Former Real Madrid midfielder and all round football superstar David Beckham is planning a return to Serie A. The 34-year-old enjoyed a productive loan spell with AC Milan during the latter half of last season and Becks claims he is closing in on a move back to the San Siro. Beckham, one of the Manchester […]

Episode 141 of the EPL Talk Podcast features an interview with Nick Szczepanik, writer for The Times newspaper and a regular co-host on TheGame Podcast. Szczepanik offers an intriguing insight to English football by having lived in the United States and being a follower of American sports. Szczepanik discusses several topics including: whether there's an […]

The game against Honduras this weekend is massive. Win, and the US can start buying those non-refundable tickets to South Africa and will probably win CONCACF. Lose, and the game against Costa Rica the following Wednesday will be a pressure-cooker. Some random thoughts…. The Honduras game will be played in….Honduras. Despite the political instability in […]

Going into Sunday's home match against the Kansas City Wizards, the Houston Dynamo knew the needed a result to secure their fourth straight playoff berth since moving to the Bayou City, but when forward Cam Weaver received a red card in the 17th minute hopes of an easy victory were quickly dashed. The crowd of […]

Aston Villa has been a Jekyll and Hyde team so far this season. While they have yet to surpass the impressive performances they showcased for portions of last season, they showed glimmers of hope Monday night with an admirable defensive display against a very talented Manchester City team. It's only fitting then that Aston Villa […]

Facing Chelsea at Stamford Bridge is never easy. But with Petr Cech suspended and with Liverpool's knack for playing well against the London giants, I felt optimistic going into yesterday's match. And with Liverpool dominating the first stretch of play, I felt a goal was inevitable and a win was feasible. I was stumped by […]

Henry Winter is one of Britain's most respected football journalists and currently works for the Daily Telegraph. His career started at the Independent and he moved to The Telegraph in 1994. A familiar face on Sky's Sunday Supplement, Henry was been kind enough to have a quick chat with us about himself and football. Henry […]

Another week, another victory! This week was a 4-0 route of Nuremburg. Bayer 04 have become, along with HSV, one of the dominant teams in the Bundesliga. But it was only a year ago that Bayer, under Bruno Labbadia had a blistering start. But it wasn’t anything comparable to this start, because the Werkself aren’t […]

After week 29 the numbers look like this... 5 year comparison WK 29 205 GP YTD Avg +/- GP Avg +/- Avg +/- GP 2005 18,417 6 15,959 15,108 192 2006 20,277 10.10% 6 16,235 1.73% 15,402 1.94% 192 2007 20,575 1.47% 7 16,587 2.17% 16,812 9.16% 195 2008 16,234 -21.10% 7 16,416 -1.03% 16,894 […]

Over the last few seasons, the Championship has become one of the most unpredictable and competitive divisions in European football. After a fairly unsurprising start to the campaign, that reputation looked to be under threat but after a week in which the top three picked up just six points from a possible 18, un-normality has […]

Nielsen Ratings have released the latest TV ratings for Premier League matches on ESPN2. With the TV ratings now available for August and September, 2009, here are the top 8 most viewed matches on ESPN2: Liverpool v Aston Villa, Mon., Aug. 24, 3 pm, 398,391 viewers Wigan v Man United, Sat., Aug. 22, 10 am, […]

I was sitting in a plush screening room at the Sony Pictures Lot in Culver City, CA – just a short walk down the hallway to anything and everything Spider-Man (hell, Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst may have been on premises for all I know – the studio lot was so infested with Spider-Man promos) […]

There is a thin line between being a mad genius and simply being mad. If Brian Clough was the mad genius of English football, the new film The Damned United explores Clough’s simply mad stage when he got fired at Derby County and then, after 44 days in charge of Leeds United, got himself dismissed […]

Episode 140 of the EPL Talk Podcast features an interview with Michael Sheen, the star of The Damned United, the new motion picture about the life of Brian Clough. The podcast episode also features a discussion with EPL Talk correspondent Eric Altshule who gives a mini-review of the film. Plus, he describes what it was […]

In terms of the football played on the pitch, the Sevilla – Real Madrid clash qualified as the best match of the young La Liga season. Honorable mentions to Athletic Bilbao's 3-2 victory over Villarreal CF in Round 3 and the pulsating 2-2 draw between Valencia and Atlético Madrid last Saturday night, but this fixture […]