One of the tricky parts of any new FF season is choosing players from promoted teams that could represent good value. Established favourites like Cech, Lampard, Gerrard and Torres are always going to score points and be selected by thousands of managers. But its the new squads that often have the cheaper players that hit form early and whose value rockets as players jump on board the bandwagon early - think of Geovanni's early success at Hull last season.

A selection of talent from Arsenal, Liverpool, Tottenham, Manchester United, Chelsea, Everton, Stoke City, Burnley, Sunderland and Aston Villa who should get more in the way of plaudits.

Yossi Benayoun (Liverpool)

A player who only seems to get his chance when someone is out injured or badly off form.

Many great strikers have scored hat-tricks for Liverpool down the years but which player has achieved the incredible feat of 17 hat-tricks in nine full seasons?
Between 1926 and 1936, South African striker Gordon Hodgson scored an incredible 17 hat-tricks for Liverpool, including a stunning 4 hat-tricks in a single season (1930-1931).

The wait is over. EPL Talk can now reveal many of the 2009-2010 Premier League matches that will be shown on U.S. TV between August and the end of November.

In the United Kingdom, the Premier League has announced which matches will be shown by Sky Sports and ESPN UK. As a result, we can ascertain which matches will be shown by Setanta US and Fox Soccer Channel in the United States, both of which have the rights to show the Premier League matches in the U.

ESPN will carry 48 live matches from the English Premier League on Saturday and Monday in the United States, the cable network announced Friday night. It was the eve of the 2009-10 E.P.L. season.
The network announced this schedule (all games on ESPN2):

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After just one month of the 2009-2010 Premier League season, ESPN2 has generated an average viewing audience of 274,128 according to Nielsen Ratings.

The ratings are impressive thus far given the fact that no two heavyweight teams have faced each other on ESPN2 as of yet. The first massive match-up to be aired on ESPN2 will be the October 31st clash between Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur.

Gallery, images, photos and pictures of Burnley v Manchester United, Premier League, Round 2, the 19th of August.

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The English Premier League has several midweek matches including Sunderland v Chelsea, Liverpool v Stoke City, and Burnely v Manchester United. The USA TV rights remain with Fox Soccer Channel and Setanta Sports but ESPN has reached an agreement to broadcast several matches . Here's the full TV schedule in the United States for Tuesday August 18 and Wednesday August 19.

This gameweek is a double for a few teams including Fulham, which makes Brede Hangeland a fine pick for the next couple of weeks given Fulham's forthcoming fixtures (Bolton, Sunderland and Burnley after this week's double GW). Hangeland does well every season as a bargain priced defender, and is a key choice for those looking to hone in on Fulham's potential clean sheets.

Please find below links for websites providing streaming services for the Arsenal-Burnley match. These links will be updated before and during the match so make sure to refresh the page if one or more links do not work. http://www.atdhe.net/live-tv-4592.html

The Nielsen Ratings for ESPN2's most recent Premier League match have been released. For the October 3rd game between Bolton Wanderers and Tottenham Hotspur, the network achieved a 0.2 rating with an audience of approximately 265,508 viewers.

The Bolton against Spurs game garnered the fifth highest Premier League TV ratings for ESPN2.

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The English Premier League continues its 2009-10 season with a full set of matches this weekend. There are several to be televised in the United States on Setanta Sports, Fox Soccer Channel, and ESPN2. Here's a full listing of matches to be televised in the USA on Saturday August 29 and Sunday August 30.

Graham Alexander is Burnley's captain, is £4.5m, and best of all is likely to line up in front of his stated position. Alexander is listed in the game as a defender but he's really Burnley's defensive midfielder. While he likely won't be earning clean sheet points every week, every little bit helps.

Houston Dynamo star Stuart Holden has attracted interest from several clubs in the UK and the latest news is that Burnley of the English Premier League is ready to make a move. Manager Owen Coyle has stated his intention to have talks with Holden when his contract expires with the Dynamo at the end of December.

Burnley, a "Lite" version of a real Premier League team
With the tech world abuzz today over the announcement that Facebook has created a Facebook Lite product to take on Twitter, I figured we'd take a quick look at the Premier League's "lite" offering: the newly promoted clubs Birmingham, Burnley, and Wolves.

The English Carling Cup began its second round of play on Tuesday August 25, 2009 with several matches. The story taking center stage was violence breaking out between Millwall and West Ham United outside Upton Park. One fan was stabbed but is in stable condition and there appear to be no other serious injuries.

According to EPL Talk.com, ESPN has acquired the TV rights to two of the weekly Premier League slots on US television for the 2009-2010 season. With FSC now having Champions League soccer and ESPN Prem games, it seems that soccer on TV in the US has been turned on it's head. Beginning on August 15, 2009, each week ESPN will feature the 6:45am CT Saturday game and the 2pm CT Monday game.

Up until the past week, ESPN has been the golden child of Premier League coverage in the United States. We've been spoiled by pictures in HD, match coverage that begins when the players enter the tunnel, Monday evenings that bring us the UK feed of ESPN's coverage, and Saturday mornings with Georgie Bingham and company.

Well, ladies and gentlemen. Another weekend of Premier League football beckons. Saturday Chelsea v. Burnley Team news: Chelsea summer signing Yuri Zhirkov has started light training but will not be considered for the squad for the lunch time kick-off. So is Joe Cole. Other notable absentees include defenders Alex and Paulo Ferreira, but Juliano Belletti has recovered and is [.

We find it hard to concentrate on Cristiano Ronaldo's love life when he shows us thighs like this. But for those who can focus, he's now dating Luana Belletti, sister to Chelsea's Juliano Belletti.
Burnley's going to the Premier League. Certainly this is an occasion for novelty pants and short tents?

