette Soccer Special. The show is identical in format to Gillette Soccer Saturday, their sister show. The […]

If you want to win a copy of the Pro Evolution Soccer 2007 video game for the PS2, listen to this week's EPL Talk Podcast interview with Derek Rae to find out how. New features of the game from Konami include: – International Challenge mode, allowing you to take a side through qualifications for a […]

Who would have imagined that the Lille versus Manchester United first leg tie tonight would have been so controversial? To me, it reminded me of the drama of 80s football, and it certainly sets up a remarkable return leg at Old Trafford. For those of you who didn't get a chance to see what happened, […]

Today begins a fabulous week of football as the Champions League returns after its three month winter break, followed by UEFA Cup matches on Thursday, a return to the Premiership on Saturday and the League Cup final on Sunday. And the best part about the next several days is that it's completely unpredictable. The first […]

Fox Soccer's Nick Webster has this outstanding article on Tim Howard and his new contract, believed to be the richest ever for an American Footballer.

In all the years of following football, I don't think I've once come across someone who didn't like the work of Derek Rae, the Scottish football commentator for ESPN. Well if you're as big a fan as I am, you'll definitely want to listen to the Derek Rae interview on the latest episode of the […]

By John Nicholson The Champions League returns this week. Thank God. It seems to have been away for months. With 5 British clubs involved, at last we'll see some proper, competitive football games featuring the Premiership big four and Celtic. The top sides in the domestic leagues are so far ahead in terms of resources […]

Fox Soccer Channel is causing a bit of a stink down under, but it's not the sports network's fault. It seems that a web site named channelsurfing.net is playing an illegal stream of Fox Soccer Channel to viewers around the world, which has particularly upset executives in Australia. The Age newspaper from Melbourne, Australia, is […]

Soccer Shout, the daily podcast on English and Scottish football, has launched a redesigned version of their web site. The new-and-improved site will feature blog posts (previously at cleverfootball.com) as well as links to all of the latest episodes of the acclaimed podcast. Check it out when you get a chance.