Daily News & Analysis of the English Premier League

West Ham United v Bolton Wanderers and Chelsea v Aston Villa: Live and Online

October 5th, 2008 · Comments

Follow West Ham United against Bolton Wanderers live and online today via the EPL Talk Chat featuring football fans discussing the match from around the world.
We will also keep you up to date on all games on this Sunday including the big one at Stamford Bridge. Can Aston Villa end the Chelsea streak (this Chelsea […]

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Tags: Aston Villa · Bolton Wanderers · Chelsea · EPL Talk Chat · Everton · Hull City · Liverpool · Manchester City · Newcastle United · Portsmouth · Stoke City · Tottenham · West Ham United

Would You Honestly Pay More to Watch UEFA’s Europa League?

September 26th, 2008 · Comments

Say what you will about Maradona — he never put on a suit.  Michel Platini on the other hand is on one hell of a roll at the moment.
Earlier this week, he went off Arsene Wenger as if the man had murdered half his family, instead of appointing youngters to play at the highest club […]

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Tags: Arsene Wenger · Aston Villa · General · Michel Platini · Tottenham

Tottenham 1-2 Aston Villa: Don’t Blame The Loss On Scapegoat Gomes

September 16th, 2008 · Comments

In British newspaper match reports of Aston Villa’s 2-1 away win against Tottenham Hotspur, almost all of the stories lead with sentences similar to this one found in The Sun: “Calamity keeper Heurelho Gomes messed up to leave Spurs rooted at the foot of the table.”
True, yes, but it doesn’t provide a complete accurate picture […]

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Tags: Ashley Young · Aston Villa · Darren Bent · Gabriel Agbonlahor · Gareth Barry · Heurelho Gomes · John Terry · Jonathan Woodgate · Juande Ramos · Tottenham Hotspur

Premier League August Report And September Forecast -2

September 4th, 2008 · Comments

Here I go again with August’s report card and September prediction/expectation for another 6 clubs from England’s finest football league.

 
 
Aston Villa
Aston Villa had a flying start to the season when they outplayed a somewhat disorganized Manchester City side by 4 goals to 2 but then their fortunes took an inexplicable turn when they were […]

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Tags: Aston Villa · Everton · Manchester City · Portsmouth · Tottenham · West Ham United

Beer And English Football: A Match Made In Heaven

September 2nd, 2008 · Comments

Saturday’s match between Arsenal and Newcastle featured a glimpse of something you rarely see on television — someone drinking a pint of beer.
It’s ridiculous, really. Millions of football fans around the world drink beer either at home, the pub or from the refreshment kiosks when watching football, but it’s against the law in England to […]

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Tags: Aston Villa · England · Liverpool · Manchester United · Newcastle United · West Bromwich Albion

Premier League: August 31, 2008 (Your Running Commentary)

August 31st, 2008 · Comments

Today marks the last day of Premier League football until the league returns on Saturday, September 13 when Liverpool plays Manchester United at Anfield — two whole weeks off because of World Cup qualifying matches.
So here are today’s matches for us to enjoy while we can:

Chelsea v Tottenham, 8:30am ET/1:30pm UK
Sunderland v Manchester City, 10am […]

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Tags: Aston Villa · Chelsea · Liverpool · Manchester City · Manchester United · Sunderland · Tottenham Hotspur

Tottenham Hotspur Signs Roman Pavlyuchenko For £14 Million

August 30th, 2008 · Comments

Tottenham Hotspur has announced that the club has reached an agreement with Spartak Moscow to sign Russian striker Roman Pavlyuchenko for a transfer fee believed to be £14 million.
The star striker who made a huge impression in Euro 2008 won’t be ready to play against Chelsea in the London derby today. His first match wearing […]

 
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Tags: Aston Villa · Chelsea · Darren Bent · David Bentley · Dimitar Berbatov · Holland · Roman Pavlyuchenko · Tottenham Hotspur · euro 2008

Premier League Wants To Be The NFL

August 25th, 2008 · Comments

You may have missed an article by Oliver Kay in The Times this past weekend that featured a very revealing interview with Manchester City executive chairman Garry Cook regarding the future of the Premier League. The headline perfectly sums up Kay’s article: “Vision Of A Breakaway League With No Relegation.”
Here are the revealing quotes followed […]

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