Sunday was the day that the Aston Villa juggernaut was set to send the Premiership in circles by derailing what is turning out to be one of the most astonishing records in Premiership history. Instead of ranting about what Chelsea football club have done, this will be a more interactive article involving every football fan. Click to continue reading...

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 [. Click to continue reading...

Saturday, 4 October 2008 Blackburn v Man Utd, 17:30 Paul Ince's Rovers beat Newcastle last week, but Man Utd will be a tougher customer - even without the injured Scholes and Rooney. Fergie faces yet another of his managerial offspring, which has to make him feel old. Prediction: 0-2 Bonus Prediction: Fergie to give Ince deliberately bad "advice" before [. Click to continue reading...

Following the news that Liam Lawrence is a doubt for Stoke City's match against Portsmouth after tripping over his dog, we look at some of football's other silly injuries. 1. Dave Beasant The crazy keeper ruled himself out of action for two-and-a-half months after dropping a jar of salad cream on his feet during the 1993 pre-season. Click to continue reading...

English Premier League video highlights from the 27-28 September 08 matches: Portsmouth 2-0 Spurs Highlights Arsenal 1-2 Hull City Highlights Arsenal vs Hull City Highlights Wigan 2-1 Man City Highlights Fulham 1-2 West Ham Highlights Newcastle 1-2 Blackburn Highlights Aston Villa 2-1 Sunderland Highlights Stoke City 0-2 Chelsea Highlights "Video Highlights: Portsmouth 2-0 Tottenham, Arsenal 1-2 Hull, Newcastle 1-2 Blackburn and more" was originally [. Click to continue reading...

Arsenal started the day in top spot and were expected to crush Hull City at The Emirates. Football though has a habit of bringing you back to Earth, the visitors doing so by winning 2 - 1. It did not seem that it would be the case when Cesc Fabregas forced McShane to put through [...] Click to continue reading...

Follow Manchester United against Bolton Wanderers live and online today via the EPL Talk Chat featuring football fans discussing the match from around the world. Kick off time is 10:00 am ET/3:00 pm BST. We'll also be following all the 10:00 am ET/3:00 pm BST kickoffs (Aston Villa v Sunderland, Fulham v West Ham United, Middlesbrough [. Click to continue reading...

First off, I welcome everyone to join us in the EPL Talk Chat this weekend. Starting Saturday from 7:20 am and Sunday from 8:20 am. Now onto the predictions. All times are Eastern and TV Schedules are subject to change without notice. Everton v Liverpool (Saturday 7:45 am, Live on Setanta Sports from 7:30 am. Click to continue reading...

No man is an island, with the possible exception of Frank Lampard. We all crave companionship, but I crossed the line in my pursuit of Helen Chamberlain. I sneaked in to the Soccer AM studios and took a few unauthorised photos to publish on my website. I've now been charged with intent to distribute [. Click to continue reading...

Saturday Arsenal v Hull City, 17:30 Can Hull's excellent run keep going. Against Arsenal? Away? No, it can't. Prediction: 2-1 to Arsenal. Not an easy win for the Gunners, but a win nonetheless. Bonus Prediction: DNA tests confirm Hull's 39 year old striker Dean Windass as the father of Jack Wilshere, Carlos Vela and Kieran Gibbs. Click to continue reading...

 English Premier League:  Stoke City are meeting  Chelsea Saturday September 27th.   Don`t forget to sign up 11×2.com - the next big football site Watch the Highlights and LIVESREAM here  Pre-register at the NEW football site 11×2 today Click to continue reading...

Personally, I am not convinced that West Ham will be handing over money to Sheffield United this side of 2020 with all the expected appeals, but this morning's newspapers are full of stories that the Hammers will be forced to sell their star players in January. Here is a rundown of the potential movers and [. Click to continue reading...

Video highlights from the weekend's Premier League games: Liverpool 0-0 Stoke City Blackburn 1-0 Fulham West Ham 3-1 Newcastle Bolton 1-3 Arsenal "Premier League Highlights: Bolton 1-3 Arsenal, West Ham 3-1 Newcastle, Liverpool 0-0 Stoke, Blackburn 1-0 Fulham" was originally published at Soccerlens. Click to continue reading...

Arsenal moved smoothly to the top of the Premier League and Right Result table with an impressive win at Bolton Wanderers. All did not go according to script at their former bogey ground though... Emmanuel Eboue netted his first league goal for the Gunners but the Ivorian's equaliser should have been ruled out for offside. Click to continue reading...

The celebration that died in vain. What a queer match. According to all of the crystal balls in the world, the Reds were supposed to hand Stoke City their ass on Saturday, but instead had to settle for a measly point.

Some would say that one of the problems was that Torres was not match fit yet.

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It was exactly what was feared. When the best you can say was at least Liverpool didn't lose, against a team many tip for relegation, it's not a good day at the office.

It's bad, bad déjà vu reminiscent of the draw against Birmingham early last season, except the strike force was Torres and Keane instead of Kuyt and Voronin. Click to continue reading...

Follow Liverpool against Stoke City live and online today via the EPL Talk Chat featuring football fans discussing the match from around the world. We'll also be keeping a close eye on West Ham United v Newcastle United and Blackburn Rovers v Fulham as well giving updates as appropriate. Kick off time is 10:00 am ET/3:00 pm [. Click to continue reading...

10am Eastern Time, live in the US on Setanta.

