Those of you against some form of playoffs at the end of the season, what do you have to say for yourself now?
Bristol City, a relative lightweight who won League One just last year, stunned most pundits’ pick to win promotion to the Premiership, Crystal Palace, today with a 2-1 victory at Palace’s Selhurst Park. […]

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First of all, congratulations to West Bromwich Albion and Stoke City for their automatic entry into the Premier League next season, congratulations to Swansea and Nottingham Forest for heading up to the Championship, and congratulations to Paul Ince’s MK Dons, Peterborough, and Hereford for their promotions to League One. Also, a shout out to Aldershot […]

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Admittedly, this is a blog focusing mainly on the Premiership, with occasional Champions League talk and even discussion about the UEFA Cup when the situation calls for it.
I’ve tried to pay as much attention as possible to the promotion, playoff, and relegation races in the lower leagues in English soccer this year, though, and so […]

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Math has never been my strong point, at least not since 6th grade. Once I started taking pre-algebra the next year, I just knew I was in trouble for the rest of my school days.
I believe, however, that my math is correct in this scenario. If West Brom, currently on top of the Coca-Cola Championship […]

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Well, not really, but there are definitely some similarities between professional sports leagues here in the States and England’s most exciting, most competitive soccer league.
And no, I’m not talking about the Premiership.
I want to show a little bit of love to the Coca-Cola Championship, England’s second-tier domestic league.
The Championship is fabulous. I don’t get to […]

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By John Nicholson
Last night news broke that the Football League board is considering a proposal to outlaw drawn games, enforcing a penalty shoot-out to decide every game instead. Whoo hoo! Nurse, get the screens please! The lunatics are taking over the asylum again.
I’m not sure who actually sits on the Football League board but they […]

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It’s been more than a year since the EPL Talk web site launched, and we have plenty more exciting plans in the future for that site. But we have now launched three new sites that will interest many of you, and many more new readers out there.
Championship Talk: If you listened to the EPL Talk […]

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After watching them clobber Crystal Palace in the Championship play-off match a couple of weeks ago, I mentioned that Watford would be a welcome addition to the Premiership.
Now, after yesterday’s fantastic Championship play-off final win against Leeds, the Hornets from Hertfordshire are now the final third team to make it to the EPL (along with […]

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