Champions League football returns today with both Chelsea and Liverpool in action. Chelsea is at home versus Cluj in a must-win game for Gene Hackman, I mean Luiz Felipe Scolari, (ESPN2 and ESPN360, 2:30pm ET) while PSV takes on Liverpool in a must-score game for Robbie Keane (Setanta Sports, 2:30pm ET).
In the meantime, here are […]
Tags: Champions League · Chelsea · ESPN · FIFA Club World Cup · John Nicholson · Liverpool · Manchester United · Robbie Keane
(Note: I incorrectly quoted a passage from the book that made it seem like the author had made light of a stabbing/slashing incident. It was my misreading of the passage. I’ve since re-written that section of the review. My sincerent apologies to Ian Hough and to you readers for my oversight.)
Perry Boys is a memoir […]
Tags: Football Authors · Football Culture · Hooligans · Ian Hough
EPL Talk was recently sent a copy of “Jinky: The Jimmy Johnstone Story” written by Jim Black and I was given the honour of reviewing it.
Jinky, born James Connolly Johnstone, was a dynamic winger that played for the Celtic side that won nine Scottish championships in a row between 1966 and 1974. He was also […]
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So you have your prized collection of football programmes gathering dust or old football shirts that don’t fit anymore stuck in a closet somewhere. They have sentimental value to you, but in the world of collecting football memorabilia, they’re practically worthless.Enter the world of the serious collector.This week, Sotheby’s is hosting an auction of sporting […]
Tags: Aston Villa · David Beckham · Football Memorabilia · Frank Lampard · Maurice Norman · Phil Neal · Ray Clemence · Simon Inglis
The EPL Talk Podcast, the only football interview show on the Internet, is set to return to the airwaves next week. It’s been over a month since the last episode, and it feels good to be back.
Many of you may know that I took a break for a while due to health reasons (after being […]
Tags: Alan Mullery · EPL Talk Community · EPL Talk Podcast · Gerard Houllier · Guillem Balague · Simon Inglis · Some People Are On The Pitch · Steve McClaren · Tommy Smyth
It’s not a stretch to say that hundreds have died as a direct result of football hooliganism. We’ve seen recent problems with football-related violence in Italy, Croatia and England just to name a few places. Some pundits claim that the violence has less to do with football than it does with societal unrest.
It was with these […]
Tags: Dougie Brimson · Hooligans
Regarding the EPL Talk Podcast, one of the many enjoyable benefits of interviewing some of the top (and most interesting) people on the topic of football is that I’m often learning more about the sport (and its impact on people) at the same time that you are too.
So whether it’s previous interviews with Chuck Culpepper […]
Tags: Hooligans · Ian Hough · Manchester United
Just to show how big the EPL is becoming worldwide, travel agents in Malaysia are offering package tours to watched Premier League matches in England.
Sven Goran Eriksson considers the Premier League the best in the world.
This week’s EPL Talk Podcast features an interview with LA Times freelance writer Chuck Culpepper, author of a new book […]
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