Depending where you live in this crazy world, it might be almost impossible to find soccer-related gifts in your local stores whether it's for you or your loved ones. But the Internet is a great aggregator, bringing you a treasure trove of choices. Here are ten recommended soccer items to add to your wish list [. Click to continue reading...

In the end, I suppose, they were robbed of the three points that their commitment and effort, if not perhaps the general flow of the game, deserved. So Celtic claw back some pride and make the away game in Denmark look like being the match that will decide if they are to play in Europe after Christmas. Click to continue reading...

Other than a few soccer blogs and a handful of literate newspapers, there isn't a plenitude of intelligent football writing available. But there is one last bastion that we can continue to depend on and that's football books. A good way to find out which books to buy are to find the ones nominated for the [. Click to continue reading...

Champions League 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. Click to continue reading...

I'm finally getting into some summer reading, and that always means football books. So here's the first of what I'm assuming will be many book reviews, on a new book called Comrade Jim.

The subtitle of this book is The Spy who Played for Spartak. It's a lovely short book if you can get past two things: he was never really a spy and he barely played for Spartak. Click to continue reading...

The latest episode of the EPL Talk Podcast has been published featuring an interview with David Hall, author of a new book entitled "Manchester's Finest: How the Munich Air Disaster Broke the Heart of a Great City." Hall describes how much of an impact the tragic disaster had on Manchester. Plus the author discusses some of [. Click to continue reading...