If I had to pick three of my fondest "toys" from my childhood, it would definitely be my leather football I got for Christmas, as well as the Commodore VIC-20 computer and my Subbuteo collection. Launched in 1947, Subbuteo is a two-player table soccer game that is played on a green felt pitch. The tactics […]

Today is a massive day for several Premier League clubs. Chelsea must win today against Newcastle United to keep the pressure off Andre Villas-Boas leading up to Tuesday's must-win game against Valencia. Villas-Boas claims there's no pressure on him to be sacked, but we all know what Roman Abramovich is like. A sell-out crowd of […]

If you live in the United States, I'd like to take this time to wish you and your family a Happy Independence Day today. Hopefully you're looking forward to a great day with your friends and/or family accompanied by good food and good drink that ends with a wonderful firework display. As well as celebrating […]

The title race is effectively over, but the battle at the bottom of the Premier League as well as the battle for Europe is still alive and kicking. To dissect all of the weekend's action and major storylines are Laurence McKenna and Kartik Krishnaiyer on this week's episode of the EPL Talk Podcast. Other topics […]

Wins by Manchester United and City have set up a derby in the FA Cup semifinals, though the story of the weekend will be the Gunners, who saw an exit to a third competition in two weeks in failing to beat a patchwork United side on Saturday. As downtrodden as Gooners were after the shock […]

The Top Five have separated themselves from the league after Sunday's draw at Stamford Bridge. Ciaran Clark's stoppage time equalizer means five points separate fifth place Chelsea from Sunderland, the Black Cats' win over Blackburn vaulting Steve Bruce's charge over Bolton, into sixth place. On today's recording of the EPL Talk podcast, we'll talk about […]

Last week I was fortunate to be joined by John Nicholson, whose work you know from EPLTalk.com as well as Football365.co.uk. In addition to talking about his book, We Ate All The Pies, we discussed the plight of his club (Middlesbrough), football's place on Boxing Day, and the new shape of the Premier League. For […]

On this edition of the EPL Talk Podcast, I am joined by Kartik Krishnaiyer and Laurence McKenna to look back on mid-week, Champions League action, talk about the news around the league, as well as look forward to this weekend's league action. From Arsenal's loss in Donetsk, to Damien Comolli's return to the league, to […]

The EPL Talk Podcast's review of the Premier League's fifth weekend will record at 10 p.m. England-time (5 p.m. Eastern, 2p.m. Pacific). Of course, these will be lost of talk of Dimitar Berbatov's hat-trick, and I'm sure we'll have a lot of say about failed clearances and 95th minute goals. But I have one question […]

Perhaps the most famous Portsmouth fan in North America, Chuck Culpepper documented his conversion to football fan and Pompey supporter in Bloody Confused (or, in the U.K., Up Pompey). In the wake of a trying season at Fratton Park, Chuck rejoins the EPL Talk podcast to shares his views on the turmoil, talk about his […]

On Tuesday's edition of the EPL Talk Podcast we have an interview I conducted with GolTV's Phil Schoen. Phil covers the La Liga, the Bundesliga, Brazil, Colombia, as well as other circuits for GolTV, where he was been able of cover Premier League sides through the channel's broadcasts of Europa League. We talk about he […]