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Burnley 2014/15 Season Preview: The Clarets Face a Battle Against The Odds

Burnley has worked the transfer market in a typically low budget manner, spending only £1.5million pounds while acquiring other signings on a free. That comes as no surprise as manager Sean Dyche had spent only £450,000 on transfers in less than two years. Dyche proved that his side had the perfect chemistry and unity to […]

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Most Instrumental Players at Each of the 20 Premier League Clubs

Soccer is far from being a one-man game. However having instrumental players in-form in key games surely increases the chances of winning any match by any team against any opposition. The following is part one of a four-piece feature where I choose one player from each English Premier League team who I believe will be […]

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NBCSN's Exclusive Interview With Steven Gerrard

In the latest 20-minute episode of Premier League Download, NBC's Rebecca Lowe sits down with Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard for a heartfelt interview with the Premier League footballer. Whether you're a Liverpool fan or not, the interview is a must-see. Lowe, in a reserved but purposeful manner, manages to allow Gerrard to open up and […]
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Watch BBC's Match of the Day Opening Titles For 2014/15 Season [VIDEO]

BBC's Match of the Day program celebrates 50 years of broadcasting this month. The weekly English top flight highlights show is an institution in Britain. One of the endearing aspects of the program is that they update the opening title sequence of the show every season. Here's the one from the 2013-14 season. And, now […]

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Swansea City Record First-Ever League Victory Against Man United At Old Trafford

Last season, Swansea proved to be a startlingly brisk team struggling to transcend the crowded middle of the Premier League table. Led by the sure feet of Wilfried Bony and Michu, the Swans consistently proved to be anything but the pushovers one expected they might have been. Manchester United, on the other hand, was the […]

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5 Observations From Arsenal's Win Against Crystal Palace

Arsenal started off the 2014/2015 Premier League game with a late win against a very defensively sturdy Crystal Palace side. Hangeland opened the scoring with a good header in the first half, yet a good header from Laurent Koscielny and a tap-in from Aaron Ramsey earned Arsenal their first three points of the season. We […]

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Premier League Saturday, Gameweek 1 Match Highlights

The 2014/15 Premier League season kicked off today with 17 goals in 7 games, for an average of 2.42 goals per match. We had plenty of drama across England with teams such as Manchester United, Arsenal, Everton and Aston Villa as well as others trying to get a good start to an all-important season. Here […]

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Liverpool vs. Southampton: Predicted Line-Ups and Preview

Overachieving was a theme for both Liverpool and Southampton in their last campaigns, but each side has been active in this summer’s transfer market. While Southampton has off-loaded several players from last year’s extremely talented squad, Liverpool has sold Luis Suarez, but made an extensive amount of purchases to increase depth ahead of its first […]

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Arsenal vs Crystal Palace Player Ratings; Premier League Gameweek 1

Arsenal snatched a victory out of the hands of defeat with a 2-1 victory against London rivals Crystal Palace in their first Premier League match of the 2014/15 season. Despite the turmoil going on inside of the club due to Tony Pulis leaving his position as manager on Thursday night, Palace put up a solid […]

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Manchester United vs Swansea City Player Ratings; Premier League

Going with his original 3-4-1-2 Dutch setup, Louis Van Gaal's Manchester United was clearly still getting used to the new formation against a Welsh team that pressed. In the second half United switched to a 4-4-1-1 formation. but Swansea manager Garry Monk had his team well prepared for the changed as was evidenced by the […]

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Manchester United Agree £24 Million Deal To Sign Mehdi Benatia From AS Roma, Say Reports

Manchester United has had a £24 million bid accepted for AS Roma centre-back Mehdi Benatia, according to several reports. The Morocco international had been rumored to be closing in on a move to Chelsea in recent days, but United entered the race to sign the defender in the past 48 hours and appear to have beaten […]

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Arsenal vs Crystal Palace: Starting Lineups, TV Times and Open Thread

The first Premier League match of the 2014/15 season shown on the free, over-the-air NBC network in the United States kicks off at 12:30pm ET today for a game that features David against Goliath. And David has just lost its leader. For viewers in the United States, here’s the TV/Internet schedule: Arsenal vs Crystal Palace, 12:30pm, […]

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Manchester United vs Swansea City: Starting Lineups, TV Times and Open Thread

The 2014/15 Premier League season kicks off today with the opening tie between Manchester United and Swansea City, live from Old Trafford in England. After a strong summer for United where they won the International Champions Cup and went undefeated in preseason, Louis Van Gaal's team now has to do it for real in the […]

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Queens Park Rangers 2014/15 Season Preview

Over the past few seasons Queens Park Rangers has become somewhat of a spectacle, drawing media attention mostly for the wrong reasons. But after a successful Championship run and a Cinderella-like playoff run that culminated in one of the most thrilling games played last season, QPR is finally on the right track to compete in […]

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Sunderland 2014/15 Season Preview: Poyet Continues to Reshape His Team

Gustavo Poyet performed a minor miracle in guiding Sunderland to Premier League safety last season following the disastrous start to the campaign under the stewardship of Paolo Di Canio. The Uruguayan coach urged Sunderland supporters to persevere with the team until he was in a position to reshape the team in his image and start […]