It's official. Setanta Sports has signed an agreement with DISH Network. In an exclusive interview with Setanta's President of North American and Australian operations for Setanta Sports Shane O'Rourke, he details how soon DISH will be ready to accept orders, how much it'll cost and what the announcement means to Setanta. Listen to the interview […]

By Tokyo Toffeeman Studs! (Ebury Press) is an entertaining retro footie annual using stories, interviews and pictures taken directly from Shoot! Magazine from the 60s, 70s & 80s. Britain's top footballers of the moment, often accompanied by the loving missus, are shown in all their garish glory (kind of living testament to mad and bad […]

I have gotten a number of requests for a historical perspective on the US run at the U-20 World Cup. Contrary to what many may think, the US actually has quite a proud tradition of advancing in this competition but as the following table shows, typically the US finds a way to lose in either […]

If you missed the Brazil against Uruguay semi-final of Copa America last night, you could have seen a classic. The entertainment value was extremely high as both teams came so close to winning the match within regulation. Uruguay continually threatened Brazil and were unfortunate not to win the match. After ending 2-2 in regulation, the […]

It's that time of the year when the Fantasy Premier League is open for you to join. Unlike other fantasy football games, this one is free and EPL Talk even chips in and awards prizes to the winner like we did last season. The best part is you can join the EPL Talk private league […]

Here are some of the interesting tidbits of Premier League-related news that you may be interested in: Setanta Sports has confirmed that French World Cup Winner Emmanuel Petit has joined the Irish broadcaster as a soccer pundit. Petit joins Paul Dempsey, Pat Nolan, Les Ferdinand, Angus Young and Steve McManaman on the Setanta team for […]

By John Nicholson Here's a mantra you'll all be familiar with: English born players are over-priced. That's why clubs buy so many overseas players. You get good players for much less money. That's the received wisdom. We can all point to examples to prove this. Everton paid just a couple of million quid for Arteta […]

I arrived in Mexico this afternoon eager to find out if a buzz existed about tomorrow’s Gold Cup final between Mexico and the USA. Coming into a touristy airport like Cancun doesn’t tell you much about Mexico. In fact you might as well be somewhere in middle America, because probably less awareness of the beautiful […]

The quality of soccer blogs throughout the blogosphere is continuing to increase. The difficult part is finding them.Two new ones I uncovered and highly recommend are: Pitch Invasion: It's not just the pretty pictures at Pitch Invasion which make the blog stand apart, although the images definitely do help. Blogger Tom Dunmore creates a 'thinking […]

Chelsea has announced that they'll unveil their new 2007/2008 away shirt during their July 17 friendly against the Suwon Bluewings in Los Angeles. The new Chelsea shirt (pictured) is supposed to be a flourescent green/yellow color from kit manufacturer Adidas. More details about the 07/08 Chelsea away shirt can be found here.

Out of all of the new shirts coming out this summer for Premiership teams, there's been one club where there has been the most speculation and controversy. That team is Liverpool FC, where we have seen countless images and sketches purporting to be the real thing. Now, finally, we can reveal the new official Liverpool away […]

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The end of the 2006/2007 Premiership season also concludes the first-ever EPL Talk Fantasy League. Out of the 80 contestants, here's the final top 10:1. FC Walker, Steve Thielman, 2102 pts2. Foolish FC, Mark Aegerter, 20613. FC Bubd, Jeff Mensch, 20334. Mesiniaga FC, Sakaya Mary, 19935. Rockfish United. David Griffith, 19806. Bloody Yanks, Jeremy Lay, […]

Aston Villa, owned by American businessman Randy Lerner, has unveiled a new logo for its football club (pictured right). The new crest is quite a dramatic change for Villa. The club has adopted a retro feel to the design, which harkens back to more nostalgic period in the club's history. Regarding the design, the star […]

Everton will be officially unveiling their new home shirt on their web site May 3rd, but here's a sneak preview of it. According to the Everton web site, the shirt will be worn for the first time this Saturday when the Toffees play Portsmouth at home, the last match of the season at Goodison Park. […]