By all accounts, Chelsea's tour of the United States thus far has been a rousing success both on and off the field.

After playing in front of 65,289 fans on Saturday against Seattle Sounders at Qwest Field, Chelsea played in front of another massive crowd Tuesday night at Pasadena's Rose Bowl.

Darren Tilley's Rochester Rhinos will not repeat their feat of 1999. The US Open Cup Final will feature two MLS teams and two coaches who are part of the US system. USL-1 with its British flavored football and coaches who tend to promote defensive tactics have been eliminated from the tournament.

As one would expect in a game between a newly-promoted EPL team and the Ventura County Fusion, which play in the fourth tier of American soccer.

Quite a different atmosphere than the one 90 minutes or so away in Pasadena, but no doubt considerably cooler at Buena High in Ventura.

Thanks to loyal 100 Percent Soccer reader Evan Z from Camarillo for sharing some of the pics he shot during the game.

How did your club do in the summer transfer window? Here is a list of all the major transfers that took place in the English Premiership ( England Premier League) in the summer transfer window of 2009. Transfers listed here have a Premiership club involved in some form or the other. All figures are in [.

ESPN has acquired the TV rights to two of the weekly Premier League slots on US television for the 2009-2010 season. Beginning on August 15, 2009, each week ESPN will feature the 7:45am ET Saturday game and the 3pm ET Monday game.

Those two weekly timeslots were previously held by Setanta Sports who in the past had sub-licensed those games from Fox Soccer Channel.

The English Premier League continued it 2009-10 season with a full weekend of matches. On Saturday August 30, 2009 there were seven matches inlcuding Manchester United v Arsenal, Bolton v Liverpool, Chelsea v Burnley, and Tottenham v Birmingham. Here's a recap of all of Saturday's matches along with video highlights.

The English Premier League starts back up after a few weeks off due to World Cup Qualifying in Europe. There are several interesting matches this weekend in the EPL, including unbeaten Tottenham Hotspur hosting Manchester United. In the USA, there are several matches that will be broadcasted on Fox Soccer Channel, ESPN2, and Setanta Sports.

The Premier League returns this weekend and that means it is time to bring out the crystal ball again. Last time out I went 7 for 10 and that brought my score for the season up to 20 out of 36 (56%). The weekend after an international week always thoughts up some upsets and this is how I thing that this weeks games will go.

Winter is coming. The evenings are starting to feel a little fresher and the sun no longer affords the heat that it did. After a break for the international matches, the Premier League is back and it is back with a weekend of fixtures that might have been designed by a panel to show up the best that club football has to offer.

Now that the Coca Cola Championship has come to a halt (temporarily, at least, with the playoffs still to be played), us Premier League fans have three new teams to look forward to seeing next season. While only Wolves and Birmingham have locked up promotion spots for next season, within the next few weeks we'll know who out of Reading, Burnley, Sheffield United, and Preston North End will be playing top flight footbal come August.

Wembley, the venue for Monday's Championship play off final.

Well the epic survival Sunday is now over and it included tears flooding in Newcastle and Middlesbrough - not to mention Fulham qualifying for Europe and Ricky Sbragia quitting as manager of Sunderland.

We now turn our attention to the Championship final tomorrow at Wembley between Sheffield United and Burnley, contesting for that precious final place in the Premier League.

Holy Owen Coyle and co reach the big time Congratulations to Burnley on winning promotion to the Premier League. Manager Owen Coyle was recently hailed as being God by a banner at Wrestlemania 25, and he has certainly worked wonders to get the Clarets into the top-flight. And who could forget the Miracle of Turf Moor?

This may not be all that news-worthy, but it does appear that Sky Sports inadvertently posted Arsenal's early season schedule on their website before realizing their mistake and taking it down. At any rate, their screw-up is our gain. This isn't official, but it seems to be legit while they haven't apparently finalized the schedule yet, GoonerTalk, which broke the story, does have a screen grab of Sky's site, and it would seem odd if Sky just made this up out of thin air.

After splurging £150,000 on a brand new Lamborghini Gallardo as a personal gift for Burnley's promotion to the Premier League, former Manchester United player was left red-faced on the roadside after cops seized his car for not being insured. And who said we only cover the big clubs? Posted in Lol, Media, Outside Football, Pictures Tagged: Burnley, [.

The Charity Shield illustrated several points of concern for EPL FF managers looking to Man Utd defenders, and has started to turn decisions on players into something of a headache. Vidic has been ruled out for up to two weeks with a calf injury, Ben Foster had some shaky moments in goal which may have opened the door for Kuszczak.

Premier League Predictions 2009-10
1. Chelsea
2. Arsenal
3. Liverpool
4. Manchester United
5. Manchester City
6. Everton
7. Aston Villa
8. Spurs
9. Sunderland
10. Fulham
11. West Ham
12. Stoke City
13. Bolton
14.

It doesn't get much better than Manchester United vs Arsenal, arguably one of the biggest rivalries in the entire world and by far the most prestigious match to the new campaign. Arsenal has gotten off to an exceptional start this year, dominating Celtic, Everton, and Portsmouth with goals galore and from unusual sources, such as William Gallas, their leading goal scorer.

Replace Seedorf with Van Persie's face and Adebayor definitely connects
Alright, this is somewhat of a weak Funny Feeling Friday - because this player is a proven fantasy commodity - but just hear me out on this one.
Adebayor is only owned by 6% of fantasy managers. Six percent.

Pompey mount revival. Following a miserable season start of 7 losses, conceding 13 goals and netting just 3 in the process, the South Coast club, rooted in last place, were everyone's early season pick for relegation. But how quickly things change in football. In the last 4 matches, Portsmouth have scored 10 goals, conceded just 2 and amassed 7 crucial points on the way to Premiership survival.