If you live near the Indianapolis area and you're interested in being an EPL Talk Correspondent for the day, hobnobbing with the celebrities and attending the biggest annual soccer event in the U.S. with a press pass strapped around your neck, let me know.Learn more about the biggest soccer convention of the year here.The event […]

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Many of you may think that new logos aren't a big deal. But when you watch as much football on TV as you and I do, we want to make sure that the image that's burned on our retina is a decent one!So today Setanta Sports unveiled their new logo (pictured right). It's drastically different […]

The People newspaper is reporting that Setanta Sports has offered football commentator Martin Tyler at least double his current Sky salary to move to Setanta in the summer.While the reported offer may be difficult to turn down, it may be a difficult decision for Tyler. Does he leave Sky, where he's undoubtedly the number football […]

The latest episode of the EPL Talk Podcast has been published, which features an exclusive interview with one of the top Premiership football commentators, Steve Banyard.Among other things, Banyard discusses his most memorable match he's ever commentated, what a week is like preparing for an EPL match, his viewpoints on whether video technology should be […]

By John NicholsonThe romance of the cup is an old cliche, but the FA Cup is very important in English football. It connects all levels of the league structure together for one big competition. The clubs with all the money and power in the game are forced to have to engage with the roots of […]

If you're looking for live commentary of Manchester United v Aston Villa on the internet, go here. The third-round FA Cup match kicks off at 9am ET. The audio is courtesy of Eat Sleep Sport (thanks for the tip BCjohn).EPL Talk has published the U.S. TV listings for matches involving Premiership sides (i.e. the EPL […]

Two months after MLS passed the so-called "Beckham rule" to allow each club to buy one high priced international star, the league has yet to make a single big acquisition. With the transfer window now wide open, one would have expected MLS to make the moves they failed to make right after the World Cup, […]

Liverpool fans marked today's FA Cup third round match against Arsenal by protesting against Kelvin MacKenzie, former editor of The Sun newspaper, who blamed Liverpool fans for the Hillsborough Disaster in a cover story entitled 'The Truth' that was published in his tabloid the Wednesday after the Hillsborough Tragedy in April, 1989.To make matters worse, […]

As the English Premier League continues to grow in popularity around the world, so too does the theme song that's played before every Premiership match as the teams line up.Surprisingly, very little is known about the song and finding a copy of it is near impossible. Fortunately, EPL Talk has the answers and the audio […]

Fox Sports World Report, the popular nightly news and highlights show on Fox Soccer Channel, will be rebranded as Fox Soccer Report starting Monday, January 8.The more aptly titled show began by covering numerous sports including rugby and cricket, but is now focused on soccer.You can listen to interviews with host Jeremy St. Louis or […]

When was the last time you remember having a weekend where all of the live soccer action was on Fox Soccer Channel, while Setanta didn't have any?I love the F.A. Cup just as much as anyone, but it does add a wrinkle to the TV watching experience in America. While this past Saturday and Monday, […]

While it's been common knowledge for a couple of weeks, Fox Soccer Channel officially announced today via press release that it has renewed the U.S. TV rights for the English Premier League through the 2009-2010 season.What's interesting is that Fox will license the Spanish language rights in the U.S. to its sister channel Fox Sports […]

Earlier this morning, EPL Talk released its first podcast episode of 2007 featuring an interview with The Sunday Telegraph's Patrick Barclay.The experienced football correspondent is often a guest on the BBC Sportsweek radio show with Garry Richardson. Plus Barclay is regularly featured on Sky Sports (view clip).In case you missed it, Barclay published two very […]

By John NicholsonThere's a strange cultural phenomenon in Britain. No not the wonky yellow teeth and the fondness for warm beer and homosexuality, I'm talking about our attitude to winners.To put it simply, we don't really like them. I exclude myself from this because I am not normal, indeed I am barely even human, but […]