When I heard that Steve Bruce was being lined up as the replacement for Ricky Sbragia, a few alarm bells rang in my head. Bruce, being a Newcastle United fan surely couldn't be Ellis Short and Niall Quinn's choice as the new Sunderland manager could he? Would Bruce seriously consider near enough ruling himself out […]

I admit it. I was fully dazzled by Amr Zaki when he first came to play in England. The stunning goals came so quickly. And they were gorgeous. Wigan Athletic's unknown striker just needed half a second on the ball to make miracles happen and it seemed like the goals were going to stream from […]

Why don't more managers come clean in the press about disruptive or unprofessional players? It seems that more and more in these sanitised and sponsorship heavy times that too many people keep quiet about the players who are taking the Michael. At least Steve Bruce has bucked the trend and come out in public with […]

EPL Talk’s ex-pat and Anglophile readers familiar with the classic British sitcom Only Fools and Horses will likely remember the program’s 1985 Christmas special, “To Hull and Back,” in which Del Boy and Rodney unwittingly end up in the northern English city of Hull on their way to picking up smuggled diamonds in Holland.  When […]

Three weeks is a long time in football and Liverpool must be wondering why there season is beginning to splutter just when they needed to kick on. The game against Newcastle United on December 28th easily saw Liverpool's best performance of the season so far, completely ripping the Geordie's apart at will. If it wasn't for […]

Who would have guessed that the slowly turning wheels of the Premier League and FA's disciplinary panels would finally get round to re-opening their botched enquiry into the Carlos Tevez affair. I mean it's only been 4 months since Lord Griffiths ruled that West Ham broke the rules and misled the Premier League over Tevez's […]

Why are Tottenham fans still so unforgiving toward Hossam Ghaly is a mystery to me, but Friday night left me even more perplexed as to why the Egyptian is still disliked so much still at White Hart Lane. There were 12 minutes to go on Friday night and Ghaly seemed set to be sent on […]

For a town more accustomed to the wing exploits of Martin Offiah, Wigan’s been treated to some great football in the last few years. Since promotion to the top flight in 2005 Wigan Athletic have battled through tough matches, pie jokes and countless accusations of clogging to establish themselves as a Premier League club – […]

EPL Talk has a list of the best supported clubs in the Premier League for the 2008/2009 season thus far based on the percentage of seats filled in a football stadium. So, for example, Arsenal's ground has a capacity of 60,432. The average attendance at the Emirates Stadium this season has been 60059, which means […]

Today was a turning point in the 2008/2009 Premier League season as one, it marked the first weekend this season when all Big Four clubs won their matches. And two, the top four teams in the Premier League are now the Big Four clubs — at least for the next 24 hours. Each of the […]

The number of days that Wigan striker Amr Zaki will be a Wigan Athletic player are numbered. Even when the Egyptian ends his loan spell and becomes a Wigan player, it's only a matter of time before a massive club signs one of the brightest, most talented players the Premier League has seen in years. […]

The cold hard truth is that no one cares about Wigan Athletic. I've written about them in the past but even their own supporters aren't bothered to participate in the discussion. Out of the 20 teams in the Premier League, Wigan is the most underreported side. Unless, that is, there's controversy or a outspoken comment […]

Add Everton to the hall of shame that includes Chelsea and Wigan. All three teams are guilty of producing yellow flourescent shirts that are absolutely horrible. I mean, come on, who would actually buy these shirts and wear them in the main street? Everton debuted the new third shirt during yesterday's 2-1 away win against […]

Wigan Athletic has unveiled their new away shirt for the 2008/2009 season, which is a flourescent yellow shirt designed by Champion.While Wigan's new home shirt is elegant, the new away one is horrid. The shirt looks very similar to Chelsea's failed experiment from last season when their away shirt was also flourescent yellow. Thanks to […]

Manchester United is not just European champions as well as Premier League title holders. The team's web site is also the number one most visited English football club by visitors from the United States. Here's the top 10 list for the week ending May 17, 2008 (source: Hitwise). Manchester United Arsenal Chelsea Liverpool Leeds United […]