"Championship Talk" will be back on Monday, 29 October, featuring Alex Rice of "The Beautiful Game" fame, Brian Koski, and more Crystal Palace interviews. Georgie is sadly on holiday in Asia, but will return for the Monday, 5 November episode. Thank you for your continued patience, the show aims for more regular weekly episodes slated […]

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Benitez’adamance to use his players through a rotation policy is becoming the annoyance of the football pundits, and the Liverpool fans. Should he swallow his ego and abandon his recurring underachieving lineups? Is he really that ego centric? It almost seems as if his stubbornness to have a fixed team is costing him some credibility […]

Martin Jol's career as manager of Tottenham Hotspur has come to an end. The Dutchman tendered his resignation shortly before the UEFA Cup match against Getafe, a game that was so typical of a Spurs match under Jol. The North London side went one-nil up before losing the match 2-1. Jol had been in charge […]

Bill Turianski of billsportsmaps.com has created a map for all of the clubs involved in the UEFA Cup group stage. With that competition starting up today, I thought it was a good time to post this resource. Click the thumbnail below to view a larger version.

West Ham United's Eggert Magnusson believes that playing an English Premier League match in the United States would be good for the game, according to an interview he did with Sky Sports News. "I can see that happening sooner rather than later. It would be good for the game," Magnusson told Sky. Of course, the […]

When a team wins love is in the air and things are great. When that situation changes, the same group of individuals do not seem to have that "love" as much any more. Fiery Argentine midfielder Andrés D'Alessandro returned to Zaragoza training after a tough past couple of days in which he saw himself in […]

No, the headline to this blog posting isn't intentionally meant to be blasphemous. It's meant to stir debate. The debate is whether soccer clubs, especially in England, would be better off borrowing some of the concepts of stadium designs from baseball organizations in the United States? For example, instead of English clubs such as Everton, […]

What a night in Champions League football today and lots of Premier League-related stories to talk about including Gary Megson on his way to Bolton Wanderers. Join us tonight at 11pm ET for the live broadcast of the EPL Talk Show with special guest co-hosts Forza Futbol. The topics for tonight's show include: A round-up […]

I had a pretty decent day with the predictions yesterday, so let's see if I can keep it going. Today's matches feature some teams that desperately need to put points on the board, including Liverpool and Werder Bremen. Let's take a quick look at the matchups. Besiktas – LiverpoolOn the back of their derby win […]

As with the Champions League competition, I've setup a league for UEFA Cup Fantasy Football. If you'd like to join, goto: http://en.ucupfantasy.uefa.com/ You will need this code to join the ChampionsLeague Talk league: 15941-1857

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The attendance this year for the league was the highest by average since the league's inaugural season of 1996. Also significant was that the attendance did not decline as the season went on as it has every season since 1997.Here are the team by team averages: 1- LA Galaxy 24,2522- DC United 20,9673- Toronto FC […]

The attendance this year for the league was the highest by average since the league's inaugural season of 1996. Also significant was that the attendance did not decline as the season went on as it has every season since 1997. Here are the team by team averages: 1- LA Galaxy 24,2522- DC United 20,9673- Toronto […]

Last season, there were plenty of clubs to make fun of and get angry about. West Ham United, for example, were the bane of so many jokes and insults. Sheffield United were targets too. But this season, we have a different circus. Come one, come all to the most humorous show on earth named Tottenham […]