Last 4 head-to-head:
8-0 Liverpool (a; League Cup) 11.29.2000
2-1 Liverpool (h; League Cup) 10.25.1994
3-2 Liverpool (a; League Cup) 10.09.1991
2-2 (h; League Cup) 09.25.1991

Last 3 matches:
Liverpool: 2-1 Marseille (a); 2-1 United (h); 0-0 Villa (a)
Stoke: 2-3 Everton (h); 1-2 Boro (a); 3-2 Cheltenham (a)

Referee: Andre Marriner. Click to continue reading...

I think I'm getting better at this predicting business. Last week's attempts at clairvoyance actually yielded two correct scores (Man City 1-3 Chelsea and Portsmouth 2-1 Middlesbrough). But I also predicted that Liverpool vs Man Utd would be goalless only for Carlos Tevez to make a liar out of me within three minutes. Click to continue reading...

Week 5 : EPL Liverpool FC are meeting Stoke City in the 5th round of the EPL saturday 20th. Pre-register at the NEW football site 11×2 today Don`t forget to sign up 11×2.com - the next big football site WATCH THE MATCH LIVE HERE! Click to continue reading...

This is the low-fi edition of "Who are we playing this weekend?" I racked my brain about some kind of funny quip or photoshop project I could bring to this, but I've got nothing.

I was going to write about how Stoke City shouldn't be taken lightly and how they are capable of scoring goals, but that's really just "duh" statements for any team in the league.

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Picture via Sky Sports Tim Cahill comes to the rescue again as Stoke City's set piece defending comes back to haunt them as despite coming back to level at two thanks to Rory Delap's throws, Everton leave the Britannia Stadium 3-2 winners. One goal from open play, four set piece goals, and an extremely entertaining game at [. Click to continue reading...

It's been a weekend of missed penalties - by the referees - this week with the Right Result. Top of the list is Alan Wiley's change of mind that infuriated Everton at Stoke City. The Staffordshire official appeared to point to the spot after Leon Cort handled but, wrongly, altered his decision after consulting his assistant. Click to continue reading...

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Tim Cahill comes to the rescue again as Stoke City's set piece defending comes back to haunt them as despite coming back to level at two thanks to Rory Delap's throws, Everton leave the Britannia Stadium 3-2 winners.

One goal from open play, four set piece goals, and an extremely entertaining game at the Britannia Stadium.

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Last December, I wrote a post detailing the impressive late-game exploits of Everton and Australia attacking midfielder Tim Cahill. There is no doubt that Cahill is the most clutch player in the world, bar none. Cristiano Ronaldo? No. Lionel Messi? Nope. Fernando Torres? No. If your team needs a goal to either equalize or win a match, Cahill [. Click to continue reading...

Last December, I wrote a post (http://englishsoccertalk.blogspot.com/2007/12/is-there-anyone-more-clutch-than-tim.html) detailing the impressive late-game exploits of Everton and Australia attacking midfielder Tim Cahill.

There is no doubt that Cahill is the most clutch player in the world, bar none. Click to continue reading...

Before I begin writing my predictions for this weekend, I would invite everyone into the EPL Talk Chat this weekend. Staring from 7:30 am Eastern/12:30 pm UK on Saturday and from 8:20 am Easter/1:20 pm UK on Sunday, join myself and many others as we discuss all the action from the Barclays Premier League. Click to continue reading...

Before I begin writing my predictions for this weekend, I would invite everyone into the EPL Talk Chat this weekend. Staring from 7:30 am Eastern/12:30 pm UK on Saturday and from 8:20 am Easter/1:20 pm UK on Sunday, join myself and many others as we discuss all the action from the Barclays Premier League. Click to continue reading...

Gerry takes a break from his weekly drudgery of crime-fighting and orphan-rescuing to give you the latest on English football and your best bet for the weekend. In many ways I'm like a dwarf - I find it hard to put my hand in my pocket. I never waste money on a newspaper and only [...] Click to continue reading...

Come on down! These days everyone wants to be taken over by a billionaire and then immediately get linked with players worth more than the entire debt of Africa. But how? Ker-Ching! It's easy! The Premier League title awaits, all you have to do is pick out a billionaire, flutter your eyelashes and as sure as [. Click to continue reading...

With one month of Premiership action out of the way, Premiership Talk reviews all twenty teams and grades them based on their early season performances. Manchester United The defending Premiership champions are perennial slow starters, and this year is no different. Even with their slow start, though, United are in a good position - still without a [. Click to continue reading...

It's taken me a little while to catch up on the goings on this week as I was away over the weekend. My wife and I took a camping trip and got away from the hustle and bustle of the city for a while. We ended up with some rainy weather but made the best [...] Click to continue reading...

Few noticed last week when Juande Ramos called for a shortening of the transfer window, but the nuclear fallout from Monday's race to the finish seems to support his argument. Prior to Monday, Robinho had been settling in nicely at for another season at Real Madrid, Kevin Keegan was sorting out his first proper [. Click to continue reading...

The Premiership woke up this morning to a lot of excitement. Everton fans were celebrating breaking their transfer record, West Ham fans were incredulous that they had sold half their defence without replacing them, Liverpool fans were "overjoyed" at signing two foreign 18 year olds to add to their increasing collection of foreign 18 year olds, [. Click to continue reading...

There's really only a couple (well, one to be specific) deal that many people followed on transfer deadline day, but while many looked to see if Dimitar Berbatov would sign for Manchester United and who Manchester City would nab with their newly-acquired mega-riches, many watched the window to see if someone would come through the [. Click to continue reading...